I suspect 9 of 10 Americans are unaware that the Hmong are here because they aided the US in the Vietnam war, and then had to flee as refugees afterwards. Quite the “thank you” we’re giving them 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

I read this and I was appalled that the journal allowed what was essentially a snoozer of a policy piece to be dressed up in political rhetoric. I found it odd that you would sully your reputation over this. So, allow me to offer an important piece of unsolicited advice: Do not obey in advance.

Insurance companies should be held liable for coverage denied. See this story and listen to the powerful words of my colleague @mirandayaver.bsky.social.

👀👀👀 We've added some additional condos to our group block for those who requested, group rate available until Jan 20! Register, reserve a room, review agenda and faculty www.wintercourse.org 🎟️Tuition discounts available until 1/23 🎓Inquire about fellows discount 🌐On-Demand is open for registration

Confused about why the US decided to make Denmark first about the childhood vaccine schedule? What is "shared clinical decision-making"? Why is a random sports medicine doc in charge of this? Me, @jessicamalaty.bsky.social, & @saskiapopescu.bsky.social get into it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnV...

😱 Don't miss out on discounted lodging, our group rate ends tomorrow 1/6/26! Regular & fellows tuition discounts open until Jan 23. Use our website www.wintercourse.org to preview agenda, register for in-person/on-demand or us our group lodging link Feb 8-12 Copper Mountain, CO #IDSky #MedSky

We cannot wait to welcome everyone in Colorado! Upcoming deadlines Jan 6: Discounted lodging closes Jan 23: Regular & fellows tuition discounts close Preview the agenda, register for in-person/on-demand, grab your room via group link www.wintercourse.org Feb 8-12 Copper Mountain CO #IDSky #MedSky

Just 6 days remain to take advantage of WCID group discounted room rates! Upcoming deadlines Jan 6: Discounted lodging closes Jan 23: Regular & fellows tuition discounts close Preview the agenda or grab your room via our group link www.wintercourse.org Feb 8-12 Copper Mountain, CO #IDSky #MedSky

‪ 52nd Annual Meeting is fast approaching be sure and make your plans soon! Upcoming deadlines Jan 6: Discounted lodging link closes Jan 23: Regular & fellows tuition discounts close Grab a room now via our group reservation hotline www.wintercourse.org Feb 8-12 Copper Mountain, CO #IDSky #MedSky

Can't join us this February in Copper Mountain? On-Demand is a great alternative. Same great agenda, including case presentations, and credit options but on your schedule! Reduced tuition options available for ID Fellows. Complete info is available at www.wintercourse.org #IDSky #MedSky

Thanks for all the questions re: 52nd Annual Course! Updates ⬇️ -Rooms are still available but going fast! -Regular Tuition will be available until 1/23/26 -Fellows reduced tuition available until 1/23/26 -Info on discounted lodging at www.wintercourse.org -Agenda⏬ See you there! #IDSKY #MEDSKY

Check out the stellar speaker lineup for @wintercourseid.bsky.social, including a keynote from the new CEO of @idsainfo.bsky.social Jeanne Marrazzo! Join us in Colorado! #IDSky www.wintercourse.org/page-18332

IDSA has selected Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4pHt2nF

“The president doesn’t know and never will,” she told me. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.” -Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.

not sure how this got past the censors www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

“Children will acquire hepatitis B and die as a result of these recommendations,” said Aaron Milstone, MD. My colleagues or I, not a committee member, will be the ones supporting the parents of a dying child.” #CDC #ACIP www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... @cidrap.bsky.social

Research job opportunities in Portland, Maine, including senior director of clinical research: mhir.org/careers-2/jo...

Most viewed paper over past 30 days @jamanetworkopen.com Note: study is in 18-59yo jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.

#IDSky #MEDSky

#ACIP just voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation. There is no new safety signal. No scientific rationale. We are dismantling a 30-year-old, cancer-preventing policy that has nearly eliminated hepatitis B in U.S. children. 1/2

Senator Bill Cassidy is a hepatologist, he confirmed a health secretary who is overseeing the come back of hepatitis B related cirrhosis and liver cancer. That legacy is a choice.

The #ACIP just voted to harm children. What a sad day.

HICPAC is gone, but glad to see @apic-association.bsky.social and @sheaepi.bsky.social lead the way with this new advisory group #IDSky apic.org/news/apic-an...

Full 2026 Agenda Now Available!wintercourseinfectiousdiseasefoundation.wildapricot.org/page-18332 Heads up! Discounted lodging is going fast! Grab a room now via our group reservation hotline www.wintercourse.org 52nd Annual Remington WCID: Feb 8-12, 2026, Copper Mountain, CO. #IDSky #MedSky

A group of ID clinical researchers passionate about clinical research and evidence appraisal has just launched the CLARITY initiative (clarityinitiative.org), which aims to improve the generation and interpretation of evidence in ID and Microbiology.

Prasad is exhibit A of Twitter brain. Someone needs to do a detailed case report tracking his decline from reasonable skeptic of high price oncology drugs with questionable outcomes to COVID mask skeptic to full on vaccine skeptic. It was all in plain site on Twitter, and a hell of thing to see.

Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.

Prasad says FDA will state that "COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children," which he calls a "profound revelation." He directs FDA staff who disagree to resign. He offers no research data & doesn't submit it to peer review. Science is transparent, it is testable. This is not science

me, smart, a big-shot university president, paying the Danegeld: that should be the last we hear from the Dane

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Handed a patient a printout of a CDC summary. They were suspicious. I pointed out the publication date. It was from 2024. “Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”

For the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be effective, the public needs to trust its recommendations. Confidence that policies are being guided by science—not politics—is at the heart of that trust. Our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Vaccines do not cause autism.

We need to quickly return to medical information and recommendations being based on sound science, not unverified opinions. Read our full joint statement: bit.ly/47S6LNE

#IDSky #MedSky

The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful. Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH

Fire him.

In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus. We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!

We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

“Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions… The two-year pilot program proved so popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1% increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1”

A new approach to pandemic preparedness: 1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics 2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic 3️⃣ Go to the gym Simple - 🤷‍♂️. www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...

@nejm.org + @cidrap.bsky.social are launching Public Health Alerts — a new rapid-report platform to rival MMWR. Free, timely, and aimed at practitioners & researchers alike. #IDSky

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Welcome to the new Dark Ages. In one self inflicted blow the US is giving up on knowledge generation, technical innovation and medical advances for a generation or more. This is Trump and Vought. This is their doing.

open.substack.com/pub/contrari... brilliant!!

A standing ovation for me and @drdebhoury.bsky.social during a celebration of C. Everett Koop’s legacy! His moral courage should inspire all of us in #PublicHealth and #Medicine. Speaking truth to power and sticking to the science can change the world!