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Applications for the ATS Fellowship in Health Equity & Diversity are here! This fellowship provides up to $40,000 to support senior fellows, postdocs, or junior faculty advancing health equity in pulmonary, critical care, or sleep medicine.

Apply by March 13: site.thoracic.org/clinicians-r...

A great opportunity for a unique and enjoyable experience at all levels of career (watch video in forwarded post below 👇 for more details) - Register for ATS 2026 before March 12 and save! registration.experientevent.com/ShowATS261/F...

Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed...

Yet another superpower discovered amongst the Pediatricians 💪👊 🦠 - @ats-peds.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky #pedspulmsky #RSV
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Have you applied for our ATS Assembly Apprenticeship Program yet?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in the future of the ATS Assemblies!

Deadline February 6th

Learn more: shorturl.at/WwQwF

Looking forward to the great pediatric content programmed by these 2 Peds superstars🌟🌟at #ATS2026 @crosassalazar.bsky.social @laelyonker.bsky.social

@ats-bshsr.bsky.social @atscritcare.bsky.social @ats-eoph.bsky.social @ats-pc.bsky.social @ats-pitb.bsky.social @ats-clinicalprobs.bsky.social @ats-rcmb.bsky.social @ats-rsf.bsky.social @ats-srn.bsky.social @ats-toa.bsky.social plus nursing and pulmonary rehabilitation assemblies!! Great effort 👏🏻👏🏻

Rewarding 2 days in Denver with the ICC members programming the 6900+ abstracts for #ATS2026 - lots of collaboration between assemblies to help create great content. Expertly chaired by Jen Taylor-Cousar and skilfully marshalled by awesome ATS staff👏🏻🙌🏻 @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-peds.bsky.social

My new favourite way to get over jet lag…. Energised for the ICC meetings in Denver this week to plan content for #ATS2026! #BroncosCountry #VisitWinterPark @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-peds.bsky.social

Bring it on @thanhneville.medsky.social! Really looking forward to the colourful pictures and music that capture the unique perspective offered and fantastic meaningful impact!!

Congratulations on this well deserved recognition Sharon for all your work in #PCD and beyond 👏🏻👏🏻 - Canadian Thoracic Society Honorary Lecture at #CHEST2025 - bit.ly/4hgDLlw - @ats-peds.bsky.social @cts-sct.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca @accpchest.bsky.social

With asthma season in high gear in the US, here’s a reminder about the new Pediatric Critical Asthma Guidlines for treatment in the #pedsICU www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Looking forward to #NACFC later this week…. Quick jump across to Chicago for #CHEST first - hoping the #Mariners can bring a bit of World Series energy to NACFC week too 😉

300 million people have asthma. A joy co-authoring this @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social MS: Genetic+ environmental risk factors for asthma: towards prevention, led by G Koppelman+G Bruselle with @erikmelen.bsky.social+ M Pino as co-authors @atscommunity.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/c/1ls9A7tFB1...

Australia has an amazing opportunity to use its Medical Research Future Fund to immediately supercharge healthcare innovation - to develop new medicines, new therapies, new cures.

The economic and social potential for our country is huge.

The government could release billions of dollars today.

Billions going unspent from Australia’s $24b medical research fund Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan reveal the government could double how much funding it gives to innovative health research each year.

TSANZ stands with @mon4kooyong.bsky.social in calling for smarter use of the $24.5B MRFF. Respiratory disease is 10% of Australia’s health burden, but gets only ~2% of research funding. We’ll keep pushing for investment that strengthens respiratory health and its workforce. ow.ly/le9u50X5nvM

Quick buys for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases Despite their established effectiveness, uptake of the WHO best buys for tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been uneven and disappointing. Here we introduce the “quick buys”, an evidence-ba...

Though effective, uptake of the WHO best buys for tackling non-communicable diseases (#NCDs) has been uneven.

In The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, authors introduce “quick buys”—interventions with measurable public health impacts within 5 years ⤵️
tinyurl.com/8eu8nmdw

Medical Groups Tell EPA: Don't Kill 'Main Tool' to Combat Climate Crisis | Common Dreams Over 120 top health and medical organizations joined the growing chorus of opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to roll back the endangerment finding.

The ATS joins over a hundred health and medical organizations in opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to roll-back the landmark legal opinion that greenhouse gases endanger public health.

Read more (via @commondreams.org): www.commondreams.org/news/climate...

As a paediatrician, I urge Australians to be guided by scientific evidence when making decisions on medications | Mike Freelander Claims of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism have been repeatedly disproven – despite what the US administration suggests I have treated more than 200,000 patients in almost 40 years of practising medicine. Autism is a complex disorder which can present in many different ways and in a spectrum of severity. Causation is a very important consideration and, as a paediatrician, I know that parents often ask why their child has autism. Particularly in the severe end of the autism spectrum, genetic disorders can present with autistic features; for example Angelman syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Williams syndrome and many others. However, for the majority of the children who are diagnosed with autism, no cause is found. We also know that the number of children diagnosed with autism in the developed world is increasing. There are many reasons for this, not least that we are better at diagnosing it. However, in my work I often heard the question “why is my child autistic?” Continue reading...

As a paediatrician, I urge Australians to be guided by scientific evidence when making decisions on medications | Mike Freelander

The Board of Directors has signed this joint statement by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, joining more than 20 national medical and health organizations.

In London, hate will never win.

A worrying trend for Australia - #vaping may have arrived later than other countries but it’s on a steep upward trajectory in #adolescence @tsanz-thoracic.bsky.social #TSANZ #EducationHub

@mwsharp5.bsky.social, Neil Greening, Patricio Escalante, Peter Niedbalski, @knipelab.bsky.social, Rodney Britt, Soban Umar, Surya Bhatt, @tammyeaton17.bsky.social, Tara Nordgren, Thomas Valley, Victor Ortega, Yvonne Huang
Plus the ATS staff D’Ann Brown-Janowiak, Carrie Smith & Ashley Parent 👏🏻 👏🏻

Alan Hamilton, Aluko Hope, @crosassalazar.bsky.social, Crystal North, Deena Costa,
@fabienmaldonado.bsky.social @karmoha.bsky.social, Klar Yaggi, Jaime Hook, @tina-chen-critcare.bsky.social, @juliebartamd.bsky.social, @laelyonker.bsky.social, Lisa Hariri, Manuel Sanchez De La Torre….

Great few days in New York chairing the International Conference Committee meeting with Jen Taylor-Cousar… excited about content coming together for #ATS2026. Thanks to all ICC members across the 14 assemblies for their efforts & collaborative approach👏🏻👏🏻 @atscommunity.bsky.social #Science #Advocacy

Instead of getting defensive, pause and reflect on the privilege you may have. It makes the argument look very different. #DiversityMatters #RepresentationMatters

Enjoyed moderating inaugural Best of ATS India on behalf of #ATS. Expert insight from #ATS2025 & engaging discussion throughout incl potential Indian collaborations to advance global efforts #biosimilars. Thanks to ATS staff behind the scenes. Looking forward to future ones @atscommunity.bsky.social

Australia’s gun laws are often held up as the global gold standard for community safety - it’s vital that there is ongoing proactive effort to maintain this position
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is a big and significant win, and speaks to the real power of public advocacy campaigns. Still a VERY long way to go in the fight against the cuts, though. Join us at @tbfighters.org in pushing against attempts to cut U.S. investments in domestic and global health.

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