📢 Excited to share our new commentary published in the Canadian Pharmacists Journal: "Bridging Gaps in Canadian Health Research: The Critical Role of Sex, Gender, and Equity in Shaping Inclusive and Evidence-Informed Health Care." 🧵 (1/3) doi.org/10.1177/1715...

Hey #IDSky, is anyone running an ID journal club nowadays? @idjclub.bsky.social ? I miss it!

📢 Excited to share our new commentary published in the Canadian Pharmacists Journal: "Bridging Gaps in Canadian Health Research: The Critical Role of Sex, Gender, and Equity in Shaping Inclusive and Evidence-Informed Health Care." 🧵 (1/3) doi.org/10.1177/1715...

I'm really excited to share this work! This is for everyone who is interested in penicillin allergy delabeling interventions in low-risk allergies without the use of skin testing. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/4

In the latest @SIDPharm column, Dr. Brent Footer, @mmaximos.bsky.social and @alyssachristensen.bsky.social offer insights on WikiGuidelines, which produces novel clinical practice guidelines developed with pragmatic, applicable methodology. #IDsky

Inclusive research is important because if a question isn’t studied, we can't know if there's a relationship. Here's the difference: 1. No association was found between x and y based on evidence. 2. We haven't tested if there's an association between x and y, so we don't know if one exists. 1/4

It is difficult to manipulate or control an educated woman. I can attest to this from lived experience. Being able to critically review information and validate it or at the very least stop to question it is irreplaceable. It is also a transferable skill. This is why education is essential.

It is difficult to manipulate or control an educated woman. I can attest to this from lived experience. Being able to critically review information and validate it or at the very least stop to question it is irreplaceable. It is also a transferable skill. This is why education is essential.

Congratulations to @mark-carney.bsky.social on becoming Canada’s next Prime Minister. Europe and Canada are trusted friends and partners. Today this relationship is more crucial than ever. I look forward to working with you to defend democracy, free and fair trade, and our shared values.

Utility of urine culture in men with uncomplicated cystitis in ambulatory settings bit.ly/41Ab78K

PM Trudeau’s care for Canadians shone through his tenure. He will be missed. As a Canadian, I was proud of the way all liberal candidates carried themselves; however, Mark Carney is an excellent candidate and I look forward to his leadership of the Liberal party. #Canada #Leadership

I’m disappointed in this narrative speaking about PM Justin Trudeau in this light. If political parties proposing leadership in Canada cannot respect one another on these platforms, they will lose trust of the people they aim to serve. Please do better. #Leadership #Respect

As the climate crisis accelerates, women and girls bear the brunt of its devastating effects. When women and girls are at the centre of #ClimateAction, we can transition to a sustainable future #ForAllWomenAndGirls. #IWD2025

If you’re ever questioning whether your voice matters. Please don’t question. It does. Whether it is as a voter, advocate, or expert on a topic- your voice matters. If enough stand up & bravely advocate for equality, justice, & empathy then maybe we can shift the tides to create a tsunami of hope.

Empathy is a strength. Empathy has never been nor will it ever be a weakness.

I had shared this on Linked In a few days ago, but I want to share this widely. My bottomline: Values are not bound by borders and we all share a responsibility to defend truth, justice, and the dignity of every person. #HeathEquity #Justice #RespectForAll #PublicHealth #Humanity

I had shared this on Linked In a few days ago, but I want to share this widely. My bottomline: Values are not bound by borders and we all share a responsibility to defend truth, justice, and the dignity of every person. #HeathEquity #Justice #RespectForAll #PublicHealth #Humanity

Women have fought for every right we have & now, those rights are under attack more than ever. From reproductive freedom to workplace equity, progress is being rolled back. Women’s history is still being written & we must ensure it moves forward, not back. #WomensHistoryMonth #HerStory #WeWontGoBack

For those who don't know a K01 is a training grant for early career researchers. Typically 4-5years to help them launch their research careers. It protects up to 75% time for research. Rescinding awarded K level grants is throwing a grenade into an already tenuous research pipeline.

I am uncertain why PubMed is presently down BUT if you require access to databases like PubMed there are other options such as: OVID (Embase/Medline), SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL, IPA, Cochrane Database. If a paper is not accessible, email the corresponding author. #ResearchDatabases #PubMed

Hey Ontario: Don't forget to VOTE if you're eligible! You don't need your voter info card, just ID with name and address. Find your nearest voting station: voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/... #onpoli

Okay, so. I don’t know how much of a heads up this is when it’s just a notice about these 2 mutations. Do they really raise serious concerns about “increased transmission?” Sort of. It’s more complex than D701N & E626K, omg pandemic bird flu. What do these mutations do in H5N1?

This should not be happening. 1/2 www.science.org/content/arti...

We cannot allow the deaths of children from vaccine preventable illnesses to be normalized in the U.S. in the same way that deaths of children from gun violence have been normalized. Children DO NOT need to die from preventable causes. We owe them full and healthy lives!

Actually, a measles outbreak IS an unusual occurrence. Especially in a country like the US, which had eliminated the disease thanks to vaccination until recently. It's so unusual that most physicians in the U.S. have NEVER seen a case! www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...

For the second time in just a few months, the DR Congo is facing an outbreak of an "unknown" illness. So far 53 people have died. While the headlines are alarming, completely new zoonotic diseases emerging like COVID or others remain a rare occurrence. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Inclusive and equitable research matters. It will always matter. It will change and improve lives of those who haven’t always been represented in research. Removing the support for scientists to carry out research in a space that centres equity is unethical.

🌟 ABX Pearl of the Day: Yeast coverage in intra-abdominal infections 💊 📋 Q: My patient has an intra-abdominal infection. Should I add empiric coverage for yeast? What if they have a gastrointestinal perforation? #IDsky #medsky #meded #pharmsky #skyRX

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. https://ja.ma/3X711tB

IfP members and Phase 2 Catalyst Grant recipients aim to analyze the global impact of #DrugShortages across 60 countries, compare the effects, and identify patterns and vulnerabilities to ensure future #PandemicReadiness and #PandemicRecovery.

This so disheartening. We rely on the CDC for so many things the general public isn't even aware of. As an ID doc when we encounter or suspect rare pathogens we can sometimes only get diagnostic testing from the CDC. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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...

In #Ontario, for those who were tested for a respiratory virus in the week of Feb 5th, 2025, there was a 23.2% positivity for Influenza, 6.5% for COVID-19, and 3.4% for RSV. www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-... 1/11

In #Ontario, for those who were tested for a respiratory virus in the week of Feb 5th, 2025, there was a 23.2% positivity for Influenza, 6.5% for COVID-19, and 3.4% for RSV. www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-... 1/11

This should be concerning on a large scale. Influenza A can be really hard on the body. It can lead to severe illness or even death. If you don’t have your #FluShot yet, please go get vaccinated. Immunity can take about 2 weeks. Wash your hands with soap and water. Wear a mask in crowded settings.

I think this is a great time to re-up some Med-Ed episodes, I recorded with @thecurbsiders.bsky.social podcast through the years. At a time of health information coming under attack, alternatives matter 😊. 1. Shingles episode thecurbsiders.com/curbsiders-p...

A reminder to all #Ontarians, please go out and vote on February 27th. 1/4 www.elections.on.ca/en.html

A reminder to all #Ontarians, please go out and vote on February 27th. 1/4 www.elections.on.ca/en.html

Sharing this out once more for those who wonder why sex, gender, and equity informed research are important. #Research #HealthEquity #Science

The website has mostly Black employees, folks who have donated to democrats, people with pronouns in their bios. This purge is segregation and elimination by another name. It is the new Jim Crow. Will America fight this? www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The University of Washington's National HIV Curriculum, headed by Dr. David Spach, is one of the best on-line resources for HIV information anywhere. I refer people to it *all the time*. Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky www.hiv.uw.edu

If this information is accurate, it is wrong, unethical, and marginalizing. #HealthEquity #Research #Ethics www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...

Unfortunately this is becoming more relevant than ever. Scientific integrity doesn’t mean we remain impartial in political discussion, it means protecting ethically conducted, and accessible work, as well as advocating for the application of life improving and life saving research into practice. 1/3

Going to just leave this here. Emphasis on: “No valid medical research that can be done while excluding these terms.” This censorship of research is unfathomable!

I suspect the NIH program offices will receive a similar algorithm. Note that the banned words include: female, females, woman, women, under-represented, Black, Latinx, bipoc, lgbt. There is literally NO valid medical research that can be done while excluding these terms. None!

Sharing this here for reach. Many terms are being considered “banned” that would otherwise be inclusive terms for research. This will impact completeness of research evidence and it will certainly leads to a regress in knowledge to inform equitable research. 1/2 www.bbc.com/news/article...

So much wrong with this. Can someone explain why "female" and "woman" are an issue, but "male" and "man" aren't? At this point, they’re just proving they dislike everyone except for white men.

The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now #MedSky www.acog.org/clinical/cli...

Cancer preventing powers!!

I was recently asked "How does gender affect drug product cycle and effectiveness of a drug?" I think this is a very important question; therefore, I am sharing my thoughts below in the form of a few research examples that I was involved in (but I can talk about this for hours). (1/10)