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#RespiratoryVirus situation update:
#Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low.
#SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing.
Read more here: erviss.org
#Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky
#Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low.
#SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing.
Read more here: erviss.org
#Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“This is a very important development,” says Dyann Wirth, a malaria researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health who was not involved in the work. “We’ve been looking for this for a long time.”
🧪 #IDsky
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🧪 #IDsky
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‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Sad to see the number of cases increasing once again #PITT_IDFall25
1/ Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe - DEFRA outbreak assessment for 28 Oct 2025. #IDsky #IDEpi #OneHealth #H5N1 🧪
🗓️ Report period: 08-28 Oct 2025
🔗 to report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c1...
🗓️ Report period: 08-28 Oct 2025
🔗 to report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c1...
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sad to see the number of cases increasing once again #PITT_IDFall25
Consequences of Delaying Surgical Intervention in Patients with Native Joint Septic Arthritis
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
Consequences of Delaying Surgical Intervention in Patients with Native Joint Septic Arthritis
AbstractBackground. Although recent guidance recommends early surgical debridement for native joint septic arthritis (NJSA), supporting data, particularly
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November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is very cool! #PITT_IDFall25
I will try to do a tweetorial about this paper when I have more energy but this is really important data. It looks (tentatively, preliminarily) that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines might significantly enhance the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy (subject to many caveats).
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is very cool! #PITT_IDFall25
Community-Acquired Respiratory Virus Infections: A Threat to Long-Term Survivors After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant?
#IDSky
#IDSky
Community-Acquired Respiratory Virus Infections: A Threat to Long-Term Survivors After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant?
Late community-acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infections in long-term allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) survivors carry sign
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October 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
According to this article it is recommended to get vaccinated for the flu and for COVID by the end of October! #PITT_IDFall25
Flu season is here, and a covid uptick is around the corner.
The Post spoke to two infectious diseases experts for their tips on when to get vaccines for maximal protection.
The Post spoke to two infectious diseases experts for their tips on when to get vaccines for maximal protection.
Two infectious disease experts say this is when you should get covid, flu shots
Flu season is here and a covid uptick is around the corner. Two infectious diseases experts offer their tips on how to plan for vaccination against those viruses.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
According to this article it is recommended to get vaccinated for the flu and for COVID by the end of October! #PITT_IDFall25
Very good news! #PITT_IDFall25
Fiji makes history!
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Very good news! #PITT_IDFall25
This is scary and stresses the importance of antimicrobial stewardship. #PITT_IDFall25
WHO reports 1 in 6 bacterial infections worldwide are antibiotic-resistant, with resistance rising sharply since 2018. Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli and K. pneumoniae pose the biggest threat. Action on #AMR surveillance and responsible antibiotic use is needed.
www.who.int/news/item/13...
www.who.int/news/item/13...
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
www.who.int
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is scary and stresses the importance of antimicrobial stewardship. #PITT_IDFall25
The research in the RSV space has been so important! #PITT_IDFall25
Pleased to share my new post looking at the recent successes and turbulence in the development of therapeutics for infant RSV protection
Much progress made - but there’s more to do still!
#IDSky #PedsID 🧪
Much progress made - but there’s more to do still!
#IDSky #PedsID 🧪
Protecting babies against RSV
The last two years have changed the landscape of RSV disease prevention
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The research in the RSV space has been so important! #PITT_IDFall25
“There has been a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria & dengue, primarily among patients seeking treatment coming from the flood-affected camps..normally treating 40 to 50 patients daily, but now there are nearly 100 patients coming” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Crowded camps, stagnant water and not enough doctors: first the floods, now disease stalks millions in Pakistan
As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of people who have already seen their homes and crops disappear
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This aligns and builds upon one of the core tenants of the CDC's Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship. #PITT_IDFall25
Time to Reappraise the Antibiotic Treatment for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis: Data From the Experimental Model
#IDSky
#IDSky
Time to Reappraise the Antibiotic Treatment for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis: Data From the Experimental Model
Daptomycin in combination with β-lactams significantly improves the activity of monotherapies in sterilizing valve vegetations and in preventing daptomycin
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October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This aligns and builds upon one of the core tenants of the CDC's Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship. #PITT_IDFall25
This is really important to remind us of the impact vaccines have had. #PITT_IDFall25
A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
www.superbugs.online
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is really important to remind us of the impact vaccines have had. #PITT_IDFall25
This is great news and safe for all. We should be promoting the consumption of pasteurized milk! #PITT_IDFall25
Pasteurization completely inactivates the H5N1 bird flu virus in milk.
www.sciencenews.org/article/past...
www.sciencenews.org/article/past...
Pasteurization destroys H5N1 bird flu in milk
Tests show pasteurized dairy with H5N1 remnants did not cause illness in mice, supporting safety of milk during outbreaks.
www.sciencenews.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is great news and safe for all. We should be promoting the consumption of pasteurized milk! #PITT_IDFall25
"A systematic review and meta-analysis published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases reported a pooled prevalence of long COVID as 36% worldwide."
#LongCovid remains common and a public health emergency
www.eatg.org/hiv-news/mor...
#LongCovid remains common and a public health emergency
www.eatg.org/hiv-news/mor...
More than one-third of individuals with COVID-19 experience long COVID
Long COVID remains a globally persistent condition, with a pooled prevalence of 36% worldwide, highlighting the urgent need for follow-up studies and policy responses.
www.eatg.org
September 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Vaccines being used for prevention of non-ID purposes is so interesting and emphasizes their values! #PITT_IDFall25
4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to science www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
"Vaccines don’t just protect us from infectious diseases or lessen their effects. Some are also associated with a reduced risk for dementia, research shows."
#VaccinesWork!
"Vaccines don’t just protect us from infectious diseases or lessen their effects. Some are also associated with a reduced risk for dementia, research shows."
#VaccinesWork!
4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia, according to science
Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Vaccines being used for prevention of non-ID purposes is so interesting and emphasizes their values! #PITT_IDFall25
Important to see there is no additional benefit with increased doses. #PITT_IDFall25
In a randomized, controlled trial, persons with early syphilis received a single treatment or three treatments with benzathine penicillin G at a dose of 2.4 million units. No benefit was seen with the additional doses. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/3UVCKVZ
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
September 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Important to see there is no additional benefit with increased doses. #PITT_IDFall25
An incredibly scary reason why getting the measles vaccine is so important! #PITT_IDFall25
What is SSPE?
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is one of the most feared complications of measles. It is rare, but always devastating: a progressive, fatal brain disorder that emerges years after a seemingly normal recovery from measles. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is one of the most feared complications of measles. It is rare, but always devastating: a progressive, fatal brain disorder that emerges years after a seemingly normal recovery from measles. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Los Angeles child dies from rare measles complication years after recovery
The county health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
An incredibly scary reason why getting the measles vaccine is so important! #PITT_IDFall25
It will be an interesting read to see if oral vancomycin prophylaxis is effective against recurrent C. diff #PITT_ID25
Checkout these papers published in July and August that you may have missed! #ICYMI
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It will be an interesting read to see if oral vancomycin prophylaxis is effective against recurrent C. diff #PITT_ID25
It’s important to keep an eye out for recalls/notices like this #PITT_ID25
Home delivery meals linked to multistate Salmonella outbreak
Several meals delivered during the week of July 28, 2025, are implicated in this outbreak.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
Several meals delivered during the week of July 28, 2025, are implicated in this outbreak.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
September 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s important to keep an eye out for recalls/notices like this #PITT_ID25
This patient centered approach is very cool! #PITT_ID25
Clinicians and researchers: Discover how patient perspectives are reshaping trial design for antibiotics. CID’s new supplement examines progress and next steps in measuring what matters to patients.
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3UUf18h
Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3UUf18h
September 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This patient centered approach is very cool! #PITT_ID25
This is actually very interesting! #PITT_ID25
Antihistamine nasal spray prevents COVID-19, study finds
Azelastine also showed a significant association with reducing rhinovirus infections.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Azelastine also showed a significant association with reducing rhinovirus infections.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
September 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is actually very interesting! #PITT_ID25
more precise dosing can be helpful in reducing overuse #PITT_ID25
Impact of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetics of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in the HIRIF trial
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
Impact of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetics of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in the HIRIF trial
Variability in the pharmacokinetics (PK) of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (rifampicin -RIF, isoniazid -INH and pyrazinamide (PZA)) is high and may be influenced by pharmacogenetic polymorphism.
doi.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
more precise dosing can be helpful in reducing overuse #PITT_ID25
an interesting read on the differences #PITT_ID25
April 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
an interesting read on the differences #PITT_ID25
this is awful. we have to be doing more to manage resistance. #PITT_ID25
More than 3 million child deaths in 2022 linked to antimicrobial resistance
Nearly half of the AMR-related deaths were in children in Southeast Asia and Africa.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo credit: WHO / Ismail Taxta
Nearly half of the AMR-related deaths were in children in Southeast Asia and Africa.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo credit: WHO / Ismail Taxta
April 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
this is awful. we have to be doing more to manage resistance. #PITT_ID25