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12/4/2025 MMWR: Another organ donor has transmitted rabies to a recipient.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7439a1.htm TLDR: A 2024 kidney recipient died of acute encephalopathy, determined to be rabies. The only other recipients received corneal tissues. The donor had been...

A majority of Americans now support Medicare for All even if it ends private insurance and raises taxes. New polling shows a 50-point shift in just six years.

This is a fascinating new poll that was recently done that shows a apparent recent massive shift in public opinion on the issue of single...

What is one "trick" of your specialty that you wish more people knew about?

By "trick," I mean some high yield piece of knowledge or tool that you think is useful, yet underutilized. For example, although I'm not a...

Is this a massive grift from Trump?

I was wondering about why Medicaid is no longer going to be covering GLP-1's for weight loss starting in Jan 2026. I looked into why...