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Updated flu report, national edition A second look at the latest data on this record season

🧵 (2 / 3) This flu season is gearing up to be brutal. The instances of 'influenza like illnesses' is currently the highest it has been in 30 years.

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Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths ... This report describes pediatric deaths during the 2024–25 influenza season.

🧵 (1 / 3) More children died of non-pandemic flu last season than in any other year since child deaths became nationally notifiable in 2004. 44% had no underlying medical condition, 90% were not fully vaccinated.

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So they are on the official record for when things go terribly wrong they cannot claim ignorance.

Lying to Congress while effectively under oath is a very big deal. Or at least it used to be before, well, all of this.

The point is to drum up as much support as they can while it has a brief moment in the spotlight when it is released. You get a message about a new book being released on Monday - but no reviews yet, so you forget about it and don’t follow up. OR there are reviews and your interest is piqued

But he did clearly say that no one should listen to him for medical advice, so that is something at least.

If the point of you going from point A to point B is to exercise, then using a car to get there defeats the purpose. Enjoy your heart disease.

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I have not yet read this book, but it is currently The University of Chicago Press's free ebook of the month, so have downloaded it and will be giving it a read.

Book Cover for A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education by David F Labaree

In a time when American academia is under one of the greatest threats of our time, we could all stand to understand how it has succeeded becoming the powerhouse it currently is.

The Princeton Politics Department is showing up for this fight.

VA research is THE reason we have all kinds of medical breakthroughs, from the pacemaker to the nicotine patch.

Veterans like Shawn know the value of VA research and how it saves lives, but Trump and Elon are decimating this work and firing VA researchers in droves.

Wonderful news. Now dreading the announcement that this will be yet another court order that is willfully ignored.

I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.

Precisely, not offering a way to verify their validity and authority is all kinds of level of terrifying.

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Please remember to credit the original artists!

They do have their badges, but they refused to give their names? And when requested did not provide their ID numbers?

A reminder that public servants provide so much value to our lives and our country, real people doing thankless work that keeps our society running.

My area of research is convict leasing. In the USA, when labor is forced outside of a punishment, such as before a guilty verdict, it is called slavery. This isn’t hyperbole…

To be clear: I know a LOT of early career physicians who are considering their exit routes from the chaos, and this is one of them.

No one WANTS to leave, but they feel they must do what is right for their families, and go where they feel they can truly care for patients.

They are already doing this with the actions of DOGE. You being complicit will only add a sense of legitimacy to their actions.

One of the unique things about working at the VA is how common it is to have overly effusive grateful patients, to the point of tears, for the care they receive. I would hear some vet say they would be dead without the VA on a weekly basis.

That is wonderful! Abdominal adhesions effectively limits the number of abdominal surgeries a person can undergo in their lifetime.

Please share what NIH grants were involved in this. People should know what they potentially losing with NIH cuts.

University leaders need to step up together and fight this. Columbia was an example that cannot be allowed to stand. No one wants to be next, but being quiet ensures that someone somewhere will be, and again, and again.

You’re wild! That’s amazing!

Science for science's sake, and for the improvement of human health and level of understanding. But also, science for economic return's sake as well.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Addressing Stigma and Bias in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Obesity/Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease and Assessing Bi... To focus on the intersection of perception, diagnosis, stigma, and weight bias in the management of obesity and obtain consensus on actionable steps to improve care provided for persons with obesity.

Some legitimately good reading.

MD from University of Kansas School of Medicine. I would suggest brushing up on your CMEs.

You have a frank misunderstanding of the science of obesity and endocrinology.

Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.

The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...