2026-03-28T17:32:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae Bich Nguyen :verified: https://nostr.ae/npub1nzjhgymv940yzdqeqs58n4rheraynzsext2l3u6nxpvrqpfuwz2ql3pmgc https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/327/837/479/711/129/original/80dd5d97121d4f82.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/327/837/479/711/129/original/80dd5d97121d4f82.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszc0t99u8qpjtkknl6snghxfvrqj44d3wqd5deamqmdza3ndapp5szyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgtvjmtf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f45574y8xpcel7y08sf82fthtmfumtwkxzqgnz9xvdg5r3wwfcq3zvdfh'>nevent1q…vdfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that&#39;s why the Republicans don&#39;t care about serving as a check on Musk, and by extension, the President. They want smaller government and are willing to put away their pocket Constitutions they waved around not so long ago. 2025-04-17T07:21:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2gwkcmm5klcz8ve0qv0063cvwt5l2ltjqkrha9u9wul6zt5t7vsszyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgfy0nj3 &#34;Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz took the Make America Healthy Again movement on the road Tuesday, reveling in their power to shape public health in an appearance riddled with false statements and dubious claims.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/rfk-mehmet-oz-maha-indiana-00291821">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/rfk-mehmet-oz-maha-indiana-00291821</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #PublicHealth #fluoride #food #FoodSafety #snap #USpol 2025-04-17T03:23:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4vgsc9zxvr58rff5h2z9lqhusnw8f69x9qw7uc852k3nk5v7p5gzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg8axxsf &#34;The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene.&#34; <br/> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-power-plants-epa-exemptions-zeldin-2cd9f2697b5f46a88ab9882ab6fd1641">https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-power-plants-epa-exemptions-zeldin-2cd9f2697b5f46a88ab9882ab6fd1641</a><br/><br/>#PublicHealth #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #energy #coal 2025-04-16T20:31:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvvq426s4nvt7fah6ccdkpemdud464jngeck63s5m3xfxzxchemqzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgxduy28 &#34;Statewide, concerns about mental health have surged among Latinos in recent years, rising from fewer than half calling it an extremely or very serious problem in 2020 to more than three-quarters in 2023. Health care workers, researchers, and community members all say factors such as language differences, cultural stigma, and socioeconomic barriers may exacerbate mental health issues and limit the ability to access care.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/colorado-ski-resort-mountain-town-latino-hispanic-workers-deportation-nicaraguan">https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/colorado-ski-resort-mountain-town-latino-hispanic-workers-deportation-nicaraguan</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #MentalHealth #latino #immigrant 2025-04-16T18:55:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2e5w27srfyl8fkf3tt9ym703p9yex0pgdmmqgmjhxejk4r2pykaczyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg54zp7j &#34;While there haven’t yet been the big fireworks of last session, lawmakers are quietly pushing proposals to further restrict the lives of trans people — what bathrooms they can use, what government documents they can obtain and what services public schools and mental health providers can offer to young people.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-legislature-transgender-bills/">https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/texas-legislature-transgender-bills/</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #PublicHealth #lgbtq #transgender #gender #sexuality #MentalHealth #texas #txlege 2025-04-16T17:04:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8xmak6p6eu59nsucn5z46agt5rx75ga6uz4y53temeyzyn7dnehgzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgup6gsf &#34;Around 250 doctors at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) have been certified as the first unionized resident and fellow physicians in Minnesota, according to union officials. <br/><br/>The physicians are represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union (CIR/SEIU)...&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/hennepin-county-physicians-certified-union-minnesota-seiu/">https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/hennepin-county-physicians-certified-union-minnesota-seiu/</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #hospitals #physicians #residents #fellows #MedEd #unions #labor #workers #organizing #CIR #SEIU 2025-04-15T23:57:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs96rca9amfhwfpl7j6nr3jypu66vwatlvupajvf2lzve6lw0zj8nczyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgn8lj6s &#34;On four separate occasions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, has suggested that the measles outbreak in Texas, which is now over 500 cases, is beginning to subside and grow more slowly. But a review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace of cases.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/04/14/no-sign-of-texas-measles-outbreak-slowing-contrary-to-rfk-jr-s-claims/">https://rollcall.com/2025/04/14/no-sign-of-texas-measles-outbreak-slowing-contrary-to-rfk-jr-s-claims/</a><br/><br/>#PublicHealth #measles #vaccines #vaccinations #immunizations #outbreak #texas #misinformation #disinformation 2025-04-15T20:31:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspxywczzvkhg89rfepnuyx48rquqey23eur04xdutuqun4fdx5r6gzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgze9ypj &#34;For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting publicly to discuss the nation&#39;s vaccine policies.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5364677/cdc-acip-vaccines-meeting-rfk">https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5364677/cdc-acip-vaccines-meeting-rfk</a><br/><br/>#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #CDC #ACIP #USpol 2025-04-15T18:55:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy65axlzakumewmgkqk74htsstxvz2levcrhyay5q4nlfyzu822tqzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg2cp4ml &#34;But more recently, fellow abortion opponents, who call themselves abortion abolitionists, are showing up to her booths with signs, often screaming “baby killer” at her while she speaks with students. Hawkins has had to send alerts to donors asking them to help pay for increased security.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-abolitionists-trump-roe-criminal-homicide-d6d5c7a05419fe9ded04271cb517b001">https://apnews.com/article/abortion-abolitionists-trump-roe-criminal-homicide-d6d5c7a05419fe9ded04271cb517b001</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion 2025-04-15T17:04:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqtdumey4z9pr0thttzs9ekyjx4kth4vpv83rk79s2qmzwc2pwgtszyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgal4a75 &#34;For the first time since Texas banned nearly all abortions, Republican lawmakers are considering tweaking the language of the law to protect the lives of pregnant women.<br/><br/>But this much-lauded bipartisan effort will offer no reprieve for women carrying doomed pregnancies diagnosed with lethal fetal abnormalities.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/texas-abortion-law-lethal-fetal-anomalies/">https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/texas-abortion-law-lethal-fetal-anomalies/</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #genetics 2025-04-15T03:23:07+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4zp9hurjc3cjlpsw6jpca2xu4xk992dxta79kzkdef3t7y2edjszyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgzvyaw9 &#34;During his Senate confirmation hearings to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented himself as a supporter of vaccines. But in office, he and the agencies he leads have taken far-reaching, sometimes subtle steps to undermine confidence in vaccine efficacy and safety.&#34;<br/><br/>What? Who could have seen this coming? 🤔<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/health/kennedy-vaccines-confidence-access.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/health/kennedy-vaccines-confidence-access.html</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #measles #vaccines #vaccinations #immunizations #outbreak #misinformation 2025-04-14T23:58:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszpy3xhp48nutgzz3q0ajz4ehyw3ddus635yq5qd2chlvsq9gx7lgzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg45prc9 &#34;Thousands of grants, including many at public universities and on topics as politically benign as Alzheimer’s, have been caught in what critics say is an unprecedented slowdown of the American research system that is threatening to upend universities and halt progress toward medical innovations, treatments and cures.&#34;<br/><br/> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788">https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/one-countrys-leading-alzheimers-projects-jeopardy-rcna199788</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #NIH #HHS #science #research #ClinicalTrials #grants #funding #universities #DOGE #USpol 2025-04-14T20:31:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvg5gunvrdljthch4va39hp8hj9wdd23s8qp0y6a0cdyejm0wtmgczyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg7wge4r &#34;But Youle’s dismissal, along with 10 others at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, underscores a recurring problem in the Trump administration’s push to rapidly shrink the federal workforce: Computers are making decisions without much human oversight.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243">https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/04/11/the-downside-of-rifs-at-nih-00283243</a><br/><br/>#healthcare #NIH #scientists #science #research #DOGE #USpol 2025-04-14T18:55:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstczqy0hqv05v5jgx98ut8fh0fzfkqn2vjczzzvzyn53w52tv3wqqzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgcde8px In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw75ytkxyjgg3wnufda4mkrwpjn3nxnszsy0jtz5cn8r9urmavw7cgr0666'>nevent1q…0666</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If they&#39;re willing to do their job and serve as a check on the Executive branch. 2025-04-14T15:24:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2nlqyd83gr0c2e3qkefnkckwnnzgffzntkncwdcrxamyjy645q6qzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgrwwxxr &#34;There was also not enough time for scientists to properly shut down the laboratories before they were locked out from their email systems and the building, two CDC officials said, with equipment still running and hazardous materials left unattended.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-labs-stds-hepatitis/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-labs-stds-hepatitis/</a><br/><br/>#PublicHealth #HHS #CDC #InfectiousDiseases #STI #chlamydia #gonorrhea #HIV #hepatitis #syphilis #laboratories #testing #surveillance #DOGE #USpol 2025-04-05T03:23:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszm75naxhvequmzr88gpf9ajuslc8gexl7ytnm4vmr8y9zja6dugszyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgjxjrp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdk69vrv7prt5rjnsd53j72lnazwtd2tjxzc6gy2nzpggpnxevf2ghd5f9w'>nevent1q…5f9w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Using AI is trending in medical education. Like Groink thought from the article, It&#39;s used to generate scenarios for learners to practice. It&#39;s a more immediate, cheaper, time-saving option compared to hiring, training, and scheduling standardized patients for learners to practice a simulated patient encounter. <br/><br/>It cannot simulate actual verbal and non-verbal communication, but can at least help the learner practice patient-centered language. 2025-01-11T17:53:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsta0zfkaxxurw7cz2n3pnfeum8aqnq3h50wtdv7t83ncr9llpyldczyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfguen6cv &#34;At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death.<br/><br/>But it’s far from being a set-it-and-forget-it tool. A routine tech checkup revealed the algorithm decayed during the covid-19 pandemic, getting 7 percentage points worse at predicting who would die, according to a 2022 study.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/artificial-intelligence-algorithms-software-health-care/">https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/artificial-intelligence-algorithms-software-health-care/</a> #healthcare #hospitals #AI #healthIT 2025-01-11T17:03:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpucatk5se0terzw47rxpjx6gm9w8q397cct4q6agz4edj6qaawszyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfggacasp Physician friends are sharing lists of medical influencers sharing facts and science who should be followed and uplifted. Who else should be included? Mastodon accounts preferred! <br/><br/>MEDICAL INFLUENCERS - on Threads or Instagram or BlueSky:<br/>Dr Jen Gunter<br/>Dr Karen Tang<br/>Dr Megan Ranney<br/>Dr Harpreet Tsui<br/>Dr Uche Blackstock<br/>Dr Jennifer Lincoln <br/><br/>#medicine #doctors #physicians #PublicHealth #ReproductiveHealth 2024-11-10T23:57:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstx9eas0gv8qm2hlqwtm2atnp3x9jlyy97tzx76gee3h0l0mver4gzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgcd36jv Follow and uplift progressive thinkers on American issues. Who else should be included? Mastodon accounts preferred! <br/><br/>HISTORIANS/THINKERS:<br/>Heather Cox Richardson (follow her on Facebook)<br/>Timothy Snyder<br/>Rebecca Solnit<br/>Robert Reich<br/><br/>PODCASTS/COMEDIANS:<br/>Pod Save America/Crooked Media<br/>Trae Crowder<br/>Ezra Klein<br/>Slate&#39;s Slow Burn<br/><br/>#historians #thinkers #podcasts #USpol 2024-11-10T20:31:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswm2ectkh83sm2qsqv2mvwn8vzcq9l2xeslpla8rdzu49epx8qw5qzyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfgcz4txa Support publications and media outlets doing good work on American news. Here&#39;s a list some friends are sharing. What or who else should be included? Mastodon accounts preferred! <br/><br/>ProPublica <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qmg7r9rlrufykzudrhrza5fkcaq64w6xdzqh4uqtpxf80mxhx4gqvqs6k5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ProPublica</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qmg…s6k5</span>)</a></span><br/>The Guardian [@guardian](<a href="https://mstdn.media/@guardian">https://mstdn.media/@guardian</a> ) or <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub168d7gwqq5etxg9n5gd4sd7vgfajn9dexpd5pcqwzcj5ccqt9wesq9ttu7v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Guardian</span> (<span class="italic">npub168d…tu7v</span>)</a></span><br/>The Philadelphia Inquirer<br/>The Baltimore Banner<br/>Mother Jones [@MotherJones2021](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@MotherJones2021">https://flipboard.com/@MotherJones2021</a> )<br/>your local paper<br/>your local NPR station<br/>Vanity Fair [@vanityfair](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@vanityfair">https://flipboard.com/@vanityfair</a> )<br/>Rolling Stone <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xky39anv3ltu2ahl2tnfgz3fft2y78syfukzlwy49dvqdedhd5wq683wkp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Rolling Stone</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xky…3wkp</span>)</a></span><br/>Teen Vogue [@TeenVogue](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@TeenVogue">https://flipboard.com/@TeenVogue</a> ) <br/><br/>#news #media #newspapers #magazines #USpol 2024-11-10T18:55:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspyymuarsle7qtm7xur4ypqrrlf4e3fnn0cyw362zk44958w7tg9czyzv22aqndsk4usf5ryzzs7w5wly05jv2ryedt78n2vc9svq983cfg8q60g9 #introduction<br/><br/>Hello, I am interested in #MedEd, #primarycare, and #publichealth. By day, I teach medical students health systems science, take care of uninsured patients, and currently study Vietnamese Americans and COVID-19. By night, I volunteer with Doctors for America and progressive Vietnamese American organization PIVOT. Always down for chatter about K-pop and K-dramas. <br/><br/>#FMRevolution #FamilyMedicine #healthpolicy #healthequity #socialjustice #AANHPI #BTSARMY 2022-11-13T18:41:02+01:00