The other benzimidazoles and milbemycins aren’t getting the same love. It is interesting that anthelmintics are the chosen ones versus a nice reverse transcriptase inhibitor or a nucleoside analog or name your class. #medsky #parasitology

Excellent summary of the state of the Andes hantavirus outbreak. Dr. Titanji presents in a clear, concise and overall accessible manner. #medsky #IDsky #virology

#measles #IDsky #medsky #grandparentsforvaccines

In addition to the Human Genome Race, he was a leader in the ongoing development of synthetic biology, whose effects are still to be fully understood.

MMR, HPV, HBV. My children and grandchildren will get to observe increased misery wrought by this grand plan. #medsky #IDsky

Skipping the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine would cause preventable acute and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, liver cancers, deaths, according to two new studies. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/hepatitis/120986

I appreciate respecting individuals privacy regarding health issues, but as an House representative up for reelection in November, it is fair for know a candidate’s full status. #NJ #NJ-7 #Kean

Posting this monograph to point out there are many healthy foods to eat in moderation as part of a good diet and not just the trendy SUPERFOODs that are the grist of health influencers. #nutrition #Medsky #T2DM #CVD #VirginiaTech

#science #medsky #IDsky

Hope people are getting their kids vaxxed. We all are a few hours away from anywhere on earth

Measles has higher morbidity and mortality than polio. Polio is harder to get and causes irreversible paralysis in 1:200 cases. Hard for folks to grok. #IDsky #medsky

#measles #vaccineswork

#medsky #MAHA

Good news. It can happen here like in 19th century Louisiana and Texas. It killed 10% of Philadelphia in 1793, causing the shutdown of the then US capitol. The vector A. egypti is prevalent through the USA. #Medsky #IDsky #TropicalMedicine

As the grandparent of 2 under 12 months, we count the days.

Brave Battacharya hid positive COVID vaccine data! He didn't want u to know: Last year, the seasonal COVID vaccine reduced the likelihood of ED and urgent care visits by 50% and COVID-associated hospitalizations by 55%. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/... www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/qui...

#microbiome #medsky #toxicology

My lab at Pitt is looking for a Research Scientist to help us make phage therapy for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

The “This Podcast Will Kill You” team did excellent coverage of this past year. @tpwky.bsky.social #medsky #endocrinology

A little good news.

500-million-year-old fossil sheds light on origins of spiders and scorpions | Science | Posting just because it’s really cool

#InfectiousDisease #medsky

@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social Very sobering. As a kid only older folks showed the aftermath of polio. Older kids had hearing aids due to measles. As a graduate student I met foreign students my age and younger afflicted with polio’s aftermath

NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.

A true longevity hack! Decreased CVD, dementia, and likely other inflammatory-related disorders. Too bad it’s a vaccine…

The shingles vaccine is linked to a significantly lower risk of major cardiovascular events in people with existing heart disease. Vaccinated individuals had reduced risks across multiple outcomes, including heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and death. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/shi...

Another lion of molecular biology has passed. Please recall that 3 Nobels were studying Rous Sarcoma Virus. Rous for a viral cause of cancer, Temin and Baltimore for reverse transcriptase and Bishop and Varmus for cellular oncogenes.

Remembering Dr. J. Michael Bishop — Nobel laureate, visionary cancer researcher, and former UCSF chancellor — who passed away at 90. His discovery of oncogenes transformed our understanding of cancer and reshaped modern medicine. Grateful for his life and lasting impact. tiny.ucsf.edu/LAn3aK

Reminder to have children vaxxed when the time comes. Meningitis B has a vaccine and has a 10-15% mortality rate not to mention the lasting damage survivors may bear. #IDsky #medsky

‘Something I’ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier’: the shock and pain of Kent’s meningitis outbreak

This story by @sheinvestigates.bsky.social is so so good and so so upsetting. Get ready to have your head explode www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

New hobby (shrink plastic!) = New badge 😅 Clean the shared equipment y’all! #IDSky #IPSky

Interesting prediction. I’m old enough to know nuclear fusion is 10 years away (physic prof, 1978) and liquid biopsies (ecDNA) for ovarian, breast and prostate cancer are 2-3 years away (1997, genomics visionaries) #biology #science #AI

Please gently share the knowledge that measles is really over for many when the initial illness is gone. There can be immune amnesia and a brain disease called SSPE.

Well, this got the text chains rolling this morning. Worked with a few alumni of the Axel lab.

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

Looking forward to the reception of the filing of the Moderna/Merck mRNA vaccine/PD1 cancer therapy

Trump's corrupted FDA is going to kill a ton of people.

@timmiller.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Thoughts? Context?

Things that make you go hmmmm

Seems snakes and chameleons lost functional Ghrelin, a hunger hormone. Wondering if the Ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1a) is functional. Mention this because it was quite a hunt over years to suss out chicken and duck leptin where the receptors were functional. #genomics #endocrinology

“Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

When I complained about what my friends got to do and I wasn't allowed, Dad always said "You needed to do a better job of picking your parents" in a fun way. Was he ever right. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #genetics #longevity #medsky

Sleep is a universal experience. It’s not just the lion that sleeps tonight - it’s also the butterfly, the chicken, the jellyfish, the dog, and of course the human. What is this widespread physiological process whose spell we are all under? Tune in as we unravel some of the mysteries of sleep!

To slow aging, you can microdose all sorts of things, keep a youngster on staff to infuse his blood like a vampire, and keep an endocrinologist on retainer... or get the shingles vax.

Reducing inflamed and damaged neurons is good for you and other good news

Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song

Interesting deep dive

Guest Post: Academic Publishing Is Not Fit for the Future – If We Don’t Act Now, The Vital Role Research Plays in Society Is at Risk scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/11/g...

Would love to hear an interview by @karaswisher.bsky.social of @michaelconnelly.bsky.social regarding Connelly’s new book “The Proving Ground” and Generative AI chatbots. If only such justice could play out in real life.