Hi #stfm2023 , great opening general session about climate change and health equity! I am not using this site regularly because the fickle owner isn't doing enough to promote factual science-based info so find me on med-mastodon.com/@bicmay.

med-mastodon.com/invite/ceoAtmhH

Did you hear Twitter reinstated Ali Alexander's account? This is one of the reasons why I'm no longer active on Twitter.

Connect on Mastodon: @[email protected] where no one is trying to monetize you.

I've had great discussions here, but am disappointed by the changes site leadership have made so I am now more active on Mastodon with posts like this:

med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/109648…

An Afghan student was brutally attacked nearly two miles from Wisdom High School. HISD cops believe this was a hate crime after an ongoing 'conflict' with Hispanic classmates. abc13.com/hate-crime-in-…

Parents of kids who died by fentanyl-laced drugs purchased on apps, by suicide after being cyberbullied online and by participating in a dangerous viral “choking challenge” are pushing Congress to regulate how tech companies operate buff.ly/3EhpUIB via Rebecca Klar

Pediatricians want Congress & HHS to do more to ease staffing shortages in children hospitals as they warn of a 'tripledemic' winter-- RSV, flu and COVID-19. rollcall.com/2022/11/16/ped…

Who Is Dying from #COVID19 Now, & Why? Amazing reporting via Melody Schreiber
scientificamerican.com/article/who-is…
*rural
*elderly
*differences in age-adjusted death rates based on race have recently become smaller, experts predict inequities will likely skyrocket again during surges

So many people talking about how they’re among these parents in the quote tweets

After the hearing, I asked Ossoff's Office what actions he'd like to see taken against ICE and whether the deeds of the abusive doctor were indicative of systemic problems in the agency.

His response and my roundup of the hearing for Newsweek: newsweek.com/ossoff-report-…

New: A judge has overturned Georgia's ban on abortion after roughly six weeks, ruling that two key parts of the law were 'plainly unconstitutional when drafted.'

With Kim Bellware wapo.st/3TF5SO5

NEW: March of Dimes’ annual report card on maternal and infant health drops the U.S. from a C- to a D+, citing a 15-year high in the preterm birth rate and widening racial disparities.

Why it matters, and what policymakers and pregnant people should know:

npr.org/2022/11/15/113…

And yet we know at the same time that the federal government has issued a call for more child detention facilities. We must ensure that children not be separated unnecessarily from their caregiving adults.

“In blood drawn from people who received the bivalent booster, omicron-blocking antibody levels shot up 15 times higher than their pre-booster levels, Moderna said in a news release.”

Read more from carolyn johnson washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11…

NEW: Fertility treatment advocates and patients are gearing up to fight against the next wave of anti-abortion legislation and restrictions on reproductive health, like personhood laws, that could affect access to fertility treatments like IVF in 2023
19thnews.org/2022/11/resolv…

How The World Is Changing After Its Population Hit 8 Billion buff.ly/3O5DZ0v via Low De Wei (Dexter)

My message is simple: Let’s #VaxUpAmerica ! We’re ten days out from Thanksgiving. Updated COVID vaccines are available for everyone 5+. They are free, widely available, and help protect your friends, loved ones, and community from the most severe outcomes of COVID. #WeCanDoThis

Black, brown or white all Texans deserve affordable health care. It’s time for the most powerful politicians to put us, the hardworking people of Texas, before their corporate friends. 👇 #txlege #KnowOurWorth

Nearly 75% of Americans with disabilities live with a family caregiver. About a quarter of those caregivers are 60 or older.

Only half of those families have long-term plans for when relatives are longer able to give care.

📝: Sam Whitehead @KHNews

khn.org/news/article/a…