Jesse Couk

Offline: The human consequences of Epic Fury The health crisis in Iran and across the Middle East is “escalating rapidly”, reported Hanan Balkhy, WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. She was speaking at a WHO press conference o...

"This conflict is worsening existing humanitarian emergencies in the region." the EIC @thelancet.com
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We should freeze records where they are so that I don’t have to learn any new names.

Definitely his motto.

Usually people invest in a mixture of stocks and bonds and draw 3-4%, here’s some more on that www.schwab.com/learn/story/...

If you are trying to figure out how to use your employer’s retirement plans I think this is a great start efficientfrontier.com/t4poi/t4poi-...

There is a lot of time for more dumb and terrible things to happen.

It’s really dumb to look at the S&P 500 dividend yield. That’s a red flag that this is going to be a very poor guide. Most of the annual S&P 500 gain/loss will be via stock price appreciation/depreciation.

My wife and I have an email address that is our last names and people just talk to us like her last name is the first name. Which is wild because it's the most common surname in the world.

That is so sweet omg.

There were no Captain Janeway lesions or Sir William Osler nodes detected.

How many instances of The Doctor can be safely run at a time and do they all share a common memory?

Or are there alternative The Doctor personalities that are simply not utilized due to patient preference.

It’s way better to say oil and people can either ignore you or listen to every damn word you have to say before knowing what oil you are referring to.

This happens. Sometimes we get labs sometimes we work you in, sometimes we are like tough luck buddy I’m already 2 patients behind, see you tomorrow.

Guy parking a gender affirming vehicle in a city with parking spots shorter than its wheel base.

Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

He grew up in Gwinnett but I think he is in Manhattan now. This is long, the author is problematic, but if you read about this kid you won't be surprised that he lied. harpers.org/archive/2026...

He’s a local too.

Paramount:

P1: What are the most unhinged scenes we’ve ever recorded?

P2: Oh that’s easy we just released a film this summer that’s perfect. We shot this entire unhinged sequence and most of it ended up on the editing room floor.

P1: Great! Let’s see what we can use!

P1/P2: oh, oh my god.

I binge watched Voyager in spring of 2001 at the lowest time in my life. It’s not a perfect show but I loved everything about it. The characters are very human, flawed, but well meaning.

There was this weird time in the summer of 1998 when gas was under 79 cents a gallon. I helped my brother move from Seattle to Phoenix in a U haul truck and we had a great time watching for the lowest prices the whole way down (yes even in the state we spent the longest time driving in).

The PCC Joins over 145 Orgs Urging Congress to Fully Fund & Staff AHRQ - PCC The Primary Care Collaborative joined more than 255 organizations in signing onto the annual Friends of AHRQ appropriations letter. The letter urges Congress to fully fund AHRQ at $500 million in FY27...

The PCC joined more than 255 orgs in signing onto the annual Friends of AHRQ appropriations letter urging Congress to fully fund the AHRQ at $500 million in FY27 and ensure that the agency has sufficient staff to manage its obligations.

Read the letter ⬇️
thepcc.pub/fundahrqletter

Initial Vancomycin Taper for the Prevention of Recurrent C difficile Infection This randomized clinical trial tested whether a 4-week pulse and taper vancomycin regimen was superior to a 2-week pulse regimen for preventing recurrence among patients with a first episode or first ...

Practice-changing study: 4-week oral vancomycin taper superior to standard 2-week pulse in randomized double-blinded study of hospitalized patients

Hoping head-to-head against fidaxomicin comes soon!

#Cdiff

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I really like ivermectin shampoo for lice. Really easy (but expensive) one time treatment for multiple outbreaks in K-1st grade.

Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in southern Sweden – A retrospective population-based study In this retrospective study of 106 patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, the results regarding the benefit of intravenous immunoglobulin were i

Should we use IVIG in Strep Toxic Shock Syndrome?

New multi-center 🇸🇪 study:

-106 pts (53% treated w/ IVIG)

-In model accounting for (lactate, SOFA score, CCI and clindamycin use, and immortal time bias 😍) showed no benefit HR 0.69, 95% CI: 0.34–1.41

#IDSky

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Radio silence from them for my wife’s R01

been thinking about the entire school of elementary school girls we exploded today

I was feeling good about increasing my vxus exposure a year ago and I was going through its holdings with my FIL this past weekend (he’s very proud of his tsm and gold) and began to wonder how much of vxus performance is just explained by data centers.

Guinea-Bissau officials stop CDC-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial The country's foreign minister told Reuters the controversial trial is "not going to happen."

The unethical study planned in Guinea Bissau is officially halted by Guinean authorities.
"Study was halted in response to criticism from researchers and members of the US Congress. “It’s not going to happen, period" said the Foreign Minister.
A win for advocacy!
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Alcohol Stocks Take $830 Billion Hit as Drinking Habits Change Shares of the world’s top listed beer, wine and spirits makers have shed a combined $830 billion in a little more than four years as the industry grapples with monumental change.

Stock value www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Americans are about to discover the storage function of their dishwashers.

How many times do I click play on an embedded video with that fucking guy and instantly regret it.