Mike Certo MD MA MM
Pediatric palliative care, critical care, and bioethics in Chicago. Husband and dad. Reader. Music & Narrative Medicine. Drinker of many coffees.
All opinions are my own, not my employers’.
- The world’s biggest economy by GDP is failing its children, and this administration responds by cutting Medicaid, killing pediatric research, decreasing vaccine access, and failing to regulate firearms - despicable. stateline.org/2025/08/28/a...
- Some excellent, timely moral clarity from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al. “There has never been a more urgent moment in recent US history for health professionals to meet their obligations of public advocacy.” bsky.app/profile/matt...
- Out today in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Out today in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Articulate and timely, as always - well done @mattwynia.bsky.social and team.
- Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
- I’m so excited to be part of this issue, especially next to all the patients and families who shared their own stories of adventures in navigating the electronic health record.
- NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics Volume 15, Number 1, 2025 S2O Open Access via @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/2s3nfb5d
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- Bioethics and politics are inextricable - how can bioethicists meet the moment? My most recent in the Hastings Bioethics Forum - www.thehastingscenter.org/how-bioethic...
- Appalling (but not surprising) overt suppression of public health information - this is not benign and people will suffer as a result of actions like this.
- NEW: The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
- “Health institutions may be hesitant to criticise the new administration publicly, but this timidity is a mistake. Trump's actions must be called out for the damage they are doing.” American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
