Fired HHS Workers Speak Out; PharmD Reacts to ‘Love Is Blind’; No More Night Shifts

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Amid the Trump administration’s purge of HHS employees, former employees from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, National Science Foundation, and Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health went viral for their social media posts about the firings.

“More of this please. Your frontline workers need it,” said epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, sharing pictures from a protest in support of CDC workers.

Following the Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, the agency’s former leader of global health, discussed the health impacts of the loss of aid in Cairo.

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, reacts to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule.

Meanwhile, ophthalmologist Vicki Chan, MD, pointed out the discrepancy between how healthcare professionals view mental health medications versus Kennedy’s perspective.

Happy Valentine’s Day to a health power couple: Zachary Rubin, MD, and Melanie Matheu, PhD.

After a reality show contestant on “Love Is Blind” opened up about his overuse of ibuprofen, pharmacist @millennialrx clarified the risks and discussed whether the anti-inflammatory drug can be addictive.

Is there drama in medical school? “I wouldn’t know,” said medical student @liciugh on TikTok.

“I want to get to know you and how you’re doing — not just what your vital signs are,” said @nurse.conner, discussing the comfort nurses can provide to patients when staffing ratios allow.

Gastroenterologist Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, took to the “History AI” TikTok trend and went back in time to a hospital shift during peak COVID-19.

“Measles scares me, and that should scare you,” said pediatrician Deborah Greenhouse, MD, as outbreaks spread in Texas and New Mexico.

Emergency physician Michelle Beeson, MD, celebrated her last night shift after 30 years of service.

Virologist Angela Rasmussen, PhD, explained how flu vaccine strains are selected in a detailed thread.

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