Docs Raise the Alarm on CDC Data Purge; HPV Vaccine PSA; Colleagues Can Be Friends

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Pediatric allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, explained the CDC’s recent data and information purge and shared ways to stay informed.

Doctors like @dr.tpl raised the alarm: “This is not over reacting. Erasing data directly impacts patient care. Removing language about HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, STI is irresponsible.”

“Remember when you told us we were being hysterical about them coming for birth control?” said ob/gyn Jennifer Lincoln, after a CDC guide to help doctors prescribe birth control temporarily disappeared from the website.

“As an oncologist who sees preventable cancers, many of my patients ask me to keep spreading the word … Please consider getting vaccinated,” said Laura Vater, MD, MPH, soon after the discussion about HPV vaccines during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s senate confirmation hearings.

Meanwhile, endocrinologist Karl Nadolsky, DO, highlighted on Threads the disconnect between doctors’ disapproval of Kennedy and the support he receives from misinformed social media users.

After giving a speech at the North American Society for Interventional Thyroidology conference, Jon Russell, MD, received an inspiring compliment from a colleague — but really, a friend.

On National Women Physicians Day, Meghan Elizabeth Beach Martin, MD, shared an anecdote that highlights how female physicians are sometimes invalidated by patients.

“Real science does not have the answer to everything,” said internal medicine doctor Nicole Van Groningen, MD, in a “5 Things That I Learned in Medical School” TikTok where she emphasized the importance of the social determinants of health.

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