Marburg outbreak with 9 people affected in southern Ethiopia, same strain as previously seen in East African outbreaks… #IDSky #marburg - hemorrhagic virus similar to Ebola - case fatality rate of ~50% - spread by bodily fluids, fomites, bats www.healthday.com/health-news/...

The shutdown of USAID has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. It was also the most effective soft power organization on planet earth helping American interests across the globe. This was a powerfully foolish thing to do, inhuman and cruel. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Finally published this article and it's more important now than ever to #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

The rise in US health care costs related to more treatment www.economist.com/united-state...

Spent a lot of time at #IDWeek2025 thinking about life as an ID specialist in the USA one year ago compared to now. Summary: Times are tough, but the community and people remain strong. Stay that way, everyone. (Plus can't-miss bonus video.) #IDsky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Learned so much, but the best part of #IDWeek is the people. Grateful for this amazing ID community. See you next year as ID fellow!

Courage is contagious. 💪 IDSA and HIVMA members educated #IDWeek2025 attendees on how they can stand up for science & public health in today’s challenging political climate. Urge your congressional reps to support ID funding, strengthen research & uphold evidence-based policy: bit.ly/3L4pbBK

This is what leadership looks like. #VaccinesSaveLives #IDWeek2025 #IDSky

Prolonged applause for Dr Demetri Daskalakis, formerly of the CDC, winner of the HIV Medical Association Transformative Leader Award… #IDSky #IDWeek #IDStrong

Anyone attending ID Week would like to join the team for the Out-BREAK escape room? #IDWeek2025 @idweek.bsky.social

#VaccinesAreSafe #VaccinesDoNotCauseAutism #BanGuns

🗣Your voice is needed! ACIP meets Sept. 18-19 to discuss vaccines, incl. COVID-19, RSV and MMRV. Clinicians and scientists must speak up on why vaccines save lives and access must remain broad. Take 2 min and submit your comment: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/139983/ Deadline: Sat. Sept. 13

"Biomedical research is not a luxury. It is a public good that enables emergency preparedness, equitable care, and medical progress...we cannot afford silence." @davidzd.bsky.social puts this so clearly. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... 🧪 #MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth #VaccinesWork #SciSky

Florida will end ALL vaccination mandates. This is bad. #IDSky

If you are comparing childhood vaccination requirements with slavery a) you neither understand vaccines nor slavery b) you have no business being a “surgeon general” of any state

gift link to dr. susan monarez’s piece in the wall street journal this morning.

We knew this would happen. Am begging everyone to call their senators and demand his resignation. Trust actual medical experts! We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

The vaccine is about 100% effective if taken when needed. Treatment for most is about 100% ineffective.

“The CDC you knew is over...Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged" @drdemetre.bsky.social www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND GLOBAL HEALTH US science funding cuts are a global health emergency — My viewpoint on BMJ #IDSky #MedSky BMJ2025;390:r1692 doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Needle-free vaccine through gum inoculation? I love disruptive science. #IDSky

IDSA Guidelines for UTI 2025 Important updates on classification of uUTI vs cUTI and length of therapy 🔥 #IDSky

Infectious diseases fellowship application submitted. One step closer! #IDSky

Infectious diseases fellowship application submitted. One step closer! #IDSky

"What’s it like to have lived through both HIV and COVID as an ID doctor?" A new intern asked me that last week. I didn’t answer it fully then -- but I did here. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

An impressive MMWR investigation of a botulism outbreak related to related to home-canned nopales 🌵 salad consumed at outdoor gathering -100% infection rate in those who ate 🥗 -Inproper canning practices blamed (see figure) -Early antitoxin + all pts recovered #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

🚨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

@davidzd.bsky.social : This piece urges a balance between IP and patient-centered care, environmental sustainability, and the responsible use of clinical resources, for thoughtful reconsideration of routine contact precautions for hospitalized COVID-19 as evidence evolves. doi.org/10.1017/ash....

Reconsidering contact precautions for COVID-19 @ashejournal.bsky.social #iDSky #MedSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And adults as well

When the world’s richest government goes anti-vax, the entire world will pay the price

“By our conservative estimate, the human cost of the new administration's proposed 90-day policy review would be at least 100,000 lives lost over 1 year.” 100,000 people killed by the Trump/Rubio review—how utterly horrific 😢 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dr. Emily Erbelding reminds us: the future of infectious diseases research relies on our voices. Let’s make sure Congress understands what’s at stake. The IDSA Member Advocacy Program is a strong place to start ⬇️

The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee. Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

There are many ways to deal with climate change This is NOT one of them 👇🏽 Major US climate website likely to be shut down www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Public Health Matters Science Matters Vaccines Matter Standing up for these things, especially now matters ... A LOT

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Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages. Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb

This will destabilize U.S. vaccine policy, weaken public trust in science, and cause legal, political, and public health chaos. It is a violation of scientific norms. RFK Jr. must be removed ASAP.

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

🆕💫Multicenter matched cohort study Among 8492 patients hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia, azithromycin was associated with a lower mortality and more hospital free days compared to doxycycline in combination with beta-lactams #idsky #EMIMCC academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

In the CHAPAS-4 trial of second-line antiretroviral therapy in children with HIV in Africa, regimens including tenofovir alafenamide fumarate as the backbone and dolutegravir as the anchor drug were most effective. Full trial results: nej.md/457GKc4 #MedSky #IDSky

Texas' measles outbreak spread to Mexico, and case in Mexico and in the U.S. are still increasing, people harmed unnecessarily. via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social stopantivaxpropaganda.substack.com/p/measles-ou...

Dr. Hotez shares his perspective on the current measles outbreak and, if left unchecked, what it may mean for the future. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

CDC's new research reveals that the H5N1 virus, isolated from a Michigan dairy worker, can transmit through airborne particles and cause moderate disease in mammals. Stay cautious of the growing outbreak in US dairy herds and poultry. #IDsky #MEDsky Read more: www.contagionlive.com/view/study-h...

New HIV nPEP guidelines are out! This is very exciting news!! Biktarvy for nPEP (yay!). nPEP should be started and not delayed waiting for labs (yay!). Further emphasis that U=U and some people are on PrEP, so may not need nPEP (double yay!) #HIVSky #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...).

SHEA strongly urges CDC through HHS to reinstate HICPAC to preserve a resilient, coordinated, and science-driven public health infrastructure. Read our full statement: 🔗 shea-online.org/importance-o...