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She/her | FM physician interested in helping patients get all the health care they need and none they don't | Boosts ≠ endorsements - I share what I'm reading, but it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it | Opinions are mine, not of any organization I'm affiliated with

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"Some universities paid the government millions of dollars; others paid nothing but agreed to policy or personnel changes. But a common theme has emerged over the past year: The administration is seeking to alter the culture at these powerful institutions, barring them, for instance, from supporting programs aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion."

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/29/nx-s1-5559293/trump-settlements-colleges-universities

#colleges #universities #HigherEd #academia #diversity #equity #inclusion #extortion #USpol
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"Today’s ads, by contrast, talk like the Ph.D. kind of doctor, using polysyllabic words and alluding to things viewable only under a microscope. They seem designed not to illuminate but to obfuscate, to impart the veneer of science at such a high level that people will never really ask how, or if, it works. Almost no one is looking up a peer-reviewed study...to make sure the claims on their package of goo are accurate."

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/science-ad-marketing-beauty-food/685712/

#science #research #beauty #skincare #marketing
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"The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report shows some striking disparities: 91,000 women left the labor force last month, compared to 10,000 men who joined the labor force last month. If we zoom out to look at all of 2025, men’s labor force size grew by 572,000, while women’s grew by only 184,000. That means men joined the labor market at a rate three times greater than women."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2026/01/14/women-made-up-nearly-all-the-job-losses-last-month-heres-why/

#PublicHealth #workers #labor #employment #gender #diversity #equity #inclusion
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"Voters could weigh in on abortion rights this fall in Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming.

In the post-Roe v. Wade era, where decision-making power over abortion lies in state hands, ballot initiatives have become a popular way of restricting or protecting these rights, and often a way to get around courts."

https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/health/2026-01-29/abortion-ballot-election-november-2026-wyoming-idaho-nevada

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #elections2026 #BallotInitiatives
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"Physicians described how restrictive noncompete agreements have hurt their careers and their patients during an online workshop hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week.

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said the agency plans to address anticompetitive noncompete agreements. At the same time, he made clear that the FTC had no interest in pursuing a blanket ban..."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/generalprofessionalissues/119642

#healthcare #physicians #labor #noncompete #business #contracts
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"The number of children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration...ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump. During the last 16 months of the Biden administration, ICE held around 25 children a day."

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers

#PublicHealth #immigrant #immigration #ICE #DHS #detention #incarceration #ChildrensHealth #families #MentalHealth #texas
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"The government paid Downing $445 an hour for representing Bostic, which is typical for program attorneys with his experience, according to court records.

Three years later, Bostic said, she hasn’t received a dime for her son’s injury. Thomas, now 18, endures debilitating pain that doctors say may never go away."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/vicp-vaccine-court-cases-moved-lawsuits-lawyers-merck-hpv-rfk-allies-hhs/

#healthcare #PatientSafety #PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #injury #HHS #VCIP #courts #USpol