Reposted by Laeth George, MDProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114496109
Reposted by Laeth George, MDThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death 66127142763
Reposted by Laeth George, MDThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...newyorker.comThe Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused. 621526899
Reposted by Laeth George, MDLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
Reposted by Laeth George, MDCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2026New Yorkers “are flocking to Bryant Park to get a glimpse of New York City’s hottest bird this spring, the American Woodcock. These elusive, well-camouflaged birds pause during their migration to forage for earthworms, presenting a unique urban birding opportunity.” 🐦 - Noel Calingasan #NYC 💕 51680130
Reposted by Laeth George, MDJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. 25306664215872
Reposted by Laeth George, MDSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Sending prayers to her family. She was an extraordinary young woman. If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comA Battle with My BloodWhen I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. 742856579
Reposted by Laeth George, MD60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa Tapley, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the first human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free and planning her future. 411222
Reposted by Laeth George, MDWIRED @wired.com · 06/09/2025Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.wrd.cmThe Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. 2214046
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Data from #ASCO25 showed that Medicaid expansion was associated with improved survival for patients with newly diagnosed cancer. It doesn’t matter what advancements we make if access to care is denied. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...ascopubs.orgAssociation of Medicaid expansion with five-year survival after cancer diagnosis.11006Background: Medicaid expansion is associated with improvements in early detection, access to treatment, and increased 2-year cancer survival. However, the association between Medicaid expansion a... 030
Reposted by Laeth George, MDCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025In 2023, the U.S. spent approximately $1.35 trillion on healthcare administration. That’s more than we spent on: •Physician salaries (~$350B) •Nursing salaries (~$335B) •Retail prescription drugs (~$450B) •Imaging, lab tests, EHRs, and outpatient procedures combined #BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky 54654259
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Interesting data answering an important question—the role of cytoreductive nephrectomy with modern IO-TKI based treatments. In this pooled analysis from 5 trials, CN associated with OS benefit of 46 vs 28 months (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.51-0.77). #oncsky #oncology #rcc academic.oup.com/jnci/article...academic.oup.comCytoreductive nephrectomy in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a US Food and Drug Administration pooled analysisAbstractBackground. This pooled analysis of patient-level data from trials evaluated the clinical outcomes of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma 020
Reposted by Laeth George, MDPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like: 950317386933
Reposted by Laeth George, MDWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 05/03/2025This is Poppy. Her pink silk sleeping mask fell off right before bedtime. Fortunately she only threw a very reasonably sized tantrum about the ordeal. 13/10 24498611002
Reposted by Laeth George, MDWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 05/03/2025We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10 413224933124
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I encourage all physicians and healthcare professionals to contact your Congressional reps and Senator Bill Cassidy—a fellow physician and who provided the crucial vote to confirm RFK jr, and is a prominent supporter of vaccines (like 99.99% of us). www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact/get-...cassidy.senate.govGet In Touch | U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy"*" indicates required fields Your Name Prefix*– Select –Mr.Mrs.Ms.Mr. and Mrs.Dr.First Name* Middle Last Name* Suffix Your Contact Information Untitled Check Here If You Have a Foreign Address Addres... 050
Reposted by Laeth George, MDBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025My trusted advisor has been emerging from the shadows a lot lately, wonder what that's about 281939211
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Seems about ~1/3 of his state, Louisiana, is on Medicaid for their healthcare. I don’t think his constituent would take kindly to losing their health insurance. 020
Reposted by Laeth George, MDPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/02/2025@jreinermd.bsky.social 432955
Reposted by Laeth George, MDWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 20/02/2025This is Buster. He's having the best day ever. Gets to play in the pool AND get rained on at the same time. 13/10 every lab's dream 1047115655
Reposted by Laeth George, MDGod @thegodshow.com · 18/02/2025Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money. 18376700017332
Reposted by Laeth George, MDElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025In Texas, 22 children and 2 adults have become ill with measles in a community where the vaccination rate among kindergartners is only 82%. Nine have been hospitalized so far and the outbreak continues to grow. The anti-vax movement harms children. Period. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comAt least 22 children and two adults infected in Texas measles outbreakNine of those infected were hospitalized and more cases are likely, health authorities said. U.S. vaccination rates for measles are falling, according to the CDC. 13342125
Reposted by Laeth George, MDsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.nytimes.comVenezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo. 6972448811519
Reposted by Laeth George, MDHerman Wong @hermanywong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...thebaltimorebanner.comJohns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH fundsJohns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding. 251371622
Reposted by Laeth George, MDNicolas Robine 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸 @nicorobine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap. Sign and Circulate. Mobilize. Organize. chng.it/LS57Nk7r6kchng.itThis campaign needs you nowPetition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068) 11663277
Reposted by Laeth George, MDShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 08/02/2025When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10% Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR. For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made. I think it’s worth it. 9748214
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 08/02/2025If rattles means threatens the entire American biomedical research system and promises to undermine our scientific capabilities for a generation (or more), then yeah, we’re rattled. 010
Reposted by Laeth George, MDCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20251. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 25469964077
Reposted by Laeth George, MDSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...wired.comThe US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually DidSources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist. 556160396535
Reposted by Laeth George, MDBrian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025One of Elon Musk's DOGE staffers is a 19-year-old who goes by "Big Balls" online and owns a company called Tesla.Sexy that sells an AI bot for Russian Discord servers. These are the kinds of people who have access to the country's most sensitive data www.wired.com/story/edward...wired.comDOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted HackersExperts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems. 915161
Reposted by Laeth George, MDBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Every one of these guys thinks they’re Oppenheimer mixed with Andrew Carnegie and they own something called SplortDotCom that got bought by Boozoo 332151042553
Reposted by Laeth George, MDDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025NEW from me: Why has Patrick Soon-Shiong touted RFK Jr repeatedly and run interference for him at his paper, the LA Times? Maybe because his biotech company has 3 applications pending at the FDA, whose parent agency Kennedy is about to be running. prospect.org/power/2025-0...prospect.orgL.A. Times Owner Has Financial Motivations for Boosting RFK Jr.Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s biotech firm is preparing three applications needing approval from the Food and Drug Administration. 7630271204
Reposted by Laeth George, MDSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/02/2025I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS. I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans. 2279529946651
Reposted by Laeth George, MDJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down. Children would die. They’re defying the order. But the aid world is in chaos. Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester: www.propublica.org/article/trum... 792174949
Reposted by Laeth George, MDThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/01/2025Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.nytimes.comIs the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe. 642736558
Reposted by Laeth George, MDAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵 9947692483
Reposted by Laeth George, MDESPN @espn.com · 01/01/2025Breaking: Bryce James has committed to Arizona, he announced on social media. 4288780
Reposted by Laeth George, MDAshley @ashleyregan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Health insurance companies increasingly deny cancer care to patients, an NBC News investigation found | @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/investi...nbcnews.com'Would he have lived?' When insurance companies deny cancer care to patientsHealth insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death. 10312146
Reposted by Laeth George, MDSawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill. Congrats to DOGE on their first victory. 28264162720
Reposted by Laeth George, MDProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024NEW: Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee report.propub.liReport: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion BansDoctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according… 271003337
Reposted by Laeth George, MDDr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now. 6540831378
Reposted by Laeth George, MDTatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 12/12/2024#SABCS24 #bcsm #OncSky #RadOnc #MedSky BIG 2-04 SUPREMO: postmastectomy #radiation in int risk #breastcancer did not improve 10y overall survival, incl for node + subset. Stat sig but small ⬇️ in chest wall recurrence (2.5% -> 1.1% abs risk, NNT 63 to prevent 1 CW recurrence) @oncoalert.bsky.social 1186
Reposted by Laeth George, MDPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 11/12/2024@rogerseheult.bsky.social 39437
Reposted by Laeth George, MDWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 02/12/2024This is Theo. He's always looking out for his older sister Mia. Sometimes that means simply making sure she gets enough pets at day care. 13/10 for both 221138341274
Reposted by Laeth George, MDGabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Men get ~40% of the cancers caused by HPV each year So the HPV vaccine is good for boys too And HPV cancers happen in places that are not good Source: cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/s... 34314
Reposted by Laeth George, MDZiva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Texas lawmakers file bills that would create new exceptions in the state’s abortion ban after @propublica.org reporting on the preventable deaths of two women whose miscarriages went untreated. www.propublica.org/article/texa...propublica.orgTexas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two WomenThe new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to d... 15553159
Reposted by Laeth George, MDSergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion] www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...fiercebiotech.comReport: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returnsResearch funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an 2245105
Reposted by Laeth George, MDMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/11/2024What made my skin burn most wasn’t that over 75 million people voted for Donald Trump. It was that this election didn’t seem to measurably change anything for the boys around me, whether their parents supported Mr. Trump or not. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality. 1022082305
Laeth George, MD @laethgeorge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Working on *evidence based* changes to nutrition is one thing. It’s the anti-vaccine messaging, conspiracy theories, and promotion of therapies that we know don’t work that have the medical community worried, amongst other things. Raw milk won’t help the health of this nation (the opposite, really). 030