Kyle Rodino, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Director of Microbiology, joins @letstalkmicro.bsky.social for a lab-focused discussion on tick-borne disease diagnostics. asm.org/podcasts/let...

The "pharma shill" charge persists not because it's true but because it's useful. It discredits doctors while shielding those who actually profit from vaccine doubt. I examined the economics here: open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...

In light of the news that the FDA is going investigate the safety of recently approved therapies for RSV, some good perspective on what those therapies have achieved from @jakescottmd.bsky.social in a an op-ed he wrote for @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...

So to be clear: ACIP didn’t vote to remove the hepatitis B birth dose because of new safety concerns. They did it to make a political point about mandates. Thank you for saying so explicitly.

The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm. As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.

A claim that the U.S. is an “outlier” for having a universal hepatitis B birth dose is false. ACIP’s own September map shows many countries with universal birth-dose policies. We’d become an outlier only by rolling ours back. www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

If you or someone you know might be interested in ID fellowship at Dartmouth, please reach out! #IDsky #fellowshipmatch

Sonia Dahmani, 60, was arrested in 2024 after questioning government policy on African refugees and migrants.

Whaaaaa the @idiots-pod.bsky.social dropped a new fungal version of their intro ditty!! #IDweek2025

Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system: The Tetanus vaccine The Measles vaccine The Polio vaccine The Mumps vaccine The HPV vaccine The Pneumonia vaccine The Hepatitis B vaccine The Rubella vaccine The Diphtheria vaccine The Covid-19 vaccine - @hislopmd.bsky.social

Blue line shows ages 0-19: near-zero hepatitis B cases. The birth dose created an entire generation nearly free of hepatitis B. Adults who missed this protection still get infected. That's 30 years of proof this works. Tomorrow's vote could end it. www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-su...

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

Medical cannabis as the source of Cryptococcus neoformans infection Editor's Choice Hong Nguyễn's team at @idpittstop.bsky.social #OpenAccess #MedMycoSky #IDSky #TxID academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

It’s understandable to have questions about aluminum in vaccines. Here are the key facts: 🧵

Statement from LAPD regarding protests in the city of Los Angeles.

Great news! Annie is an advocate for the voiceless. We need more thoughtful people like her in government!

open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... The United States is the only country in the world that does not consider pregnancy to be a risk factor for severe Covid

I tackle this question and discuss the linked paper in my new episode out now, about global measles outbreaks! Also debuts Hot Zone Hotline, the new Q&A segment! Available on your favorite player, even the free ones! Also free on the website! Infectioudose.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?

TBPod is back! Associate Prof. Nicolas Menzies joins Dr Andrew Burke to unpack the hidden burden after TB treatment, on life-years, quality of life & long-term risks. #TBPod #Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth Listen via the link below. www.buzzsprout.com/851944/episo...

105 controlled vaccine trials. 110 yrs. 1.8 M participants. All in one live, crowd-sourced sheet. Built by contributors worldwide to counter the myth that vaccines weren’t tested with controls. Quiet work still breaks through the noise. www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts @bradspellberg.bsky.social

Are we even docs anymore if all we are doing is texting all day?! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"For many of these people, unfluoridated water may not pose an immediate risk — they have the means to compensate through private care. But the bans they advocate for extend far beyond their communities, stripping others of a preventive tool they cannot easily replace."

Taking time to parent your kids doesn't make your credentials disappear. Many women in STEM take extended maternity leave, stay-at-home parent, etc.It doesn't make them any less valuable as professionals. Respecting women means respecting their career choices, not erasing past accomplishments 🧪👩‍🔬🍎🥽⚛️🧬

Seems there’s a meaningful signal, but this was my key takeaway: “..absence of detectable antibodies does not necessarily mean loss of MeV-specific immunity. Immunity can persist due to immunological memory, allowing the immune system to mount a rapid and effective response upon MeV re-exposure..”

We love what we do. But yes, we’d also like to get paid. ID is a cognitive, consult-heavy specialty -- and often a “loss leader” in a fee-for-service world. A look at how the money actually flows (or doesn’t), Part 1. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Speaking of greed... #ABIM @katiekwonmd.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/certified-me...

Is anyone else seeing the widespread application of broad bacterial PCR testing for urine, skin and soft tissue infections in urgent cares? This is a disaster… #IDsky

“Patients, their families, and their physicians—not politicians or government officials —should be the ones to make decisions together about what care is best for them based on evidence-based, age-appropriate care.” www.aap.org/en/news-room....

This has strong Father Earth vibes @nkjemisin.bsky.social

Measles likely came from cows (via rinderpest) around the 6th century BCE. For 2,500 years, we didn’t evolve superhuman resistance—children just died. Real protection only came in the 1960s, with vaccines. Our superpower isn’t evolving into superhumans. It’s outthinking pathogens.

No but seriously, Fiona Apple making a protest song in support of Black mothers in pretrial detention in general and in the DMV area in specific? I didn't think I could love this lady more, more here we are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1n...

I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign. We are sick of it. He must go!

You can have a good relationship with cows but also not want to drink bacteria from fecal matter that spills from their anus on to their udders…

My must-listen podcast episodes are back logged, but this just jumped to the top… Happy Monday! bsky.app/profile/cmic...

The MMR vaccine has protected people from Measles, Mumps and Rubella since its introduction more than 50 years ago. We do not need to waste time and money on new measles treatments when the MMR has been proven to protect 97% against Measles. buff.ly/4qNBZOS #medsky #pedsky 😷🧪🛟

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Congrats to this rock star cast of authors, including my mentor and program director Dave Dobrzynski! #IDsky #medsky

My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity

This administration’s deep antipathy toward transmissible conditions, the communities placed most at risk, and related prevention/mitigation measures is all rooted in othering (e.g., for HIV-Black, brown, queer, trans), eugenic logic (e.g., for COVID-older, immunocompromised) and individualism.

Context & basic toxicology principles are almost always missing from these discussions. Want to learn more? Read today’s edition of Fundamental Elements: news.immunologic.org/p/every-huma...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...

@idiots-pod.bsky.social what is the original song your intro ditty is based on? I had found it at one time but lost it again.

Looking for a way to teach medical students and other early learners about microbiology? Utilize this resource from UCSF, which has fabulous modules reviewing key concepts: courses.ucsf.edu/course/view....

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Trans people have a right to live full and fulfilled lives without having to constantly defend their right to exist. Trans rights are human rights. #TransgenderDayofVisibility

The U.S. has actively dismantled the global disease-detection programs we all—including Americans—rely on to stay safe Today this administration’s short-sighted global health agenda got even even worse It’s ending its support for vaccine programs around the world Why?? 🧵

Happy to make my podcast debut talking about that old yet unfortunately still very relevant scourge #syphilis www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5rkgi-...

It should ring global alarm when one of the biggest TB research grants in history is being axed. Halting trials abruptly is unethical, wastes millions of dollars already invested, and weakens global efforts to control TB. This affects not just high TB burden countries, but Americans as well.