Necessary for all of us NewYork-Presbyterian #COVID19

🚨ATTN Chair(wo)men, PDs, and TPAs🚨 You got 📩 this week from UB Urology re: racial diversity in academic Uro leadership Your responses are paramount to learning how we may improve as a specialty 🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿 Check your inbox or DM for link. Thx!

Physical activity exercises a child’s body and mind! Learn more about the benefits of physical activity and activity ideas for children of all ages. ow.ly/RFBF50yuEME

New important paper in NEJM At least 186 kids in US hospitals with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) over a 2 month period. Most had documented infection with SARS-CoV2 Some really important key findings included.... Thread nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Schools are fundamental to child and adolescent development and well-being. Read more on why pediatricians hope students return to classrooms this fall and what local communities need to do to make sure children and families are safe during #COVID19. npr.org/sections/coron…

COVID-19 Interim Guidance: Return to Sports services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-…

via New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2020/11/17/opi…

Hear me wax poetic on my favorite topic of discussion: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kid…

Tweeting into the void and wondering if we’ll ever stop over-sanitizing every hand and surface on this dear planet nature.com/articles/d4158…

Since the Universe has no center, you can’t be it.

♥️♥️ Harper and other children with disabilities need regular physical activity to stay healthy just as much as children without disabilities, and have far less access to do so safely. Love to see this !

Just asked Zeke Emanuel about what we should be doing next for America’s health to have the greatest impact. His answer made me jump out of my chair. Invest in our children. The earlier, the better. Their nutrition, their education, the right early inventions. We can afford it

Aw jeez, not this again. According to this consultant, hospitals now *lose* an average of $304,312 per physician per year. 🤦🏻 Guess it’s time for another thread on Budgetary Gerrymandering.

I ran USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

I have some bad news for y'all. The processed foods are not THE thing making us fat and chronically ill. It might, with emphasis on might, be a contributing factor, but unless we address our problems with impulse control, overindulgence, and sedentary lifestyle, we will remain a

1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers. I have never felt so intimidated by my peers The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

Shining in Florida Gators Men’s Basketball’s blue and orange for the rest of the night in honor of their NCAA Championship Victory

What a comeback! Congrats to Walter Clayton, Jr. and the Florida Gators on their third national title. This was a fun team to watch.