Tim Lahey
@timlaheymd.bsky.social
Infectious diseases doc, ethicist, and medical educator in Vermont ❤️🏳️🌈🕊️
"For decades, leading health experts, immunologists, and pediatricians have carefully reviewed new data and evidence as part of the immunization recommendation process. Today's decision... upends this deliberate scientific process"
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RFK Jr. Slashes Number of Recommended Vaccines
'It won't work and can't end well,' one vaccine expert said
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January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"For decades, leading health experts, immunologists, and pediatricians have carefully reviewed new data and evidence as part of the immunization recommendation process. Today's decision... upends this deliberate scientific process"
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...
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“This agreement offers a path, however imperfect, back to doing the work scientists were trained to do: documenting health inequities and developing solutions that save lives. At the same time, we should be very clear: the damage is already profound”
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NIH begins review of thousands of delayed research proposals, funding 135 on first day
A deal between NIH and groups that sued the Trump administration over delayed DEI-related grant proposals is already bearing fruit
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December 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“This agreement offers a path, however imperfect, back to doing the work scientists were trained to do: documenting health inequities and developing solutions that save lives. At the same time, we should be very clear: the damage is already profound”
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She describes bacterial vaginosis as “more like: you over-fertilized your lawn.”
“Oh, I like that,” said Dr. Cigna… “I might steal that.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/h...
“Oh, I like that,” said Dr. Cigna… “I might steal that.”
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This Common Infection Was Thought to Affect Only Women. Now Doctors Know Better.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
She describes bacterial vaginosis as “more like: you over-fertilized your lawn.”
“Oh, I like that,” said Dr. Cigna… “I might steal that.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/h...
“Oh, I like that,” said Dr. Cigna… “I might steal that.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/h...
Historians will count the children harmed by the US State Department in 2025 as among this administration’s greatest atrocities
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding
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December 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Historians will count the children harmed by the US State Department in 2025 as among this administration’s greatest atrocities
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/h...
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The corollary to Brandolini's law should be Musk's maxim: it's 100x easier to break working government programs than to fix true governmental waste
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December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The corollary to Brandolini's law should be Musk's maxim: it's 100x easier to break working government programs than to fix true governmental waste
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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“AZT killed more people than AIDS” is false.
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
No, AZT Didn't Kill More People than AIDS
Some statements are wrong enough to make your head explode.
paulsaxmd.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“AZT killed more people than AIDS” is false.
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
I was a medical resident in the late 1980s. AZT wasn’t perfect, but it saved lives and was the first step on the way to modern HIV therapy.
Evidence, history, and context here. paulsaxmd.substack.com/p/no-azt-did...
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‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent. Research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes, says Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Health Network.
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‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent
‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...
www.thestar.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent. Research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes, says Dr. Andrew Boozary of the University Health Network.
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There have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu this season so far.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
There is a lot of flu out there.
Getting the flu shot prevents hospitalisations and death!
Please get your flu shot it id not too late.
I know a guy, in Denmark
He takes some medications
Should I take his medications?
He takes some medications
Should I take his medications?
a man 's face is covered in mathematical equations .
ALT: a man 's face is covered in mathematical equations .
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December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I know a guy, in Denmark
He takes some medications
Should I take his medications?
He takes some medications
Should I take his medications?
Tyrannical feds teach vulnerable children a lesson to censor pediatricians
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Health Department Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Tyrannical feds teach vulnerable children a lesson to censor pediatricians
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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This is a very sobering graph for the US. Hospitals that treat kids (level 1-2-3 in figure) are disappearing.
This is problematic for all.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
This is problematic for all.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is a very sobering graph for the US. Hospitals that treat kids (level 1-2-3 in figure) are disappearing.
This is problematic for all.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
This is problematic for all.
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Simpler question: Should rich people get preferential access to scarce organ transplants?
Harder question: Should the US pool of scarce transplants be limited just to US residents?
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Harder question: Should the US pool of scarce transplants be limited just to US residents?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Transplant Hospitals Court Patients Overseas Despite Organ Shortage
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December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Simpler question: Should rich people get preferential access to scarce organ transplants?
Harder question: Should the US pool of scarce transplants be limited just to US residents?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Harder question: Should the US pool of scarce transplants be limited just to US residents?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
One oral dose of zoliflodacin cures gonorrhea as often as ceftriaxone/azithro
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Zoliflodacin versus ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea: an international, randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority clinical trial
Zoliflodacin was non-inferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin for the treatment of
uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea and had a similar safety profile. These data suggest
a potential role for zolifl...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
One oral dose of zoliflodacin cures gonorrhea as often as ceftriaxone/azithro
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Risk-based breast #cancer screening equivalent to one-size-fits-all screening
Is the risk assessment process practicable outside of a clinical trial?
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Is the risk assessment process practicable outside of a clinical trial?
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Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening
This randomized clinical trial examines whether risk-based screening is a safe and effective alternative to annual mammography for detecting breast cancer in women 40 years and older.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Risk-based breast #cancer screening equivalent to one-size-fits-all screening
Is the risk assessment process practicable outside of a clinical trial?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Is the risk assessment process practicable outside of a clinical trial?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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JFC
These preventive treatments have been a game changer in pediatrics.
Ever sit with a family by the bedside of an infant gasping for air?
Ever tried to decide when it’s time to move that that child to a ventilator?
Makary, Prassad, and Høeg certainly haven’t.
These preventive treatments have been a game changer in pediatrics.
Ever sit with a family by the bedside of an infant gasping for air?
Ever tried to decide when it’s time to move that that child to a ventilator?
Makary, Prassad, and Høeg certainly haven’t.
US health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants | CNN
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
JFC
These preventive treatments have been a game changer in pediatrics.
Ever sit with a family by the bedside of an infant gasping for air?
Ever tried to decide when it’s time to move that that child to a ventilator?
Makary, Prassad, and Høeg certainly haven’t.
These preventive treatments have been a game changer in pediatrics.
Ever sit with a family by the bedside of an infant gasping for air?
Ever tried to decide when it’s time to move that that child to a ventilator?
Makary, Prassad, and Høeg certainly haven’t.
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Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
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My latest for CIDRAP News
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My latest for CIDRAP News
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
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December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
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My latest for CIDRAP News
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My latest for CIDRAP News
To have a strong ID workforce, "we must make the pathway viable [via] fairer compensation, robust support for research, revitalized public health infrastructure, and a political climate that protects rather than punishes expertise"
Amen, @boghuma.bsky.social!
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Amen, @boghuma.bsky.social!
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Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Sidelining our field will inevitably leave us all unprepared for the next threat
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December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
To have a strong ID workforce, "we must make the pathway viable [via] fairer compensation, robust support for research, revitalized public health infrastructure, and a political climate that protects rather than punishes expertise"
Amen, @boghuma.bsky.social!
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Amen, @boghuma.bsky.social!
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
"scholars felt betrayed, because they had been urged to seek funding through the program when they could have qualified for other training grants not focused on diversity. Now they’re scrambling for other jobs, or to set up their new labs with limited resources. "
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NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"scholars felt betrayed, because they had been urged to seek funding through the program when they could have qualified for other training grants not focused on diversity. Now they’re scrambling for other jobs, or to set up their new labs with limited resources. "
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"a quarter reported that they were 'very likely' to go without coverage if their premiums doubled or if they had to pay $50 more a month if they paid no premiums for 2025."
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Obamacare Users Face Higher Deductibles, Higher Premiums
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December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"a quarter reported that they were 'very likely' to go without coverage if their premiums doubled or if they had to pay $50 more a month if they paid no premiums for 2025."
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Here is Jason Goldman's beautiful, amazing takedown of the whole sham #ACIP meeting today. (2 parts) So glad he said what every expert in the field is feeling today (and all year).
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here is Jason Goldman's beautiful, amazing takedown of the whole sham #ACIP meeting today. (2 parts) So glad he said what every expert in the field is feeling today (and all year).
