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“I know it sounds crazy,” she said, but health care providers “need to start an underground network of how to get people care in their homes. Because letting people die at home or come close to death because they are terrified to go into the hospital, in 2026, is outrageous.”
#healthcare #hospitals #clinics #telehealth #HomeVisits #immigration #physicians #nurses #USpol
"Scientists have just found a direct link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease—suggesting that improving air quality could be an important way to prevent dementia and protect older adults.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, which affects about 57 million people worldwide, and there is currently no cure for it, making prevention is crucial."
https://www.newsweek.com/health-alzheimers-disease-air-pollution-link-study-27m-americans-11534835
#PublicHealth #dementia #Alzheimers #brain #AirPollution #AirQuality #environment #epidemiology
"President Trump has tried to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding to coerce states, punish opponents, remake programs and impose his views. His targets have repeatedly sued to stop him, and the courts have repeatedly rebuked him — only for the president to try again and again."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/03/upshot/trump-funding-lawsuits.html
#healthcare #PublicHealth #immigration #transportation #disasters #housing #hospitals #schools #energy #DEI #HHS #FEMA #DHS #NIH #DOE #DOD #lawsuits #courts #USpol
Support publications and media outlets doing good work on U.S. news. What or who else should be included? Check comments for more!
@19thnews@flipboard.com @404mediaco@mastodon.social
@bolts@journa.host
@coloradosun@mstdn.social @DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss@burn.capital
@igd_news@kolektiva.social
@indybay@kolektiva.social
@MotherJones2021@flipboard.com
@ProPublica@newsie.social
@RollingStone@flipboard.com
@TeenVogue@flipboard.com
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social
@TheAtlantic@flipboard.com
@TucsonSentinel@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com
@UnicornRiot@mastodon.social
@vanityfair@flipboard.com
your local paper
your local NPR station
#news #media #newspapers #magazines #USpol
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"Being lonely has all sorts of negative health consequences, especially later in life when people are more vulnerable to downturns in both physical and cognitive health. More people are becoming aware that loneliness is connected to everything from heart disease to diabetes to dementia, but they are still stunned to find that researchers have judged that being lonely is roughly equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/02/28/public-health-crisis-older-americans-loneliness/88759280007/ #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #loneliness #community
"Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and drawing paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to Hinojosa and three other former detainees, along with lawyers and advocates in contact with the families inside.
Guards have taken artwork, too, they said — even one child’s drawing of Bratz fashion dolls."
https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal
#PublicHealth #immigration #ICE #DHS #detention #dilley #texas #MentalHealth #ChildrensHealth
She’s hearing from people sick with the virus, as well as their caregivers, that “measles is so much worse than what they expected.”
“A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was,” Nolen said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-worse-expected-utah-officials-say-rcna262087
#PublicHealth #measles #vaccines #immunizations #prevention #outbreak #utah #ChildrensHealth #PrimaryCare
“Seeing some of these emails — and peering behind the curtains of the rooms that we were never invited into, I think has really laid bare, I don’t know, just truly how broken and corrupt the system is.”
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/epstein-files-academic-research-women-scientists/
#epstein #academia #science #research #STEM #women #misogyny #discrimination
"In early 2025, Siberine was one of three New Hampshire long COVID patients who spoke with the Bulletin about their ongoing experience with the condition. Now, roughly one year later, the Bulletin has reconnected with all three to get an update on their conditions."
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #biomedical #science #research #NIH #disabilities
"A Georgia man who gave his teenage son the gun he’s accused of using to kill two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter...Gray now joins a growing number of parents being held responsible in court after their children were accused in shootings."
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-school-shooting-trial-colin-gray-e9afe6e8289f474aa474242ee4bdca67
#PublicHealth #GunViolence #guns #firearms #shooting #courts #georgia
"The Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency — the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after controversial decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases."
#healthcare #FDA #vaccines #immunizations #genes #biotech #PrescriptionDrugs #mRNA #covid #USpol
In fact, “community support is one of the most protective factors against postpartum depression,” says Dr. Niyati Dhand, M.D., a double board-certified perinatal and reproductive psychiatrist at Alaire Psychiatry in Chicago. “It helps prevent isolation and provides parents with reassurance, encouragement, and validation.”
https://www.romper.com/life/why-community-matters-when-youre-dealing-with-postpartum-depression
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #postpartum #depression #MaternalHealth #parenting #community #healthcare #PrimaryCare #lactation #doula
"Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, has achieved an unlikely feat: uniting vaccine skeptics and mainstream medical advocates against her nomination.
Activists in both camps are now urging senators to vote her down."
#PublicHealth #SurgeonGeneral #vaccines #immunizations #MAHA #covid #CDC #USpol
"A Houston-area parent is suing state officials, accusing them of religious discrimination for barring Islamic schools from participating in Texas’ private school voucher program.
The plaintiff, Mehdi Cherkaoui, alleges the state has 'systematically targeted Islamic schools for exclusion' from the $1 billion tuition support program, preventing Muslim families from applying and using the state money at a school of their choice."
"Almost two full years later, I’ve lost over 230 pounds, going from a size 5X in shirts to a size medium and from a size 30 in pants to a size 6 or 8. Fifteen of those lost pounds were not from my GLP-1, exercise, or dietary changes but from something else entirely: skin-removal surgery."
https://www.allure.com/story/skin-removal-surgery-after-glp-1
"I will not view it as a curse, because I am claiming the victory in this process, no matter what happens. ... In terms of this moment, I absolutely am claiming, as much as I can, the joy of this moment...But I'm … attempting as much as I can to fortify myself and know in my heart that I will continue working as an actor. I absolutely will."
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5728904/delroy-lindo-sinners-baftas-oscars
"Yet another scheduled meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has been postponed, HHS confirmed Tuesday.
The task force, which typically meets three times a year, hasn't convened since March of last year, with meetings in July and November abruptly canceled.
The latest meeting for the task force, which makes evidence-based recommendations on preventive healthcare services, has yet to be rescheduled."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/120148
"Mayo had been taking the weight loss medicine for less than a year and didn’t understand why a new prior authorization was needed so soon. She said she never got a letter or email notifying her that the clock had run out on her first prior authorization."
Physician friends are sharing lists of medical influencers sharing facts and science who should be followed and uplifted. Who else should be included? Mastodon accounts preferred!
MEDICAL INFLUENCERS - on Threads or Instagram or BlueSky:
Dr Jen Gunter
Dr Karen Tang
Dr Megan Ranney
Dr Harpreet Tsui
Dr Uche Blackstock
Dr Jennifer Lincoln
@erictopol@mstdn.social
@gorskon@med-mastodon.com
@luckytran@med-mastodon.com
#medicine #doctors #physicians #PublicHealth #ReproductiveHealth
Edit: Added suggestions from comments
"...Planned Parenthood Mar Monte—the largest affiliate of the national sexual and reproductive healthcare provider, with locations across mid-California and Northern Nevada—announced a new strategy for closing its massive $100 million dollar revenue gap left by federal budget cuts. They would start offering Botox. Also, IV drips and soon...fillers and laser hair removal."
https://www.allure.com/story/planned-parenthood-clinics-botox
Hello, I am interested in #MedEd, #primarycare, and #publichealth. By day, I teach medical students health systems science, take care of uninsured patients, and currently study Vietnamese Americans and COVID-19. By night, I volunteer with Doctors for America and progressive Vietnamese American organization PIVOT. Always down for chatter about K-pop and K-dramas.
#FMRevolution #FamilyMedicine #healthpolicy #healthequity #socialjustice #AANHPI #BTSARMY
Follow and uplift progressive thinkers on American issues. This list is from some friends. Who else should be included?
HISTORIANS/THINKERS:
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social
Hasan Piker
Heather Cox Richardson (follow her Substack)
Ibram X Kendi
Rebecca Solnit
@rbreich@masto.ai
@RickiTarr@beige.party
Roxane Gay
Timothy Snyder
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Edit: Adding suggestions from comments, removed podcasts
"The insurance statement from UnitedHealthcare’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx — another subsidiary of the same parent company, UnitedHealth Group — showed it did not provide a negotiated discount and covered just $308.34 of the full $5,253.85 charge for a 30-day supply. The charges for the second month depleted the copay card and left Mishra owing the balance."
#healthcare #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #insurance #copays #CostsOfCare
“You wouldn’t promote someone to general without them meeting basic military standards. And so, you have to ask the question: Why should we lower the bar for public health?” he told NPR’s A Martínez.
“Every Surgeon General in history has carried an active medical license and has finished residency. Dr. Means will be the first one without either, so, to me, that’s not progress. It’s unprecedented risk to credibility,” the former top doctor added.
"Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, does not yet have the votes for confirmation following a testy Senate health committee hearing on her nomination Wednesday."
#PublicHealth #SurgeonGeneral #vaccines #immunizations #contraception #FamilyPlanning #autism #UScongress #USpol
"I think it speaks to the irreplaceable nature of these multi-country networks," says epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University. The Trump administration "may bluster and say, 'We're not going to do this,' but at some point, they run into reality, which is that there is no other way to protect the nation."
#PublicHealth #WHO #CDC #flu #influenza #vaccines #immunizations #GlobalHealth