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Meet Lucia Luna Wong, F2! #IDSky
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
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Our #vaccine recommendations remain in place and are based on decades of research and are aligned with the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social. We encourage all families to keep your kids up to date on vaccinations and talk with your health care provider if you have any questions. doh.wa.gov/immunization
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Our #vaccine recommendations remain in place and are based on decades of research and are aligned with the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social. We encourage all families to keep your kids up to date on vaccinations and talk with your health care provider if you have any questions. doh.wa.gov/immunization
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We will continue to follow evidence-based science to protect the health of children here in Washington state. Questions about #vaccines? Please talk to your health care provider and visit doh.wa.gov/vaccines.
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 AM
We will continue to follow evidence-based science to protect the health of children here in Washington state. Questions about #vaccines? Please talk to your health care provider and visit doh.wa.gov/vaccines.
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Meet Lucia Luna Wong, F2! #IDSky
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Meet Lucia Luna Wong, F2! #IDSky
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
from: Trujillo, Perú
trained: U of AZ
ID passion: Zoonoses, esp parasites🐛
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Attds SUPER approachable & friendly, expertise in basic science, translational, & clinical ID, collaborative :) Micro rounds🔬!
❤️PNW? Green & wet, excellent food scene!
Interesting read on applying CRISPR technology to fighting influenza… #IDSky
www.wired.com/story/crispr...
www.wired.com/story/crispr...
Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down
Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.
www.wired.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Interesting read on applying CRISPR technology to fighting influenza… #IDSky
www.wired.com/story/crispr...
www.wired.com/story/crispr...
Prospective cohort study of adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands.
Almost 70% caused by vaccine-preventable strep pneumo, with 18% mortality and 62% of survivors having neurological sequelae.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41323877/ #IDSky #vaccinessavebrains
Almost 70% caused by vaccine-preventable strep pneumo, with 18% mortality and 62% of survivors having neurological sequelae.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41323877/ #IDSky #vaccinessavebrains
Outcomes of adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands: a prospective nationwide cohort study - PubMed
Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Prospective cohort study of adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands.
Almost 70% caused by vaccine-preventable strep pneumo, with 18% mortality and 62% of survivors having neurological sequelae.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41323877/ #IDSky #vaccinessavebrains
Almost 70% caused by vaccine-preventable strep pneumo, with 18% mortality and 62% of survivors having neurological sequelae.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41323877/ #IDSky #vaccinessavebrains
Avian flu able to replicate at higher temperatures which may allow it to evade human fever defense… #IDSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #IDSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #IDSky
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Avian flu able to replicate at higher temperatures which may allow it to evade human fever defense… #IDSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #IDSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #IDSky
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Unfortunately, closing the lid is not sufficient to prevent viral contamination of bathroom surfaces after flushing. Use of a disinfectant during cleaning can help.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing and of toilet bowl cleaning on viral contamination of surfaces in United States restrooms
Viral aerosols generated during toilet flushing represent a potential route of pathogen transmission. The goal of this study was to determine the impa…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Unfortunately, closing the lid is not sufficient to prevent viral contamination of bathroom surfaces after flushing. Use of a disinfectant during cleaning can help.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The ANCHOR trial will be interesting to watch, especially in a world of increased vaccine hesitancy.
Earlier proof of concept study:
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/cidaras... #IDSky
Earlier proof of concept study:
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/cidaras... #IDSky
Cidara’s Phase III trial of CD388 reaches target enrolment
Cidara Therapeutics has enrolled 6,000 patients throughout clinical sites in the UK and the US in its Phase III ANCHOR trial of CD388.
www.clinicaltrialsarena.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The ANCHOR trial will be interesting to watch, especially in a world of increased vaccine hesitancy.
Earlier proof of concept study:
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/cidaras... #IDSky
Earlier proof of concept study:
academic.oup.com/cid/article/...
www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/cidaras... #IDSky
Hey look! Great article on how to manage antimicrobial resistance in people with immunocompromise.
With UW/FHCC ID MDs Catherine Liu & Emily Rosen, pharmacist Frank Tverdek, former UW ID MD Hannah Imlay :)
Diagnostic/Antimicrobial stewardship for the win
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky
With UW/FHCC ID MDs Catherine Liu & Emily Rosen, pharmacist Frank Tverdek, former UW ID MD Hannah Imlay :)
Diagnostic/Antimicrobial stewardship for the win
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky
Tackling antimicrobial resistance in people who are immunocompromised: leveraging diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) disproportionately affects people who are immunocompromised
due to their frequent encounters with the health-care system and repeated, prolonged
exposure to antibiotics....
www.thelancet.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Hey look! Great article on how to manage antimicrobial resistance in people with immunocompromise.
With UW/FHCC ID MDs Catherine Liu & Emily Rosen, pharmacist Frank Tverdek, former UW ID MD Hannah Imlay :)
Diagnostic/Antimicrobial stewardship for the win
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky
With UW/FHCC ID MDs Catherine Liu & Emily Rosen, pharmacist Frank Tverdek, former UW ID MD Hannah Imlay :)
Diagnostic/Antimicrobial stewardship for the win
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky
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🚀 The TB Individual Patient Data (IPD) Platform is now on Bluesky!
Hosted at UCL and overseen by the UCL Centre for Global Tuberculosis Research, we bring together individual patient data to strengthen TB research, policy, and public health.
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
Hosted at UCL and overseen by the UCL Centre for Global Tuberculosis Research, we bring together individual patient data to strengthen TB research, policy, and public health.
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
TB-IPD platform
The TB treatment individual patient data platform (TB-IPD) is a collaborative initiative to support the generation of reliable evidence on the treatment of TB to inform future TB treatment guidelines.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Happy New Year!!!!!!
January is #OneHealthAwarenessMonth !!!!!
tinyurl.com/OH-OH-Awaren...
Use the One Health Awareness Calendar to quickly grab items
for posting to social media. tinyurl.com/OH-Aware-Cal
Get inspired! Learn how One Health is like a Symphony!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9PN...
January is #OneHealthAwarenessMonth !!!!!
tinyurl.com/OH-OH-Awaren...
Use the One Health Awareness Calendar to quickly grab items
for posting to social media. tinyurl.com/OH-Aware-Cal
Get inspired! Learn how One Health is like a Symphony!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9PN...
January 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Happy New Year!!!!!!
January is #OneHealthAwarenessMonth !!!!!
tinyurl.com/OH-OH-Awaren...
Use the One Health Awareness Calendar to quickly grab items
for posting to social media. tinyurl.com/OH-Aware-Cal
Get inspired! Learn how One Health is like a Symphony!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9PN...
January is #OneHealthAwarenessMonth !!!!!
tinyurl.com/OH-OH-Awaren...
Use the One Health Awareness Calendar to quickly grab items
for posting to social media. tinyurl.com/OH-Aware-Cal
Get inspired! Learn how One Health is like a Symphony!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9PN...
UW ID’s Drs. Chase Cannon, Tara Babu, Matthew Golden, and David Koelle, are co-authors on this study looking at how to distinguish Mpox vaccination from infection… #IDSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Differentiating mpox infection and vaccination using a validated multiplex orthopoxvirus IgG serology assay | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Mpox continues to spread around the world, with recent data showing increasing incidence
in the United States. While there are multiple Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized
real-time PCR test...
journals.asm.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
UW ID’s Drs. Chase Cannon, Tara Babu, Matthew Golden, and David Koelle, are co-authors on this study looking at how to distinguish Mpox vaccination from infection… #IDSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Influenza vaccination is protective against lower respiratory tract disease after allo-HCT.
Multivariable analysis showed influenza vaccination was significantly associated with reduced LRTD risk (HR 0.18; 95% CI: 0.06–0.50; p=0.001).
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky
Multivariable analysis showed influenza vaccination was significantly associated with reduced LRTD risk (HR 0.18; 95% CI: 0.06–0.50; p=0.001).
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky
Vaccination as a Key Determinant of Influenza Disease Severity in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: An Observational Retrospective Study
AbstractBackground. Influenza virus infection remains a major cause of morbidity in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT) recipients. Va
academic.oup.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Influenza vaccination is protective against lower respiratory tract disease after allo-HCT.
Multivariable analysis showed influenza vaccination was significantly associated with reduced LRTD risk (HR 0.18; 95% CI: 0.06–0.50; p=0.001).
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky
Multivariable analysis showed influenza vaccination was significantly associated with reduced LRTD risk (HR 0.18; 95% CI: 0.06–0.50; p=0.001).
academic.oup.com/ofid/advance... #IDSky
Exclusion of fever as a minor criterion within the updated Duke–ISCVID framework substantially improved specificity without compromising sensitivity.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky
Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definitions
Among 3694 suspected infective endocarditis cases, fever was present in 78%, with no difference between confirmed and unconfirmed episodes. Removing fever
academic.oup.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Exclusion of fever as a minor criterion within the updated Duke–ISCVID framework substantially improved specificity without compromising sensitivity.
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky
Great overview of current knowledge.
Many patient factors impact the management of people w/ presumed infectious diarrhea. Therefore, multispecialty engagement optimizes access, linkage to care, and judicious use of diagnostics and therapeutics…
academic.oup.com/cid/article/... #IDSky
Many patient factors impact the management of people w/ presumed infectious diarrhea. Therefore, multispecialty engagement optimizes access, linkage to care, and judicious use of diagnostics and therapeutics…
academic.oup.com/cid/article/... #IDSky
State-of-the-Art Review: Infectious Diarrhea
This State of the Art Review describes a multidisciplinary approach to the care of people with diarrhea, considering both infectious and non-infectious eti
academic.oup.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Great overview of current knowledge.
Many patient factors impact the management of people w/ presumed infectious diarrhea. Therefore, multispecialty engagement optimizes access, linkage to care, and judicious use of diagnostics and therapeutics…
academic.oup.com/cid/article/... #IDSky
Many patient factors impact the management of people w/ presumed infectious diarrhea. Therefore, multispecialty engagement optimizes access, linkage to care, and judicious use of diagnostics and therapeutics…
academic.oup.com/cid/article/... #IDSky
On service over the last few weeks, catching up…
Even with prior vaccination and/or infection, COVID vaccination protected children against infection requiring ED or Urgent Care visit - *especially* in younger children… #IDSky
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Even with prior vaccination and/or infection, COVID vaccination protected children against infection requiring ED or Urgent Care visit - *especially* in younger children… #IDSky
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
On service over the last few weeks, catching up…
Even with prior vaccination and/or infection, COVID vaccination protected children against infection requiring ED or Urgent Care visit - *especially* in younger children… #IDSky
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Even with prior vaccination and/or infection, COVID vaccination protected children against infection requiring ED or Urgent Care visit - *especially* in younger children… #IDSky
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
New on our radar - Welder’s anthrax *pneumonia*:
Welder’s anthrax should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia among welders and metalworkers, particularly those who live in or have worked in the southern United States
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Welder’s anthrax should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia among welders and metalworkers, particularly those who live in or have worked in the southern United States
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Welder’s Anthrax Treated with Obiltoxaximab — Louisiana, 2024
This report describes the public health response to a patient who was identified with welder’s anthrax following occupational exposure.
www.cdc.gov
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
New on our radar - Welder’s anthrax *pneumonia*:
Welder’s anthrax should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia among welders and metalworkers, particularly those who live in or have worked in the southern United States
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Welder’s anthrax should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia among welders and metalworkers, particularly those who live in or have worked in the southern United States
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Scientists flew drones with petri dishes above several species of whales in northern seas to collect samples of whale blow, which they tested for four different viruses 😳
Imagine doing this on crowded city streets… #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
Imagine doing this on crowded city streets… #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
In the Arctic, Drones Help Identify Deadly Virus in Whales
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Scientists flew drones with petri dishes above several species of whales in northern seas to collect samples of whale blow, which they tested for four different viruses 😳
Imagine doing this on crowded city streets… #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...
Imagine doing this on crowded city streets… #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/s...