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It’s premature to roll back COVID-19 rules, said Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine in the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Abbott opened businesses 100% & lifted the statewide mask mandate today. star-telegram.com/news/coronavir…

Wishing all my fellow Black med students love and rest today. I know it’s hard to be expected to show up when the world is falling apart around us.

Thinking of George Floyd’s family. What they deserve is George being alive. I wish them as much peace as they can find.

Was in clinic and reminded how limited our definition of health is in the US. Health is not the absence of illness. It’s freedom from violence, trauma, oppression, poverty; access to nutritious food, clean air & water. It’s loving yourself, finding purpose. And so much more...

Med students! Stop saying sorry and start saying thank you. "Thank you for being patient with me. Thank you for clarifying. Thank you for taking the time." It makes everyone feel nice.

look I’m happy about the free COVID tests but I can already see the SAME inequities rearing their ugly head. Multi family/generational homes, the non-domiciled, those without access to the internet, glitches in entering addresses. Someone please make it make sense 🤦🏿‍♀️

Virchow triad! Virchow node! When will Virchow STOP

Peter Hotez: Omicron isn't the end of the COVID pandemic houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

If you are hiking in a group and waiting for slower people to catch up, don't start walking again when they do catch up, because then you got a rest and they didn't. I think about this tip a lot, in many different contexts.

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As emergency physicians, we stand in support of access to the full spectrum of comprehensive reproductive health care, including access to safe and legal abortion. We stand with patients who deserve equitable access to safe, high quality reproductive care: bit.ly/3OWw4BZ

EVERY major medical journal representing EVERY single specialty should step up and dedicate an entire issue to how their specialty will be impacted. I can guarantee you that you will be.

Healthcare professionals will be like 'patients shouldn't hide embarrassing things from us, you can tell us, we've seen it all before!' and meanwhile there's an entire social media comedy genre of healthcare professionals telling embarrassing or 'icky' stories about patients 🙃

so proud!! 😍😍

The Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action, including in professional schools, like medical and nursing, will have detrimental consequences on Black health for generations to come. This is about life & death for us. Today, we are only 5% of physicians.

Just read the Texas Supreme Court's decision in the Kate Cox case They took umbrage with the fact that the MD used "good faith, exercising her best medical judgment" rather than "reasonable medical judgment" Now MDs must be lawyers to practice medicine Holy crap

We are ecstatic to announce the Boston Med Center EM Class of 2028! Welcome to the family!!!! Boston Medical Center