So the same group that claims that more randomized trials are needed for vaccines (which have already been subjected to randomized trials) now wants to change the FDA label for leucovorin to include autism without a trial, or even much evidence at all, demonstrating its benefit. 🤔

👏👏👏 @ritikaprasad.bsky.social you’re amazing 😍

You can tell I’m on service because I just responded to 3 days worth of texts late on Sunday evening 🤷‍♂️ sorry I’m bad at multi tasking, friends 😔

“There are >3x as many people in the U.S. with sickle cell disease as cystic fibrosis- yet CF receives 10x more research funding, a disparity long fueled by race and visibility. This inequity doesn’t persist by accident; it reflects a collective comfort with certain kinds of suffering and dying.”

All I want for, well, whatever holiday is between now and next Saturday, is an offensive line 😔

Jeanne Marrazzo and Kathy Neuzil are known for their integrity, their selflessness and their scientific rigor. Their voices carry enormous weight in the scientific community. #NIH

🆕 New in ICHE: A mixed-methods study explores bias and discrimination experienced by antimicrobial stewards Findings highlight structural inequities and the need for improved support, recognition, and inclusion in stewardship roles. #IDsky 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

@ritikaprasad.bsky.social, @stanfordasp.bsky.social, @marisa-holubar.bsky.social et al: Identifying ASP targets in immunocompromised patients is challenging. We implemented a restriction program that ⬆️ appropriate use of CMV-IGIV, highlighting a unique ASP opportunity. doi.org/10.1017/ash....

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

Worth noting that both the faculty senate and the student council have overwhelmingly passed votes of no confidence in the Board of Rectors, of which some are participating in with questionable legality 🤷‍♂️

How many roadblocks do you think will come up in this thread? You're probably lowballing.

@linameng.bsky.social my perpetual quest continues!!! Miss you! 🥰

#IDsky The Infectious Disease Brad Boy himself, @bradspellberg.bsky.social , has an updated Oral vs IV table, now including the Plague (Y really) and Lyme! Link here: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...

This is a sickening moment in US history.

Feeling like I might not be upset at my life in 6 months… 😃 #NewZealandHereWeCome #MamaAndSonTrip #AndThisWasTheUgliestPicOnTheWebsite 🤷‍♂️

Sharpen your ID clinical teaching skills with Emily Abdoler, MD, MAEd, and @darcy-id-doc.bsky.social during the premeeting workshop, “A Bug Worth Catching: Enhancing Clinical Teaching in Infectious Diseases.” Sign up when you register for #IDWeek2025: idweek.org/registration

Happy fellow application release day to all who celebrate 🥳🎉 Really looking forward to reading thru applications and meeting some amazing folks 😍

The Faculty Senate has now adopted a resolution of No Confidence in the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia with a vote of 46-14.

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Super proud of our fellows. Three talks at IDweek this year. Marc Trubin on education work with Emily Abdoler, Matt Steinberger on stewardship work with with Tejal Gandhi and Lindsay Petty. Recent fellow and current faculty Louis Saravolatz on his recent paper in CID!

To remain a beacon of progress, the U.S. must support scientists, not silence them. Today, at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants,” we are learning from scientists about their canceled projects & the impact on American science. #StandUpForScience

He’s had a lot of legendary ones, but this is perhaps the best post by Dr. Sax I’ve read. Heartbreaking though it is at times.

🚨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

This is literally my dream date 😍. And there’s even opportunities for improvement (can’t help that I still live for trying to fix him 😔)- but why say “de-escalation”, when it’s more accurately “optimizing” or “targeting” coverage. 🥰

Great article about supporting and standing up for evidence-based, standard of care healthcare by my friends/heroes 😍

Fewer vaccines for kids in LMICs means more diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and other entirely preventable diseases. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

The #ACIP meeting can only be described as the battle between science and anti-science. Greatest respect to the CDC scientists who are presenting the data in the face of a torrent of outright disinformation from several new members of ACIP who clearly have an antivaxx anti science agenda.

When I was young, my first career aspiration was to be a SCOTUS Justice/“Justice”. Little did I know that I’m essentially Sonia Sotomayor now- battling the frequent and causal “IV antibiotics” half sentence with pages of evidence as to why the process is non-infectious, just to get overruled :-(

One Hundred Days, Incalculable Losses Emily Erbelding (NIAID/NIH) "Every day brought more chaos." Termination of training grants reflected "an intentional choice to lose a generation of scientists. Recovering from [this]... will take years and probably decades." academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Here again are alternative and credible sources for vaccine information and guidance until sanity returns in US Public Health : WHO - www.who.int/teams/immuni... Canada - www.canada.ca/en/public-he... ECDC - www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/immunisat... U.K - www.gov.uk/government/p...

Emphasis on ID clinicians to: ✅ Think about the future pipeline ✅ Recruit by how we practice, not what we say to trainees ✅ Talk with trainees about interesting parts of your job that they may not see ✅ We need to write national narrative of ID #IDSky

Great to hear Dr. Armstrong talk about the future of ID at #TIDS2025

But where even Simone can’t heal the country, maybe a critically acclaimed adaptation of the French Revolution with beautiful music, costumes, actors and voices can? I’m back in my happy place at least, so a guy can dream…

Dang. You know that when people can even turn against Simone that we are doomed as a country 😔

As we kick off #PrideMonth, ASM proudly honors the achievements & contributions of 2SLGBTQIA+ scientists to microbiology. Diverse identities, lived experiences & perspectives catalyze transformative scientific progress. Explore our resources: asm.social/2ri

This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

New work out from Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski in the Division on ID care in the face of human conflicts. Something to read about, sadly, given the state of the world. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It’s official. 3 days is the new 5! New #ATS guidelines

Happy ID Pharmacist's Day! Thanks to everyone who shared their story with us! Congrats to the Share Your Story winner, Eva Littringer, and our runner-up, Aleena Issac! Pharmacists lead innovation in ID & make a huge impact on patient care! Don't forget to join us today from 12-1PMEST to celebrate!

research.umich.edu/research-sto... Yes, I have a cool boss 🤷‍♂️

Great write-up about Owen Albin in our ID Division and research on antibiotic use - and stewardship - in the ICU. medschool.umich.edu/departments/...

I really can't stress enough just how critical ID pharmacists are in improving patient care Over 6 months, 10 ID pharmacists were "curbsided" w/ 1,518 Qs, 3/4 from ID attendings 89% of answers led to changes in management!!! @erinmccreary.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #IDSky #PharmSky

Good beer, patio seating (albeit a bit cloudy 😔) and jazz music makes a hard to beat post-service Wednesday 😃

This wasn’t built by an institution or backed by funding. It was built by clinicians, pharmacists, scientists, & anonymous contributors. No sponsors. No conflicts. Just evidence. I’d log in at midnight and see Anonymous Koala editing rows. That’s public science: open, people-powered, and shared.

“if you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for”

For those enjoying Dr Spivak’s talk on greenhouse gases and antimicrobial stewardship, check out her paper here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Proud to be on the Editorial Board at JID. "The current climate demands that we, as scientists, educators, and healthcare professionals, remain vigilant and vocal in defending the principles of scientific integrity and global health equity." Read our statement: academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Yup. For many tests, the best predictor of posttest probability is the pretest probability.

Alright folks, the amazing @jakescottmd.bsky.social has set up a google sheets for you to crowd source published RCTs of vaccines. Editable sheet (starter trials seeded): bit.ly/3EuYzqI As data are imported, the website will autoupdate. Have at it! www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts