Jessica Little
jessicalittlemd.bsky.social
Jessica Little
@jessicalittlemd.bsky.social
Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician @ Brigham and Women’s Hospital + Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Instructor @ Harvard Medical School || heme/onc ID | clinical trials | antimicrobial stewardship ||
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Combination Therapy for Protracted COVID-19: When More is More

✅ Just Accepted
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Combination Therapy for Protracted COVID-19: When More is More
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection in B-cell Depleted Patients: Immunologic and Viral Characteristics and Response to Dual and Extended Antiviral Therapy

✅ Just Accepted
⭐ Editor's Choice
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Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection in B-cell Depleted Patients: Immunologic and Viral Characteristics and Response to Dual and Extended Antiviral Therapy
Immunocompromised patients remain at risk for protracted SARS-CoV-2 infections with persistent viral shedding that could pose a wider public health risk.
doi.org
July 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Important read from all 17 highly qualified ACIP members who recently dismissed - read and share widely

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
jamanetwork.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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"The story of the negative impact on the future of infectious disease research will only become part of public discourse if scientists speak up loudly"

A must read.

One Hundred Days, Incalculable Loses @jidjournal.bsky.social

Emily Erbelding, MD - NIAID/DMD

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One Hundred Days, Incalculable Losses
Emily J Erbelding, M.D., M.P.H; One Hundred Days, Incalculable Losses, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, , jiaf317, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf31
academic.oup.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.

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Leading Life Science Organizations: Unlawful Grant Terminations Pose Grave Threat to America’s Innovation Pipeline - ASCB
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the cou...
www.ascb.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Together with leading science organizations, ASM filed an amicus brief calling for immediate restoration of NIH grants supporting early-career scientists. Read the press release: asm.org/press-releas...
Four Leading Science Organizations File Amicus Brief Supporting Funding Restoration
ASM joined leading life science organizations in an amicus brief filed in support of a suit calling for immediate funding restoration.
asm.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.

She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.

This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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ASH decries HHS restructuring and CDC layoffs. The Blood Disorders Division addresses SCD, thrombosis, hemophilia, thalassemia, and more. Millions' health is at stake; ASH urges immediate action.

#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky #MedSky
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Today our nation's world leadership in science begins a slow death. We lose all the potential innovation, jobs, medicines, novel treatments, & science discoveries to save and improve lives. CDC & NIH will be a shell of themselves.

Will hurt for decades.

www.splinter.com/bloodbath-at...
'Bloodbath' at NIH and Elsewhere at HHS Begins
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.

Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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We are committed to supporting #CancerCare providers and patients who may be affected by public health issues. A listing of measles and vaccination resources can be found on our website and will continue to be updated: asco.org/news-initiat...
March 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Irresponsible public health leadership is dangerous and it kills.
The head of DHHS routinely tries to practice medicine without a license via podcasts and TV interviews and encouraged Vitamin A as treatment for measles. This is the direct result!
www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/h....
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN
Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity.
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Sure looks like it'll be a 'study' with a predetermined outcome. If this were really an open question (it is not) it would make sense to contract with one of the numerous centers with extensive experience in vaccine trials. (1/2)
Exclusive: A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two.
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
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March 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We are hiring #TxID #TxIDSky faculty at @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social @domucla.bsky.social - come join our dynamic and collaborative group to battle infection in sunny Los Angeles! @ast-idcop.bsky.social See link for description and please reach out with questions! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09517
Clinical Positions in Transplant Infectious Diseases 2024-2025
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
March 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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New episode out now! Get to the bottom of a nonresponding pneumonia and hear some discussions about endemic fungal disease! 🍄 Ft. @tomschmidt30.bsky.social @natebahrid.bsky.social @grthompsonmd.bsky.social

Follow @msgerc.bsky.social for more fungal learning!
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March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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115: Dust to Diagnosis - with MSGERC
Febrile · Episode
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March 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Looking for a comprehensive review of measles in solid organ transplantation? #TTS #TID organized a webinar that will get your prepared! It is on 🔥 @kottonnelson.bsky.social @jobadd.bsky.social
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March 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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A troubling moment for the next generation of scientists.

UMass Chan Med School is rescinding dozens of PhD offers in biomedical sciences due to fears over federal research funding cuts.

www.nbcboston.com/news/local/u...
UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program amid funding concerns
UMass Chan Medical School is rescinding admission offers to candidates for its biomedical sciences PhD program over concerns about federal funding cuts.
www.nbcboston.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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MMR is better than natural infection for many reasons > Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens #measlesoutbreak www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens
Measles virus infection can cause long-term damage to the immune system.
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Why…
USDA has eliminated two food safety advisory committees for microbiological contamination and meat inspection. Most recently, they had been reviewing regulatory approaches in response to the fatal Listeria outbreak from Boar’s Head meats and fatal Cronobacter contamination in powdered infant formula
USDA eliminates two food safety advisory committees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety, the agency said on Friday, raising concerns about government oversight of the food supply as the Trump administration seeks to downsize the federal bureaucracy and slash costs.
www.reuters.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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ID physicians stand up for science to protect our patients. #IDStandsUpForScience

In honor of tomorrow's #StandUpForScience rallies, share the reason why you stand up for science with the hashtag #IDStandsUpForScience.
March 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM