Carine Hedari M.D. FAAP
@acarinehedari.bsky.social
Peds ID doc, mommy to amazing kiddos and doggo!
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BREAKING: The FDA has approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
BREAKING: The FDA has approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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❌AMAZON BLACKOUT❌
If you’re not already boycotting Amazon, please start TODAY‼️
❌Boycott 3/7-14 (or forever!)❌
Remember WE hold the POWER with our wallets‼️ Let’s hit them where it hurts since💰is all they care about. 🤮
Art from @cwebbonline.com. 💙
#amazonblackout
If you’re not already boycotting Amazon, please start TODAY‼️
❌Boycott 3/7-14 (or forever!)❌
Remember WE hold the POWER with our wallets‼️ Let’s hit them where it hurts since💰is all they care about. 🤮
Art from @cwebbonline.com. 💙
#amazonblackout
March 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
❌AMAZON BLACKOUT❌
If you’re not already boycotting Amazon, please start TODAY‼️
❌Boycott 3/7-14 (or forever!)❌
Remember WE hold the POWER with our wallets‼️ Let’s hit them where it hurts since💰is all they care about. 🤮
Art from @cwebbonline.com. 💙
#amazonblackout
If you’re not already boycotting Amazon, please start TODAY‼️
❌Boycott 3/7-14 (or forever!)❌
Remember WE hold the POWER with our wallets‼️ Let’s hit them where it hurts since💰is all they care about. 🤮
Art from @cwebbonline.com. 💙
#amazonblackout
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Happy #HPVAwareness Day!
The 9vHPV vaccine 💉 protects from:
✅ 7 high-risk HPV types that account for 90% of all cervical cancers
✅2 HPV types that cause about 90% of anogenital warts
✅Most of the HPV types that cause anal, mouth and throat cancer
It.Prevents.Cancer. #IDSky #MedSky
The 9vHPV vaccine 💉 protects from:
✅ 7 high-risk HPV types that account for 90% of all cervical cancers
✅2 HPV types that cause about 90% of anogenital warts
✅Most of the HPV types that cause anal, mouth and throat cancer
It.Prevents.Cancer. #IDSky #MedSky
March 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Happy #HPVAwareness Day!
The 9vHPV vaccine 💉 protects from:
✅ 7 high-risk HPV types that account for 90% of all cervical cancers
✅2 HPV types that cause about 90% of anogenital warts
✅Most of the HPV types that cause anal, mouth and throat cancer
It.Prevents.Cancer. #IDSky #MedSky
The 9vHPV vaccine 💉 protects from:
✅ 7 high-risk HPV types that account for 90% of all cervical cancers
✅2 HPV types that cause about 90% of anogenital warts
✅Most of the HPV types that cause anal, mouth and throat cancer
It.Prevents.Cancer. #IDSky #MedSky
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There are fewer than 10 transgender athletes in all of college sports in the United States.
This is a blatant lie meant to stigmatize a minority group of individuals and encourage violence towards them. This directly endangers the lives of transgender people.
This is a blatant lie meant to stigmatize a minority group of individuals and encourage violence towards them. This directly endangers the lives of transgender people.
Tommy Tuberville: "We're getting to a point where women and girls sports are getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
Where is this happening?
Where is this happening?
March 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There are fewer than 10 transgender athletes in all of college sports in the United States.
This is a blatant lie meant to stigmatize a minority group of individuals and encourage violence towards them. This directly endangers the lives of transgender people.
This is a blatant lie meant to stigmatize a minority group of individuals and encourage violence towards them. This directly endangers the lives of transgender people.
If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart
My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...
blogs.jwatch.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Not unusual? Does he know what year it is? Measles cases decreased dramatically after vaccine introduction in the late 1960s. Normalizing measles is dangerous. #measles #idsky #medsky
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www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
February 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not unusual? Does he know what year it is? Measles cases decreased dramatically after vaccine introduction in the late 1960s. Normalizing measles is dangerous. #measles #idsky #medsky
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/-i...
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CDC will no longer collect trans health data following the “gender ideology” EO. With already limited data on trans health, this move attempts to erase trans people even more. It’s a reminder why community-led data collection is crucial, so the availability of this data is not left to govt's whim.
CDC will no longer process transgender data
The agency's decision will likely affect a number of federal health surveillance systems that serve as critical resources for researchers.
www.statnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
CDC will no longer collect trans health data following the “gender ideology” EO. With already limited data on trans health, this move attempts to erase trans people even more. It’s a reminder why community-led data collection is crucial, so the availability of this data is not left to govt's whim.
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About two million baked goods, including some doughnuts and coffee rolls sold at Dunkin’, were recalled over concerns of potential contamination with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, federal safety regulators said.
2 Million Baked Goods Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk
The recall, which was initiated on Jan. 7 and upgraded on Wednesday, includes several Dunkin’ products, federal safety officials said.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
About two million baked goods, including some doughnuts and coffee rolls sold at Dunkin’, were recalled over concerns of potential contamination with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, federal safety regulators said.
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
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When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
February 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
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I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
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The latest clarification on how PEPFAR funds may be used, issued today limits PrEP only for pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Women in Africa participated in research studies that allowed us to understand how these medications work many did so with the promise of continued access post study.
February 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The latest clarification on how PEPFAR funds may be used, issued today limits PrEP only for pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Women in Africa participated in research studies that allowed us to understand how these medications work many did so with the promise of continued access post study.
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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.
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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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When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔
He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth
He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔
He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth
He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth
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“Mask bans put lives at risk and unfairly target communities most impacted by COVID-19 and respiratory pollutants, such as Black and Brown New Yorkers and those with compromised immune systems or chronic illnesses..”
Honored to be quoted in NYS mask ban press release
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
Honored to be quoted in NYS mask ban press release
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
Nearly 100 Organizations Demand New York Lawmakers Reject a State Mask Ban - NYCLU
www.nyclu.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Mask bans put lives at risk and unfairly target communities most impacted by COVID-19 and respiratory pollutants, such as Black and Brown New Yorkers and those with compromised immune systems or chronic illnesses..”
Honored to be quoted in NYS mask ban press release
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
Honored to be quoted in NYS mask ban press release
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
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Yeah you know what we’re not going to do as another pandemic looms on the horizon?? This ableist nonsense about age and pre-existing conditions that is meant to trick people into not caring about each other enough to disregard basic public health precautions.
January 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yeah you know what we’re not going to do as another pandemic looms on the horizon?? This ableist nonsense about age and pre-existing conditions that is meant to trick people into not caring about each other enough to disregard basic public health precautions.
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If you’ve ever wanted a tapeworm for weight loss you should google pictures of “ocular cysticercosis,” which is when tapeworm larvae from food you ate travel through your bloodstream to live in your eyeballs. Just one of the very many reasons we work really hard to avoid parasitic worm infections.
January 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you’ve ever wanted a tapeworm for weight loss you should google pictures of “ocular cysticercosis,” which is when tapeworm larvae from food you ate travel through your bloodstream to live in your eyeballs. Just one of the very many reasons we work really hard to avoid parasitic worm infections.
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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🦠 INBOX: CDC confirms first case of severe bird flu in US, and first US case linked to exposure to a backyard flock. The patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized.
Testing shows a relation to viruses detected in wild birds and poultry in US and recent human cases in BC and Washington state. 👇
Testing shows a relation to viruses detected in wild birds and poultry in US and recent human cases in BC and Washington state. 👇
December 18, 2024 at 4:18 PM
🦠 INBOX: CDC confirms first case of severe bird flu in US, and first US case linked to exposure to a backyard flock. The patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized.
Testing shows a relation to viruses detected in wild birds and poultry in US and recent human cases in BC and Washington state. 👇
Testing shows a relation to viruses detected in wild birds and poultry in US and recent human cases in BC and Washington state. 👇
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My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
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babe wake up your surgery isn’t done yet but we can’t afford anymore anesthesia
December 4, 2024 at 10:21 PM
babe wake up your surgery isn’t done yet but we can’t afford anymore anesthesia
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Today is World AIDS day 💔
A child named Robert Rayford was the first verified HIV death in the United States - he died in St. Louis in 1969 😞
#episky #publichealth #medsky #pedsky #idsky
www.aidschicago.org/say-his-name...
A child named Robert Rayford was the first verified HIV death in the United States - he died in St. Louis in 1969 😞
#episky #publichealth #medsky #pedsky #idsky
www.aidschicago.org/say-his-name...
Say His Name: Robert Rayford - AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Resetting the timeline and narrative around the HIV Epidemic In the annals of medical history, certain names echo loudly, while others remain shrouded in obscurity, their stories consigned to the for...
www.aidschicago.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Today is World AIDS day 💔
A child named Robert Rayford was the first verified HIV death in the United States - he died in St. Louis in 1969 😞
#episky #publichealth #medsky #pedsky #idsky
www.aidschicago.org/say-his-name...
A child named Robert Rayford was the first verified HIV death in the United States - he died in St. Louis in 1969 😞
#episky #publichealth #medsky #pedsky #idsky
www.aidschicago.org/say-his-name...
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PURPOSE 2 RCT🔥
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons
The HIV incidence with twice-yearly lenacapavir was significantly lower than the background incidence and the incidence with F/TDF #idsky #medsky #hivsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons
The HIV incidence with twice-yearly lenacapavir was significantly lower than the background incidence and the incidence with F/TDF #idsky #medsky #hivsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons | NEJM
Twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir has been shown to be efficacious for prevention
of HIV infection in cisgender women. The efficacy of lenacapavir for preexposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) in cisgende...
www.nejm.org
November 27, 2024 at 10:07 PM
PURPOSE 2 RCT🔥
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons
The HIV incidence with twice-yearly lenacapavir was significantly lower than the background incidence and the incidence with F/TDF #idsky #medsky #hivsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons
The HIV incidence with twice-yearly lenacapavir was significantly lower than the background incidence and the incidence with F/TDF #idsky #medsky #hivsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....