🚨 Anyone who was in terminals B and C at Newark Liberty between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Dec. 12 may have been exposed and could develop symptoms as late as Jan. 2 — 21 days after exposure, the maximum incubation time for measles. #IDSky #MedSky #measles www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Jeanne Marrazzo, who filed a whistleblower complaint alleging she was removed from her position as NIAID director for political reasons, has sued the Trump administration in federal court. Details, including a rundown of the lawsuit's chances from Lawrence Gostin 👇🏻 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Scratch that. The FDA has approved 2️⃣ new treatments for gonorrhea. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

✅ For the first time in nearly 40 years, the FDA approved a new antibiotic to treat #gonorrhea, an STI that has grown increasingly resistant to existing therapies, emerging as a major global public health threat. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🌍 #Gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics globally, including to the last treatment recommended in the US. We spoke with Ismaël Maatouk, MD, PhD, MPH, about the new @who.int report and what's coming through the pipeline. #IDSky #MedSky #AMR www.healio.com/news/infecti...

A survey found that social media was on par with the CDC as trusted source of vaccine information among some adults, far below health care providers. "Jaw dropping." - Rochelle P. Walenksy, MD, MPH #IDSky #MedSky @nfidvaccines.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/infecti...

The ACIP voted Friday to overturn a federal recommendation that says all newborns should be vaccinated against hepatitis B virus despite pleas from experts not to change a policy they say has saved thousands of lives. This story will be updated throughout the day. 👇🏻 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

The CDC’s vaccine advisors will discuss making more changes to the childhood vaccine schedule during a 2-day meeting that starts Thursday. The agenda is light on details, but the implications are heavy for childhood immunization. Our preview 👇🏻 #IDSky #MedSky #ACIP www.healio.com/news/infecti...

A recent WHO report outlined concerning changes in the antibacterial pipeline — namely, that it is shrinking and unlikely to meet global needs. We checked in with some experts to get their feedback. 👇🏻 #IDSky #MedSky @drjrmarcelin.bsky.social @koutterson.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🦠 Ethiopia became the sixth country in the last 5 years to report an outbreak of Marburg virus. 💉 There are no licensed vaccines or treatments for Marburg virus disease, which is often fatal. 🚑 The country is folding its response into existing efforts against mpox. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

“This loss represents a setback, but it’s also reversible." Endemic measles returns to the Americas ... again. 👇🏻 #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #Measles www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🚨 PAHO: Americas can no longer be declared free of #measles based on a large outbreak in Canada that has lasted longer than a year, one of the ways a country and region can lose its measles elimination status. Story soon, but here's the preview we wrote last week: www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🍝 Six people have died and 25 have been hospitalized in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to several pasta products, including frozen and refrigerated meals sold at popular grocery store chains. Details of recall at link below 👇🏻 #IDSky #MedSky #GastroSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🐿️ An investigation of six cases of borealpox — previously called Alaskapox — revealed that the virus is likely being spread to people from small mammals in Alaska, including voles and shrews. #IDSky #MedSky #VoleSky @gohealio.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🌎 A commission in charge of monitoring efforts to eliminate measles from the Americas could vote this week to revoke the region’s measles-free status based on a large ongoing outbreak in Canada. #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky @gohealio.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🎧 NEW "PHYSICIANARY" EPISODE 🎧 🎙️ AAP President Susan Kressly, MD, joined our Hansa Bhargava, MD, for a discussion on tackling disinformation in medicine. @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @gohealio.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky www.healio.com/news/primary...

Currently available medications could be enough to end the #HIV epidemic in the US, provided people can access and afford for them. But the country needs more HIV docs. A lot more. From #IDWeek2025 👇🏻 With a perspective from @aadiamd.bsky.social. #IDSky #HIVSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

There is more evidence that #shingles vaccination significantly decreases the risk for heart disease, dementia and death among people aged 50 years or older with herpes zoster infection, according to data presented at #IDWeek2025. 💉 #IDSky 🥼 #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

The plane trains stopped working for a while after I arrived at ATL for #IDWeek2025 around 9:45 this morning. No one could tell us why. Mystery solved.

🦟 A New York resident has tested positive for chikungunya in what health officials said is the first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne disease in the state’s history — and first in the United States since 2019. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

The Trump administration reinstated hundreds of CDC staffers who were mistakenly laid off last week due to what an HHS official confirmed was a “glitch in the system.” www.healio.com/news/infecti...

“My termination, unfortunately, shows that the leaders of HHS and the National Institutes of Health do not share my commitment to scientific integrity and public health." Details 👇🏻 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🔐 More than 32,000 HHS staff will be furloughed during the #shutdown — or about 41% of the nation’s federal health care workforce. #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🧫 The CDC recently made major cuts to a program that for decades has monitored foodborne illnesses through a partnership between federal agencies and state health departments. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

"In a disorganized start to the second day of their meeting, members of the ACIP also reversed a vote they made the previous evening that preserved some children’s access to a vaccine that the panel had just voted not to recommend." #IDSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

💉 CDC advisors say COVID shots should require talk with doctor. ❓ But also: Details of a strange vote (which failed) that would have recommended COVID-19 vaccines require a prescription, something the ACIP does not control. More coming soon: www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🏆 Emmy wins for ‘The Pitt’ feel personal for health care professionals "Our emergency medicine group chats lit up like we had just won the Super Bowl." 💻 @owaisdurrani.bsky.social @rdglatter.bsky.social #MedTwitter www.healio.com/news/psychia...

"Robust scientific evidence and safety data have unequivocally shown that universal birth dose HBV vaccination saves lives and is safe to administer in newborns." 🗣️ New editorial up on the site ahead of this week's #ACIP meeting. #IDSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/pediatr...

On the agenda for this week's 2-day ACIP meeting, which starts tomorrow: 💉 MMRV vaccination 💉 Hepatitis B birth dose 💉 COVID-19 vaccines “I’m hoping that they listen to the experts, but I guess we’ll just have to see what happens.” www.healio.com/news/infecti...

💉 The US is losing its only dengue vaccine. What now? #IDSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

In addition to #Ebola, there are numerous other ongoing outbreaks in Africa competing for limited resources, especially in the wake of the United States’ gutting of foreign aid programs that funded outbreak responses. #IDSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🦠 Latest #HookedOnID went up this morning: Sara K. Schultz, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FCPP, from @templeid.bsky.social. #IDSky #MedSky #PotatoSalad www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🗣️ “It’s perplexing to me why President Trump is allowing Secretary Kennedy to undermine his legacy in leading a medical intervention that really did save millions of lives.” #IDSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

We asked the hosts of "This Podcast Will Kill You" to name the weirdest topic they have covered. Hint: 🐠 👅 🎙️ "It’s horrifying and adorable." @tpwky.bsky.social @flandmines.bsky.social @gohealio.bsky.social #IDSky

📉 Cuts to U.S. foreign aid will endanger #HIV treatment and prevention services globally, and are likely to reverse decades of progress against the virus, researchers said this week during a press briefing ahead of #IAS2025. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

💊 More evidence has emerged that a promising CDC-endorsed STI prevention strategy that involves taking the antibiotic doxycycline after having unprotected sex - known as doxy-PEP - may be contributing to antibiotic resistance in the United States. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🗳️ Senators voted along party lines Wednesday to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez, PhD, to be the next CDC director. Her nomination will now go to a vote of the full Senate. Here's our rundown 👇 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🚨Senate HELP committee votes 12-11 on party lines to send the nomination of Susan Monarez, PhD, to be CDC director to the full Senate. All Rs voted yes, all Ds voted no. Story coming later ...

Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said the US should not administer flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a safe mercury-based preservative used to protect multi-dose vials of vaccine. Lots more inside 👇 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

New members, new agenda, surprise presenters: What to expect from this week's 2-day meeting of the CDC’s vaccine advisors. 🗣️ With comments from Paul A. Offit, MD ‪(@pauloffit.bsky.social‬) and Yvonne “Bonnie” A. Maldonado, MD. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🚨 The FDA has approved Gilead's twice-yearly injections for HIV PrEP. 💉 Now, it's a matter of getting shots into arms. 💪 #HIVSky #IDSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🚨 HHS announces "clean sweep" of CDC vaccine advisors. Removes all 17 members of the ACIP. www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

Experts painted a grim picture of STI surveillance following the closure of a key CDC lab in April. “A future without a lab like this is dim, and the risk to Americans is incredibly high." #IDSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🔗 Reposting this from November in light of the recently reported funding cuts to #HIV vaccine research and the argument that current approaches are enough. #IDSky #HIVSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

🚨 HHS has terminated contracts with Moderna worth $766 million that were meant to fund the development of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines, including the company’s H5 bird flu vaccine candidate. 👇 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Our story on the FDA's new restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines. 👇 #IDSky #MedSky

🦠 The field of ID has never been more important. Tell us why you chose it by emailing [email protected], with the subject line “Hooked on ID." #IDSky #HIVSky #MedSky www.healio.com/news/infecti...

"There is no other federal panel that can do this work." @flandmines.bsky.social spoke to a couple committee members about the decision to fold HICPAC.

🚨 HHS confirms to Healio that HICPAC was shuttered based on an executive order to eliminate "unnecessary government entities and federal advisory committees that should be terminated on grounds that they are unnecessary." We're still adding to this. #IDSky #MedSky 👇 www.healio.com/news/infecti...