drjudystone

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Infectious disease physician, medical writer (Forbes, Medscape, freelance).

Author of "Resilience: One Family's Story" http://bit.ly/ResilienceStone & Conducting Clinical Research http://bit.ly/CCRText

Other interests:#nature #photography #woodturning and more

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My latest: with the surge in #flu and #Covid, re really should be using N95, KN95 or similar, rather than baggy surgical #masks.
With thanks to the #WorldHealthNetwork,
@adamfinkel.bsky.social

@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
for calling attention to this issue.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2026/01/15/experts-call-for-n95s-over-surgical-masks-as-flu-covid-viruses-spread/

New post: The Hepatitis B vaccine is at risk from the new CDC advisory committee members. Here's why.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/12/04/why-the-hepatitis-b-birth-dose-is-at-risk-from-new-cdc-vaccine-advisors/

#ACIP #HepatitisB #HepatitisPrevention #CDC #newborn

#DefendPublicHealth #GrandparentsForVaccines

With thanks to Dorit Reiss Beth Jacobs Teri Mills

My newsletter is out, #373! w updates on Covid, Bird Flu, CDC, reliable sources of info, a smattering of politics, "Feel Good" news, Comic Relief, and beauty https://drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-373-november-30-2025/ Enjoy!
New: What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/11/29/what-is-a-professional-degree-and-why-does-it-matter/ #Nursing #PT #OT #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #SocialWork w thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @michelemanos.bsky.social and Russ Francis @defendpublichealth for comments.

New #Coronavirus Tidbits free ID, Covid and liberal politics news is out https://drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-368-october-26-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-tidbits-368-october-26-2025 w bits abt #mRNA vaccines, ICE, the Wannabe King; #LongCovid, news incl C in ppl w multiple long-term conditions; weird news from @beebrookshire.bsky.social, and Comic Relief.

And Please ask #Maine friends to Vote NO on Ballot 1: absentee ballots: https://boltsmag.org/maine-question-1-in-november-2025-mail-voting/

and #Pennsylvania friends to vote YES to retain judges. It's critical the Dems keep the Supreme Court. Thx

New #Coronavirus Tidbits free newsletter just launched https://drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-361-september-7-2025/ w snips abt rising #Covid, RFK Jr, #Measles, action items #ACIP and @5calls.org, #FoodSafety, CDC, #BirdFlu, Trump's warmongering, more AND Feel Good stories and Comic relief for dessert
New #Coronavirus (and politics) Tidbits is up, https://drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-360-august-31-2025/ w bits about RFK Jr's #Covid #Vaccine war, CDC's #wastewater debacle, Heroes who quit #CDC, and more, then Comic relief and good news.
New #Coronavirus Tidbits is up w ID news and politics https://drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-355-july-27-2025/ w snips about Climate and #Covid, PET/MRI findings, HIV, #BirdFlu mutations, vaccinating via #dental floss
and fr @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @sailorrooscout.bsky.social and more
New #Coronavirus Tidbits newsletter is up, drjudystone.com/coronavirus-... updates about #Covid #vaccines #LongCovid #BirdFlu #Moderna #RFK Jr's destruction of public health, politics. Bonus #FeelGood stories and comic relief.