Ken Covinsky

Proposal for a new law:

Medical subspecialists are not allowed to decide the threshold at which conditions they manage are defined as a disease

Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement - Central Conference of American Rabbis January 21, 2026 ואהבתם את-הגר כי-גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Adding our voices to millions of others across the United St...

Statement from Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist US Rabbinic Assemblies condemning violence from the Department of Homeland Security

Proud of our Rabbinic leaders

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Geriatric Syndromes and Mortality Among Hospitalized Older Adults
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Heartbreaking

We Shall Overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday.

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.

Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.

It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

DA BEARS!!!!

Football season's underway
Well, you'd better get ready for a brand new day
Hey, Chicago, what do you say?
Da Bears are gonna win today!

They're singing
Go, Bears, Go!
Go, Bears Go!
Hey, Chicago, what do you say?
Da Bears are gonna win today!

Fernando Mendoza’s Mom, Elsa, Pens Him a Letter | The Players’ Tribune YouTube video by The Players' Tribune

Here is a feel good tear jerker!
Letter from Elsa Mendoza to her son Fernando on the eve of his Heisman Trophy Award
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So proud of the reform Jewish clergy of Illinois calling for an end to the ICE mistreatment of immigrants
"It is our patriotic and holy obligation to uphold a just immigration policy and help protect our vulnerable neighbors"

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Special Pastoral Message on Immigration by the Bishops of the United States YouTube video by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Much gratitude to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops for their condemnation of anti-immigrant rhetoric and plea to recognize the spark the eternal one in all of us

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Hey Chicago!
What do you say?
We have 3 Golden Glovers on the Cubs!
The best defensive team in baseball!
Bravo Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner, PCA!

Wow. A World Series Game 7! There is nothing better!

At the behest of corporate lobbyists, Trump's CFPB will block states from erasing medical debt from credit reports.

This comes as the GOP allows ACA subsidies to expire – which could cause millions to go uninsured and medical debt to skyrocket.

A perfect storm of cruelty.

Baseball is an amazing and awesome game!

NICO!

Nico Hoerner shines his golden glove!

Cubs Win!
Cubs Win Wild Card Series!
Cubs advance to NLDS!
11 Ws to glory!

WE ARE ALIVE, BABY.

12 more W's to Glory!

Interesting baseball season. No team achieved 100 wins in the regular season. No team even finished with a winning percentage of .600 or better. (Brewers were .599)

NICO!!!!!!

Brilliant Defense from Nico Hoerner. Time for another golden glove

PS: @Cubs Win! Cubs clinch home field advantage for the Wild Card Series! Post Season baseball returns to Wrigley Field!

Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of Artificial Intelligence Use | NEJM Many learners are more facile with the use of large language models in medicine than their supervisors are. The authors provide an approach to clinical supervision that can mitigate the perils and ...

Excellent article: Best practices for the use of artificial intelligence in medical education

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Ian Happ gets emotional after the Cubs clinched a postseason berth YouTube video by Marquee Sports Network

Breaking News!

Chicago @Cubs clinch playoff spot!!

There will be October baseball in Chicago!

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Hallways Feel Like Homelessness: The Geriatric Boarder Experience Older adults who are admitted to the hospital but boarding in the Emergency Department (ED) can have varied experiences depending on whether they board in an ED room, a hallway, or in a room in a ded....

What happens when older patient gets admitted to hospital from ER but hospital has no beds? Often they "board" on stretcher in ER Hallway Great article describes this terrible experience from patient perspective "Hallways Feel Like Homelessness" agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor:

"I Dissent"

The View From 18 000 Feet This essay describes the author’s experience with a mountaineering injury and how this immobility, frustration, and loss of autonomy provided a glimpse into patients’ persistent pain, fear, and grief ...

Moving essay!
"Entering patient rooms on crutches, my clumsiness trumpeted my disability, and my facial grimace communicated how intimately I shared their pain. I was in the trenches with them, navigating the same rugged terrain of disability+vulnerability"

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Article processing fees seem to be going up and up and up. It is a scandal and it needs to be stopped.

Anthony Rizzo: Forever a Cub

Yoshinobu Yamamoto Loses No-Hit Bid w/ 1 Out Left, Then Orioles Walk Off Dodgers YouTube video by Bleacher Report

A Bart Giamatti:
"Baseball will break your heart. It is designed to break your heart"
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How hospice falls short
Families often most in need help of hand on help with caregiving. Yet hospice provides remarkably little help with caregiving.
Great viewpoint
Caregiving Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit
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