Urban Indian Center officials, backers unveil expanded health care offerings at Murray clinic Urban Indian Center officials and the organization's backers gathered Thursday for a ceremony to unveil the expanded health care offerings at its Murray clinic.

Really proud to be a part of this amazing organization! www.ksl.com/article/5148...

It's not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies.

Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other safe and routine care for babies.

Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

33% hospitalization rate for measles in Utah. 😳 It's a burden on families and our health care system and it's totally preventable.
www.ksl.com/article/5145...

Pediatricians say bill denying resources to immigrants without papers would harm their patients • Utah News Dispatch A Utah lawmaker wants unauthorized immigrants to leave the state. Pediatricians say his bill could harm children, families and public health.

Proud of my colleagues for fighting the cruel HB88.
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In photos: Thousands of Utahns protest ICE Photographs from anti-ICE protests across Utah on Friday.

Across Utah, protesters left schools, stood on curbs holding signs, and marched as they chanted to demand reforms to federal immigration enforcement after high-profile raids and shootings have spurred responses across the United States.

Did not pass out of committee! Hopefully that's the end for anti-vax bills this session...

Newest version keeps the vaccine mandate, but makes getting an exemption MUCH easier with increased burden on the health department. Grateful for advocacy to make this bill less bad, but it's still bad!

Amidst the ongoing measles outbreak, the Utah House Health and Human Services Committee will vote on a bill to eliminate the public school vaccine mandate. Let's hope they make the only logical choice and oppose HB152.

APHA has grave concerns about the new childhood vaccine schedule announced by Trump administration officials. The dramatic decrease in recommended vaccines coupled with fewer boosters leaves the American public, especially kids, more vulnerable to preventable illness & death: bit.ly/4qwAJwU

Really hard to be a general pediatrician these days. So much worry for our nation's children.

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health How a retracted study from the 1990s led to a persistent myth about vaccines.

Questions about vaccines and autism have been around for a while, despite multiple scientific studies that do not show a connection.

Read how a retracted study from the 1990s undermined trust in vaccines and why vaccines don't cause autism.

Vaccine poll asks parents what they think about RFK Jr. and their pediatricians A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.

A new poll by the Washington Post and KFF reveals that most parents trust their pediatrician when it comes to information about vaccines. Read Dr. Nola Ernest's experiences in the Washington Post's latest piece: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs The Trump administration’s crackdown is turning a difficult profession into an impossible one for some doctors.

Exhausting to be a pediatrician these days.

ACIP now discussing Hep B infant vaccination 💉👶 — but I’m puzzled 🤔. This is one of the US’s biggest public health wins 🎉: rates fell from ~10/100,000 in 1980 📉 to just 0.7 in 2023. Infant vaccination works 💪.

#PedsIDsky #Rxsky

Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

Viewpoint: Four tips for understanding this week’s ACIP meeting

ACIP meeting this week which is likely to undermine vaccines even more. Here's some tips to keep in mind:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

How Botswana eliminated paediatric HIV Political will, free maternity care and digital health tools helped Botswana achieve high standards for ending mother-to-child transmission.

Botswana has essentially eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV thanks to strong political and social commitment. I hope the changing landscape around foreign aid won't impact this too much.

www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.

Measles has arrived in Utah.

Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).

Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US.

Our national @JAMAPediatrics study is live.

Findings (2011-2023):
•7,400 more deaths in most permissive and permissive firearm law states.
•No increase in the stricter law states.
•Decreases in 4 strict law states.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I Like My Teeth

Some good info here around fluoride and dental health!
ilikemyteeth.org

The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

MAHA Propaganda on the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule Did you notice how the new MAHA report talked about the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule?

The MAHA Report on the Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule is pure anti-vaccine propaganda. stopantivaxpropaganda.substack.com/p/maha-propa... #StopAntiVaccinePropaganda

This! The administration that says pollution is leading to chronic conditions in kids is the same administration that is pulling back environmental regulations to allow more pollution.

MAHA Commission report paints a dark picture of U.S. children's health The Health Secretary's report blames environmental toxins, ultraprocessed foods and more for the poor state of kids' health in the U.S.

The difference between these two takes on the recently released MAHA report is shocking.

They even quote one of the same experts, but in very different ways. The NYT article definitely avoids much needed criticism of this report.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w...

In vivo screen of Plasmodium targets for mosquito-based malaria control - Nature An in vivo screen of small-molecule compounds to inhibit the mosquito-stage development of Plasmodium identified hits that can be incorporated into bed nets and led to effective parasite killing in th...

The details in this paper make my eyes glaze over, but the concept is so cool! Antiparasitic agent in bednets impairs malaria development - a new target given lots of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...