👏 Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. @sarabelga.bsky.social, Gabrielle Legault, Reza Rafizadeh, Jenna-Lynn Senger & Karen Tran who received @healthresearchbc.bsky.social 2025 Scholar & Health Professional-Investigator awards supporting research excellence:

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Happy to share our specialty podcast, discussing H5N1 (bird flu) in SOT. Thank you @amjtransplant.bsky.social for the opportunity and to @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social for helping us navigate this topic, and @mpereiramd.bsky.social for the mentorship podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

IDSA is pleased to welcome the 167 individuals chosen to receive a FIDSA designation, a prestigious honor recognizing distinguished ID clinicians & scientists from around the world. This year’s inductees: bit.ly/437QYrH Our web release: bit.ly/4dv5cqc

Special congrats to @jstfung.bsky.social!

Please join us this Friday at 3 PM EST for an update on the updated CMV in solid organ transplant guidelines and great discussion on the nuances. Submit questions to us during the live stream.

Out today: bite sized episode of Febrile on how to approach TID donor calls with my @txidfellows.bsky.social crew @courtharrismd.bsky.social & @rebeccakumar.bsky.social. Thanks to @sarawinndong.bsky.social for inviting us on! #IDSky #TxID open.spotify.com/episode/4705...

This is your kid. This is your kid with #measles. Any questions? Yes: does @ast-idcop.bsky.social transplantid.net have a 📂on #measles & how #VaccinesSaveLives? Plus guidance from @ishlt.bsky.social , @cdcgov.govmirrors.com, & @who.int ? Of course! What to add? transplantid.net?organisms=JE...

1/ In Jan 2025, CDC received reports of children w severe influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE), including cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a rare but life-threatening complication. Several cases were fatal. The CDC investigated trends in IAE deaths.🧵 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections #OncID #idsky

🔥 Big news for TB preventive therapy ! Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies ➡️ New versions TSTin4D (www.TSTin4D.com) or IGRAin4D (www.IGRAin4D.com) #IDsky #MEDsky #TBsky

📢Our survey is closing 2/15/25!📢 (If you're asking what the 15th month is you're likely not from USA🗽!) ⁉️What survey⁉️ Our survey on the online transplant 🆔 library! ⏱️<10 minutes 💯% anonymous 👌Approved @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA14p59

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#IDsky This is so cool😎 This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer. doi.org/10.1093/cid/... I ❤️this calculator! tb-migrate.com

I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC. More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation. We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

⛔️Press release⛔️ Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease ➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus ➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍 ➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R ➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated #IDsky www.globenewswire.com/news-release...