The re-emergence of New World screwworm in the U.S. after 60 years will have an immediate impact on farmers & ranchers in the affected areas. We’re confident the longstanding coordination between the states and USDA will enable a quick response & hopefully limit negative impacts.
NEWS: Screwworm has been detected in Texas, USDA confirmed - marking a serious threat to US cattle and other animals
Larvae of the parasite were found in the umbilical cord of a 3 week old calf
Screwworm was eradicated from the US in 1966
"What Trump has made very clear is that he wants a DNI who will selectively declassify government documents that help fuel conspiracy theories, use the authorities of the state to enact political retribution against his enemies, and try to persuade Americans that Venezuela and maybe the Democratic Party are rigging elections." https://t.co/r1jajS5KbF
Ectopic pregnancies (i.e., when an embryo implants somewhere other than the uterine lining) are never viable & can be life-threatening.
Despite this, doctors in Arkansas & Oklahoma tried to discharge a patient with an ectopic pregnancy without treatment. https://t.co/t5IsdNOaf9
A late night prepping for Supreme Court opinions in the am. Here are the two that I am personally involved in:
-Watson (GOP challenge to mail-in voting)
-NRSC (GOP challenge to campaign finance)
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NEWS
Trump donors are funding a secretive nonprofit to fund lawsuits and legal defense for Trump allies.
Including lawsuits against the government.
It’s called the Lawfare Defense Fund
Details with @kenbensinger
https://t.co/sgW4VCeWBf
Before his big victory in Iowa last night, Paralympian Josh Turek showed CNN’s @jeffzeleny how he campaigned door-to-door by wheelchair to try to win every last vote in the Senate primary.
I had 20 patients in my Pediatric War Injuries Clinic today, for follow-up care.
Of the 20 children, Israel had killed one or both parents of 19 of them.
Incredible reporting on Trump-loving hyperpartisan appointed by POTUS as U.S. attorney and who can't get confirmed by Senate: She ignored recusal orders, got involved in cases involving friends and political associates, talked about indicting Dem gov hopeful.
Astounding stuff.
A new executive order directs the CDC to cut down on the number of recommended childhood #vaccines and substitute guidance from other countries to replace the U.S. vaccine schedule. A recent commentary in Annals of Internal Medicine warns against adopting Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S.. The author notes important differences in disease risk and societal factors such as access to health care, childcare, and sick time that warrant differences in vaccine recommendations by country. https://t.co/DfdkBPaFpD
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A quiet, but important public health update from Friday: childhood vaccines.
On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal health agencies to review and potentially narrow the routine childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S.
Thread.
Grocery prices continue to rise. Federal inflation data shows that food-at-home (grocery) prices increased by 2.9% year-over-year. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, overall supermarket prices are up roughly 30%
BREAKING: Republicans are panicking that both Iowa and Texas are swinging to the Democrats as Iowa's Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek and Texas' Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico skyrocket in the polls.