Esther K Chung
@Es4Justice
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Child health | advocacy | social justice | health equity | global citizen | exploring the world | running | she/her | @ColumbiaPS @columbiaMSPH @CC_Columbia
Seattle, WA
Joined November 2011
A call for equity in our schools. Check out this work from Zachary Parolin and Emma Lee #educationequity #tweetiatrician @AAPNews @nytimes @columbia
nytimes.com
Research from Columbia University suggests that less effective instruction will widen the achievement gap.
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Vaccinations save lives. Your pediatrician can help you get protection against the flu and COVID viruses this season. #aap #tweetiatrician @CDCgov @CDCMMWR
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Democrats are in DC, ready to negotiate and make a deal that cancels Trump and Republicans’ cuts, lowers costs, and saves health care for the American people. But Mike Johnson chose to send House Republicans home. Republicans are shutting the government down.
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Tell Republican leaders in Congress to pass a funding bill this week that reverses the cuts to our health care, keeps hospitals open, lowers the rising costs weighing down Americans, and saves our health care via @MomsRising!
action.momsrising.org
Republicans in Congress have proposed an impossible choice: Support their partisan spending bill that takes away even more health care from Americans or risk a government shutdown. Tell Congress to...
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We're in a health care emergency: 15 MILLION people are going to lose their health care. Millions are about to see their premiums skyrocket. Republicans are in power. They need to roll back their massive health care cuts and fund the government.
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Happening now, Dr. Paul Offit speaking about vaccines at the AAP meeting in Denver, where >10,000 attendees gather to share science to improve the health of children. #aapexperience #science #vaccinations #aap
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Looking forward to seeing old friends and being among those who work every day to improve the health of children. https://t.co/VRmRBnzwQd
#aap #advocacy #science #health #vaccines
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Mark your calendars for the 2025 AAP National Conference & Exhibition, September 26-30, in Denver, CO. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with colleagues, engage in thought-provoking...
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Thanks for the autographed book by Dr. Pooja Tandon on #childhealth and #nature
@seattlechildren #pas2025
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Great @AcademicPeds Mid-Career SIG with @ElianaPerrin Co-Chairs Pooja Tandon and Matt Diguglielmo @Nemours @seattlechildren and the newest co-chair!
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#PAS2025 inspirational, fun, and uplifting APA Presidential Plenary! Thanks to all the panelists!! @AinaHoa @ealavoyagingacademy
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In an interview with the @AP, AAP President Dr. Susan Kressly said vaccination policy should focus on eliminating barriers instead of adding to it. Read the article at https://t.co/vWbvdqco6S
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AAP joined @ACPIMPhysicians @acog @aafp @AOAforDOs and @APApsychiatric in calling for the restoration of data and guidance to the CDC and NIH websites that were recently removed. Read the full statement: https://t.co/g6WIDf7FpD
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AAP joined @ACPIMPhysicians @acog @aafp and @APApsychiatric in calling on Congress to protect the vital Medicaid program. Read the full statement: https://t.co/ANtqHe9OMM
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The US eradicated measles more than two decades ago. We explain how it came back https://t.co/UvfPWVyBAP via @business
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Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel...
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Check out my fundraising page -
give.seattlechildrens.org
Join me in raising money to help children with heart disease! I will pledge to walk/run/hike at least one mile per day!
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@APHA2024 what words would you use to define or describe public health? #PublicHealth
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Urge your members of Congress to prioritize public health funding in fiscal year 2024
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#APHA2024 learning from Dr. Mary Bassett, @JeromeAdamsMD and Dr. Daniel Dawes, who are talking about threats to our democracy and to public health. Topics ranging from threats to health of immigrant populations to immunization of children.
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After more than a year of @UNICEF attempting to shed light on the atrocities being committed against children in Gaza, perhaps THIS is the most damning reality: Children – deeply unwell children – are being denied the medical care that could save them in Gaza, and then prevented
"Children are being denied medical care that is a basic human right. And those who barely survive the ruthless bombardments are then condemned to die from their injuries. It is a problem that is being completely disregarded." - @1james_elder of @UNICEF on #Gaza
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