JD Vance is deciding to take a nice relaxing ski trip this weekend. Many of the staff at the resort (including my coworker's husband) are calling out of work in protest. I know there's a lot going on right now, but if you can support them, it would help them a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/sugarbush-...

ESCMID has a new study group for urinary tract infections! If you are studying or teaching #UTI, let's put our minds together & go 🚀 www.escmid.org/esguti/ 🙏🏼 to M Lafaurie & @merellambregts.bsky.social for getting this going! @escmid.bsky.social #IDSky #Clinmicro #ImmunoSky #MedSky #EpiSky #UTISky

If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

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A #measles outbreak has infected 24 ppl in TX, most <18yo, all unvax’d & NINE are hosp’d. Measles is very contagious—we will see more cases. This is completely preventable & is a result of misinfo. & anti-vax sentiments that are causing parents to make poor decisions. Vaccines work. #BlueSky #MedSky

The one thing that brings me hope on this very dark day for our nation's health is this: The most important factor in a patient's decision to get vaccinated is a strong recommendation from a health care provider who they trust. #pedsky #medsky #idsky #pedsidsky

#HHS: at 10, son chose Louis Pasteur for dress-up project “person changing lives for the better” 10YO explains how thru eliminating germs involved in beer fermentation Pasteur saved generations to come from food-borne illness; then saved boy with 1st rabies #vaccine ♥️ #science #medicine #evidence

#IDSky #MedSky #IDSA What are we doing about this?

You can find em at nnptc.org, we saved em

Waiting to see in what form or shape the #STI, #PEP and #PrEP GL Webpages will return. Undermining health care providers in need of evidence based guidance, patients and the many hours of hard work and thought that went by so many into creating and updating GL.

Covering Trump's second term and its implications for the fields of public health, science, drug regulation and health care is a hugely important job. @statnews.com's looking for someone to join our team. Great opportunity here! www.statnews.com/careers/wash...

RFK Jr. is thinking about disbanding vaccine advisory groups like NVAC and ACIP altogether. This dovetails with Trump’s cancellation of February’s National Vaccine Advisory Council meeting. These groups constantly monitor and evaluate the safety and efficacy of established and new vaccines.

The suspension of PEPFAR is not acceptable, not even for a moment. You cannot *threaten* taking someone’s HIV meds away, much less actually do it. The HIV medical community cannot stand for it. Shall we protest? @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @idsainfo.bsky.social @paulsaxmd.bsky.social

This is that polarizing day in our house the #Lakers (17) play the #Celtics (18🤷🏻‍♀️). In an annoying West Coast move it’s at 10PM, little do they know the Celtics fan is naturally up late with 2 canines wearing green and a teen who’s been indoctrinated early. 💚☘️

NIH is the engine that drives most medical research in the US. Its discoveries are why your relative with cancer is alive. Why HIV is no longer fatal. This is chaos for the sake of chaos.

To all #IDSky and #MedSky #LACounty area friends and colleagues: we’re watching the [magnitude of the] fires and destruction with disbelief and heartbreak and are thinking of you, your families, neighbors, patients. Hard to comprehend the impact or know how to support/help from afar. Sending 💙

W/ #brexafemme recall spent last few days trying to get compounded topical antifungal for patient w/resistant genital #Glabrata (failed boric). Futile waste of time. anyone used #Nystatin oint (no vaginal suppositories in 🇺🇸?) vaginally? I’m close to using much more costly micafungin infusion.

No better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than with a marathon of quarterly #LKA questions (and a survey) knowing so many #IDSky and #MedSky colleagues around the 🇺🇸 are celebrating exactly the same way… Happy New Year ! 🕊️ (I know, I know, but there’s a thrill in last minute races)

PSA: turns out for a #dog eating even 1 #grape (even at #midnight) can cause irreversible anuria so we spent last night at doggie ER to barf a large grape (apomorphine) then get zofran for barfing 🤢 Doggie ERs: nice, efficient. Zofran: works. Dog goes to 🛏️ at 2AM & still wakes up early to eat. 🥱😇

Very thoughtful thread by ‪@angierasmussen.bsky.social on the rarity of severe disease to date. I tend to think the route of infection and quantity of exposure hypothesis makes sense, but it is hard to ignore that the 2 severe cases to day of #H5N1 2.3.4.4b were the same less common genotype

No words. Just ❤️

If #Polio #vaccine is pulled [won’t be], Polio, not eradicated globally, will make a comeback. Decisions to end #vaccination programs belong in hands of trained public health professionals Yet damage by #RFK stint already done: it erodes into public trust in #science & vaccine acceptance #IDSky

#idsky Friday Is “love you” the new “see you, bye”? Started getting more and more love at unexpected places from unexpected people ❤️ it but at times a bit awkward (as patients catch themselves casually saying it leaving the room). It’s gratitude, & trust & there’s room for this love in our work

🤩 WE ARE SUPER EXCITED to announce our 2025-2027 class of ID Fellows! 🥂 We are thrilled to have matched with such a talented group!

Hey local #IDSky and #MedSky #Boston is now here and with it @healthyboston.bsky.social

TETRACYCLINE® #IDSky #Antibiotics

Not sure this is on the incoming administration's radar, but it ought to be. #H5N1 #birdflu in dairy cows — and poultry, and people — isn't going away. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

“Pandemics and epidemics continue to be a global threat, further amplified by climate change. There is urgent need for equitable access to these tools and capabilities to protect lives in vulnerable communities.” www.who.int/news/item/26...

Today’ morning report. (and yes. electric in in the future, at some point) #Orchid pic of the day just because it’s not all grim. Happy short week (for most) #Monday 😊

Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA - @thelancet.bsky.social Somber update on the 8 Americas study; highlights growing inequities in life expectancy, impact of structural racism and disproportionate impact of #COVID19 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We are truly failing our children by not protecting them 😔 Measles cases rose to more than 10 million in 2023! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hello #IDSky friends. Here as a fallen [evil] x empire refugee, seeking to reconnect with actual colleagues and old friends 👋 ☮️

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