We have lots more work to do! Congrats to UMN grad and current PGY1 at Northwestern, Dr. Dina Zheng, for publishing her research project!⭐️ #UTIsky #Pharmsky #IDsky #Medsky

13.1 miles around the lakes this morning!✅⛵️ Grateful to be injury free and to be able to do hard things! #Running #HalfMarathon

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain.

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

Adopted a new furry child. 🐾🦴Welcome to the family, Scooby Doo! #dog #puppy #IDsky #Pharmsky #Medsky

The Life of an IDWeek Showgirl 🧡

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

What is the correct dose of flucytosine in cryptococcal meningitis? 100mg/kg is a round number? Is it correct? We sought to test whether lower dose 60mg/kg x 10 days was equally effective. doi.org/10.1093/cid/... Trial was designed by the great ID UMN fellow Tom McHale @umn-idim.bsky.social

Love this handout!! Give it to my UMN pharmacy students as a trusted penicillin allergy resource 🌟 Thanks for sharing it @pharmermeg.bsky.social #idsky #pharmsky #medsky

Seems our new puppy 🐾🦴 brought some passengers along with him. ❓What are your guesses as to what we are treating? #Medsky #pharmsky #idsky #vetsky

Register now for the 2025 SIDP Annual Meeting on 10/18/25, in conjunction with IDWeek! Register link: sidp.org/annualmeetings

I can’t wait for Outbreak at IDWeek!!🧫🦠🧫🦠 #IDsky

🚨 New National Guidelines Alert! Our very own Dr. Dimitri Drekonja together with colleagues just authored the IDSA guidelines for urinary tract infections. ID expertise from the University of Minnesota helping shape clinical care nationwide. 💪💊 #IDSky #UMNproud #UTI #MedSky #InfectiousDiseases

🌟Fabulous summary of the new @idsainfo.bsky.social cUTI guidelines from our co-chair @bwtrautner.bsky.social #UTIsky #IDsky #Pharmsky

Very excited to share the IDSA cUTI guidelines are out, after starting work on these almost 6 years ago! Learning this process & from #UTI experts has been a career highlight! ✨Very indebted to our co-chairs, Drs. @bwtrautner.bsky.social and Valéry Lavergne for their leadership! #IDSky #Pharmsky

Thrilled to share my team is recruiting for TWO full-time pharmacists to start an innovative program at UPMC that essentially stewards the ID consult service. Report to me, WFH and schedule flexibility, best team ever. #idsky #amssky #pharmsky careers.upmc.com/job/22191280...

Love this! My daughter’s Girl Scout troop wrote letters to our #MN state senator and House Rep about a bill regulating pesticides to protect pollinators 🐝 🌼🪻She just received a written response from Jamie Long. So awesome his office took the time to do that! #Minnesota #advocacy #GirlScouts

This sounds very familiar. I need to say no more often!

🚨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

I am so sick of people in power & performative commiseration “how could this have happened?” after they spent decades making sure it could happen. They could have done something to prevent this but they are only posting afterward, and will prob fundraise off it. Here’s a cleaner version of the graph

He was admitted after he fell and injured his arm. But because there are absolutely zero transmission protocols in hospitals and they let disease fly around and don’t require masks he got Covid there and died. This is not a unique story. Last I read 30% of Covid cases are hospital-acquired.

Disgusting and immoral

A look at MN Congressional districts' reliance on Medicaid. Source: KFF.

ICE now has more funding than the military in Israel, Italy, Brazil and elsewhere.

Trump's new bill eliminates Grad Plus entirely (which allows full cost of graduate school to be covered.) It caps coverage at $100,000 for grad students, $200,000 for medical and law students. It also caps Parent Plus loans at $65,000 and they are NOT ELIGIBLE for the now TWO repayment programs.

Disgusting people

✨We (Baptist Health) are currently hiring for an ASP pharmacist✨! We are looking for an ID pharmacist who is interested in joining the multidisciplinary antibiotic stewardship team at the largest community hospital system in Arkansas. jobs.baptisthealthcareers.com/job-posting/...

Once again, this is why we cannot ask pregnant trainees / early career faculty to attend scientific & medical conferences in states that outlaw abortion, and hence why we absolutely must not hold conferences in these states

I’m sorry-what?! This is so delusional. She wants to keep politics out of healthcare. Ok😵‍💫😵‍💫

Watching what I can of the ACIP meeting; currently on COVID in kids; yes, kids still getting hospitalized. 1 in 4 end up in ICU. Most are unvaccinated, deaths are rare but are occurring (23 since 2023). Yes, that is far more than the deaths from COVID vaccines (zero) #factsmatter

Today, we honor Juneteenth - a powerful reminder of resilience, freedom, and the ongoing journey toward equity and justice.

Imagine the arrogance of firing 17 of the smartest, most accomplished and respected experts in vaccinology and infectious diseases from the advisory committee that recommends vaccine policy for the nation and replacing them with 8 cranks and conspiracy theorists with zero expertise in these fields

Getting questions about travel medicine as we approach summer? Register today for a live webinar on June 17th 12-1PMCT. This programming will update pharmacists on hot topics in travel medicine, including vaccinations, impact of climate change, and preventative care for common infections!

Breakpoint updates from #CLSI for Acinetobacter spp. 📌Tetracycline urine breakpoint was removed based on absence of data to support. Doxycycline removed in Jan 2025 and minocycline breakpoint lowered #MedSky #IDSky

Drs. Jim Lewis and Matt Wikler honoring Dr. Lauri Thrupp at the #CLSI meeting. 🏆 He’s one of the founders of CLSI and a wealth of knowledge

Here for the excellent content…aaaaand the waterslide 🙂‍↕️

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Another 10/10 title @mmpharmd.bsky.social

It’s one of my favorite seasons in Minnesota—when the lady’s slippers are in bloom 💛

I am very grateful to the editors at @ashejournal.bsky.social for accepting my "pitch" for this commentary, allowing me to share the 5 essential lessons in #antimicrobialstewardship and #leadership I have learned from running. 🏃‍♀️ Perfectly timed for the 2025 season! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨Impacts of federal funding disruptions and terminations at the University of Minnesota and to Minnesota citizens ➡️As of April 25, 72 federal awards had been terminated, totaling $22.3 million in lost grant funding, and impacting 220 UMN personnel #MN #Medsky #ScienceSky

NIH funding has collapsed by 35% in just three months -- wiping out over a decade of growth in medical research investment A $2.7 billion cut. The steepest drop in modern NIH history If this isn’t a war on science, what is?

Congrats to the University of MN College of Pharmacy class of 2025!!🎓 You did it!✨ @melaniernicol.bsky.social @draphilbrick.bsky.social #PharmSky #pharmacy

Check out AMRrounds in @jac-amr.bsky.social by @mmpharmd.bsky.social @ebhirsch.bsky.social @wwrighid.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Interested in submitting a case for AMRrounds? @wwrighid.bsky.social is the series editor. #AMR #IDSky #MicroSky

"Fake it until you make it", eh?? This is a disaster. I mean, another disaster. We could not have less qualified people running our public health agencies.

@US medical societies: clear & loud statements needed now Pls give US citizens access to your knowledge We're watching the pot come to a boil from over here We can't get on your airwaves like you can @idsainfo.bsky.social @pidsociety.bsky.social @acpimphysicians.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky

Together with leading science organizations, ASM filed an amicus brief calling for immediate restoration of NIH grants supporting early-career scientists. Read the press release: asm.org/press-releas...

Join Dr. Lauren Biehle to hear insight from her work presented today at #SHEASpring2025! Automated antimicrobial use feedback & adherence reports were feasible, scalable, and well-received. They fostered a connection between public health & hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs.

This is such great work from Alyssa Christensen, @zacrobid.bsky.social and the folks at @healthpartnersmn.bsky.social 👏👏👏 Thanks for including me! #IDSky #Pharmsky #Medsky