OK HERE'S SOME AWESOME NEWS!! My old friend (seriously, we met in 5th grade) @elysethebeast.bsky.social's book The Disease Detectives is FINALLY OUT!! It's a microbiology mystery for middle-grade readers, teaching them the basics of epidemiology and disease tracking. (con't) www.elysefritschel.com

It’s Publication Day! Join in the search for an elusive germ in The Disease Detective, an exciting middle grade mystery by Elyse Fritschel. www.bedazzledink.com/the-disease-... #publicationday #kitlit #middlegradebooks @elysethebeast.bsky.social

✅ Watched Robot Dreams (again) on the 21st day of September :)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

More than 1 in 5 (21.2%) Ukrainian refugees/asylum seekers had clinical multidrug resistant (MDR) infections. The MDR infection rate was 45.5% among MDR carriers with war wounds. www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

RFK Jr. misleads, deceives or simply lies when he claims the measles vaccine "routinely" causes deaths. IT DOES NOT. @matthewherper.bsky.social lays out the facts. www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/r...

Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

Here we are, modelling data showing the impact that falls in vaccination rates will have on measles, rubella, diphtheria and polio in US. Disease rates will rise, but measles predictably most affected by smallest drop off in vaccination rates. #IDSky #vaccination #vaccine

Whoa alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🦴This study assesses trends in surgical site infection (#SSI), reoperations for SSI, and reoperations for periprosthetic joint infection following primary total hip arthroplasty in Norway from 2013 to 2022 www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

In a reckless move that could put countless Americans at risk, CDC cuts are expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers tasked with investigating disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.

For those in need of CDC’s datasets: www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarde...

MMWR’s back! www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/... In effect through Feb 1: -federal health agencies to pause external comms -regulations/guidance/notices/social media/websites/press releases to be reviewed by a presidential appointee beforehand -employees can’t participate in public speaking engagements w/o approval

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/tanz... Less than one month after Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak ended, we await confirmation in Tanzania. -> 9 illnesses -> 8 deaths -> 300 contacts (including 56 healthcare workers)

Thinking of my coworkers in LA and beyond…stay safe, all.

New from Rock et al as part of the CDC Prevention Epicenters and MInD Programs Electronic evaluation of infection risk from room environment and prior room occupants: the transmission from room environment events (TREE) measure #IDSky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

I cut off a few books (The Wide Wide Sea, The Design of Everyday Things, Ten Birds That Changed the World, and Level Up!), but here’s what I read in 2024. #goodreads #booksky

www.instagram.com/share/BAEJl3... Bonus points for using the Bristol stool chart 😂

🚨breaking news🚨 An unknown illness (with flu-like symptoms, including high fever and severe headaches) killed 143 individuals last month in DRC’s southwestern province

New article regarding HCP return to work issues after covid and other RVIs

When IP, Graphic Design, and silliness collide #IPSky #IDSky #MedSky