TinDC
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ID PharmD, MHS, dual 🇺🇸🇬🇧, Pitt/Duke alum, opinions my own
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For us ID doctors, the CDC has been a rock. Data, guidelines, surveillance, travel advice -- all there, vetted by experts, referenced, reliable. Perfect? No. But watching its dismantling now breaks my heart. Some thoughts: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Watching the Chaos at the CDC -- with Sadness and Alarm
Throughout my career as an infectious diseases doctor, the CDC has been a rock-solid source. Need reliable data on an outbreak? The CDC. Need thoughtful, evidence-based guidelines? The CDC. Need an au...
blogs.jwatch.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For us ID doctors, the CDC has been a rock. Data, guidelines, surveillance, travel advice -- all there, vetted by experts, referenced, reliable. Perfect? No. But watching its dismantling now breaks my heart. Some thoughts: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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The federal HIV guidelines face a shutdown.
A trusted, living resource -- used by clinicians, programs, and public health agencies for decades -- may disappear due to “budget decreases and revised priorities.”
Big mistake. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
A trusted, living resource -- used by clinicians, programs, and public health agencies for decades -- may disappear due to “budget decreases and revised priorities.”
Big mistake. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Federal HIV Guidelines Face a Shutdown — A Critical Loss for Clinicians and Patients
Each week, our HIV clinical group gathers to review active patients, share updates, and celebrate good news. On our whiteboard, we list four columns: Inpatients, Outpatients, Issues, and Celebrations....
blogs.jwatch.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The federal HIV guidelines face a shutdown.
A trusted, living resource -- used by clinicians, programs, and public health agencies for decades -- may disappear due to “budget decreases and revised priorities.”
Big mistake. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
A trusted, living resource -- used by clinicians, programs, and public health agencies for decades -- may disappear due to “budget decreases and revised priorities.”
Big mistake. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee.
Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky 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 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee.
Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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Excellent critique.
The MAHA report on child health has been criticized for plagiarism, AI authorship and citations to non-existent articles. But the content of the report itself is also a mess-- a potpourri of junk science and groundless speculations.
www.whitehouse.gov/maha/
www.whitehouse.gov/maha/
MAHA
Explore the White House MAHA initiative and report. Discover efforts to end childhood chronic diseases through innovative policies, transparent science, and healthier food systems. Join the movement t...
www.whitehouse.gov
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Excellent critique.
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The White House is downplaying major citation errors in a sweeping report on chronic disease in children released last week by the Make America Healthy Again Commission. scim.ag/4dPFNaQ
Trump officials downplay fake citations in high-profile report on children’s health
References to phantom studies comes after White House pledge to practice “gold standard” science
scim.ag
May 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The White House is downplaying major citation errors in a sweeping report on chronic disease in children released last week by the Make America Healthy Again Commission. scim.ag/4dPFNaQ
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist “However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Terrible to see Peter leave the FDA. He is a top notch scientist
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist “However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Terrible to see Peter leave the FDA. He is a top notch scientist
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Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Repeating myself -- the years of life lost from missed vaccines for life-threatening childhood diseases is vastly higher than for adult preventive measures.
Expecting more information later today.
Truly tragic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Expecting more information later today.
Truly tragic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say
At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, officials say.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Repeating myself -- the years of life lost from missed vaccines for life-threatening childhood diseases is vastly higher than for adult preventive measures.
Expecting more information later today.
Truly tragic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
Expecting more information later today.
Truly tragic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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First measles death since 2015
Preventable, tragic, heart-breaking
Will we become numb as a country to these incalculable losses or will this spur society to reaffirm our trust in life-saving vaccines?
Preventable, tragic, heart-breaking
Will we become numb as a country to these incalculable losses or will this spur society to reaffirm our trust in life-saving vaccines?
It is crushing to learn that someone has died from measles in Texas. I spent my entire career in disease prevention. Vaccines are the greatest preventative public health strategy we’ve ever come up with. This was preventable. apnews.com/article/meas...
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak that's infected more than 120 people
A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first since the outbreak began late last month.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
First measles death since 2015
Preventable, tragic, heart-breaking
Will we become numb as a country to these incalculable losses or will this spur society to reaffirm our trust in life-saving vaccines?
Preventable, tragic, heart-breaking
Will we become numb as a country to these incalculable losses or will this spur society to reaffirm our trust in life-saving vaccines?
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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO