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Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
.@TAMUmedicine and @NASA have signed a Space Act Agreement to expand joint research on human health and performance.
Long missions raise hard questions about what the human body can take, and A&M System researchers will help answer them: tx.ag/TAMUMed090226
ALT An individual on the International Space Station uses a large, handheld device for an activity. The background features various equipment and machinery typical of a spacecraft.
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
Doctors are united on respiratory virus vaccine recommendations, with clear guidance for patients from birth to older adulthood coming from 4 leading physician organizations. The findings of a structured, evidence-based review are available at spr.ly/6016BGttiI. 1/6
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
I love seeing foreigners react to American college marching bands. Too many of us take them for granted. They're truly a spectacle unto themselves. This Korean channel (youtube.com/@awesomeworld12?…) was blown away by the GLOBALLY Famous Fightin' Texas Aggie Band! 👍 #GigEm
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
For the second year in a row, @FastCompany has recognized Texas A&M University with the Innovation By Design Award.
Texas A&M's commitment to public service ensures that research breakthroughs strengthen the health of communities across Texas, the nation and beyond.
Led by Dr. Mark Benden and supported through Texas A&M's Dementia and Alzheimer's Research Initiative (DARI), the digital human is an empathetically designed virtual agent that uses artificial intelligence to help detect early signs of dementia through conversational screening, speech cues, facial expression analysis and biometric monitoring — helping bridge critical gaps in access to care for rural and underserved communities. The innovation earned Texas A&M national recognition as a 2026 Fast Company Innovation by Design winner.
🔗: tx.ag/Innovation26
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
In anticipation of National Penicillin Allergy Day on September 28, learn how a penicillin allergy evaluation can help determine whether a reported allergy is still present. Learn more at the links in our bio.
#PenicillinAllergyDay
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
One of the first Aggie med students to complete his rotation at @memorialhermann, Cortland Baum ’27 is gaining hands-on experience as he transitions from student to doctor—with the support of attending physicians along the way. More at ow.ly/BgHK50ZHMRn #AdvancingMedicine
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
There's a reason football practices in the summer start at 6 a.m. or 7 p.m., and it's not just about the heat. @tamumedicine's Dr. Laura Marsh explains how turf, asphalt and extra equipment compound the risk of heat illness and why acclimatization is critical for athletes training in extreme temperatures.
Learn more: tx.ag/DrLPfkw
#TAMU #AdvancingMedicine #AggieResearch
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
The Research and Innovation Building will reshape how students engage with their education and anchor Texas A&M-Fort Worth as the cornerstone of the emerging Switchyard Innovation District.
What #StartsInAcademicMedicine improves access to care. AAMC member institution @TAMUmedicine is creating a healthier future for patients by strengthening the rural physician pipeline. We’re grateful for our member institutions’ commitment to sustaining healthy communities!
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
The public thinks preparedness is waste, because success looks like inactivity. The fire truck polished in the station house is called civilization. The missile buried in a Midwestern silo is called deterrence. Yet a WHO lab sitting quiet, a CDC epidemiologist waiting for an outbreak, or stockpiled PPE, suddenly is “bureaucratic excess.”
That is the idiocy of modern politics: we praise insurance in war, fire, and finance — but mock it in public health because the catastrophe did not happen this week.
Pandemics are not prevented by improvisation. They are prevented by long stretches of expensive boredom interrupted by moments of terror.
Cutting basic science and cutting preparedness means we will try to offload our problem on Kenya and volunteers at airports. That isn't a strategy, that is a bandaid for a gunshot wound
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
TMA Joins Lawsuit Against MultiPlan, Leading Insurance Providers Over Health Care Price-Fixing.
TMA has joined a federal multidistrict litigation against MultiPlan (recently rebranded to Claritev) and major insurers alleging they conspired to systematically underpay health care practitioners for reimbursements for out-of-network services, which often fail to even cover operating costs. TMA joins the American Medical Association and hundreds of physician practices and facilities nationwide in this growing antitrust litigation.
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Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
The human body changes in space — every organ system, every mission.
@TAMUmedicine is pioneering the aerospace medicine research and training that will protect astronauts on the journey to the Moon, Mars, and beyond: tx.ag/AeroMed
ALT A group of people lean out of the window of the Sierra Space Dream Chaser spacecraft. The side of the spacecraft features the American flag, the "Dream Chaser" name, and the Sierra Space logo.
ALT Workers examine the interior of a Dream Chaser spacecraft. Three individuals are seated inside a cylindrical part of the craft, while another person stands outside, pointing at a section of the structure. The spacecraft is in a large industrial setting, with visible support beams and equipment.
Aggie Docs and students coming to San Antonio Fall 2027!
We’re expanding in San Antonio!
We are partnering with University Health to grow physician training, strengthen care, and serve South Texas. Read more vitalrecord.tamu.edu/paving-…
#TexasIsOurCampus #AdvancingMedicine #AggieDocs
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
It's👏not👏ethical👏to👏do👏placebo👏controlled👏study 👏when 👏there's 👏already 👏an 👏effective 👏vaccine
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
As I was walking around the concourse at the SEC Tourney, I saw Tyrel Dodson. Initially I was going to just keep walking so that I wouldn’t bother him, but he said Gig ‘Em to me presumably cause he saw my Aggie gear. So, I stopped to tell him how big of a fan I was and we ended up chatting for a little bit.
He was truly the nicest NFL player I’ve ever met and shared with me that he would be getting his degree from A&M this May.
I’m so excited for him to be having the success he is in the NFL and off of the field. He’s also a great representative of our university.
Gig ‘em👍
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
🚨 I have been told that despite bragging about her Stanford medical degree, HHS is technically proposing to have Casey Means be the first non-physician to ever be confirmed as Surgeon General - because she can’t actually be commissioned as a physician in the PHS (as every SG before her has been) because she doesn’t have an active medical license. In other words, they acknowledge that their nominee for “America’s doctor,” can’t even join the uniformed service she would be charged with leading… as a doctor (they are proposing she join in the health service officer category- which doesn’t uniformly require an active medical license. Ironically even in this category, she wouldn’t even meet the criteria to be a physician’s assistant, because it also requires an active license)🤦🏽♂️
They are literally attempting to lower 100+ years of merit and safety standards, so that she can take on the role. 👇🏽
A physician nominee for Surgeon General would need to meet the below Corps commissioning standards to be appointed and serve effectively in the role.
While 42 U.S.C. § 205 doesn't explicitly require an active medical license for the SG position itself, the Surgeon General must be a member of the Regular Corps - and USPHS Commissioned Corps policy mandates that PHYSICIAN officers hold a current, unrestricted, and valid medical license from a U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam.
This is required for commissioning, adhering to appointment standards, maintaining basic readiness, eligibility for special pay, promotion, and overall conditions of service. Official sources confirm this: USPHS Physician profession page: "Current, unrestricted, and valid medical license from any U.S. state..." (usphs.gov/professions/physic…)
Commissioned Corps Licensure policy: Keeping licenses "active and unrestricted" is mandatory for officers whose qualifying degree requires it (dcp.psc.gov/CCMIS/Licensure_… & Inst 251.01)
Bottom line: the current nominee for Nation’s top doctor… can’t legally be commissioned in the Corps she would be charged to lead, as a doctor!
Past Surgeons General have been required to maintain active licenses to lead credibly as the nation's top public health physician.
Lacking said licensure creates a practical (and legal) barrier to commissioning AS A PHYSICIAN and undermines the role's integrity and authority, and compromises the Corps itself. 😞
"The surgeon general is not a wellness influencer": Former surgeon general @JeromeAdamsMD on why the Senate should not confirm surgeon general-nominee Casey Means, who is not a licensed physician. statnews.com/2026/02/27/case…
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.
Or GMOs. Or fluoride.
It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.
Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.
From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.
Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”
That’s a lie.
Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.
Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.
We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.
You’ve seen the slogans:
“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”
They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.
And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.
Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.
Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.
Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.
It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.
Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.
Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.
Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.
And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:
Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.
Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.
If we let fear win, we lose all of it.
Susan Bailey, MD retweeted
SUNY Upstate researchers analyzed over 30 million records and found that COVID-19 infection raised cardiovascular risks by at least 4 times, while vaccination cut those risks by up to 76% with no detectable heart toxicity.
medrxiv.org/content/10.64898…
