The updated International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations suggest what journals can do to ensure appropriate use of AI, but real compliance starts in the institutions where researchers learn their habits. buff.ly/DVxxIJZ

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Loved this week's episode; never a good sign if your surgeon says yikes... Also wondering whether John Tothill was in one of our malaria challenge papers.

Reading peer review reports: Reviewer 2 saying I LOVE THIS, BRAVO in all caps. My heart ❤️😊🥲

A potential late sequelae of measles after normal recovery. Occurs in ~ 2/10,000. Fatal. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org today

🧪 #ResearchEthics Appalling Guinea Bissau #hepB #vaccine trial „an international ethics fiasco[…] „…CDC appointees allied with Kennedy circumvented critical scientific and ethical safeguards…„ Kudos to investigative journalist @katherineeban.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Cabotegravir plus Rilpivirine for Persons with HIV and Adherence Challenges Aadia Rana & co for the ACTG A5359 LATITUDE Trial Team Monthly cabotegravir–rilpivirine were superior to standard ART in reducing failure among PWH who had adherence challenges www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #IDSky #HIVSky

Side eye from a resentful cat. Tonight's atrocities will not be forgiven. Humans left to go to a sea shanty concert each assuming the other one had already fed the cat. Barely escaped starvation.

Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say In mice, this ex-researcher says Also, I would volunteer to have my immune system put on "high alert" for months

Reading the letters of your ID successes for our anniversary issue later this year are my highlight of the day, wish I could accept all of them 💜

🆕 I had the honor of working at WHO during the COVID-19 & mpox PHEICs. In my comment for Lancet ID, I explain why global coordination is critical & offer an inside view of what the US is walking away from. Pathogens have no borders. In public health time is vital www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I really don't understand why the US is just binning mRNA vaccines. Besides public health (which we know they don't care about), could they at least look at the money? It's a billion dollar market and expected to grow substantially over the next couple years. Alas, not anymore...

Our February issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #Klebsiella #AMR #malaria #dermatophytosis #trichuriasis #gonorrhoea #meningitis #tuberculosis #IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

"...randomly assigning newborns to not receive the vaccine denies a safe and life-saving intervention to infants in Guinea-Bissau." New World Report by Gilbert Nakweya ⤵️ spkl.io/63325AsFTL

Nature research paper: Transmission of MPXV from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys go.nature.com/4a9xMxa

ACIP, the vaccine committee that scrutinizes evidence on vaccines and offers guidance, has “now effectively collapsed,” the @ama-assn.org says. Organizations like AMA and the Vaccine Integrity Project at @cidrap.bsky.social are stepping into the gap. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hiding from the world for a little bit by watching the winter Olympics. Also, double luge must have been invented during a drunk prank.

New comment Circulation of clade Ib mpox outside of Africa—are we prepared? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Someone got soaked

"AI is rapidly populating medical records with synthetic content, creating a feedback loop [that] drives a rapid erosion of pathological variability and diagnostic reliability...this renders AI generated documentation clinically useless after just two generations" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

New Editorial Call for letters www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

📢 We're hiring a Policy and Engagement Manager (Europe). The postholder will drive IDAlert’s policy engagement and evidence translation work, and support collaboration with key partners across the climate and health policy landscape. 👉️ More details : buff.ly/A1CdjJa

Our February issue is out 👇

New Research Immediate or high-dose antituberculosis therapy for HIV-related sepsis in Tanzania and Uganda (ATLAS): a phase 3, open-label, randomised, controlled, 2 × 2 factorial, superiority trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Office visitor enjoying the hot water bottle under my jumper

Loved this podcast, simultaneously horrifying and hilarious 🤖

Guinea-Bissau suspends a US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives. “African scientists say that the Guinea-Bissau study shows how political pressure, funding interests & fragmented oversight can push local health priorities aside.” 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New Research Safety and efficacy of CRS3123 in adults with a primary episode or first recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, multicentre, vancomycin-controlled study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Just read about the new-to-me social media craze of parasite cleanses. What the...? PS Also, the one time they could legitimately hawk ivermectin and don't.

Our January issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #influenza #H5N1 #AMR #Bordetella #pertussis #Yaws #Treponema #MDA #Hpylori #SARS-CoV-2 #IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

"Measles is the canary in the coalmine" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Organised my travel for #ESCMIDGlobal and I'm very excited!

Professor position in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Institute of Global Health! This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO... jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

My question is, what would AI be better at, replacing doctors or tech CEOs? [Rhetorical, I don't need an answer, thanks.]

Please help us spread the word. We are hiring postdoctoral fellows in Clinical Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology. Details and application via Indeed.

~80 protection against hospitalisation -- RSV prevention really has made leaps in the last couple years, exciting to see.

"From publish or perish to publish and vanish". Interesting thought piece from a totally different field than mine, lots resonates though.

Good news, benefits of nirsevimab extending to second season.

🎙️ Just published Communicable E44: Top clinical microbiology papers in 2025 Hosted by Annie Joseph & Josh Nosanchuk w/ invited guests Robin Patel & Fidelma Fitzpatrick Listen on #Communicable: https://share.transistor.fm/s/6e5c26ae#Communicable #IDSky #clinmicro

Very interesting!

I don't miss a lot of Swiss food stuff (you can get a lot of the same things here in the UK) but king cake is at the top of the list, so I usually make one. This year's version was a tad burnt, still delicious. I had to abdicate my reign to my hubby though, who got the king.

What compels someone to submit a very bad paper on new year's eve? All hypothetical, of course, I'm not talking about your paper.

No health without peace

Moonrise over the Thames

💬 Viewpoint: Mass abstract submissions in #MedEd have led to inflated metrics, less meaningful research, and misaligned incentives for trainees and institutions. ja.ma/3MYsmvO

Good morning and happy 2026 🔆

The @natureportfolio.nature.com published a really good spotlight on #influenza two weeks ago. I have not read all the articles yet (but I will). The ones I have read are great, learned a lot. Highly recommend checking them out. #IDSky www.nature.com/collections/...

🎖️📄Top infectious disease journal articles from 2025 is out! May be good for a quick review to see if you missed anything or if you need to pick a journal club article. #pharmacist #infectiousdiseases #pharmacyschool #FYP #IDstewardship @absteward.bsky.social www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...

My copy is at my parents but my academic (sorta) origin would be this. Apt in so many ways. Also love On Writing by Stephen King.