States with stronger gun laws have lower gun death rates. How does California measure up according to @giffordscourage? Find your state's grade at https://t.co/KdayCuCO7R #GunLawsSaveLives
One of the biggest barriers holding back the economy right now is that workers who want to rejoin the workforce can’t do so because they don’t have child care.
Let's invest in universal child care to bring costs down for Americans and help parents get back to work.
@BCH_HeartCenter @BostonChildrens New data show only 25% of endowed chairs across the country in pediatric cardiology are held by women. Glad to see Dr. Blume’s contributions recognized #breakingglassceilings
Elizabeth Blackwell: “I do not wish to give women first place, still less a second one- but the complete freedom to take their true place, whatever it may be” #nationalwomenphysicianday
How many of your medical school professors were people of color? Does your medical school or university have actions in place to address this huge gap? Patients want care teams that look like them! #HealthDisparities
📢 NOW OPEN: the 2021 Single Ventricle Research Fund is seeking applications for projects that will identify & investigate cardiac developmental pathways & mechanisms to inc. fundamental knowledge of heart development. Submit your LOI today! https://t.co/EsDsG25LQs #devbio
Following NAM announcement in February 2021 of the extension of its Action Collaborative on #ClinicianWellBeing and Resilience through 2022, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins the initiative as the fourth co-chair in its new phase. Read more: https://t.co/bCT23Z9yK3
Save the dates for our fall events! FON's first-ever learning session will take place virtually on Friday, October 29. The third annual Single Ventricle Patient Day will take place virtually on Saturday, October 30! More information and registration will be forthcoming.
One day after rounds I had this intense urge to #doubledutch like I did every summer day as a kid.
Yup.
And so, after a quick Google search, I found a place to do just that—with strangers. Damn, it was fun. (And I still had mad skills.)
Get busy living, y’all. Happy Thursday.
Amazing effort in improving the training of therapists who deal with child & adolescent #MentalHealth! Sheri Sobrato Brisson & Eric Brisson donated to @SantaClaraUniv to fund a senior-level professorship in child and adolescent development.
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During this ongoing year of the Pandemic, open spaces have saved us, reminding us what endures, and why planetary health matters if we as a species are going to survive. Tim Egan| Visited a National Park This Year? Now, Help Save It. - The New York Times https://t.co/clsKHxdbeQ
You won’t find the joy in medicine in the electronic medical record or your phone. It’s with the humans entrusted to our care. (Dogs seem to get this better than anyone else.)👊🏽🐶💛
#humanismalways#showup#patientsareGOLD@GoldFdtn
.@uche_blackstock has been on the frontlines since the very beginning of the coronavirus crisis. She says the last year has been "incredibly emotional" and worries about health care workers dropping out of the industry.
#COVID19 outcome in adults with congenital heart disease #ACHD - first observational data from Europe are now available. Thanks to #EPOCH and all participating centers!
https://t.co/uMaUCeFgag
“This moment matters not just for Oakland, but for the country as a whole. For over a decade, Oakland has been America’s vanguard for criminal ‘justice’ reform & as we go, so does the nation.” - APTP
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