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arvanitopoula.bsky.social
A human first, and a human-first Med-Peds primary care MD, MPH professionally
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Remember when John Roberts gutted the Medicaid expansion because he said the *offer* of medicaid money was too coercive to the states bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Just a reminder that the HPV vaccine literally PREVENTS CANCER and the series can be started as early as 9 years of age.

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Rina was almost as far down the rabbit hole as you can go. Over many years she made it out. Here she talks about the day she finally got her kids vaccinated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgpP...

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

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For context, the membership of the National Academies is the most powerful and successful scientists, engineers, and doctors in the country. When they speak, it carries enormous weight in the community and Congress. For leadership to do this without consulting members is a big deal (in a bad way).

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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For too long, pharmacy benefit managers have been the middlemen between Illinoisans and their prescriptions, adding costs without real value. Greater transparency and major industry reform are needed — the Prescription Drug Affordability Act reins in their predatory practices.

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LET’S GOOOOOO GEORGIA 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Rich McCormick (R) town hall in Roswell. People are LIVID over #doge and #CDC cuts *sorry, had to cut off 4 secs to make video fit. Source: @bluestein.bsky.social twitter

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HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’ www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c... via @statnews.com

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On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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Welp.

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You can prevent infectious diseases AND chronic diseases. Vaccinating for an infectious disease takes a few minutes. Warding off chronic disease takes a lifetime. The former is not in the way of the latter.

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A Chicago Tribune editorial scolds IL Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his supposedly “premature” comparison of the rise of Trumpism with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Apparently the Trib wants everyone to wait until Trump gets even more authoritarian before speaking out. Which might be too late. 🧵 1/2

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UIC professors and researchers are raising concerns about the “devastating” Trump funding cuts they say will disrupt diabetes, cancer and HIV research.

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Incredible work. @propublica.org is doing the health services research that state and federal governments have a responsibility to do/ support, but have abdicated lest they have to face the results of their policies. #medsky #pedsky #publichealth

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#medsky #publichealth

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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The head of the Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health was fired over the weekend, 21 days shy of the end of her one year probationary period. She posted about it on fb.

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Going on a tour of his book "The ABCs of Democracy" because there's nothing else Dems could conceivably do to save said democracy. Anyway, @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social is on it. www.mobilize.us/standupameri...

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Happening in our name nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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