NEW: South Carolina, which doesn’t require hospitals to disclose measles-related admissions, has reported only 20 such hospitalizations since Oct. 2.
That leaves doctors with an incomplete picture of how the outbreak is affecting the community.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
NYC measured wealth (assets minus debt) + health across 11 racial/ethnic groups.
Punchline: wealth helps, but it doesn’t erase racism.
Next: measure wealth in surveillance + treat debt relief and asset-building as health policy.
Health policy is economic policy.
www.nyc.gov/site/doh/abo...
FDA reversed course and will now review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application, with an Aug 5 target date. The bigger issue: predictable, evidence-based standards are essential for trust,
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Too good not to share… again. 🤭🖤🤍❤️ Honored to be included on the inaugural #TIME100Health list in 2024. A moment two years ago that I won’t forget.
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Health care spaces should be safe for all regardless of status. As @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social highlights in this post "Fear delays care, and delayed care harms patients."
I’m a doctor. The consequences of ICE presence in hospitals could be deadly. www.ms.now/opinion/immi... via @ms.now
NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, I’ll be presenting the Distinguished Lecture on “Healthcare and Systemic Racism: Where and Why They Intersect” at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy!
🕠 5:30-6:30 p.m.
🏫 Duke Sanford Fleishman Commons
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Fear delays care. Delayed care harms patients.
My new MS NOW piece, “I’m a doctor. The consequences of ICE presence in hospitals could be deadly” on how enforcement fears are deterring people from seeking medical help.”
Link to my full OpEd: www.ms.now/opinion/immi...
I am seeing this every day. People afraid to come for medical care. Afraid to see a specialist or get an x-ray. They are afraid regardless of status, because it is abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that legal status (even citizenship) doesn't protect you
Fear delays care. Delayed care harms patients.
My new MS NOW piece, “I’m a doctor. The consequences of ICE presence in hospitals could be deadly” on how enforcement fears are deterring people from seeking medical help.”
Link to my full OpEd: www.ms.now/opinion/immi...
Hello my friend! So great to connect with you on here and thank you for your thoughtful words.
Very excited for my upcoming talk at Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy @dukesanford.bsky.social next month! Details below.
Dr. Uche Blackstock, founder of Advancing Health Equity and the Sanford Distinguished Speaker, will present Healthcare and Systemic Racism: Where and why they intersect. Logos for Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and Duke Black Policy Student Association.
Physician and health equity advocate @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social will visit Duke to deliver the Sanford Distinguished Lecture, exploring why we cannot reform healthcare without addressing systemic racism.
🗓️Thursday, Feb. 19
🕠5:30-6:30 p.m.
🎟️https://duke.is/distinguishedlectures
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, endorsed by 12 leading medical and health organizations. It continues to recommend routine vaccination to protect against 18 infectious diseases.
The AAP is no longer endorsing the CDC schedule.
History matters for how we understand health today.
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
This weekend, I just wanted to give a shout out and thank these wonderful colleagues who are doing everything they can, to stand up for science, public health and human rights
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@cdelawalla.bsky.social
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
@boghuma.bsky.social
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Two years ago, my NYT bestseller Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine was published. I’m deeply grateful for the love and support across the country and around the world.
These are my words, not the end of my story. The work continues. In solidarity, fellow changemakers. 🤎🩺
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The U.S. has is exiting the World Health Organization. Less coordination. Less influence. Less shared visibility into outbreaks as they emerge.
Infectious diseases don’t respect borders. Preparedness depends on staying connected
Measles has been eliminated in the U.S. since 2000. We have not officially lost that status, but sustained spread could change that. Elimination took decades of public health work. When measles returns, it is often the warning sign. If unsure, check your family’s MMR status.
I’ll be on NBC News Daily tomorrow, Friday January 23rd for Maternal Health Awareness Day. 🤍
Talking maternal health
Why outcomes are worsening + what we can do
12:45pm + 2:45pm EST
Also, check your own record. I got an MMR dose a year ago at the age of 67 because I could find no record that I'd ever had measles or received a full series of vaccinations. I was born in the first year (1957) that the pre-RFK, Jr. CDC said you could no longer assume that you'd had measles.
An NFL player is wearing eye black that says “stop the genocide”
Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message "stop the genocide”
The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
South Carolina measles outbreak: measles is extremely contagious and most cases so far are in unvaccinated kids.
The good news: MMR vaccine is highly effective and measles is almost entirely preventable.
Check your child’s vaccine record.
MMR = measles, mumps, rubella
Tylenol + pregnancy is back in the headlines. A major new Lancet review (Jan 16) found no credible evidence linking acetaminophen in pregnancy with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability. Talk with your OB/midwife about your situation.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
6 years ago, my STAT News First Opinion went viral. It was a roar, and I refused to be boxed in.
Even amid the backlash against equity work, I’m choosing alignment and justice.
LINK: www.statnews.com/2020/01/16/b...
Thank you!
I want to give a huge shoutout to @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social: one of our foremost medical experts, a gem of human (truly), and a champion within and for the Black community.
If you're not following her on here, please do and read her powerful op-ed while you're at it. ✨
