This is my season 🎃

Hepatitis B transmission, dalbavancin for staph bacteremia, alpha-gal allergy, vaccine policy shifts, too much screening in pt care ... Some end-of-summer ID musings, with scattered other thoughts silly and not ID-related at all. And tennis, of course! #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

My mom is in Boston and she brought me the high quality EVOO, feta cheese, homemade tomato sauce, and other Mediterranean staples via car from Toronto. Thank god for Mediterranean moms!

Telling everyone I'm Canadian by writing "tumour" instead of "tumor" in my notes

Seamless transition for me from one city with aggressive and reckless drivers to another (Toronto -> Boston). Someone is going to die at Riverway & Brookline. Drivers there fully run reds when the all way crossing / scramble is on for pedestrians

NEW: Ontario’s police chiefs are pushing back against Premier Doug Ford’s plan to scrap automated speed cameras, telling the government they’ve been proven to reduce dangerous speeding in towns and cities. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1143499...

One of life's greatest pleasures above the age of 30 is a day you're on track for a 9:30pm bed time

Worldwide, fungal diseases and antimicrobial-resistant fungi are increasing. In honor of Fungal Disease Awareness Week, learn about fungal diseases and raise awareness to help reduce the harmful effects of fungal diseases: https://bit.ly/4dyCy6u #FungalWeek25

Robert Munsch wrote such beloved books as “The Paper Bag Princess” and “Love You Forever” by performing them to audiences of children. Now dementia is causing his tales to slip away. nyti.ms/4mc35tT

Endlessly fascinated by differences in use of language in charts between countries. I've noticed a lot of people here write for eg "we exonerated [diagnosis]"... in Toronto we just wrote "we excluded [diagnosis]"

Finally had the time to get a library card! This will be convenient - my Toronto Public Library card just expired so I'm locked out of Libby

I am in Salem today and will be offering my thoughts (not that anyone asked for them). First stop was Crave and their breakfast sandwich was good even by Toronto standards. Off to a good start. Spooky season begins 🎃👻🧙‍♀️

It’s World #Sepsis Day Sepsis kills 11 million people each year. Symptoms incl.: 🔸Fever or shivering 🔸Confusion 🔸Shortness of breath 🔸Rash that does not fade when pressed 🔸Extreme discomfort 🔸Sweaty skin Seek medical care as soon as possible when an infection is not getting better.

Friends in Toronto/other parts of Ontario... one of my favourite places to visit in autumn is the McMichael Canadian Art Collection - a bit outside the city but an impressive museum featuring Canadian artists (lots of Group of Seven) mcmichael.com

POV: Rheumatology, ID, and Heme/Onc on their way to investigate your fever of unknown origin (ID is Beyoncé) #IDsky

Truly appalling that my autocorrect changes 'cat' to 'CTA'

In 2025 to date, there are 4,849 measles cases in Canada (the population of Canada is 41 million people) health-infobase.canada.ca/measles-rube...

100% support this!

My spicy take today is that I think we need to lose our reputation for long notes in ID and aim to keep our assessments informative but concise, i.e. one paragraph max for most consults. Time to put the skills we learn grant/paper writing with word limits to good use

Amazing, generous, and rare attitude! Far preferable to the condescending views one often hears in places like these. p.s. Do they adopt the English spelling of "center" in Canada? 😄

Having done all my training to date at quaternary care centres, I'm always in awe of the initial management and stabilization that the smaller hospitals pull off without the luxury of our resources and without the ability to access 10 specialists for guidance. Truly outstanding work

📣Call for funded observerships is now open We are awarding 50 young scientists up to 2K EUR to travel to one of the over 100 collaborative centres for knowledge exchange in the fields of CM & ID! Learn more: ow.ly/zVUZ50WRNbA #IDSky #clinmicro

Story of my life

This is the 20th whale to die in Ontario since 2019 at #Marineland and the province has simply "explored options." Horrific animal cruelty. ca.news.yahoo.com/another-belu...

Marineland d’Antibes : les dauphins pourraient être transférés à Beauval, avenir incertain pour les orques

Folks I don't know about you, but for me, it's September, so it's officially #autumn (#spookyseason) especially with the temperatures dropping. In honour of my favourite time of year, I'm sharing my best pumpkin carvings over the years. Last year: Stevie Nicks (surprise appearance from my cat).

Long Before Winter Claude A. Simard 1988

“This is not just a New York City problem,” said Harvard Chan's Hannah Greenwald Healy. “I think of it as a problem in industrialized countries. We’ve been seeing increases in Legionnaires’ disease for decades now across the United States, across Canada, and across a lot of European countries.”

Or we all move to Amsterdam

Toronto Police were ordered by Rob Ford, Toronto's mayor ~10y ago, to stop enforcing moving violations. With that, we saw a rise in pedestrian/cyclist injuries. My take is that this got the city used to lawlessness around abiding by road rules. This can't go on www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2019/12/12/u...

As someone who loves impressionism, please let me introduce you to Canadian impressionist Helen McNicoll. A bunch of her work was on display at the National Gallery of Art in Ottawa in 2022 when they had their women in impressionism exhibit (it was amazing) www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/he...

Happy Caturday - here's a photo of my glamorous cat in Toronto 🩷 his winter coat is only just starting to come back in and by November he will be a sphere

There have been many documented meningococcal meningitis outbreaks. Here we describe our investigation and response to the first documented meningococcal conjunctivitis outbreak. 🧫 Contributions by 🌟🌟🌟 fellows @sucroselauren.bsky.social @ogallardo.bsky.social #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

POV: I just paid 15 USD in Boston for the smallest block of halloumi I've ever seen in my life (so small I ate it in one sitting)

#idboardreview 25 F person who injects drugs, swam in gulf shore few wks ago, no trauma, no pets, no shellfish consumed. Sepsis, R exquisitely painful arm, MRI enhancement of chest wall, shoulder, arm, & forearm. Surgical cultures shown. Dx? #medEd #idmedEd #idsky

Everyday it's such a burden to remember that GC means gonorrhea alone - in Canada GC means gonorrhea chlamydia

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Health Canada approves updated Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for fall rollout - new mRNA shots will target the LP.8.1 variant - both are approved for adults and children six months of age and older www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

The Bliss of Silent Places Steve Driscoll 2021

Can someone please explain to me why we've accepted and even normalized unreliable public transit in North America

Not to over hype this but the note even talked about where specifically cultures were taken from like ... wow lol

Discovered how it feels to read an operative note where it seems like the surgeon wrote it specifically for an ID audience. Was purulence encountered? Was the infection deep? Did the bone look healthy? Was the joint affected? Were all infected areas washed out entirely? Is the hardware out? Obsessed

Chicago has the most lead service lines of any city in the county. We mapped out which neighborhoods are hit hardest. Mega collab out today from me, @peteraldhous.com @juanpab.bsky.social @compatibilism.bsky.social + @amyqin.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

I saw this near Brigham walking home today and literally almost screamed (bird phobia). What is it? 😭😭

ABIM exam complete and when I say I'm done with exams for a bit I mean it (also wrote the Canadian IM boards which have 2 parts and all 3 steps in the past ~2.5 years). My dad has once again asked when the exam writing ends - now I can say soon I think

Always a pleasure when the event (ABIM board exam) turns into BWH alumni social hour (gossiping about fellowship/attendinghood before and on breaks during the exam). Also a delight as always to spend quality time with cofellows @alainnajj.bsky.social and Erin

For anyone who's counting (I am) - fall is in the air. My pumpkin carving request line is open. In September I will share a thread of my pumpkin carving work over the years

Stars Over Lake Louise Jeff Dillon 2025

Good evening to everybody working hard to get us source control

My former PhD supervisor, Dr. Allison McGeer. An all star scientist and physician who is calm in crisis. I remember watching her on TV during the SARS crisis in Toronto when I was 11 years old. Her mentorship has been a life and career highlight for me.