This is one of those quaint ... what do you call them? Oh, "facts" about vaccines that few people know or understand. That's a failure of science communication, which really doesn't stand a chance going against science disinformation's much less complex message of "lots of shots must be bad!"

This is bonkers. FDA is going to change leucovorin's label based on a lit review with data on 40 patients w/ cerebral folate deficiency and comparisons to "known natural history." www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/f...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Ugh “Many, if not most, of the removed pages have obvious tie-ins to topics known to be disfavored by the Trump administration……the care of LGBTQ+ people, health equity issues related to a variety of diseases or disabilities, sexually transmitted infections, and related educational resources.”

25% of Drs in US are foreign grads. Many are on an H1B visa. This will hit health systems hard especially rural hospitals and hospitals in underserved areas that sponsor these visas through waiver programs. The old cost was about 5000$ a year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Universities. Rural hospitals. Tech companies. Several sectors are going to be profoundly hurt by this. Not to mention the chaos of the moment as current H1-B owners scramble to get back to the U.S., cancel travel, etc. due to the uncertainty. An absolute mess. As intended.

"Over 70% of Americans Jews oppose Trump's weaponizing of anti Semitism by attacking and defunding universities, according to a new poll" www.latimes.com/california/s...

Blue line shows ages 0-19: near-zero hepatitis B cases. The birth dose created an entire generation nearly free of hepatitis B. Adults who missed this protection still get infected. That's 30 years of proof this works. Tomorrow's vote could end it. www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-su...

Senator Bill Cassidy needs to be asked about RFK’s ACIP panel every single day until RFK no longer heads HHS. “Some members seemed confused about the data they were being presented. After their vote on the program that provides free vaccines for children, some members asked what they just voted on.”

It's really stunning that we're seeing US public health being taken over by states due to the abdication of responsibilities by the Administration. Truly amazing.

“It’s important to be informed and to ask questions but we also need to trust the experts. If you’re not a cardiothoracic surgeon, you’re not going learn what you need to know to fix your heart from a Google search or YouTube video. It’s the same with vaccines.“

Stated at ACIP: MMRV isn’t acceptable for kids <4 to prevent measles, mumps, rubella & varicella. ❌ False. MMRV/MMR vaccines are safe & highly effective. Studies show only a very small increase in febrile seizure risk after the 1st dose.

ACIP member and anti-vax conspiracy theorist suggests fired CDC Director Monarez has been trained to lie by the CIA. This is so bonkers.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed an executive order which permits pharmacists and other medical personnel to administer vaccines recommended by state officials, no prior prescription needed. The order also requires insurance companies to cover the vaccines.

A colleague just heard that two NIH grant proposals -- totally aligned with addressing chronic disease -- one with a 4th percentile and one with a 1st percentile score, will likely not be funded. See rationale in the image. This does not seem like "radical transparency." #NIH #HHS

BREAKING: Susan Monarez, forced out by RFK Jr as CDC director, to testify in front of Senate panel next week. Monarez has said RFK Jr pressured her around vaccines. RFK Jr has said she was untrustworthy. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

My students rocked it on their 'major quiz' about antibiotics and bacteria and I just need to share that with the world.

There is a public comment period open now for the upcoming ACIP mtg which has Hep B, MMRV, RSV & COVID vax on their agenda. Please #MedSky comment: The comment period ends on 9/13!

Trump: You have some vaccines that are so amazing. The polio vaccine I think is amazing. A lot of people think that covid is amazing. You know. I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated.

Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces. Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2 Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays I had polio. This is the cost.

Wow. New NBC poll finds 78% support vaccines, including 72% of independents and 67% of Republicans. As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA. See this:

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

This is a useful, and depressing, live blog by @aetiology.bsky.social #FireRFK

DRC just declared an Ebola outbreak with 13 deaths so far.

Keep the pressure on! Flood Congress with calls to impeach RFK Jr starting with Sen Bill Cassidy of Louisiana! Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

RFK pressured her to *pre approve* panel recommendations for a panel that had not actually met! "Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage."

Opposition to RFKJr is ramping up. Joint statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and 21 other organizations 👇

we lack good PK/PD models of what “mop-up” looks like. It would be a lot more reassuring to have a “mop-up” target exposure. This paper (h/t Nav Narayan) being an example (journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...). Important as new PO carbapenems hit the market.

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

Normally a paper that concludes “Should you do X? It depends.” wouldn’t be at the top of my reading list but I think our (@jgpharmd.bsky.social, @emilylheil.bsky.social) new case-based paper on PO beta-lactams for GNRs highlights nuances & challenges generalizations academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

This paper has had such a journey that I feel compelled to share it. It started when our ID PharmD resident gave an in-service to @templeid.bsky.social as a 'how-to' use oral beta-lactams for systemic Gram-negative infections, then was submitted, turned down, 1/ academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Yup. I’m an infectious disease specialist trying to do everything I can to get people vaccinated, and I’m supposed to be nice to family members who think I’m willfully killing people? Nope.

When 9 former CDC directors are ringing alarm bells about RFK and his dangerous policies, all of America must listen and act

Thank you Bernie. More of this from other electeds please.

16 states now require prescription for Covid vax b/c pharmacies there are not allowed to dispense vaccines not recommended by the federal government w/o prescription.

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

🚨Reminder: as the Atlantic's great Katherine Wu wrote about, RFK Jr, the most extreme/dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist on earth, is likely to be coming after HPV vaccine (www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...). The vaccine can be given from the age of 9 (that's our plan for our son).

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/...

From our summer issue, Dr. Hunter Rondeau reviews the recent literature about the current state of artificial intelligence tools for guiding antimicrobial therapy. #IDsky #Medsky

Motherfucker wrote one sloppy paper in April 2020 and instead of being like oops, shit, my bad, he has kept doubling down until now he's killing most promising medical technology of the past quarter century rather than going to therapy.

This was an attack on a federal institution. An attack BECAUSE it is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This was domestic terrorism. Why isn’t it getting more press coverage? Some coverage, not enough. Domestic. Terrorism.

More absolute made up bullshit from Children's Health Defense... 1. The administration fee is per "injection". What they claim to be true is ridiculous. The current Prevnar vaccine has 20 antigens. No pediatrician is getting a $420 administration fee for Prevnar.

Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference. This is what rising fascism looks like.

US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked

DOTS trial is published! It will be interesting to see how data correlates with SNAP. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Thanks to @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social and @kenkoonwong.bsky.social for letting me know! #IDSky

Every time I think RFK Jr can’t possibly say or do something worse “Nobody blamed the New York Times for spreading that disinformation that football can cause injuries”

An anti-vaccine man shot up the CDC and killed a police officer, and our administration has moved on 🤦🏻‍♂️ Public health is under attack in so many ways, including by denigration, gaslighting, layoffs, and bullets.

Love to see it.

Holy shit…this thread 😩 They really are trying to torture us scientists while we are just trying to do science that will make life better for folks

I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy