Black Women Twice as Likely to Experience #BreastCancer Diagnostic Delay Emory Al-Imam ow.ly/bZkn50FAYrY Diagnostic Imaging

"Many of the country’s largest and most prestigious companies still systematically sideline pregnant women. They pass them over for promotions and raises. They fire them when they complain." sheMD.org sheMD WomenInMedicine #MedStudentTwitter

"Children are biologically built to become much more susceptible to peers in adolescence, and social media has magnified those peer influence processes to be much, much more dangerous than they were before." usatoday.com/story/life/hea…

Gender bias in medical settings affects patient outcomes. Microaggressions & bullying erode psychological safety making people less likely to speak up and work teams (like surgery teams) more prone to errors. Kelly “MIGS Lady” Wright MD medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

One interesting factor in the confidence gap comes from our childhood, how we are raised. Girls and women excel in the meritocratic classroom, where studying quietly, raising a hand to speak, and being compliant is rewarded. sheMD.org #WomeninMedicine

At the current pace of vaccinations, low-income countries are unlikely to meet the global vaccine targets: 40% coverage by the end of 2021 & 60% by mid-2022. Low-income countries would need to increase their daily rate by nearly 19x to reach 40% coverage: kff.org/global-health-…

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report found that as many as 50% of medical students will experience sexual harassment. bit.ly/2MiHm3M sheMD.org #sheMD WomenInMedicine #MedStudentTwitter

"The unvaccinated have been behaving as if they were vaccinated, which has disincentivized them from getting inoculated and contributed to the surges we are now seeing." dooz.us/3BD9iZR Leana Wen, M.D.

There was a small increase in #COVID19 vaccination rates across racial/ethnic groups over the past two weeks (7/6 to 7/19), following the slowdown over the week of July 4th, however gaps in vaccination rates are persisting for Black and Hispanic people. kff.org/coronavirus-co…

There’s a growing #COVID19 vaccine gap in Red America. As of July 6, nearly 47% of people in Biden counties are fully vaccinated, compared to 35% in Trump counties. Jen Kates, Jen Tolbert and @_KendalOrgera explore the data and its implications: kff.org/policy-watch/t…

We support the bipartisan legislation in Congress that would protect payment for #mammography screenings before age 50 via WPLG Local 10 News bit.ly/3iToVUv

Why are women perfectionists? Research suggests two reasons: 1. Gender expectations that start in childhood 2. How those expectations get reinforced in the workplace. #sheMD #WomenInMedicine #GirlMedTwitter #SheForShe #MedStudentTwitter sheMD.org

#Racialdisparities in #mammography rose in Calif. during pandemic ⁦AuntMinnie.com⁩ auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec…

As we move closer to ERAS application reviews, those of us in leadership positions should ask ourselves how high could someone go with a little help. #medtwitter

My unvaxed patient, in tears, upon learning his wife just got intubated: “I don’t understand how this happened. We did everything we were supposed to do. We took every precaution!” Its tragic.

Fact check: true Every pediatrician I know getting their own kids vaccinated right away Group that represents America's pediatricians American Academy of Pediatrics says all kids should get the shot Family physicians also recommend kids get vaccinated They might be on to something

Beautifully said Noushin Yahyavi, MD, MBA. We stand on the shoulders of giants & we give back by helping those who will follow us. Amina Farooq Azarakhsh Baghdadi, MD, MAS Judy Yee Tina Young Poussaint, MD, FACR @VidhyaPrakashIL Tina Young Poussaint, MD, FACR Maryam Bahadori Melina Hosseiny, MD MaríaLucía Brun-Vergara