Horse or Newborn Baby? First ‘I’m a Doctor’ Moment; Clean Water Ruling

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Is this a horse or a newborn baby? Pediatrician Gal Barbut, MD, went to the farm to help suss it out.

Is lettuce free of Cyclospora now? Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, explained why he’s eating it again.

“Your problem is that you’re a woman, and that will never change.” Physician assistant Cara Guth reflected on a misogynistic encounter with a surgeon early in her career.

“When I got my MD in 2013 I would not have believed that 2026 was the year people would inject themselves with random peptides and any other unregulated substances but NOT vaccines,” said oncologist Amani Jambhekar, MD, on Threads.

Terry Everett, MD, shared his first “I’m a doctor” moment with appropriate giddiness.

A cautionary firefighting tale from pediatrician Leslie Treece, MD, has a surprise twist: it might not be about firefighters at all.

“If you had ‘rabies making a comeback’ on your 2026 bingo, you may have won.” Physician @gamingdocmbbs broke down the nearly 300 potential rabies exposures linked to a petting zoo in North Carolina.

After a federal court ruled that access to clean drinking water is not a constitutional right, epidemiologist Alex Sundermann, DrPH, invoked founding father of public health John Snow, MD, to dramatize his displeasure.

Meanwhile, nutritionist and public health advocate Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN, decried the “environmental racism” that initiated the lawsuit from residents in Jackson, Mississippi, and likened it to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

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