Asma Khalid Katherine Maher 'Given the very real challenges of covering the myriad perspectives, motivations, and interests of a nation of more than 330 million very different people, we succeed through our diversity. This is a bedrock institutional commitment, hard-won, and hard-protected.'
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“Questioning whether our people are serving our mission with integrity, based on little more than the recognition of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning.”

NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher on our mission and our work: npr.org/sections/npr-e…

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We (w/ Stefano Filauro) have a short paper in Demography that places the 2021 US child poverty rate into historical and international context. We compare the 2021 child poverty rate to 50+ years of US data and to rates in 50+ countries. Two key findings.⬇️ read.dukeupress.edu/demography/art…

Today, many will tell you we overreacted then

But you’ll never hear that from someone, anyone who worked in the hospital then

Covid scarred a generation of healthcare workers

Many watched their colleagues suffer.

Struggle to breathe.

Then die.

I’m retiring from a fabulous news organization: KFF Health News. The managing editor is being promoted to my job and, here’s the best part, we are looking for a managing editor. Great reporters, security and excellent benefits. kff.bamboohr.com/careers/76

SCOTUS will be hearing the oral arguments in AHM v. FDA next Tuesday and it is clear to us that telehealth abortion is on the line.

Telehealth is a safe, desirable, and vital service that can increase abortion access. Learn more about our research at chatstudy.org

Thank you, Rebecca Jeanmonod for this exquisitely written essay and thank you JGME for publishing it and making it #openaccess --especially in a time such as this.

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My “why.” KB is 18mos abstinent from IV opiate use. People change when it makes sense to & they are ready. #harmreduction & #naloxone saved her life 13 times. Being her Mama is my greatest joy💚(shared w/KBs permission)

🚨New NBER with Andrew Olenski on major hidden profits in the healthcare sector! Bear with me as I explain how nursing homes are able to hide almost 2/3 of their profits from regulators and the public! I promise it's worth it!

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Paper: nber.org/papers/w32258

“Applicants reporting a family income of less than $50,000 are 48% less likely than applicants reporting a family income of $200,000 or greater to be accepted into an M.D. program, most likely because medical school admissions policies heavily favor wealthy applicants”

Exactly

As students are receiving acceptance, waitlist, “rejection” letters for PhD programs, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about “why,” and there are a LOT of background gears at play students don’t always know about. I’ll share some and invite #AcademicChatter to add to this:

See that teeny, tiny sliver of 1%? That’s the % of middle income renters that are severely rent burdened. Keep this in mind when policymakers and lobbyists spend outsized time talking about rental housing needs for middle income people. #TheGap24

Jennifer Gunter Pediatrician here. Will answer this one with an American Academy of Pediatrics HealthyChildren article.
Botulism is a big deal. Paralysis is a big deal. Death is a big deal. Thus, infants eating honey is a big deal.
healthychildren.org/English/health…

Many institutions have built reputations — & received much funding — on reducing inequities

As diversity officers & faculty of color are increasingly targeted — not bc their own actions are extreme but bc the climate against DEI is — it’s a critical time to follow through

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News correspondent, which I’ll add here:…

Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals:

“Our findings indicate that vaccines may lower transmission risk and, therefore, have a public health benefit beyond the individual protection from severe disease.” nature.com/articles/s4159…