IDSA Statement on Ebola travel ban bit.ly/4djL77L @idsainfo.bsky.social @drjeannem.bsky.social

Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the DRC and Uganda has been declared a PHEIC by the WHO. The highest alert lever it has. This requires swift a and multinational response. Estimated death count is already 80! No vaccine, no rapid diagnostic tests. www.science.org/content/arti...

The WHO Director-General has just declared Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This is the first time a PHEIC has been declared without an Emergency Committee first. Very surprising procedurally but makes sense for public health given size, spread & WHA

What a tragedy. My family is waiting for a cure. I'd venture a guess that most families are, of one kind or another. Destroying our country's biomedical enterprise puts that brighter future out of reach. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Decline in AOM in infants after they started RSV immunization. academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

A dying industry

Major news! A state court in Kansas has just blocked the states gender affirming care ban! Nobody is at our desk right now so we can’t draft up a story but you all deserve to know this incredible news. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has now been confirmed as the Bundibugyo strain. This is not good news, there are no licensed or candidate vaccines for this strain. No monoclonal antibodies. I am sure experimental antivirals will be tried. www.afro.who.int/countries/de...

#Ebola #Alert About 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation. africacdc.org/news-item/af...

The Watertown, Wisconsin school board voted 7-1 to ban students from playing a orchestral piece honoring Marsha P Johnson. This is a blatant attack on the first amendment. www.tmj4.com/news/dodge-c...

📣 New #Communicable drops Mon, 18 May! Our editors - Erin McCreary, PharmD, Josh Davis, Marc Bonten, Anne-Grete Märtson, Angela Huttner #Communicable- discuss some of the Late Breaker trials that caught their attention at #ESCMIDGlobal2026, and whether results will change their practice🎙️ #IDSky #clinmicro

Diagnostic stewardship has an important role in ECMO! Stopping daily surveillance blood cultures 🧫 was associated with: ⬇️ Antibiotic days (69% of ECMO days vs. 88% w/ surveillance cultures) No difference in: ✅ Survival ✅ ECMO duration doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003967 #IDSky

Matthew has been around.

Very pro-ivermectin I imagine

Consensus from talking to ID colleagues today, all fielding “how worried about Hantavirus should we be???” questions: “Far less worried than you should be about all the vaccine-preventable illnesses that are now more common with falling vaccination rates” Also: “notice how we mask seeing pts?”🤷🏻‍♂️🙄

In a cohort of 174 patients discharged on long-term oral antibiotics, 26% experienced an adverse drug event (ADE), most commonly gastrointestinal. Overall, linezolid and TMP/SMX had the highest ADE rates, while beta-lactams and tetracyclines had the lowest. doi.org/10.1017/ash....

IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, warns that large-scale funding and workforce cuts to public health, global health and for scientific research have left the U.S. unprepared for disease threats. Watch our full media briefing on #hantavirus: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

😆😭 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Told my kid I was having the kind of week where I just need to scream into the void for a while. He made me a void. You can use it too, if you'd like.

60,000 person trial proving mRNA flu vaccine superior to standard influenza vaccine (26% relative increased efficacy, over an already effective vaccine). More mild side effects, similar moderate ones. This is a better vaccine and needs to be approved www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Are you a doctor treating transgender patients in a state with restrictions on gender-affirming care? I am an investigative reporter and I want to talk to you. If you’re not, mind sharing this post?

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BREAKING: Another appeals court rejected the Trump administration's policy that subjects millions of people to mandatory immigration detention, in violation of immigration laws and due process. This ruling is a critical victory for immigrants' rights.

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

😱 Take-home message: hospital sinks are perfectly safe if you don’t run the taps! #IDSky

My quote of the day Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard

Here's the @assignedmedia.org article @advocate.com references. The charts here make it plane: NYT seems to want to provide controversy rather than journalism. No other way to square the number of stories versus lack of quotes from trans people or orgs. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Throwback for #MayTheFourth day from pre-Musk twitter. Thanks always to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for his #vaccine advocacy.

'We're in tough shape': Drought worsens across Nebraska amid pleas to conserve water

Hantavirus infections are typically linked to environmental exposure (exposure to infected rodents’ urine or faeces). While rare, hantavirus may spread between people, and can lead to severe respiratory illness and requires careful patient monitoring, support and response.

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Differences in clinical outcomes among patients with mold fungemia 🔁 Repost 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sryNrv

Practice variation, outcomes and definitions of suppressive antimicrobial therapy for prosthetic joint infections: a systematic review and expert consensus statement ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tQtDFR

Here’s how South Carolina beat back a measles outbreak: “Measles vaccinations were the most effective single containment tool”

Australia “is on track to meet its target of eliminating [cervical] cancer by 2035 - and it may even get there early…Most promisingly, the most recent data from 2021 shows, for the first time, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under the age of 25.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

I made a suggestion to the nice person at Good.store / DFTBA.com and they said it was helpful and a good idea. I'll be feeling good about that for at least a minute, so that's nice, I needed that Oh yeah, did you hear I have a discount code? 🤣 NTUBERCULO82790

The McElroys have passed the baton to @flophousepodcast.com and the finale partying continues! Come on in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5EX...

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

This is the final day of the MaxFunDrive, so I’m offering some deep sincerity: we need your support. If our shows brighten your lives, please join us today. maximumfun.org/join

Nice summary of MTB surveillance in the United States and detection/response to large outbreaks. The US sees almost 10k domestic cases each year, and a number of large outbreaks or clusters. AMD Platform is the bioinformatic engine that drives this genomic surveillance. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Every medical student should learn about the value of working in a unionized workspace

However, what this article and the referenced study didn't emphasize is that good patient care is much more than just getting the right diagnosis.

Interested in a PhD working on sexual selection in tropical shorebirds? I'm recruiting a student for Fall 2027! I'm happy to support an applicant writing a Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

I know this is an overblown way to talk about the funding model for a bunch of silly funny podcasts but I mean it: utopian ideas are only "unrealistic" if we do not realize them, and I truly believe @maximumfun.org's funding model is a utopian idea realized, please help keep it real. #maxfundrive

LIVE on YouTube at 7 PM PT | 10 PM ET: Podcast Justice, All Stars Edition! Watch Judge John and Bailiff @jessethorn.bsky.social dispense justice to all your favorite @maximumfun.org hosts. We need your hot takes, controversial opinions, & disputes, so join us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80J...

I have been supporting @maximumfun.org for a few years because it feels good to support things I like. Every Saturday morning I listen to @flophousepodcast.com while making waffles for my family, and that ritual is definitely worth five bucks a month.

#Flu season is over but #CDC was alerted last wk to 7 more kids who died from flu. Six were from this past season, bringing the total to date to 155. It will grow becoz these deaths are often reported on a delay, as the 7th death shows; it occurred in March 2025. Most of these kids were not vaxed.