Vaccines facing misinformation spike: WHO experts Vaccine programs are being challenged by rising misinformation and an uncertain pipeline for research funding, the World Health Organization’s immunization experts said Wednesday.

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives over the past 50 years, and more than 30 diseases could be prevented through immunization.
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Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal The family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador.

Liam Ramos, the boy in the blue bunny hat, was used as bait by ICE.

He was kidnapped & thrown in the Dilley camp where his health immediately declined.

Public pressure got him released.

He became a symbol of resistance.

So the regime stripped his asylum status.

They’re quashing all hope:

Teddies, toys and friendship bracelets: the film about the empty bedrooms of school shooting victims An Oscar-nominated documentary that goes into the bedrooms of children killed in US school shootings hopes to drive home the reality of such tragedies. ‘I’ve never been so frightened,’ says its director

Teddies, toys and friendship bracelets: the film about the empty bedrooms of school shooting victims

Idaho considers an 'apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and families Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

Whenever there are healthcare cuts, disabled people suffer.

It’s eugenics.

They see us as expendable.

Many think we’re “better off dead”.

It’s no surprise that when they need to save money, it’s taken from Disability services.

Home care saves lives. This is awful.

The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here His name is Donald J. Trump.

"Trump's attack on Iran is terrifying in part because it's so untethered from policy goals and logic. He offered a range of half-hearted explanations for his rush to war, but the conflicting excuses only underlined the obvious truth — he attacked Iran because he felt like it."

What to Know About Medicaid More than 70 million Americans are enrolled in the program, which could be facing its biggest overhaul in decades.

Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people, faces its biggest overhaul in decades under President Donald Trump.
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The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account Welcome to the 4chan administration.

I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Menopause, Misinformation, and the Oprah Effect Why Oprah Winfrey shouldn't be your menopause guide

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They’re bringing back syphilis and babies with diseases like rickets cause those things are so good for the economy!

This is stupid cause there’s no way Luigi gets sentenced to death by anyone but I want to highlight how stupid it is for other reasons:

Trying death penalty cases is the most expensive part of our criminal justice system. For a conviction in low-profile cases it adds $1M per case to taxpayer costs

Whitewashing Valor: How the Code Talkers Were Betrayed The Trump administration’s scrubbing of the Navajo Code Talkers from government recognition, under the thin veil of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), isn’t just historical ignorance—it’s an ac...

This breaks my heart

What horseshit from DOD that they "mistakenly" deleted pages on the Navajo Code Talkers, black Medal of Honor recipients, Jackie Robinson, and more. They labeled them DEI and deleted them and then got caught and now they're scrambling. Nobody changes a URL by mistake. Constant lies.

There’s literally an approved vaccine for bird flu for birds. He is just antivaxx. Period.

To those who rushed back to normal & stopped caring about Covid, realize that was a luxury afforded to you by privilege & good health.

Those of us who are vulnerable have been left behind. we can’t take the risk because we know there’s no help available.

Mask for us if you won’t do it for yourself

The Myth(s) of Fentanyl Exposure YouTube video by Ryan Marino, MD

I made this video about what is really going on with these “fentanyl exposure” stories because I got tired of explaining the same thing over and over: www.youtube.com/watch?v=215h...

“Are you going to wear that mask forever??”

Probably. I’m adapting to my environment.

We’ve allowed a multi system vascular virus to circulate unmitigated for years. A good respirator can keep me from getting sick. Until we face COVID & come up with society wide solutions, my mask stays on

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its spending memo. The judge disagreed.

Second judge blocks Trump's federal aid funding freeze

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its spending memo. The judge disagreed.

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Opinion | Ways to Fix the Health Insurance Debacle (Gift Article) Responses to an essay by Andrew Witty, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealth Group. Also: Threats to democracy, in Hungary and America; a check on Trump; avoiding taxes.

Read my response in the New York Times to United Healthcare's CEO recent oped (second letter down in link) It's time for ALL of us to speak up, share our personal experiences & for advocates to network together to improve care. #medsky #RxSky #cardiosky #pharmsky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/o...

The Coronavirus Still Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings The Covid-19 pandemic is not a state of mind—and telling us not to panic isn’t healthcare.

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Also weird how the rhetoric praising certain classes of worker whose labour was vital to keep society running didn't extend to improving their pay or working conditions, and many of them died or suffered long-term disability as a result of their "heroic" and "selfless" work.

Today is January 6th and no one is watching the Capitol be plundered, feces being smeared on the walls, and police officers being stabbed with American flags.

Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.

Chronic pain pt gets fired from job because her Pharmacist refused to fill her pain medication Back  in the day, when I was in pharmacy school we were taught that we were an IMPORTANT PART OF THE SYSTEM. We were to make su…

#Medsky #RXsky #disability #Chronicillness

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Focus

A recent study has found that 30% of crisis pregnancy centers in the US actively advertise abortion reversal services. An unsubstantiated and dangerous treatment.

Pregnancy centers are predatory & NOT required to keep people's information private.

#WomensRights

This is a thread containing links for contraception, plan B, ella, and abortion med resources as well as info on community support networks which can help those who need these meds access them free of charge.

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But Traditional marriages, with traditional values are certainly not the goal. We've had millenia of forced, unpaid labor from women, dehumanization, violent suppression of them, etc. And it's time that kind of inequity ended.

Hello! ❤️🫂

Ok, sounds good. Hopefully, after next week, I can pop over here more frequently.