Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)

“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.” As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...

I know we want Talarico to win, but I’d love it if he stopped texting me….

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

Darius Paduch was Jeffrey Epstein’s urologist. Paduch is also a sexually abusive physician who worked at Cornell for years. In 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. Paduch abused at least 50 identified victims, many of whom were minors.

The reason Epstein’s urologist would no longer be seeing patients at Cornell is he was abusing boys. Paduch was sentenced to life in prison. But Cornell wanted to make sure Epstein saw one of their other physicians instead of leaving Cornell. In 2019!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ht @alyssaburgart.com

We teach a class on campus sexual assault, and @alyssaburgart.com is an anesthesiologist. So if you’re looking for experts to break down Title IX, rape culture, and capacity to consent, this is the episode for you.

Dr. Arghavan Salles is suing the NIH over banned words in research. “Scientists should not have to scrub their research to receive federal funding, particularly after taxpayers have already invested years in supporting this work.” Follow her: @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social

What the fuck. This child should never have been separated from his parents. Down with ICE. Close EVERY detention center.

Such a privilege to get to hear from the incredible LeVar Burton tonight with @alyssaburgart.com! My favorite line was when he said that his mom was such a proponent of reading that in his house you either read a book or got hit by one 🤣

It will never not be weird when a social media company reminds me that it's my dead friend's birthday. Or would have been. I feel it in my gut when I see how many of their "friends" have no idea this person died almost 10 years ago.

Episode 29 is live! @alyssaburgart.com spoke with special guest Dr. Lara Jones about what’s happening in ICE detention centers and her work to free the children detained there. Even if you think you know what’s happening, I’d recommend listening to learn from Dr. Jones’s insights.

“A child who isn't eating and who has a fever needs to go see a doctor. Why isn't he being brought to a doctor?” From The Present Illness podcast: Shut Down Dilley Detention Center with Dr. Lara Jones, Apr 17, 2026 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social YOU! We have to TALK! About SPACE BABIES! Have you seen… The Expanse?!?

⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats. We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.

February 13th is the new deadline for the DHS funding bill. 🚨🚨🚨 New script at 5calls.org #Pinks #ProudBlue

Now being targeted by Libs of TT. I will always put the dignity of our patients first. I will not stop speaking out for the nuanced, personalized clinical care our patients deserve.

Please make public comments opposing these bans. Trans and non-binary kids need access to expert care, not hatred from the government ⬇️

Context matters… Dr Oz is using his position with the US gov to target the Armenian community in LA. He’s of Turkish descent and has publicly engaged w/Turkey and Erdoğan. Armenians are victims of genocide at the hands of Turkey. A historical fact they deny. Oz doesn’t acknowledge the genocide.

This drops tomorrow. Disability justice advocate @vilissathompson.bsky.social joins B*tch, Listen, hosted by @angryblacklady.blacksky.app, to lay out how true crime reframes violence against disabled people as “mercy”—and what gets erased in the process. 🎧 New episode • Jan. 29, 2026

We must prosecute Bovino and all the other government appointees promoting tyranny.

My personal project has come together at the perfect time. Set to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, but I rewrote it to connect to present-day American. Share it with fellow activists across the platforms. #Pinks #BlueCrew #50501Movement #Indivisible #Americans #NewBattleHymn #EndICE🧊🔥 #GrowWithMe

I don't want to participate in a transmission chain that brings the virus to them. I also just don't want the disruption that even a mild case of flu (or whatever respiratory pathogen) would introduce into my life. Taking reasonable, evidence-based precautions for yourself has no bearing on others.

“All your mom wants right now is five minutes to herself.” - overheard in a bookstore as a dad gently explained to his small son that mom is currently off limits.

Episode 7 is live! This week we discuss the Epstein emails, Larry Summers, etc and how that relates to women ruining the workplace. @alyssaburgart.com ruined the workplace a few times in just the last week, even!

New ‘swag’! Two T-shirt options Neither says “awkword” Both symbolize the movement Only $20 each And 25% goes to @onepeoplesproject.bsky.social thisisawkword.com/store

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Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

A little snippet from this week’s episode of The Present Illness, where @alyssaburgart.com and I discuss current events with rationality, facts, and a dash of humor. Available wherever you get your podcasts!