Todd McCarty
@tmccarty2010.bsky.social
UAB ID doc
UAB Sports and Arsenal Fan
UAB Sports and Arsenal Fan
I returned from #IDWeek2025 prepared to try to utilize AI in some administrative tasks. So far, it's failing to understand my instructions in scheduling building and I hate it.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I returned from #IDWeek2025 prepared to try to utilize AI in some administrative tasks. So far, it's failing to understand my instructions in scheduling building and I hate it.
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This year’s #IDBugBowl was a HIT! 🐛🏆 Congratulations to our winners from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and all of our participants from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine!
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This year’s #IDBugBowl was a HIT! 🐛🏆 Congratulations to our winners from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and all of our participants from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine!
ID Fellows Cup is coming soon! Just in time to help you prepare for @idweek.bsky.social and #BugBowl! Give them a follow and sign up!
It is free to join and we welcome anyone including attendings (such as recent graduates thinking about board prep!) you can sign up as an individual or team via this form - forms.gle/RjuxGyxsTUYrtVYb6!
ID Fellows Cup Sign-up Fall 2025
A form to sign-up for the ID Fellows Cup. See below a brief description:
forms.gle
August 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
ID Fellows Cup is coming soon! Just in time to help you prepare for @idweek.bsky.social and #BugBowl! Give them a follow and sign up!
Final 24 hours! The more the merrier for both coaches and mentees!
🚨Deadline tomorrow! The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's Clinician Educator Coaching Program returns at #IDWeek2025!
Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach.
Sign up by tomorrow, Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK
Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach.
Sign up by tomorrow, Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK
August 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Final 24 hours! The more the merrier for both coaches and mentees!
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🚨Deadline approaching! The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's ID Abstract Guidance Program is returning to #IDWeek2025!
Accepted presenters (oral or poster) will be paired with a mentor for 1:1 feedback, either in-person or virtual.
Sign up to be a mentor by Aug. 1: bit.ly/44nHHMK
Accepted presenters (oral or poster) will be paired with a mentor for 1:1 feedback, either in-person or virtual.
Sign up to be a mentor by Aug. 1: bit.ly/44nHHMK
July 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨Deadline approaching! The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's ID Abstract Guidance Program is returning to #IDWeek2025!
Accepted presenters (oral or poster) will be paired with a mentor for 1:1 feedback, either in-person or virtual.
Sign up to be a mentor by Aug. 1: bit.ly/44nHHMK
Accepted presenters (oral or poster) will be paired with a mentor for 1:1 feedback, either in-person or virtual.
Sign up to be a mentor by Aug. 1: bit.ly/44nHHMK
Calling all aspiring ID Clinician Educators - get connected with senior leaders in ID MedEd from across the country to help develop your academic career!
The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's Clinician Educator Coaching Program returns at #IDWeek2025!
Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach.
Sign up by Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK
Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach.
Sign up by Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Calling all aspiring ID Clinician Educators - get connected with senior leaders in ID MedEd from across the country to help develop your academic career!
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The 17 recently dismissed members of ACIP have written a letter do JAMA expressing their concerns about the abrupt dismissal and replacement 2 days later of 8 individuals.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The 17 recently dismissed members of ACIP have written a letter do JAMA expressing their concerns about the abrupt dismissal and replacement 2 days later of 8 individuals.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down.
Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.
Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.
April 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down.
Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.
Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.
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Opinion | Cheer up Democrats. The last time Republican tariffs created a worldwide recession, it ushered in 35 years of Democratic dominance, which led to Social Security, civil rights, and victory in World War II
April 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Opinion | Cheer up Democrats. The last time Republican tariffs created a worldwide recession, it ushered in 35 years of Democratic dominance, which led to Social Security, civil rights, and victory in World War II
Hive install day!
March 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hive install day!
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A case of leprosy presrnting with a chronic erythrmatous rash at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference. Remember leprosy is not uncommon, especially in the Southern US. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States | NEJM
In the southern region of the United States, such as in Louisiana and Texas, there
are autochthonous cases of leprosy among native-born Americans with no history of
foreign exposure. In the same re...
www.nejm.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A case of leprosy presrnting with a chronic erythrmatous rash at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference. Remember leprosy is not uncommon, especially in the Southern US. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Fascinating case of flagyl-induced neurotoxicity presented this morning at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference www.cmaj.ca/content/193/...
Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity
Metronidazole, usually prescribed for anaerobic and protozoal infections, can uncommonly cause adverse effects involving the central nervous system. The exact mechanism is unclear. In 1 case–control s...
www.cmaj.ca
March 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Fascinating case of flagyl-induced neurotoxicity presented this morning at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference www.cmaj.ca/content/193/...
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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
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BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Many people associated leading research universities with blue states, but red states also have some excellent medical research institutions, including UAB, UNC-Chapel Hill & the University of Texas system.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
What The NIH Cut To Indirect Cost Payments Could Cost Red States
The Trump administration’s decision to cap how much NIH will pay for indirect costs on university research grants will cost ten red states more than $1 billion.
www.forbes.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Many people associated leading research universities with blue states, but red states also have some excellent medical research institutions, including UAB, UNC-Chapel Hill & the University of Texas system.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying.
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying.
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
pepfarimpact.vercel.app
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Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies
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theonion.com/guy-on-...
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies
theonion.com/guy-on-...
theonion.com/guy-on-...
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"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." - RFK Sr.
📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders.
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines
www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines
www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
From medical editors: A call to the global infectious diseases and clinical microbiology community
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes
out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.Robert F. Kennedy, Senior
www.cmi-comms.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." - RFK Sr.
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Bluesky appears to be the official social media platform for science:
In Jan 2025, a Nature survey of 6,000 scientists found:
▶️ 70% are now on Bluesky
▶️ 53% say they left X
▶️ 13.6% say they use X more than Bluesky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bluesky appears to be the official social media platform for science:
In Jan 2025, a Nature survey of 6,000 scientists found:
▶️ 70% are now on Bluesky
▶️ 53% say they left X
▶️ 13.6% say they use X more than Bluesky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Any potential ID fellow looking for a fellowship? We have one opening! Come join our excellent and busy team and hospital (solid organ transplant, BMT, HIV, etc) at North Shore University Hospital, on the outskirts of NYC. Please reach out if any questions! physicians.northwell.edu/education/gr...
physicians.northwell.edu
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Any potential ID fellow looking for a fellowship? We have one opening! Come join our excellent and busy team and hospital (solid organ transplant, BMT, HIV, etc) at North Shore University Hospital, on the outskirts of NYC. Please reach out if any questions! physicians.northwell.edu/education/gr...