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doctorzarah.bsky.social
#primarycare pediatrician and child advocate fighting for equity and justice in #healthpolicy, #publichealth #childwelfare. I represent myself. she/her/hers
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Vitamin A doesn’t prevent or cure measles. RFK Jr is overstating its impact and legitimizing wellness pseudoscience while undermining the single most important measure to control measles: vaccination. Read more in this article I was quoted in: publicgoodnews.com/2025/03/06/v...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

So, the House Republicans published their official budget resolution today, which, as expected, calls for gutting Medicaid/CHIP. As a reminder, nearly 80 million Americans rely on Medicaid/CHIP for their healthcare coverage...nearly half of whom are children. acasignups.net/25/01/30/psy...

submitted 24 days ago • 54 comments

In the dead of night, an executive order slashing Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, funding for research, and other federally funded programs, was announced. Elected officials and institutions who have not released statements to fight back: YOUR SILENCE IS DEAFENING.

submitted 39 days ago • 15 comments

I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or *gestures outside window* all of this.

submitted 40 days ago • 310 comments

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

submitted 40 days ago • 1246 comments

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submitted 101 days ago • 535 comments

With the other nominees mentioned in the article, Trump2 is shaping up as an administration militantly hostile to vaccines and public health. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/h...

submitted 106 days ago • 60 comments

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

submitted 107 days ago • 157 comments

I’m Zarah and I ask too many questions

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

They are coming for Medicaid

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

My statement on Trump's nomination of RFK Jr. & Mehmet Oz to lead federal health agencies HHS and CMS. #science

submitted 107 days ago • 3 comments

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

submitted 117 days ago • 5114 comments

After falling for decades, the childhood mortality rate has started to rise. What’s killing kids? Trauma, drugs and firearms. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...

submitted 110 days ago • 19 comments

The remarkable drop in child mortality.

submitted 111 days ago • 19 comments

MEDICAID IS THE NUMBER ONE INSURER OF AMERICAN CHILDREN. They are also going to be the ones hit hardest when herd immunity is lost for so many vaccine preventable diseases.

submitted 110 days ago • 25 comments