Ben Wormser, MD, MPH

Pediatrician & public health professional striving to improve the health of children & their families in the great state of #Maryland. Views my own.

[bob dudas @bobdudas]

I'm sending positive vibes out to all those pediatricians out there

[ProPublica @propublica]

Doctors discovered that some stillbirths resulted from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta, a condition called SARS-CoV-2 placentitis.

Cases were found even in people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.

https://t.co/nAJprOKMwL

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

My full response to @NancyMace’s bigoted attacks:

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

1. FTC has voted to order the six largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to produce documents and data as part of an inquiry into PBMs and their impact on patients, pharmacies, payers, and doctors.

https://t.co/YmRoV8SZil

[Lewis Katz School of Medicine @katztemplemed]

In selecting #TempleMed's Class of 2026, Katz School of Medicine for the first time included the perspectives of North Philadelphia community members, who interviewed each of the prospective #medstudents and had a say in the committee’s decisions.

https://t.co/Z2Bn7m85lp

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

The amazing and knowledgeable presenters for each session are below ⬇️

Register for free at: https://t.co/ROZ64qsy8g
(again, it starts tomorrow!)

Hope to see you there!

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

What's that you say?

You're looking for a virtual learning opportunity focused on making your reproductive and sexual health clinic (or any clinic, for that matter) more welcoming to the amazing, diverse patients you serve?

Well..

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

4. Combating Anti-Fat Bias for Medical Providers

5. How to engage with social marketing practices to promote your clinical services (no worries, I'm not presenting)

6. How to engage men/partners in reproductive health decision making

7. The future of abortion care in Maryland

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Driving home tonight, I thought about Republicans' floor speeches today on the "sanctity of life".

And how this concern for "life" apparently doesn't extend to the kids who were shot today in a school in Michigan.

So I turned the car around, and went to the Senate floor.

[Monique Jindal @DrMoJindal]

Excited to announce the publication of our review in @JAMAPediatrics confirming that police contact is detrimental to the health of Black youth; healthcare professionals and police must address the ways in which perpetuate #racism @DrRachelT @MariaTrent5 @AshlynMcrae @HopkinsKids

[Brandon M. Scott @MayorBMScott]

Beautiful day in Upton/Druid Heights yesterday celebrating a record-low infant mortality rate for Black babies with @BMore_Healthy and our incredible community partners. This is the result of years of investment, outreach & education by the B'more for Healthy Babies program. 1/5

[91.7 WVXU @917wvxu]

"I can't stress enough to parents the importance of reading with your child, starting at birth," says @CincyChildrens' Greg Szumlas, MD.

The hospital believes it now has early results to prove its effectiveness.

.@TanaWeingartner has more:
https://t.co/Lnm3Ctoey9

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

Baltimore 4/18/21

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

While our eyes are focused on the #ChauvinTrial, new deaths race to fill up our vision + break our hearts. Unarmed children are not men. Their deaths are never justifiable. And a traffic stop should not be fatal. God grant us mercy until the law gives us justice.

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

Way to go Mom! Interviewed by @NewsHour about volunteering at the #CovidVaccine site run by @FairHavenCHC, where she has worked as a Certified Nurse-Midwife for >30 yrs
https://t.co/0LRgb3McDs

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

‘If I don’t do it, who’s going to help them?’: Maryland group works to ensure equity in COVID vaccine access https://t.co/ESFwTha8ri

[Charlene Collier, MD, MPH @CHCollier]

4. If a pregnant /postpartum mother is worried for their life, be worried for their life too.

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

Early in the vaccination campaign, I was struck by:

Simultaneous community engagement + vaccination sites in predominantly White communities

Community engagement + future promise of vaccination sites in predominantly Black communities

Why?

[Ben Wormser, MD, MPH @Ben_Wormser]

“To fully expand access to Covid-19 vaccines, health care must name, challenge and eliminate the anti-Black racism that continues to place vital health care services just beyond Black Americans’ reach.” Thank you ⁦@RheaBoydMD⁩ https://t.co/3iRHhIDKo2