Archive - Poppies & Propofol

Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗

Enhance the ethical care of all patients when immigration agents enter hospitals

Jan 25 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

West Texas Measles Outbreak

One in five kindergarteners in Gaines County schools has a non-medical vaccine exemption. Low vaccination rates prime the area for the easy, natural…

Feb 9 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

New Year, Same Toxic Wellness Marketing

Healthism is the Pervasive, Profitable Misconception Shaping Our Resolutions

Jan 1 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Dr. Christine Grady, NIH Bioethics Leader and Consent Expert, “Resassigned” in Purge

The Dismantling of NIH Bioethics Paves the Way for Unethical Research

Apr 8 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

$2 Million Gene Therapy

An effective rare disease therapy is overshadowed by the cost, while pharma rakes in cash

Feb 23 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Transplants, NIH, Conspiracy Theories, the Trolley Problem & the Milky Seas

What I'm Reading, Watching, and Loving

Apr 13 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

5 Pioneering Women Behind the Drape

Trailblazing, innovating, and transforming patient care—meet the living women in anesthesiology who changed the profession.

Feb 4 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

In a culture that protects predators, someone was bound to snap

Jun 3, 2023 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

The Retrievals, Episode 2: The Nurse

When a nurse swapped fentanyl for salt water, "It's like watching a horror reel."

Jul 7, 2023 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

🎁 27 Awesome Gifts for Healthcare Workers You Love

A 2023 gift guide for folks who are dedicated to care for others

Dec 16, 2023 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

😷27 Gifts for Exhausted Healthcare Workers

A 2024 Gift List for the Hard-working Healthcare Workers You Love

Dec 6, 2024 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Eggsactly What I Needed

A good laugh about 100,000 stolen eggs

Feb 8 •

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

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