pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40840485/ via @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social

From one SMH moment to another - this is beyond my level of comprehension as ID physician. C.D.C. Vaccine Advisers May Limit Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/h...

One of my clinic patients keeps referring to CD4 counts as CDC counts 🤷🏽‍♂️🤔

Median time to reinfection <2 years among people with reinfection after SVR- need RNA retesting and approaches to prevention

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement www.nature.com/articles/d41... #MedSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #ImmunoSky

Performance of different versions of Duke criteria in diagnosing infective endocarditis in patients with intracardiac prosthetic materials ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky

The best tasting food is the dish your atopic child with food allergies can have for the first time after starting dupilumab. I’m so grateful for the miracles of modern Medicine.

“The body’s judgment is as good as the mind’s, and the body shrinks from annihilation. We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.” Camus

Avoid this low evidence entrenched practice Prophylactic #Antibiotics for Upper GI bleed in #Cirrhosis - jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Always get questions about flipping TB IGRA results and have identified a gap even among ID peers about the interpretation of this test. #IDsky. Hope to do a tweetorial abt this once I figure out this platform but for starters for med residents indeterminate ≠ intermediate

This hits a raw nerve especially with some states moving to make Ivermectin available over the counter for a condition it does not work #IDsky

#Desis here: How Indian Americans Live: Results From the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

#POCUS for the ID physician from @cidjournal.bsky.social #IDsky

As US government authorities can no longer be relied upon to provide reliable medical information, the American Medical Association and 78 other medical societies have written an open letter to the American public underscoring the importance of vaccines. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

Yes To Go? #PREP #Gilead #Lenacapavir www.gilead.com/news/news-de...

Inequities in #HIV PrEP annualized pill‐day coverage, United States, 2018–2022- Apretude is 0.5% and clearly women have less days covered and are an underserved population with #PREP. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Posting from FB. Young doctors get to travel for a year under guided mentorship to 23 centers spanning the length and breadth of India. Applications are open till June 30th 2025 - please click forms.gle/nY3ysByn1XehYF… - to apply.

Very interesting article about how Mpox is presenting more like a STI than a systemic illness : Are we missing Mpox cases? Changes in clade IIb clinical phenotype in the post‐vaccination era Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The use case for generative AI for curricular work raises the moot question- what are class assignment for? What will learning look like? What do we seek from class instruction if pathways for supratentorial prefrontal bypass that disincentivize analytic deep thinking exist

Non-antimicrobial properties of common antimicrobials url:https://academic.oup.com/jac/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jac/dkaf150/8133549

I really can't stress enough just how critical ID pharmacists are in improving patient care Over 6 months, 10 ID pharmacists were "curbsided" w/ 1,518 Qs, 3/4 from ID attendings 89% of answers led to changes in management!!! @erinmccreary.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #IDSky #PharmSky

Disbanding CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) jeopardizes decades of progress in preventing healthcare-associated infections. IDSA, APIC, SHEA and PIDS comment on President Trump's decision to terminate the HICPAC: bit.ly/4m1jpyV

www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1... #cricket makes it to the #NEJM .

Another TWDFNR - annual fit testing for N95 masks www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

No difference in time to healing with Neg pressure wound therapy ( wound vac) versus usual care in patients with surgical wound healing by secondary intention in a multicentre, randomised controlled trial - The Lancet. #IDsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Trump administration orders #NIH to eliminate $2.6 billion in federal contracts. www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... via @statnews.com

Turning in my #ABIM #LKA questions at the last half hour before the deadline. Not a good idea in retrospect - but if you care for scores- to me if i answer wrong and see the answer explanation , this is more effective learning moment

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Listening to this as an audiobook last week, and while everyone who has cared for people with #TB is familiar about how it interweaves with social determinants of health and access, the bit on how hunger from TBRx is a treatment complication when you don't have access to food really gnaws at you

NCHS Data Brief unintentional injury death rates 10 yr trends

Weekend rounding in the hospital is where I can find peace, when I can spend unhurried time with patients clarifying things I miss during the week or spending time to know my patients better in terms of what their understanding of our Rx plans are. PE findings fit better in the A/P dashboard.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... - this is such an unfortunate drift. A few years back there was momentum on the great post pandemic reset- this 8 year break on infectious diseases is a big reset in the opposite direction

2. Curiosity-driven research isn't just fun; it led us to develop tools that thousands of scientists use to find meaningful patterns in massive datasets (e.g. www.mapequation.org). 



Separately, I've had the opportunity to be part of the largest collective intellectual effort in human history.

Studies terminated at NIH: -On reducing asthma from mold -On prenatal risks & screening -On statins influence on dementia -On the safety/risk of gender-affirming care -On how Covid vax outcomes & disparities -On improving HIV care -Training programs for the next generation of scientists

🏥 AHRQ is the only federal agency dedicated to health services research. There's a risk to it now. With bipartisan support from 194 leading organizations, let's urge Congress to demand any reforms are transparent and strategic. Contact your reps today! #HealthForAll ow.ly/aPUe50VjnQe

I am not for self promotion, but here's a plug for a podcast episode we did on navigating acute undifferentiated febrile illness in resource limited settings with the Community Science Alliance along with Dr Gajanan Phutke from JSS Bilaspur. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/e...

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This was a very interesting poster at #CROI2025 and highlights the challenge of #HIV diagnosis in patients on LAI #PrEP and the pitfalls of even nuclear diagnostics. #LEVI

Useful cost effectiveness abstract at #CROI2025 showing that at $100k/life year saved, #PrEP is not cost effective at current drug prices

Really disappointing to see so many withdrawn abstracts at #CROI2025. We must #standupforscience

If you wish to stream the #standupforscience event in DC today: www.twitch.tv/standupforsc...

This lunacy reminescent of COVIdiocy : "Texas doctors had seen “very, very good results,” Mr. Kennedy claimed, by treating measles cases with a steroid, budesonide; an antibiotic called clarithromycin; and cod liver oil, had high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/h...

Ramadan Mubarak to those who celebrate!

Sorry , what?

“Moses said, the law is everything. Jesus said, love is everything. Marx said, money is everything. Freud said, sex is everything. And Einstein said, everything is relative.”

Is interesting how everything comes back to infectious disease. Trying to cure the magi of semaglutide …. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/s...

Yuck!

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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