1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.

"People with cancer or #HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say" via @npr.org

PSA about PsA: Blue green sheen, resistance machine, clinically obscene.

Further analysis of these proposed changes here: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

What is the future of #Uptodate in the era of #OpenEvidence?

I fed all information about DOR/ISL, the most unexciting new drug in the ARV armamentarium and asked Gemini to make a slide infographic

Oh wow- U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Here are some of my favourite Lexis plots. 1. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2. ourworldindata.org/causes-of-de... 3. www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol3...

Former top officials at USAID, CDC, NIH and the White House said that if USAID was still intact, it’s possible its resources might have helped contain the virus in this new outbreak and even saved lives. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

As we use tools like #openevidence more, what are the guardrails against knowledge collapse? Is it all up to the user's volition, good habits? Can knowledge seeking be an addiction like doomscrolling?

Do Dokters need to be TickDockers? www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

Achievement unlocked

The THRIVE Program at the University of Maryland is looking for a HIV/ID Nurse Practitioner who wants to do meaningful, patient-centered work in a truly mission-driven setting.🔗 Apply here: umb.taleo.net/careersectio... . #HIVCare #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #Baltimore #HealthcareJobs

🚨A new study by incoming fellow Dr. Okuno, mentored by faculty Dr. Boulware and Dr. Bahr, evaluates the association between therapeutic LPs and survival in patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis. The Findings: repeat LPs are a life-saving intervention across diverse patient populations. #IDSky

MMWR this week covering the New Mexico measles outbreak and urging vaccination… www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky

Ah. What a disaster. This is like back to the past. #HIV #harmreduction kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Proof to start to abandon this practice academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

I love how GPT turns Amelia Bedelia in converting random value to irregular esteem....:-) #medsky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“To say that physicians are good or bad would be to imply that there are well-accepted standards of performance and random audits to judge them by; but there are none.

A third generation cephalosporin found its way into the #nytimes puzzle section today #IDsky #medsky

The 3-dose regimen for late latent syphilis rests on remarkably thin evidence. The logic: organisms dividing more slowly in long-standing infection require prolonged treponemicidal penicillin levels → hence weekly benzathine penicillin G (BPG) ×3.

Resetting to the realm of distributed authority needs doctors to focus on healer role and not someone with expertise alone

#IDsky has anyone used emocha like vDOT for HIV pill adherence/accountability in a SDM framework? #HIV. Any success or logistical challenges?

This paper investigates how resistance to antibiotics used for simple UTIs affects the resistance rate to antibiotics used to treat pyelonephritis: doi.org/10.1093/jaca... #JACAMRNews #IDSky

#IDsky has anyone used emocha like vDOT for HIV pill adherence/accountability in a SDM framework? #HIV. Any success or logistical challenges?

Thank you @mdhealthdept.bsky.social

Following the #ACIP discussion, #HepatitisB pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

It’s Fellowship Match Day!

Congratulations to everyone who matched to their desired fellowship positions #NRMP #IDsky

Is #SONIA one of the most important public health relevant infectious disease studies? 30% patients were hypoxemic and 9% had hypotension. Rather surprised by the high mortality of nearly 25% in groups which would reflect a really high PSI (class V) #IDsky

BMJ once published 7 alternatives to EBM - add to that now inpertinence based medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-deny-the-...

So sad…..I can see how this type of messaging can plant a seed of doubt in someone like my family member whose child is on the autism spectrum and might not be equipped with the ability to access, review, analyze all the science in this field www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...

I’m surprised the tone of this podcast is so apologetic - who are the people the hosts are blaming as being condescending? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

I sometimes flirt with the contrarian myself to wonder whether ID as a specialty issue should even exist- irritated to see medicine teams consult for infectious syndrome that should be managed by the primary team ( cystitis,cellulitis etc) . Seems like disincentivizing common sense mgmt

link.springer.com/article/10.3... An interesting take on availability bias in estimation of demographic proportions - quite interesting read!

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate !

This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted. It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed. The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.

The book, which unfolds in a single sentence, evokes fears about the rise of fascism in Europe……. It features only one period in its 400 pages!!! 🤔😲.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Reading this on the nursing station after talking to residents about note bloat and unnecessary issues in the chart which make MDM tenuous

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...