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Texas Observer<p>Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a certified nurse midwife, and Jose Ley, 29 and her employee, were charged with the illegal performance of an <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>, as well as practicing medicine without a license. The abortion charge is a second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-first-abortion-arrests-attorney-general-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-first-</span><span class="invisible">abortion-arrests-attorney-general-investigation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>How Elon Musk Helped Close Your Local Pharmacy</p><p>The billionaire’s rage-tweets protected the corporate middlemen inflating your medicine prices &amp; killing your community’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.levernews.com/how-elon-musk-helped-close-your-local-pharmacy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/how-elon-musk-he</span><span class="invisible">lped-close-your-local-pharmacy/</span></a></p><p>"Pharmacy benefit managers[PBMs] are for-profit <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> middlemen standing between insurers &amp; drugmakers...</p><p>326 pharmacies — 237 of them independent — have closed since December, when <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> single-handedly tanked bipartisan PBM reform with one tweet."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.<br>—</p><p>The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly and could harm people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-inspection?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/glenmar</span><span class="invisible">k-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-inspection?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a></p>
Marina Helenaspring rolls from Restaurant Green Mama´s - Karis, Raseborg, Finland - the only vegan place left in the whole area from Hanko to Kirkkonummi, even Espoo (except 1.5 places at the very eastern part) and they are about to get closed if there will be not enough clients..<br> .<br> .<br> .<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/veganfood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veganfood</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/finland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/suomi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suomi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karjaa?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karjaa</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/raseborg?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raseborg</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/raasepori?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raasepori</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegancafe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegancafe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegaani?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegaani</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/veganism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veganism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ruoka?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ruoka</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegaaninen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegaaninen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cafe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cafe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/greenmamas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenmamas</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ravintola?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ravintola</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kahvila?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kahvila</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegaaninenruoka?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegaaninenruoka</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegansk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegansk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/veganskmat?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veganskmat</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vegano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/comidavegana?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comidavegana</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/veganfinland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veganfinland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/restaurant?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#restaurant</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/healthyfood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthyfood</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/healthcare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/health?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plantbased?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plantbased</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plantbasedfood?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plantbasedfood</a>
birdpoof<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> </p><p>"The boy had contracted measles as a 7-month-old, when he was too young to be vaccinated.</p><p>Then in middle school, he started to develop troubling symptoms...</p><p>[A] pediatric neurologist finally suspected a condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE. It's a degenerative neurological condition that typically develops seven to 10 years after a measles infection. It is almost always fatal."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Measles cases are climbing in the U.S. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCNews</span></a></span> explains whether you should get another vaccine.<br><a href="https://flip.it/3xg0MX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/3xg0MX</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virus</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>More measles in Canada... Alberta.</p><p>"A case of measles has been confirmed in southern Alberta, the province’s health authority says.</p><p>Alberta Health Services says the case is a visitor to the Taber area, and that there are multiple locations where exposure to others might have occurred, at several dates and times.</p><p>The locations, dates and times of potential exposure include:</p><p> Flair Airlines flight F8629 from Pearson International Airport to Calgary International Airport on March 8 between 9:12 p.m. (EST) and 11:57 p.m. (MST);<br> Calgary International Airport and YYC Budget Car and Truck Rental between 11:55 p.m. on March 8 and 2 a.m. on March 9;<br> Taber Health Centre Emergency Department on March 11 between 5:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.;<br> Taber Shoppers Drug Mart on March 11 between 6:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.; and<br> Taber Health Centre Emergency Department between 10:15 p.m. on March 12 and 10:50 a.m. on March 13."</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/potential-measles-exposure-on-flight-to-yyc-airport-taber-er-and-pharmacy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/pot</span><span class="invisible">ential-measles-exposure-on-flight-to-yyc-airport-taber-er-and-pharmacy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/calgary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calgary</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreak</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>From our friends at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@texastribune" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>texastribune</span></a></span>: Two recent arrests mark the first criminal charges under our state’s near-total abortion ban. The investigation spanned more than a month and involved more than a dozen people with the Office of the Attorney General. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-first-abortion-arrests-attorney-general-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-first-</span><span class="invisible">abortion-arrests-attorney-general-investigation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a></p>
Karen Kaspar<p>Some call it weed, for me it is one of my favorite wildflowers in spring - dandelions. I love the bright yellow flowers and the leaves are a delicious and healthy salad.</p><p>Spring meadow with dandelions watercolor:<br><a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/spring-meadow-with-dandelions-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/spring-meadow-with-dandelions-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/dandelion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dandelion</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediGiftShop</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kunst</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/contemporaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryArt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/floral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floral</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/aquarell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquarell</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/aquarelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquarelle</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/vegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegetarian</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Despite Trump’s campaign promise to not block access to abortion medication, several of his cabinet picks have pledged to take another look at the safety of mifepristone, keeping the door open for future regulations. There have already been numerous studies proving the safety of mifepristone."<br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@realjuddlegum/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>realjuddlegum</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://popular.info/p/trump-promised-to-protect-access" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/trump-promised-</span><span class="invisible">to-protect-access</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomenRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenRights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>Vaccination rates for preventable diseases, like polio or measles, sliding in Ohio kids' year-after-year since 2020. <br><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2025-03-18/vaccine-rates-against-measles-other-infections-sliding-in-ohio-kids" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statenews.org/government-polit</span><span class="invisible">ics/2025-03-18/vaccine-rates-against-measles-other-infections-sliding-in-ohio-kids</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say."</p><p>Unfortunately, this news isn't from the Onion. RFK Jr is anti: science &amp; vaccine.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPDeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJR</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LetItRip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetItRip</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p>Gift: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.zYYP.HXW7t7VL8EuF&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/</span><span class="invisible">kennedy-bird-flu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.zYYP.HXW7t7VL8EuF&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
franebleu<p>Memes associated to the judgement element "Does it save lives ?" :</p><p>Useful meme :<br>Put a mask when there's a massive epidemic (saves lives).</p><p>Neutral meme :<br>Use a tool to eat (no big deal if you have clean hands).</p><p>Harmful meme : <br>It is impossible to put Elon Musk in prison immediately for the rest of his life, and it is impossible to seize his whole wealth and redistribute it to each US citizen through public services (costs lives).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oncology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oncology</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeutralizeAndRecycleElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeutralizeAndRecycleElonMusk</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthHealth</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
AskPippa🇨🇦<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> is seeing a big surge in measles mostly among unvaccinated people. 372 total cases (including 7 pregnant people) and 31 hospitalizations.<br>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> has a long track record of being safe, and of preventing disease (breakthrough infections are rare). It's a great way to avoid getting sick in the first place. I mean, who wants to get even a little bit sick? </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medmastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medmastodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/13/ontario-measles-cases-double-outbreak/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/13</span><span class="invisible">/ontario-measles-cases-double-outbreak/</span></a></p>
Snowshadow 🇨🇦<p>🍿 🥯 🍞 🍪 </p><p>People injecting drugs to stop from overeating while others within their own country are going to bed hungry.</p><p>Make it make sense.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
skry<p>Chewing gum is plastic.</p><p>"chemical analysis shows that gum contains styrene-butadiene (the durable synthetic chemical used to make car tyres), polyethylene (the plastic used to make carrier bags and bottles) and polyvinyl acetate (woodglue) as well as some sweetener and flavouring."</p><p> <a href="https://theconversation.com/chewing-gum-is-plastic-pollution-not-a-litter-problem-251662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/chewing-gu</span><span class="invisible">m-is-plastic-pollution-not-a-litter-problem-251662</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastic</span></a></p>
Robert Roy Britt<p>We all experience pain now and then, and some of us way more than others. This writer, who is in constant pain, reminds us that our relationship to <a href="https://me.dm/tags/chronicpain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicpain</span></a> goes beyond the pure and obvious physical aspects. He explains "biopsychosocial" approach to therapies and other remedies that treat all aspects of chronic pain: physical, emotional and social. And yes, it can help significantly. Story by Randall H. Duckett</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/pain-is-inevitable-heres-why-suffering-is-optional-c091a114fea4?sk=500014e56c61a95f5752e9e27eb6e5e8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/wise-well/pain-is-i</span><span class="invisible">nevitable-heres-why-suffering-is-optional-c091a114fea4?sk=500014e56c61a95f5752e9e27eb6e5e8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
Ænðr E. Feldstraw<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> expect a whole new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicinal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> spur to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genderaffirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderaffirm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masculinitity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinitity</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“Now what we’re seeing is a full-on assault on our state’s immunization program. Activists felt like they could take advantage of the [COVID-19 pandemic] and exploit it and start going after laws that have been on the books for decades.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/measles-outbreak-anti-vax-legislation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/measles-outb</span><span class="invisible">reak-anti-vax-legislation/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"National Institutes of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> officials have urged scientists to remove all references to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mRNA</span></a> vaccine <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> from their grant applications... in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> relayed their experiences on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retaliation by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration...</p><p>“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started”"<br><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nih-grants-mrna-vaccines-trump-administration-hhs-rfk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/nih-grants-mrna-vaccines-trump-administration-hhs-rfk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>