First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Grateful to live in CA 💙 States Go Their Own (and Contradictory) Ways on Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

📌 We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released vaccination recommendations for adults with cardiovascular disease, urging immunization against COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), pneumonia, and herpes zoster (shingles). #medsky 🩺

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A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS). Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children… www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Nature: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility go.nature.com/3HDx4wD cc Jay Bhattacharya

Great to see @theguardian.com cover @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Read @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's Improving the Health of Americans Together (IHAT) evidence-based report here: www.defendpublichealth.org/resource/imp... #IHATnotMAHA

Statement: CIDRAP stands behind public health officials after attack on CDC -from the CIDRAP Leadership We declare our unwavering support of the CDC and all public health agencies and their steadfast dedication to improve the health of all people www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

some much needed levity.

Horrific. mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and could save millions more. “I don’t think I’ve seen a more dangerous decision in public health in my 50 years in the business,” said Mike Osterholm, a UMN expert on infectious diseases & pandemic preparations. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

Washington Post Editorial Board: RFK Jr.’s slander of mRNA technology will harm Americans #vaccines #medsky www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#academicsky #medsky, please sign this. It is a plea to the UC system to "Do not sacrifice our strengths & our community, deeply nurtured & protected for over 100 years, to a deeply callous &unfair federal administration that will only ask for more". tinyurl.com/ucstandup Stand up, fight back.

The massive list of suspended UCLA grants came out today: 300 NSF and 500 NIH grants. I am miraculously not on the list, but this is devastating. Science will be lost, progress will be frozen, people will lose jobs, and careers in science and medicine are being destroyed. This is not ok.

Yet another blow to science and academic freedom. Cutting research funding - especially at institutions like UCLA - is a short sighted move that undermines innovation, public health, and progress. Feeling for all my colleagues in academia there 💔

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

So thankful for @melindagates.bsky.social and others who are stepping up where our country is failing.

Implementing microlearning via ABX Pearls emailed to clinicians and trainees weekly at our hospital. 81% reported an impact on their practice, across multiple stewardship domains. 👇🏻 Library here: med.stanford.edu/bugsanddrugs... #IDPharmacistsDay #medEd #AMSsky

1) If you have had Covid you are at risk. 2) THEY AREN’T FUCKING “BOOSTERS” THEY ARE NEW SHOTS. THE VIRUS MUTATES. 3) They are able to do this because the uptake is already so low. This is not the end game, it’s an opening gambit.

See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did. Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.

A new phase 3 trial suggests a single mRNA vaccine may protect against both COVID-19 and flu. mRNA-1083 met noninferiority criteria and showed higher immune responses than standard vaccines in adults over 50. ➡️ Watch the video and read the full JAMA study: ja.ma/3GODDMb #MedSky

A blunt remdesivir “immunocompromised-only” rule cut use 90% (37.7 → 4.1 %), saved ~$1.5 M, and did not raise 14- or 28-day mortality (Christensen et al., @cidjournal.bsky.social). IV therapy that drags out LOS and strains budgets should be the exception, not the reflex. bit.ly/4m9zZwo

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Tis the season 🤒

ICU Hemodynamics: We are all familiar w the concept of "protective ventilation": aiming for normal blood gases entails significant risks What if we apply the same idea in hemodynamics & try to limit the damage associated w excessive vasoconstriction? Let's welcome the CLEAR strategy:

Every decent human being at the Super Bowl should take a knee during the National Anthem.

Looking for the latest guidance on intra-abdominal infxns? SIDP has you covered! 😍 Check out this infographic on new #SIS IAI Guidelines developed by Dr. Clara Ni! 💊 This medical education provided by an educational grant from Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics. Download: https://buff.ly/4jrr8Vy

Doxy and tige and erava – oh my!  How do you differentiate their spectra of activity?  🤨 With this handy infographic!  Developed by SIDP members and sponsored by Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics

I’m going to continue to love those around me, do good at every opportunity, support those who need it most, and find happiness wherever I can.

'A better understanding of the pathophysiology and intricacies of the RAAS in septic vasodilatory shock has led to using exogenous angiotensin II as a new drug to treat sepsis. The use of angiotensin II may improve outcomes' #critcaresky #emimcc #RAAS #renin ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

ID doctors and clinical microbiologists identify alarming new cluster of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei carrying blaCTX-M-15 in Los Angeles First author paper from our friend JR Caldera here: @jrcaldera.bsky.social www.ajicjournal.org/action/showP...

Thought worth a share on #WAAW @ncas.bsky.social day today. A practical guide to #penicillinallergy into inpatient #AMS programs. A partner to implementation! #IDSky #MedSky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39444148/

And just like that, we have our first #idjclub article #idsky

New paper from my colleagues at UCLH Nearly 70% (!!!) resistance to Cefiderocol in NDM positive bacteria. Cefiderocol...we hardly knew ye... Perfect timing for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #waaw24 #IDSky academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...