Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA
@docdelrio.bsky.social
Chair Department of Medicine at Emory University SOM; co-Director Emory CFAR; Int Secretary NAM. Posted opinions are own; RT not endorsements.
It’s the last day of #IDWeek2025, and @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is finishing strong. Check out these talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members, incl. Colleen Kelley, Eli Wilbur, Sam Opara, & Valeria Cantos. Find a full list of Emory presentations here: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
October 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It’s the last day of #IDWeek2025, and @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is finishing strong. Check out these talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members, incl. Colleen Kelley, Eli Wilbur, Sam Opara, & Valeria Cantos. Find a full list of Emory presentations here: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
Today at #IDWeek2025, don’t miss these talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members, incl. @gradydoctor, @carlos_saldana0, Sam Opara, Anandi Sheth, & Valeria Cantos. See a full list of @EmoryUniversity presentations here: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today at #IDWeek2025, don’t miss these talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members, incl. @gradydoctor, @carlos_saldana0, Sam Opara, Anandi Sheth, & Valeria Cantos. See a full list of @EmoryUniversity presentations here: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
It’s a big day for @emoryuniversity.bsky.social at #IDWeek2025 – incl. HIV talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social faculty Colleen Kelley & Carlos Saldana. To follow along, check out the full list of Emory presentations: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It’s a big day for @emoryuniversity.bsky.social at #IDWeek2025 – incl. HIV talks & posters from #EmoryCFAR Members @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social faculty Colleen Kelley & Carlos Saldana. To follow along, check out the full list of Emory presentations: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025.
@emoryuniversity.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org of Medicine members at the Anniversary Celebration. Great to be with these wonderful colleagues!
October 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
@emoryuniversity.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org of Medicine members at the Anniversary Celebration. Great to be with these wonderful colleagues!
#IDWeek2025 kicks off today, & @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social is well represented with a total of 96 Emory-affiliated presentation. Don't miss talks by @colleenkelly.bsky.social & @gradydoctor.bsky.social Full list of Emory sessions: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#IDWeek2025 kicks off today, & @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social is well represented with a total of 96 Emory-affiliated presentation. Don't miss talks by @colleenkelly.bsky.social & @gradydoctor.bsky.social Full list of Emory sessions: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025
"Our future lies in art, especially in music. In times when spiritual goods are rarer than material ones, and egotism, envy and hatred govern the world, music will do much to re-establish love among mankind" - Richard Strauss.
October 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Our future lies in art, especially in music. In times when spiritual goods are rarer than material ones, and egotism, envy and hatred govern the world, music will do much to re-establish love among mankind" - Richard Strauss.
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h....
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h....
Will the C.D.C. Survive? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h... I think it will survive but not thrive. CDC rapidly loosing its leadership and relevance nationally and globally. In the short term State and local health departments will be critical for public health.
Will the C.D.C. Survive?
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August 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Will the C.D.C. Survive? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h... I think it will survive but not thrive. CDC rapidly loosing its leadership and relevance nationally and globally. In the short term State and local health departments will be critical for public health.
Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders - Parish - Addiction - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Congratulations Carrigan and CTN 104 team!
Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders
Background and aims
The overdose epidemic accounts for more than 89 000 deaths across the United States annually. Despite the availability of medications and therapies to treat substance use disorde.....
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July 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders - Parish - Addiction - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Congratulations Carrigan and CTN 104 team!
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h... Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the US ⬆️25% from 2016 to 2023... a practice that has contributed to rising public outrage about the nation’s private health insurance system.
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows
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July 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h... Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the US ⬆️25% from 2016 to 2023... a practice that has contributed to rising public outrage about the nation’s private health insurance system.
A New Era of Hunger Has Begun www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o... How shameful and unnecessary this is.
Opinion | A New Era of Hunger Has Begun
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July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A New Era of Hunger Has Begun www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o... How shameful and unnecessary this is.
@ihmeuw.bsky.social report on the impact of funding cuts in DAH. www.healthdata.org/news-events/... "The potential ⬆️ in inf dis in LMICs poses a global health concern that could impact all nations, including those in HIC, due to the risk of triggering economic, political, and security crises."
Funding for lifesaving global health programs forecasted to reach 15-year low, threatening to reverse decades of progress
After 30 years of health improvements around the world, funding cuts to global health could put lifesaving health care at risk between now and 2030
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July 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
@ihmeuw.bsky.social report on the impact of funding cuts in DAH. www.healthdata.org/news-events/... "The potential ⬆️ in inf dis in LMICs poses a global health concern that could impact all nations, including those in HIC, due to the risk of triggering economic, political, and security crises."
Enjoyed talking to my friend Mike Saag on this IAS-USA podcast where we discussed HIV care for foreign-born and hard-to-reach populations. youtu.be/BAZ6Lu6g1W8?...
Providing Care to Foreign-Born and Hard-to-Reach Individuals – Dr Carlos del Rio
YouTube video by IAS-USA
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July 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Enjoyed talking to my friend Mike Saag on this IAS-USA podcast where we discussed HIV care for foreign-born and hard-to-reach populations. youtu.be/BAZ6Lu6g1W8?...
"The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile.” Alice in Wonderland.
July 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile.” Alice in Wonderland.
Excellent update on Measles in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Measles 2025 | NEJM
In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation,
and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.
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June 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Excellent update on Measles in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia url: academic.oup.com/ofid/article.... Almost 20% of patients with SAB have metastatic infections. Endocarditis is the most common primary infection.
Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
AbstractBackground. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, with a high risk of metastatic infections. Un
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June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia url: academic.oup.com/ofid/article.... Almost 20% of patients with SAB have metastatic infections. Endocarditis is the most common primary infection.
Reposted by Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Wondering if your grant will be reinstated from Monday's ruling? Check here.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
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June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wondering if your grant will be reinstated from Monday's ruling? Check here.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.
The judge must approve the list first.
www.al.com/politics/202... “Academic Health Centers are like tropical rainforests: They take decades to develop and weeks to destroy.”
Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher
he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.
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June 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
www.al.com/politics/202... “Academic Health Centers are like tropical rainforests: They take decades to develop and weeks to destroy.”
Delighted to publish this paper in Lancet Regional Health with @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social @emoryrollins.bsky.social and CDC colleagues about the need to dismantle silos in public health that have pitted infectious diseases against chronic conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Infectious versus chronic conditions: time to dismantle silos in public health
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June 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Delighted to publish this paper in Lancet Regional Health with @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social @emoryrollins.bsky.social and CDC colleagues about the need to dismantle silos in public health that have pitted infectious diseases against chronic conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tonight is the Emory ID fellows graduation. Great event at Dr. Steinberg’s home. Congratulations to the six graduating fellows!
June 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Tonight is the Emory ID fellows graduation. Great event at Dr. Steinberg’s home. Congratulations to the six graduating fellows!
This evening I am attending the Departmrnt of Pathology Resident Graduation event. A fantastic group of residents and fellows. Congratulations!
June 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This evening I am attending the Departmrnt of Pathology Resident Graduation event. A fantastic group of residents and fellows. Congratulations!
Reposted by Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA
With federal changes to vaccine policy & recommendations underway, here's our overview of insurance coverage requirements for vaccines by payer, as linked to ACIP/CDC. As we show, federal changes mean consumers could lose access to free vaccines.
www.kff.org/other/issue-...
www.kff.org/other/issue-...
ACIP, CDC, and Insurance Coverage of Vaccines in the United States | KFF
This brief provides an overview of vaccine coverage requirements by payer or program, as they relate to ACIP and the CDC.
www.kff.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
With federal changes to vaccine policy & recommendations underway, here's our overview of insurance coverage requirements for vaccines by payer, as linked to ACIP/CDC. As we show, federal changes mean consumers could lose access to free vaccines.
www.kff.org/other/issue-...
www.kff.org/other/issue-...
ACIP was a group of unpaid vaccine experts who based their recommendations on clinical data, safety monitoring, disease surveillance, and cost-effectiveness. They were not shills for the pharmaceutical industry. They were not political actors. @paulsaxmd.bsky.social blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Why the Sudden Firing of ACIP Members Should Put Every Clinician on High Alert
There are certain irrefutable verities when, like me, you’re an infectious diseases specialist married to a pediatrician. Here are our top two, which are deeply interrelated: Infectious deaths in chil...
blogs.jwatch.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ACIP was a group of unpaid vaccine experts who based their recommendations on clinical data, safety monitoring, disease surveillance, and cost-effectiveness. They were not shills for the pharmaceutical industry. They were not political actors. @paulsaxmd.bsky.social blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Enjoy being at the ACP today with my @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social colleagues Dan Dressler & Joanna Bonsall working on the program for the 2027 ACP Meeting.
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Enjoy being at the ACP today with my @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social colleagues Dan Dressler & Joanna Bonsall working on the program for the 2027 ACP Meeting.
Today is the final morning report at EUH conducted by our @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social chief resident Jim Pennoyer. Congratulations Jim, great job!
June 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today is the final morning report at EUH conducted by our @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social chief resident Jim Pennoyer. Congratulations Jim, great job!