AAP urges the U.S. FDA to move quickly to approve a #COVID19 vaccine for younger kids as case numbers soar. In NBC News: Benjamin D. Hoffman, MD, FAAP Dr. Lee Beers: "The delta variant has created a new and pressing risk to children and adolescents across this country." nbcnews.com/health/health-…

#POPCoRNetwork is inviting everyone for this timely webinar: "What pediatricians need to know about variants: School reopening, pediatric hospital capacities, and pediatric vaccines" on August 25 at 3pm EST!! Link to the registration form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Trying to prevent kids from dying is not a political agenda and if you think it is it’s time for some introspection.* *Copy. Paste. Anytime someone makes you feel like your advocacy is radical.

Part of being an adult is figuring out what smells in the fridge. Its always the beans. Always. Usually between days 5-7. You're welcome.

“All children and families arriving at our U.S. border deserve to be treated with humanity, compassion and respect." Read a statement from Benjamin D. Hoffman, MD, FAAP on the inhumane treatment of Haitian immigrants at our border: aap.org/en/news-room/n…

Did you know that firearms result in more childhood deaths than car crashes in the US? Now more than ever, #SaferStorage of firearms is essential! #T4CIP #MedTwitter #Safety

Woohoo go @MaggieNJones!!

Maybe America wouldn’t have grown up to be such a mess if it had been raised by Founding Mothers.

I feel seen.

I've learned so much from Camille A. Clare MD MPH, give her a follow!! Now!!

This was a tough article to write, but I’m proud to share it as my first publication of 2022. “Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: Using Words and Action in the Fight Against Racism publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art… Black In The Ivory

Everyone is the hospital is working really hard right now, but I especially wanted to thank our residents. You all are being tested like very few generations of trainees have been historically. I really appreciate all that you're doing for your patients.

Daycare closed for COVID. My out of office message: I will be unable to attend meetings/answer emails as the US has systematically failed to protect young children and working parents. I will respond when my child is vaccine eligible, which may not be until 2023. #WomenInMedicine

If anyone is wondering why working parents in academia right now are losing it right now… a thread of what January has been like for us (and most other working parents I know)... a thread Academic Mom, PhD

In every *single* class I teach, talk I give, this is the message: Population health patterns & inequities are never inevitabilities. They reflect policy decisions, political actions, & critically, power imbalances.

Beautiful 🧵. In peds we don't usually have this level of conversations with patients Kind of made me miss adult medicine (for like 0.5 seconds)

So proud of my bestie!!!!!

Only in Texas is a 12 year old not mature enough to read a book, but mature enough to have a child…

Great read! And timely!

Early Access! "Inequities in Public Library Branch Access and Children's Book Circulation in a Midwestern American City" by Crosh, Hutton, Szumlas, Xu, Beck, & Riley. doi.org/10.33137/ijidi… #ChildrensBooks #EquitableAccess #Literacy #PublicLibraries