‘Make Measles Great Again’; Docs Blast Super Bowl Ads; Big Food vs GLP-1 Drugs

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“Make measles great again,” surgeon David Gorski, MD, PhD, said sardonically in response to the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary.

“Anti-vaccine rhetoric is a threat to global health,” said biomedical scientist Andrea C. Love, PhD, emphasizing how individuals who profit from misinformation, such as Kennedy, contribute to disease outbreaks.

“Hospitals that can afford Super Bowl ads shouldn’t be sending their patients to collections,” said Ryan Marino, MD, in response to NYU Langone’s Super Bowl commercial.

Meanwhile, endocrinologist Karl Nadolsky, DO, criticized the ad from telehealth company Hims & Hers: “The system is keeping you sick! But here is a multimillion dollar #SuperBowl ad telling you to give us money for bootlegged compounded meds for #WeightLoss.”

Super Bowl memes with a medical twist! Medical student Sydney DeVore shared healthcare memes inspired by Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show.

Former USAID leader Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, pointed out the irony of Elon Musk wanting to eliminate payments for the indirect costs of research for the government while Musk’s company continues to receive payments.

Meanwhile, scientist @sciencewhizliz shared information on the funding cuts and how they will impact scientific progress.

Emergency physician Craig Spencer, MD, MPH, recalled treating Ebola patients in West Africa in 2014 without vaccines or treatments, and then noted, “now we’ve got both,” thanks to NIH funding.

In response to the Texas measles outbreak among unvaccinated individuals, public health scientist Jessica B. Steier, DrPH, sounded the alarm: “We’re witnessing what happens when our shields against preventable diseases develop cracks.”

In a satirical skit, Dr. Glaucomflecken recreated the viral UnitedHealthcare surgery interruption.

“A chiropractor may have the Doctor title but they are NOT physicians,” said cardiologist @drsiyabmd, responding to a video where a chiropractor stated he would “never allow anybody that [he] cared about to get a mammogram.”

Joel Bervell, MD, reposted another doctor’s story highlighting the importance of Black healthcare professionals, captioning it, “Representation in medicine isn’t just important — it’s lifesaving.”

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, shared on X how Big Food appears to be designing foods that “remain addictive even for those on GLP-1 [drugs].”

Thinking about dating a resident physician? Orthopedic surgeon Will Kang, MD, says unless you’re OK with ranking below work and sleep, you might want to reconsider.

Leukemia patient and medical student Ananya Bashyam offered a glimpse into her day, balancing hospital life and studying.

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