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This Won't Hurt A Bit! Medical talk show on KYRS FM. Medical Lake/Spokane 88.1/92.3 FM.

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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 03/10/2026
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months.
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After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement • Idaho Capital Sun
The change to the Section 504 rule, disability rights advocates fear, will make it harder for people with disabilities to receive services they need to live in their communities — and to stay out of institutions.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.kxly.com/news/spokane...
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Spokane health centers step up as thousands lose Medicaid coverage
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Thousands of Washington residents lost their Medicaid access, leaving many vulnerable populations scrambling to find affordable care options.
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Wilson Criscione @wilsonc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt (Reported in collaboration with RANGE) www.investigatewest.org/rob-curley-s...
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How Rob Curley lost the Spokesman-Review newsroom
Newsroom staffers tell InvestigateWest and RANGE that concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit
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UW DEOHS @uwdeohs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When catastrophic wildfires blazed across Spokane and elsewhere this summer, DEOHS researchers and partners mobilized to collect short-lived evidence that could have a long-lasting impact on people's health. #NationalPreparednessMonth @uwsph.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu @uw-edge.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I bet insurance companies are thrilled with the Trump administration‘s message to policyholders that they need to file claims on every policy they have or they might risk losing it.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They keep using this line and it's nonsense for many reasons, but also, if that's truly the case, there are only about a dozen "fraudsters" per state: the insurers. No one else could benefit from this particular no-claims "fraud." So where are the prosecutions of health insurers? 🤔
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Turns out union busting can have effects on citizens health.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New at Can We Still Govern?: At a time when other institutions have bent the knee, public sector unions have fought Trump, acting as canaries in the coalmine, warning us how cuts will lead to disasters like the explosion of food borne illnesses we've seen. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/unions-aga...
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Unions Against Voughtism
Federal unions can connect the dots to reveal the dangers of gutting government capacity.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance breathlessly made an announcement about stopping fraud that probably had nothing to do with real fraud and everything to do with kicking people off health insurance. Read me @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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Check Your Mail. JD Vance Might Have Canceled Your Health Insurance.
The vice president’s task force is recklessly canceling Obamacare enrollees over allegations of fraud. It will result in eligible people losing their insurance.
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The people who built AI with seemingly little care for the havoc it could cause and no guardrails to protect public should be held accountable for every problem AI is now causing. They want to make billions but don’t want to accept responsibility for their technology. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#rfkjrmustgo www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#rfkjrmustgo news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-l...
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RFK Jr.-Linked Group Offered Access to US Officials for Fee (3)
A nonprofit group with ties to US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. solicited payment from companies in exchange for access to top agency officials at an upcoming event, accord...
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
lol
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#rfkjrmustgo episode infinity... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/h...
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RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026
Everybody keeps talking about how natural treatments and cures should be utilized, well here's exactly that. A cancer treatment that harnesses the power of your immune system to take down cancer cells. It only took four decades to make, thanks to reliable funding of science and research.
The graphic contains a photo of an IV bag and all graphics contain the white Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Harnessing the Immune System to Treat Cancer. A series on how cancer treatments are discovered and developed."
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: in a speech to the antivax organization he founded, RFK Jr. amplified vaccine risks, falsely claiming vaccines are not safety-tested and linking them to chronic diseases, and vowed to fight for those who say they are vaccine-injured w/ @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Daniel Wu wapo.st/4xuuInG
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RFK Jr. says Americans worried about vaccines have a ‘friend at the White House’
Since being confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made clear he wants to overhaul the nation’s immunization system.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 17/09/2026
Patrick Hunter MD, the pediatrician on the panel, has a small twitter account that has only been tweeting about his opposition to pediatric gender affirming care. Literally every tweet starting in 2021.
Tweet from 
Patrick Hunter, MD
@PatrickHunterMD
How certain are we a teen on puberty blockers, then testosterone & top surgery has done the right thing? That dysphoria will be fixed? Regret won’t happen? Life will be joyful & contented?

As a doc, I’m uncertain about much easier diagnoses.

I regret decisions I made as a teen.

7/3/22
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#rfkjrmustgo www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
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RFK Jr. Names New Members to Powerful Health Panel Whose Work He Has Blocked (Gift Article)
Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly interfered with the work of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, whose recommendations guide insurance coverage for many Americans.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Locally produced broccoli sprouts recalled for salmonella www.krem.com/article/news...
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#rfkjrmustgo 🎁🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms
The White House and Department of Health and Human Services lawyers signed off on the plan to let the health secretary use military jets, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Under pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...
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Kissing apes, anti-splash urinals: This year's Ig Nobels showcase surprising science
The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded this week for humorous yet thought-provoking research. This year, the ceremony came with a twist.
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Spokane County Library District @spokanecolibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There are still spots open for our LEGO Stop-Motion Studio program on Wed, 9/9, at 10am. This program is geared towards kids age 8-14, and due to the time of this event, is great for homeschooled kids. Register ASAP at the link in our bio!
Close-up of a smiling LEGO construction worker minifigure with brown hair and an orange safety vest on a gray LEGO baseplate.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it may ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
HOLD UP: on top of countless food recalls & a surging measles outbreak that's killed two people, we now have a COVID surge, too? And the RFK Jr's CDC is downplaying the risk by "bluewashing" of its risk maps, downgrading severity without explanation amid rising transmission." Read this:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Heartbreaking stuff from @citizencohn.bsky.social on the likely long-term toll of Trump/RFK destruction of our public health system. Great reporting: www.thebulwark.com/p/cancer-bre...
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This Cancer Breakthrough Has Scientists Cheering—and Crying
They know RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are destroying the research ecosystem that made it possible.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton saved many, many people’s lives with her contributions to the Moderna vaccine and that is what I will remember about her more than anything. We should all hope to do this much good. www.knoxnews.com/story/entert...
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Dolly Parton gave the world the gift of reading and a COVID-19 vaccine
Dolly Parton's philanthropy extended to any cause anywhere she felt she could make a difference, big or small. That’s just who she was.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 23/08/2026
I so appreciated @angierasmussen.bsky.social in this discussion, particularly her pointing out that the disinformation about science and the propaganda designed to break trust in institutions is specifically a threat to democracy - something I have been saying since 2021. youtu.be/3W4pJJ3SVis?...
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Did COVID Actually Come From a LAB?
YouTube video by Zeteo
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh boy
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Clean up and rebuilding from the Spokane complex. Fires is underway. But, fire isn't the only risk: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026... #supportlocalmedia @rangemedia.co
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A false sense of security: Residents return to undamaged properties post-fires to find their homes contaminated with toxins
With her home on Winston Drive still standing, Bridget Perez thought she had managed to come out of the Spokane Complex fires relatively unscathed.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#rfkjrmustgo heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-20-...
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August 20, 2026
On Saturday, August 15, the New York Times editorial board published an op-ed noting that the Republicans are trying to hide the cuts they have made to health care in the U.S.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026
AI is alarming for many reasons: it's a dangerous financial bubble, an environmental catastrophe, and a tool for eroding wages and labor power. But in addition to all that, AI is an epistemic disaster. 1/
The North Pole at night, hand-tinted in blues and purples so it looks more like a moonscape. Protruding from the ice is the cross-sectioned head and neck of a man, his brains on display. Stepping over the leftmost mountains is a killer pulp robot, about to crush the head. Leaning against the rightmost mountains is a sneering, princely toff in a red frock coat, holding a cane that has penetrated the decapitated skull and lodged in the brains.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
mRNA vaccines vs cancer success —melanoma (Phase 3, RCT, definitive, announced today) —triple negative breast cancer —pancreatic cancer —non-small cell lung cancer —glioblastoma
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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
In 2026, there is no longer any lab leak hypothesis you can state consistently with the available evidence. Despite this, it has been the dominant media narrative for six years. Read my new data-driven investigation: www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med...
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Biased media coverage and the lab leak theory
Gain-of-function fearmongering and blame gets the glitzy NYT visual treatment as Republicans weaponize the lab leak theory again in attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
FDA travels to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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FDA travels to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
Senior FDA official confirms that inspectors were on-site at the Taylor Farms processing facility and plan to be in the fields next.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No rush 🙄 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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FDA travels to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
Senior FDA official confirms that inspectors were on-site at the Taylor Farms processing facility and plan to be in the fields next.
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LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @lizafella.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
How it's going. 38 million eggs recalled, and eating them could cause death. Possibly not the smartest idea to gut the FDA. That's experiential learning FAFO to the max.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#rfkjrmustgo democracyamericana.com/posts/069615...
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The Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a Nation
MAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Told you... www.facebook.com/share/r/1BcY...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When RFK Jr says he bears zero responsibility for the declining vaccination rates in the US, he is lying In fact, for decades he has stoked fear about vaccines (stoking fear has made him very rich) Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
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RFK Jr. Stirred Vaccine Fears in Pennsylvania Years Before Measles Outbreak (Gift Article)
At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.
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TWHAB @twhab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2026
Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6
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Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than ​a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including ‌salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.
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