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Mike Aziz MD MPH

@michaelazizmd.bsky.social
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Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician, Scientist, Husband, Father. (Opinions are my own)

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 24/05/2025
The best way to demonstrate a measure of real independence from the Democratic Party is to tell the truth about what really ails it. trib.al/ZnEcqGm
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The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Today would have been Rachel Corrie’s 46th birthday. rachelcorriefoundation.org/rachel
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Rachel Corrie | The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Peak resident sock game
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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
As children continue to die of measles, it's worth reading this righteous takedown of the loathsome senator and literal doctor who gave us RFK Jr. By @radleybalko.bsky.social
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Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Bill Cassidy
The Louisiana senator and physician could have stopped the world's worst antivaxer from taking over the regulation of vaccines. He didn't. And now we're paying for it.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
My brother in law died from SIDS and my son had severe apnea and was on a monitor... This is very short sighted at best
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus. irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
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Slaying Sickle Cell | NIH Intramural Research Program
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A man infected with measles has just died in New Mexico- he was unvaccinated. In the US, ~ last year 40% of people with measles were so sick they needed to hospitalized. Vaccines can prevent this.
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Adult infected with measles dies in New Mexico, health officials say
Person from Lea county had been unvaccinated and did not seek care but virus not yet confirmed as cause of death
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Kieran Meadows @kieranbluesky.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
They’re called conflicts of interest one day, but corruption the next
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Goodbye Johns Hopkins hello Missoula Montana
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Im listening to a talk re preventing the next pandemic. I'm having trouble paying attention bc all of our major institutional mechanisms have been frozen, silenced or defunded #smfm25 www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Top USAID career staff placed on immediate leave
“This is like taking out all the generals,” said a former Trump administration official informed of the decision.
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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"No one should be fooled here... Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy [Jr.] can keep cashing in." Senator Warren during the RFK Jr. hearing. #NotoRFK #BlockRFKJR #PatientsOverPolitics
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Prophylactic admission for low risk patients with vasa previa is like saying the life jacket in the airplane will help you if it crashes. -Paraphrasing the incomparable Yinka Oyelese MD at #smfm25
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
One of my kindest coworkers was murdered along with her two young children 😭 Please forgive me if I don't seem like myself. Domestic violence and guns don't mix. Red flag laws NOW. #guncontrol #medsky triblive.com/local/westmo...
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Prophetic..... Some of us are not surprised. There was an opportunity, but the Dems went with donor class instead of working class. Twice. youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc?...
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Election Night - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/01/2025
@drrobdavidson.bsky.social #medsky
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17,000 doctors call RFK Jr. ‘actively dangerous’ to national healthcare - UPI.com
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a danger to national healthcare and lacks the qualifications to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, more than 17,000 doctors said in a letter to U.S. senators.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Excited to Announce! I’m honored to be speaking at the course, “Controversies in Maternal-Fetal Medicine,” at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on January 27, 2025. #medsky #obsky #smfm25
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
From Dr. Han #medsky MFM fellow at UCLA has lost their home in the Pacific Palisades fire and needs support to rebuild. Every donation makes a real difference, so if you can, please consider clicking the link below to contribute or share it with others. Thank you! gofund.me/b94687dc
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Donate to Assist a UCLA MFM Fellow in Rebuilding, organized by Christina Han
One of our MFM fellows at UCLA has tragically lost their home and all their belon… Christina Han needs your support for Assist a UCLA MFM Fellow in Rebuilding
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 03/01/2025
"'The NIH has always been headed by a physician scientist, but Jay has, critically, never completed residency training, so he never really did the dedicated clinical aspect of physician training,' Sanchez said. 'He is trained as an economist and not as a basic scientist.'"
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Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford medicine professor and COVID lockdown critic, selected to lead NIH
The Stanford professor was appointed Tuesday to lead the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya has previously made controversial critiques of lockdowns and vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 p...
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Peter Bornstein @spidadoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Vaccines are amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases
England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
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F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
What a hero. A true role model who demonstrated that masculinity and strength can come from integrity, persistence, and fortitude instead of domination, aggression, and violence.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A true hero and role model. Don't forget won the nobel peace prize ✌🏽🕊️
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
You know you really needed the cerclage if you go from asymptomatic to delivered within an hour of removal 🐣 #medsky
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Will Marty Makary stand up if his future boss demands he revoke authorization for vaccines? Or will he go down in history as the anti-Jonas Salk. His track record doesn’t inspire any confidence My latest for SBM. sciencebasedmedicine.org/whattodo/
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Dr. Marty Makary, What Are You Going To Do If RFK Jr. Demands That You Revoke Approval For Vaccines? | Science-Based Medicine
The time to start speaking out to defend vaccines from RFK Jr. is now.
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Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights @ohioreprorights.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Dr. Marcela Azevedo- “One of the greatest challenges we face is communicating the full scope of the dangers Trump poses to abortion rights.” #ReproSky #MedSky #PedsSky #OBGynsky #OBSky #StopProject2025 #StopP25 www.cleveland.com/opinion/2024...
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Brace for the impact of Trump 2.0 on reproductive health rights: Marcela Azevedo
We cannot afford to underestimate the threat. Donald Trump’s second presidency won’t just replay the horrors of his first — it will amplify them, leveraging every tool at his disposal to advance an an...
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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We’ve been telling y’all they’re criminalizing pregnancy while making it impossible to avoid
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Human rights are born out of the belief that every individual is deserving of life, dignity, respect, and freedom. But the returning admin can take many routes to further dissolve human rights. More in the #podcast here or on Apple, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, & Pandora: www.reprosfightback....
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Human Rights are Indivisible and Under Attack — rePROs Fight Back
Human rights are born out of the belief that every individual is equal and deserving of life, dignity, respect, and freedom. States must then deliver on those obligations. But through nominations, harmful policy, and mass confusion, the returning administration has a broad ability to dissolve human rights. Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at the American Jewish World Service, sits down to talk with us about the foundations of human rights and what we can expect from the coming administration.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/12/2024
We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
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Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.
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jeremyz @jeremyz.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
polio survivor shocked to find out he's a prominent member of the bring back polio party.
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Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights @ohioreprorights.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Here comes Comstock #StopProject2025 #ZombieLaw #ReproSky #MedSky #OBGynSky
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Spot on for this loser.
An opinion piece headline reads: "The Algorithm That Denied Your Care is The Real Working Class Hero" by Bret Stephens, Opinion Columnist.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Luigi got them shook.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Being a mentor has been one of my greatest joys in medicine "Aziz! Just used your double ring forceps for a cerclage removal... Worked like a charm! Also I passed boards!! Thank you so much for all your help and support 🥳" #medsky
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If your CT looks like this, do you still need a pelvic ultrasound to prove that the IUD is malpositioned? Asking for a friend #medsky
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
C suite folks are not healthcare leaders... They're businesspeople who don't "care" about anyone but themselves and the bottom line. Hence the collective shrug 🤷🏽‍♂️
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Fountains of fecal matter" 🤢💩 Sooo.... No more splash pads #medsky arstechnica.com/health/2024/...
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Splash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses
A big problem is leaky swim diapers and kids sucking up recirculated water.
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is a major issue as folks in rural hospitals with major health issues and transportation issues generally continue to be seen in their rural settings without delivery capabilities and transferred to high risk centers in the 11th hour 🫣 #medsky
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Pittsburgh City Paper @pghcitypaper.com · 03/12/2024
As Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon continues to claim lives and fuel regional unrest, a local group is calling out one Pittsburgh company’s role in the war effort:
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Pro-Palestine group protests a local company’s role in making “killing machines”
On a cold day, Protestors gathered near the Andy Warhol Bridge to raise public awareness of Howmet Aerospace's role in building jets used in Israel's ongoing war.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/12/2024
@drneilstone.bsky.social #medsky #vaccineswork
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I’m old enough to remember the catastrophic toll of HIV/AIDS denial by South African President Thabo Mbeki, which led to >300,000 AIDS deaths. I never thought that 20 years later, an HIV/AIDS denialist would be tapped for the helm of health policy in the US. RFK Jr MUST be rejected #WorldAIDSDay
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Texas gives up on reviewing Maternal Mortality for two years after abortion ban... 🫣 "Bewildering" international expert on maternal mortality wapo.st/4ia1iVx
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Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban
The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
another woman is dead because doctors refused to give her standard medical care AFTER SHE ALREADY MISCARRIED. abortion bans are killing women even if they don’t need one. porsha ngumezi should be alive.
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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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Suzette Woodward @suzettew.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Our conclusion after 6 years working across the healthcare system #safety
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Exactly. The good vs bad abortion folks endanger patients' lives as not all scenarios are straightforward #medsky
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/11/2024
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Vaccines work. HIV is what causes AIDS. How one mom went from all kinds of denialism to a champion for science. www.voicesforvaccines.org/leaving-deni...
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Leaving Denialism Behind: My 20 Year Journey
I was anti-vaccine before it went mainstream. Before COVID, before Wakefield, and before even the internet.
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Ipas @ipas.org · 20/11/2024
Looking for a starter pack of #reprorights organizations to follow? Look no further! We love seeing so many trusted partners on this platform. #reprojustice #reprosky #abortion #SRHR #reproductiverights go.bsky.app/NAonnx4
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Speaking up has become increasingly important as politicians have started to argue against clear scientific evidence which conflicts with their biases #medsky
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Mike Aziz MD MPH @michaelazizmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Let's review maternal mortality! (Just make sure that we don't address the underlying problems or inform the public) #medsky www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
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