Larissa Thomas MD

Everyone has lots of thoughts and feelings about jeopardy coverage systems and @lekshmimd.bsky.social and I had our share of jeopardy calls while working on this! Check out our thoughts with Dr. Berman on a way to move forward: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Moving from “Me” to “We”: Adopting a Collectivist Approach to Address the Wicked Problem of Trainee and Faculty Back-up/Jeopardy Systems - Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of General Internal Medicine -

Do you have a #Jeopardy system? With winter viruses in FULL swing #MedEd programs need to design sustainable ways to provide #Jeopardy coverage for trainees & faculty alike-✅ our piece w/ Drs. @larissathomas.bsky.social & Berman in @journalgim.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MedSky

Bar graph comparing residents/fellows experiencing vs. not experiencing food insecurity, measuring "Overall burnout" & "Intent to stay." "Yes" to food insecurity shows higher burnout (p<.001) & lower intent to stay (p=.02).

In this study of GME trainees, 14% of resident and fellow physicians reported food insecurity; those with food insecurity were more likely to experience burnout and social isolation. ja.ma/48Lbrp2

Food Insecurity, Burnout, and Social Isolation Among Resident and Fellow Physicians This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of and factors associated with food insecurity among graduate medical education trainees and investigates the associations between food insecurity an...

1/ Welcome to Edition 284 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, a key GME issue in #MedEd that might surprise many readers – food insecurity (FI) among residents and fellows with @larissathomas.bsky.social and others
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The Reality My Medicaid Patients Face With work requirements in place, many will be removed from Medicaid even though they should qualify.

As a doctor in a hospital that serves the urban poor, Lindsay Ryan's patients already face such a gantlet of obstacles that modest barriers to accessing government programs can effectively screen them out.

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.

So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

Fantastic editorial in the @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social on facts and myths about measles.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Sorry fellas. Not fringe theories. False information and pseudoscience call it what it is.

"We condemn the censoring of science!". Powerful opening words from Diane Havlir for #croi2025

"Young researchers, we have your back. Community, we are with you"

Hell yes!!!

As Paul Farmer used to say, “We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people’s behalf.” It is time to stand up for science, for global HIV and for everything we have fought so hard over decades. #CROI2025

Vaccination as a cause of autism—myths and controversies Despite significant progress in the study of the epidemiology and genetics of autism, the etiology and patho-physiology of this condition is far from being elucidated and no curative treatment current...

Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:

Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

A white and gray background with blue circles. A family of four sits together. "Protect the youngest among us! Stay up to date on your measles vaccine."

📣Measles is an extremely contagious virus. Make sure you and your family are up to date on your measles vaccine to stay protected.

📲 Find more vaccination information at: cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/family.aspx.

#Measles #Vaccinate #StayHealthy #HealthyCA4All

Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness 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 and development

Thanks to @madhupai.bsky.social for doing this. Wish Paul was still here to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of us. www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.

Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate - KFF Health News Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks escalate, doctors and public health experts warn.

🚨 Urgent CDC analyses on seasonal flu, bird flu in cats & in wastewater have been stalled. And CDC has stopped contributing flu data to global platforms, says WHO.

“Delays in data create dangerous situations on the front line.”

My latest @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...

It's incredibly disheartening to hear about dedicated public health professionals getting mass-laid off from CDC. Including first year epidemic intelligence service officers. This program has been the backbone of outbreak investigations in US since 1951. Decimating this workforce makes us less safe.

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.

Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.

Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal "The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News.

What happened to CDC's bird flu studies and why did they publish about wildfires instead?

Sources tell us Trump officials are now wielding unprecedented control over agency's flagship scientific journal

"The MMWR has lost its autonomy"

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

Also:

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

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US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A

CDC advisers push agency to explain data removal, say when info will be restored Information on topics such as gender, teens' behavior, and infectious diseases was removed from the CDC's website.

BREAKING: CDC's top advisors demand answers and a restoration of crucial public health data. New story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/c...

Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

I'm trying to save them.

You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."

Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.

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