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Aussie Family Doc, MPH, Fan of public health No DMs unless we know each other
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submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 345 comments

An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies Gift link to share far & wide www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Strip clubs, topless bars, Hooters etc have an opportunity to do something really funny and insist on making their workforce 50% male in order to comply with anti-DEI mandates. Those ladies are taking jobs away from red-blooded American men who need the work

submitted 8 days ago • 119 comments

When your autocorrect knows you way better than you wished it did 😂😂😂

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Govt closes all HIV clinics in Uganda thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump interfering with USAID. Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people. Shameful.

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

Let's talk about Hep B. There are a lot of myths about this virus & the vaccine used to prevent it. Hep B is a contagious blood borne virus that can cause severe lifelong problems & the vaccine is proven to prevent infection complications including liver cancer (the vaccine prevents cancer!) Thread

submitted 49 days ago • 8 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 52 days ago • 724 comments

If you're going to write "the true story of the Samoa measles outbreak" it's a good idea to include some facts. The author would rather speculate, then later admit he doesn't know what happened but still conclude that RFK had little to do with measles deaths in a weird bootlicking opinion piece.

submitted 55 days ago • 11 comments

Must say I missed this entirely... do they... want the gingerbread people to be anatomically represented? www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

submitted 66 days ago • 27 comments

On other social media sites this weekend there's a movement to "Make #Rubella Great Again." And we have data about morbidity and mortality due to rubella in the 1960s - #MedSky and #HistorySky.

submitted 70 days ago • 4 comments

For those who don't know me Family Medicine MPH-clin epi subspeciality in obs/gynae (Dip O/G) mental health subspecialty past tutor/lecturer in epi and med student units Keen on social justice; affordable universal healthcare Deprescriber when risk benefit assessed

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Dear parents everywhere, please take this matter seriously the health and well-being of your children and your family at large or at stake. See the next text about how to take meaningful action. www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/h...

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

I now know there are 3 things that will bring me A LOT of social media attention -somebody sleeps in their contacts -somebody uses visine -insurance CEO murder

submitted 80 days ago • 38 comments

“Cervical cancer deaths among women younger than 25 have plummeted in recent years, the likely result of vaccinating adolescents against human papillomavirus, or HPV, high-risk strains of which cause the cancer” wapo.st/3BmXr6M gift link 🎁📌 #VaccinesWork

submitted 79 days ago • 4 comments

BREAKING Donald Trump appoints Scott Morrison as his Empathy Coach

submitted 100 days ago • 70 comments

Don’t put q-tips or cotton buds in your ears please. #ENTpearls #ENTsurgery #ENT #surgery #ear

submitted 100 days ago • 4 comments

The Four Seasons by Art Deco artist Erté (1892-1990). Spring / Summer Autumn / Winter

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

me on X. Not sure how to find others from that platform here?

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments