Kids enrolled in Medicaid:
📚 Miss fewer school days
🎓Are more likely to complete high school
💪🏽 Grow up to be healthier adults
👩🏼🔬 Earn higher wages
Nearly *40% of births* and nearly *40% of children* in Ohio are covered by Medicaid.
A good candidate for Governor would want to protect kids’ coverage.
So I kinda forgot Bluesky existed. But I’m back.
Smoking (current or former)
Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
Substance use disorders (alcohol, opioids, cocaine, etc.)
Tuberculosis (TB)
For children:
– Same conditions as above plus congenital heart disease, genetic/metabolic conditions, medical complexity.
Immunocompromised state (disease or treatment, e.g., chemo, transplant meds)
Mood disorders (depression, schizophrenia spectrum)
Overweight or obesity (higher BMI = higher risk)
Physical inactivity
Pregnancy (and up to 42 days postpartum)
Sickle cell disease
Thalassemia
Cystic fibrosis
Dementia and other neurologic conditions
Diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2)
Disabilities (e.g., cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, intellectual/developmental disabilities)
Heart conditions (heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies; hypertension evidence is mixed)
HIV infection
Chronic lung diseases:
– Moderate/severe asthma
– COPD (chronic bronchitis, emphysema)
– Interstitial lung disease
– Bronchiectasis
– Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
– Pulmonary hypertension
– Pulmonary embolism
CDC list of medical conditions associated w higher risk for severe COVID-19, you need 1 to to qualify for vaccines now:
-Cancer (solid or blood cancers)
-Cerebrovascular disease (e.g., stroke)
-Chronic kidney disease (any stage)
-Chronic liver disease (fatty liver, cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis)
Denmark's foreign minister has summoned the top US diplomat in the country following a report by public broadcaster DR that American citizens are conducting covert operations in Greenland, with the aim of promoting its secession from Denmark
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Out of the Office
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from federal custody, months after he was wrongfully deported to an El Salvador prison and accused of being a gang member.
Saying it again, most intl students pay full tuition. Fewer of them means that college costs more, on avg, for US students. Will have largest effects at tuition driven colleges (states & sub-elite privates) already struggling financially. (ie, not ivies and other elites Trump thinks he’s targeting.)
What problem does the U.S. government solve by buying Intel stock? None. It just moves stock certificates from one safe to another.
But it does create a new problem: the White House as stock-picker in chief.
I tried to figure out what is going on with fall vaccines.
- Flu vax is for everyone 6+ months and availability should be normal
- Covid-19 vax likely be limited to ages 65+ AND people with health conditions. Still some uncertainty.
- RSV for older adults and babies
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Proud Boys billboard taken down near Metro East high school www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
Boil water advisory lifted in St. Peters and St. Charles www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
NEW: Earlier this month, HHS announced it was discontinuing mRNA vaccine research.To justify the move, it linked to a document purporting to chronicle COVID vaccine harms.
The document was authored by prominent anti-vaxxers—some with ties to a supplements company that sells a spike protein “detox.”
Oppression breeds rebellion.
Oppressors will gaslight you and say you’re not oppressed while actively oppressing you.
If we had a functional government that cared about our privacy, these sites wouldn't be necessary and people wouldn't have to spend money to protect their information.
It's crazy how the ability to make money is always much more important than decency in this country.
some questions i have:
will staff work from home longer-term until their safety in office is ensured?
how does this affect the readiness of agency emergency operations?
have funding cuts affected campus security?
will congress need to get involved increase funding to ensure better security?
The fraught environment for public health is why one CDC scientist whose work involves vaccines chose not to enroll her toddler in a day care near the campus, despite its convenient location and hours.
what else is left to say wapo.st/45NfS0M
My organization spent the last 10 years freaking out about woke censorship at American universities. Now that Trump has effectively ended free speech in the United States, I've decided to focus on AI and free speech issues in other countries like Brazil and the UK.
👏👏👏👏
I will never get over how creepy it is how the NIH X account is a full time propaganda machine now
Every preventable death and debilitating illness caused by this idiot's malicious actions should haunt the Republican senators who confirmed him for the rest of their misbegotten days.
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
Hey ChatGPT, write a song about biological threat reduction in the style of the beastie boys:
“Microbes creepin' but we ain't sleepin'
Beastie Boys style, we keep believin',
Hands-on action, no time for doubt,
Biological threat reduction, that's what we're about.
Good to see you!
Worth remembering that the single best day for markets under President Trump occurred when he walked back his tariff war.
Just got tickets to see Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me and I’m very excited about it.
Not a concert. But a comedy news show on NPR. 😂
