Shannon Firth

2023 Data Fellow Sophie Putka @SophNaama reports for @medpagetoday on what trans people, clinicians, and families really want others to know about youth gender care. Read more: ow.ly/tH7i50S0Y6t

"Four years after a hospital merger, wages were 6.8% lower for nurses and pharmacy workers than they would have been." Just now before the Pennsylvania House, @Pat_Garofalo spells out the harms of healthcare consolidation for patients, healthcare workers, and communities.👇

Thrilled to be named a @NIHCMfoundation Trade Award Finalist along with my colleagues, @judyreports, @sophnaama, and several other amazing journalists. nihcm.org/awards/trade-j…

ICYMI here's a very handy (for reporters, researchers, other intelligent minds) interactive map my colleagues @SophNaama @KristinaMFiore and @rachrobertson__ made tracking bans on gender affirming care bit.ly/3nW7cSN

And while we're at it. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie... NO really. How many? n.pr/3W8ShQr

How Many Times Do You Need to Get Out of Your Chair in an Otherwise Sedentary Day? bit.ly/3W6vi8C @nicolejlou

When faced with certain death. Always, always pretend to be Irish. nyti.ms/3ViWReX

@KelleyKga @medpagetoday Please read the line below the headline (the dek) "Influenza hospitalization rates highest in a decade *for this early in the season*" which is also stated in the body of the story.

@medpagetoday This article misrepresented the quote from Dr. Romero of CDC. We are seeing the highest flu hospitalization rates *for this time of year* going back a decade. It may just be an early season. @shannonfirth @medpagetoday twitter.com/KelleyKga/stat…

"The #mentalhealth of #physicians is actually quite a big problem." -- @Amy_Bohnert, PhD, of @umichmedicine, pointing out the large number of first-year #residents with #clinicaldepression. medpagetoday.com/special-report… @MedPagePsych @MedReporterMike

@DocJeffD @MedPagePolicy @CDCgov @medpagetoday @pharmacists My apologies.The article is being corrected. Thank you for letting me know.

.@CDCgov's vaccine advisors voted unanimously yesterday to recommend COVID-19 shots be added to list of immunizations covered by Vaccines for Children program medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vac… By @shannonfirth @medpagetoday @DocJeffD @pharmacists #IDTwitter #MedTwitter

What we heard this week: quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters, a thread🧵⬇️ @jeremyfaust @ingridhein @genevievefri @adambrosio_ @nicolejlou @joycefr @SophNaama @MedReporterMike @CherClarHealth @shannonfirth @KristinaMFiore @StockwellSerena @Jen_Henderson1

The number of border wall falls causing severe trauma increased seven-fold in 2021 v. 2019, at one San Diego hospital @CherClarHealth explains why. bit.ly/3PB4olS

Fauci announced he's stepping down from his post in December, but don't say the R word. bit.ly/3QI9oXg via @KristinaMFiore

President Biden urged parents to schedule COVID-19 vaccinations for their little kids. By @shannonfirth, @MedPagePolicy. #IDtwitter bit.ly/39MzPuv

@RebeccaBeitsch @RebeccaBeitsch stop trying to make kvetch happen.

I asked about kvetching, but Otter isn't ready for yiddish.

Nurse Vaught Sentenced for Deadly Medical Error bit.ly/3l9hwSp via @MDePeauWilson

Amazing photo essay from #nursesmarch #nationalnursesmarch @wtop bit.ly/3Mdfb4J

Vaught: I let Charlene Murphey down, I let her family down, I let myself down @WKRN

We are back from break and expect sentencing any minute now in the Radonda Vaught case @WKRN

"It's the nurse that sometimes walks in the room and doesn't even know exactly what's wrong, but knows--'something's just not right here'...When we're stretched too thin, those little nuances get missed." Chelsey Creswell #nationalnursesmarch #nursesmarch bit.ly/3PwPf6v