NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

Brilliant opinion piece by a brilliant friend and colleague @jabarocas.bsky.social about why we need your help in fighting for healthcare!! www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Fantastic article by Courtenay Harris Bond of @phillyvoice.com about PPP's Sana Clinic, which provides personalized, wraparound care for people living with HIV. Special thanks to Dr. @jessmeisner.bsky.social + patient Mark Knox for sharing their knowledge and experience for the piece.

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

To come out of a pandemic where public health workers saved millions of lives and then decide to decimate the public health infrastructure rather than invest and expand it is literal lunacy.

…aaaannnnd never was I EVER so happy to see some websites about STIs working!!! Cc: @jabarocas.bsky.social and @drjrmarcelin.bsky.social and @paulsaxmd.bsky.social and @mgh-id.bsky.social www.cdc.gov/std/treatmen...

Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.

I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky

Congratulations to Dr. Arianne Morrison on receipt of a CFAR pilot grant for her project entitled, "Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Uptake and PrEP Coverage among US People Assigned Female at Birth!” This study will increase knowledge that will help advance public health and PrEP access!

🧵 When Medicine and Science Ignores Diversity, People Die. 1/ Ignoring diversity in medicine and science is deadly. From unethical experiments to life-threatening misdiagnoses, history is replete with examples of how neglecting race, gender, and identity costs lives. A thread of concrete examples.

Disappointed to see Senator Bill Cassidy, a fellow physician, vote to confirm RFK Jr. This isn’t about politics. It’s about public trust in science, medicine, and the people we entrust with leadership. We need representatives who stand up for facts, not conspiracy theories.

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

Holy shit, did the CDC take down the 2021 STI Treatment guideline?! #IDSky

‼️ CDC STI guidelines, Doxypep, PrEP guidelines all seem to be GONE ‼️ I have the STI, HIV, and ACIP ones. Working on seeing if @pidsociety.bsky.social or @idsainfo.bsky.social can host copies of things. Does anybody have the cdc doxy pep guidelines downloaded on their computer? #idsky #pedsidsky

@idsainfo.bsky.social needs to take action and help guide us. This is unacceptable and horrifying

Treating and preventing infections impact EVERONE’s health. And yet… the current administration has removed pages from the CDC website. Almost everything related to HIV and STDs is now gone. This is unacceptable and should terrify everyone on whats to come.

This will kill people. The party that’s “pro life” is showing their hand for which lives they truly care about: their own. #IDSky

The CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately. The policy applied to all CDC staff engaging with WHO “through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual.” What’s the end game here?? #BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪

Just notified that the 2025 Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) meeting was cancelled as a result of this. Valuable meeting on antimicrobial resistance & such a disappointment this is cancelled. #IDSky #EpiSky PACCARB: www.hhs.gov/ash/advisory...

Does anyone know why the GERM grant from @idsainfo.bsky.social was suddenly put on pause? Especially in the middle of the application cycle? Feels like a bad way to continue to attract young minds to ID 🤷‍♀️ #idsky

Congratulations and welcome to our 2025 incoming fellowship class! We are so excited to welcome these amazing future ID physicians to the program!

Injectable medicine is life saving. #idsky #harmreductionsky

Looking back on 2024 with ID Consults Wrapped 😂 💊🦠💉 #IDSky #TIDSky @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social @kottonnelson.bsky.social @idbugbowl.bsky.social

This decision will negatively impact not only the health of the patients but the entire community. Limiting medical care is hateful. www.inquirer.com/health/opioi...

Mobile services save lives. “I know I’d have never started Suboxone, a medication I still rely on, had it not been offered on that Prevention Point bus.” ppponline.org/blog/mobile-...

Hi everyone! Make sure you follow @preventionpointphl.bsky.social! Especially those in #harmreduction or #idsky

Recognizing how how amazing our patients are. At the time of this writing, 15 patients were using our HIV primary care clinic for 2 years w/out missing a dose of long-acting medication. Now, 30 patients haven't missed a dose in 2.5+ years. @jessmeisner.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Excellent piece by #NIDA Director Nora Volkow laying out the evidence for syringe services including overdose prevention sites. nida.nih.gov/about-nida/n...

Learn about my amazing patient and the amazing work we do at Prevention Point!

What keeping you from doing this, @idsainfo.bsky.social ? cc @matih-id.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social @erin-bonura.bsky.social @yunheather.bsky.social #IDSky

Injectable HIV treatment is feasible via syringe services programs academic.oup.com/ofid/article... #IDsky @jessmeisner.bsky.social

Well said.

Hi #medsky! Any starter packs for addiction medicine or health policy?

Good news: Our community is growing! The IDSky Starter Pack has exceeded the max 150 accounts, so I’ve started on another (pls share here and the other place, and LMK if I missed you) IDSky starter pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky starter pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT