Lesson learned - don’t eat raw snakes! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #IDSky

The ipe has arrived! A whole lotta work yet to do…

Cyclospora - treatment of choice? *bactrim* to block folate synthesis… Fecal-oral transmission, spread by fresh produce and contaminated water. 🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/w... #IDSky

Congrats to Josh Hill @joshhillmd.bsky.social on his promotion to professor! One of our fabulous immunocompromised ID physicians at UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center. #IDSky

An epidemiological mystery is unfolding in Michigan, with an unusually large outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection spread via the fecal-oral route. In other words, it is generally transmitted via fecal contamination of water or food. Public health officials don’t yet know the source.

More Than Half of CDC Centers Lack Permanent Leadership www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Alpha gal IgE seroprevalence 24% 😳 among blood donors in the highest seroprevalence states. But not all with IgE have allergic symptoms… #IDSky ❤️ www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Good morning to #IDSky. Former curator for UWIDFellowship, I’ll be posting about ID from here now, with a focus on immunocompromised ID & probably a few more opinions shared lol. Also, home improvement projects! Stay tuned for the final stages of my deck build!!! 🔨🪚 Welcome to my world!

oh the irony… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #IDSky

The gender bias of ChatGPT… I have never given it my name or gender but use it mostly for programming and electrical work. It “thinks” I’m a man.

The kick back from his own gun probably gave him a bruise. apple.news/ANw8P2U7AQwm...

Honestly, the worst part of this is that others may follow his lead now that it’s public knowledge… apple.news/A43BrACHLSXW...

Have babies, they said… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#IDSky First person with H5N5 has died :(

True but different avian flu strain. First was H5N1 in Louisiana. This is H5N5, first know human case. #IDSky

Press release from WA DOH… #IDSky doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...

Marjorie Taylor Greene sums up the current political climate thusly: “It’s all so absurd and completely unserious” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Johnny Manziel drops some casual racism… “We paid a lot of money for this house. Get out of my tunnel, boy!” apple.news/AZD7Y7Z2RRBG...

Et tu? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s paltry Get Out The Vote campaign… 🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...

Always amazed that people will accept really high end healthcare (transplants, heart surgery, artificial valves and joints, pacemakers) from us, then think that vaccines are a con job by us. Why would we save you to intentionally hurt you? 🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

The Trump admin cure for too expensive housing? Raise the cost but hide the price… www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

She loves some MNF…

That means SNAP beneficiaries in these blue states now have money to buy groceries. I'm not aware of any red states that got SNAP money out during the brief window where court had greenlit sending funds. (Tell me if I've missed any though.)

The commitment to hurting people is stunning, if not surprising…

Completely agree - much of our populace is held hostage by healthcare needs and has to make employment and other decisions based on whether healthcare will be affordable. This is nuts in a wealthy, developed country. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A PIV bundle based on best evidence demonstrated promising results in reducing catheter-associated phlebitis & SAB… - hand hygiene - aseptic technique - timely removal - transparent dressings - line extensions SAB reduced 41%, phlebitis reduced 14-28%. #IDSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With UW’s Dr Paul Pottinger and others, new discussion re: fostering ID advocacy in ID fellowship. They note: Policies with a negative impact on ID clinical care, public health, & research underscore the importance of mobilizing the field of ID to advocacy academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky

#IDSky Reminded of the ActUp slogan, silence = death. Lack of knowledge hampers our ability to meaningfully intervene and reduce burden of illness, including mortality.

A particular interest of mine now - the passion of the convert, years in IM practice and I did not realize how important this problem was …

Great UW Medicine Grand Rounds today with UW ID’s Dr Jen Ross, winner of this year’s Fialkow Award which recognizes the outstanding achievements of junior faculty in medicine in research, teaching, clinical work & academic citizenship. Congratulations Dr Ross and thanks for an awesome talk! #IDSky

Trump administration shuts down air travel just prior to the holidays to make point that they don’t want you to have affordable healthcare. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to starve people to make a point… apple.news/ASOJuVFWaRYe...

gosh I really feel for them… apple.news/AFS2tx2ZES1S...

So weird that in a country of laws, we appear to have no real enforcement mechanisms when the gov’t simply breaks them… www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

making frankfurters from furloughs… apple.news/AtH-pHMzdRc6...

“Advocacy is the antidote for depression”, Dr Melanie Thompson… #IDWeek #IDSky www.idsociety.org/science-spea...

Advocacy is not just for ID leadership - wherever you are in your training, you can advocate with what you know. #IDSA and #HIVMA are there to help! UW ID Fellow, Dr Jerrica Werner, explains… #IDWeek #IDSky @idsainfo.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social

UW pharmacist, Dr Whitney Hartlage, presenting on non-severe CAP, asking the very good question, “do we really need to add empirical atypical coverage routinely?” Spoiler alert, the data suggests “No” #IDWeek #IDSky

Prolonged applause for Dr Demetri Daskalakis, formerly of the CDC, winner of the HIV Medical Association Transformative Leader Award… #IDSky #IDWeek #IDStrong

Paige Alexander, CEO of The Carter Center, giving us a window into the work of The Carter Center, and also insight into how private foundations can rise to the occasion for public health funding during these insecure times… #IDSKy #IDWeek #IDStrong

❤️🎉👏❤️

May Susan Collins learn *her* lesson… (don’t support authoritarians in a democracy) www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

In a first for any country, Maldives eliminates maternal-child transmission of HIV, HBV and syphilis. “[A] testament to its unwavering commitment towards universal health coverage, to provide quality and equitable care […] to all, including migrants." #IDSky www.news-medical.net/news/2025101...

oops, no, administrative coding error please come back… MMWR, EIS, Ebola and measles teams told firing was in error. #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

oops, no, administrative coding error please come back… MMWR, EIS, Ebola and measles teams told firing was in error. #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Many RIFed yesterday are now being unfired(?!) Unclear if it’s evil or incompetence — but either way, calculated move. Meant to flex power. Ha. Just shows Republicans are scared. Dems, @schumer.senate.gov — don’t back down. They know they’re losing the Republican shutdown shitshow. We’re winning.

This is terrible - the entire DC staff of the MMWR… 🎁 article @fangferric.bsky.social #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...