A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked RFK Jr.’s overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups sued the Department of Health and Human Services arguing Kennedy’s changes violated federal law. The judge agreed.
Doing, a simple but powerful message #WFOT2026
Ooh - neat app. Shared #WFOT2026
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
Laura Rice described the co-design of #mHealth app to support fall prevention program for wheelchair users. Findings: people wanted meaningful icons, intuitive navigation, training, search option & help desk, & accessibility. #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
Co-designing a lifestyle-oriented intervention for people with chronic pain: rapid analysis | 1 theme: need for flexible, personalized, hands-on intervention. - Julie Masse #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
Absolutely! #WFOT2026
Free app, 3DADAPT, connects people with disabilities & clinicians/students to find and order small 3D devices. Sara Benham #WFOT2026 #AssistiveTech
“Partnerships start by doing. Start by doing something small. Genuinely co-ownership involves open and honest communication and problem-solving.”-Samantha Shann, WFOT President #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
Grateful to the Society for Participatory Medicine (S4PM) for a travel award to an international occupational therapy conference. S4PM promotes patients' role in collaborative relationships with health professionals to achieve better health and well-being. @s4pm.bsky.social participatorymedicine.org
“If it is not right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say it.” - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher
AHRQ Webinar: Prepping for the Future: Digital Solutions for Aging Populations
Date: Dec. 17, 2025 | 1:30 – 3:00pm ET
Register (free) at digital.ahrq.gov/national-web...
AAHD 2026 Scholarship Program, Frederick J. Krause #Scholarship on Health and Disability, is awarded to students with a disability who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies related to health & disability. deadline: Mar. 6, 2026. aahd.us/initiatives/...
There has to be more to this. Maybe they are trying avoid the medical costs of the coming purges?
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.
Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
Join @NASEM Health & Medicine Div. for a 2-day virtual workshop, Sept. 29-30, addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in U.S. farm settings against Influenza A (H5N1) and practices to prevent transmission between livestock & humans. Register: mailchi.mp/nationalacad...
AHRQ National Webinar on Prepping for the Future: Digital Solutions for Aging Populations (free)
Wed., Oct. 8, 2025, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
(UTC-04:00) ET (US & Canada) ahrqwebinar.webex.com/webappng/sit...
Thanks @atrupar.com for the video clips from today's hearing. Here is one to consider
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Research funded by NIH: repeated head impacts from contact sports can cause early and lasting changes in the brains of young- to middle-aged athletes, & these changes may occur years before chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) develops its disease features. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Rhode Island Energy, our state’s utility monopoly, was just caught overcharging state agencies by millions of dollars!
I am calling for a complete and thorough audit of RI Energy’s residential and commercial accounts to make sure these kinds of mistakes never cost us again.
Republicans Who Voted Against 9/11 Families Tweeted "Never Forget" Today
3 of them are now running for governor of their state
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The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a yellow and green shirt, is speaking into a microphone. A headline reads: "Jair Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil." Photo by Dado Galdieri for The New York Times
Breaking News: Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. He could face decades in prison. nyti.ms/4pyzL3Q
HAPPENING NOW: The Trump administration withdraws its claim that parents of the Guatemalan children it tried to send back last month had requested their return.
DOJ says it has no basis for that claim now in light of contradictory info provided by the Guatemalan government.
NEW: Senate Republicans have BLOCKED Schumer's effort to release the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Clinical Implementation of Cognitive Rehabilitation Best Practices Using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System - Wed. 10/29/25, 1:15-2:15 pm
An SLP, 2 OTs, & 1 physiatrist walk into the Hilton Chicago & .... present: "Clinical Implementation of Cognitive Rehabilitation Best Practices Using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System" on 10/29/25, 1:15-2:15 pm. Presenters: K. O'Brien, K. Watters, N. Corro, & J. Whyte. #ACRM2025
