Amesh Adalja
@ameshaa.bsky.social
Infectious Disease • Critical Care • EM Physician
Independent voice on outbreaks, biosecurity & biothreat preparedness
Pittsburgh • NYC
Independent voice on outbreaks, biosecurity & biothreat preparedness
Pittsburgh • NYC
“Abraham is a longtime critic of COVID-19 vaccines, advocated for the use of ivermectin during the pandemic, and has stated the US should stop birth doses of hepatitis B vaccines..did not publicly respond to a pertussis outbreak..for two months”
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CDC’s new deputy director is vocal critic of vaccines, advocated for ivermectin
Ralph Abraham did not publicly respond to a whooping cough outbreak in Louisiana earlier this year for 2 months.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Abraham is a longtime critic of COVID-19 vaccines, advocated for the use of ivermectin during the pandemic, and has stated the US should stop birth doses of hepatitis B vaccines..did not publicly respond to a pertussis outbreak..for two months”
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“Wasatch County has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state; according to 2024-25 school year data, 13% of seventh graders in the county lacked documentation showing they had received the two-dose measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
Utah, Arizona confirm more measles cases amid growing outbreaks
The US now has almost 1,800 measles cases.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Wasatch County has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state; according to 2024-25 school year data, 13% of seventh graders in the county lacked documentation showing they had received the two-dose measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...
“Across the 3 time periods examined—in 2019, in the year leading up to diagnosis, & in the 6 months afterward—people diagnosed w/ long COVID consistently had higher rates of depression, anxiety, headache, & fatigue-related conditions” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
COVID patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety, headache, and fatigue before diagnosis, study suggests
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“Across the 3 time periods examined—in 2019, in the year leading up to diagnosis, & in the 6 months afterward—people diagnosed w/ long COVID consistently had higher rates of depression, anxiety, headache, & fatigue-related conditions” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
“According to the petition, approximately 25 pesticides registered by the EPA use streptomycin sulfate, 20 use oxytetracycline hydrochloride, & 8 use calcium oxytetracycline..more than 125,000 pounds of the two antibiotics were sprayed on crops in 2018” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
Petition calls for EPA to ban use of medically important antimicrobials in pesticides
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November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“According to the petition, approximately 25 pesticides registered by the EPA use streptomycin sulfate, 20 use oxytetracycline hydrochloride, & 8 use calcium oxytetracycline..more than 125,000 pounds of the two antibiotics were sprayed on crops in 2018” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
“Wind-borne insects can temporarily migrate up to hundreds of kilometers per night” www.cidrap.umn.edu/dengue/some-...
Some high-flying tropical mosquitoes carry disease-causing pathogens long distances, study finds
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November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Wind-borne insects can temporarily migrate up to hundreds of kilometers per night” www.cidrap.umn.edu/dengue/some-...
“It remains the number one studied environmental factor in autism, and there is no link whatsoever.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/h...
What parents should know about autism and vaccines | CNN
Until last week, parents who looked at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website on autism and vaccines would see a few key points: Studies have not found links between vaccines and ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“It remains the number one studied environmental factor in autism, and there is no link whatsoever.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/h...
In this video I discuss pertussis/whooping cough
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In this video I discuss pertussis/whooping cough
"This was an isolated incident related to The Ambriola Company (a third-party manufacturer). No other Boar's Head products manufactured at any other facility are impacted by this recall," patch.com/pennsylvania...
Popular Deli Brand Recalling Cheese In PA Over Listeria Risk Just Before Thanksgiving
The listeria bacteria can cause very serious, life-threatening infections, officials said.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"This was an isolated incident related to The Ambriola Company (a third-party manufacturer). No other Boar's Head products manufactured at any other facility are impacted by this recall," patch.com/pennsylvania...
“RSV was the predominant pathogen in bronchiolitis (41%) and pneumonia (26%), while parainfluenza virus (PIV) was most common in croup (28%). Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses (RV/EV) were the second most frequently detected viruses across all syndromes” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/rsv-rhi...
RSV, Rhinovirus, and Parainfluenza Drive Most Pediatric Respiratory Hospitalizations
Among US children younger than 5 years, RSV, RV/EV, and PIV accounted for the majority of respiratory hospitalizations.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“RSV was the predominant pathogen in bronchiolitis (41%) and pneumonia (26%), while parainfluenza virus (PIV) was most common in croup (28%). Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses (RV/EV) were the second most frequently detected viruses across all syndromes” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/rsv-rhi...
“Among patients hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection, including pneumonia, VE reached 88.6%” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/rsv-pre...
RSV Pre-F Vaccine Significantly Reduces Hospitalization Risk in Adults Aged 75 to 79
Bivalent RSV pre-F vaccine exhibited high effectiveness against RSV-associated hospitalization in older adults aged 75 to 79 years in England.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Among patients hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection, including pneumonia, VE reached 88.6%” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/rsv-pre...
“In this study of U.S. veterans, effectiveness slid from over 80% in the month following vaccination to about 60% through 18 months. Among the immunocompromised individuals, vaccine effectiveness fell from 75% to 40%.” www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Some Older Adults Could Use an RSV Booster Shot, Study Suggests
Strong protection initially, but some waning over time, particularly for the immunocompromised
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November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“In this study of U.S. veterans, effectiveness slid from over 80% in the month following vaccination to about 60% through 18 months. Among the immunocompromised individuals, vaccine effectiveness fell from 75% to 40%.” www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
“Laboratory tests of 36 samples of formula from three different lots showed that five samples contained the type of bacteria that can lead to the rare and potentially deadly illness” triblive.com/news/world/b...
ByHeart baby formula from all lots may be contaminated with botulism bacteria, tests show
Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company’s products may have been contaminated. Laboratory tests of 36 sample...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Laboratory tests of 36 samples of formula from three different lots showed that five samples contained the type of bacteria that can lead to the rare and potentially deadly illness” triblive.com/news/world/b...
“These fish, they can harbor bacteria, and they can't be disinfected," www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
'Fish pedicures' have gone viral on TikTok. Dermatologists are begging you not to get one.
In the famous words of a group of animated sharks, "Fish are friends, not food." And dermatologists say they certainly aren't pedicurists either.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“These fish, they can harbor bacteria, and they can't be disinfected," www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
“Science does not need to win a vote to remain true. But it does need to be defended, documented, and communicated, especially when the health of our children and the public is on the line.” www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/h...
Why my colleagues and I are undertaking an independent review of the hepatitis B birth dose
“The Vaccine Integrity Project’s evidence review of the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine will offer a transparent, data-driven view of its safety and effectiveness,” Michael Osterholm writes.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Science does not need to win a vote to remain true. But it does need to be defended, documented, and communicated, especially when the health of our children and the public is on the line.” www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/h...
“According to media reports, there may be an additional three deaths not yet lab confirmed associated with this outbreak” www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/ethi...
Ethiopia’s Marburg death toll rises to 5
The WHO says the source of the outbreak has not yet been identified.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“According to media reports, there may be an additional three deaths not yet lab confirmed associated with this outbreak” www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/ethi...
“The document outlines strategic priorities and concrete actions across five key domains: prevention and response; monitoring and surveillance; research and innovation; laboratory capacity; and governance.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
New WHO framework aims to tackle rising resistance to HIV, STI, and hepatitis treatments
Officials warn rising drug resistance could undo decades of progress in controlling HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“The document outlines strategic priorities and concrete actions across five key domains: prevention and response; monitoring and surveillance; research and innovation; laboratory capacity; and governance.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
“By the time most cities introduced indoor vaccine mandates, vaccination rates were already high, and many unvaccinated individuals were deeply hesitant or resistant, leaving limited room for further gains.”
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Estimate: US city-level COVID indoor vaccine mandates had uneven, marginal effects
The requirements didn't increase weekly vaccination rates or cut cases and deaths in adults or children, despite their success in other countries.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“By the time most cities introduced indoor vaccine mandates, vaccination rates were already high, and many unvaccinated individuals were deeply hesitant or resistant, leaving limited room for further gains.”
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www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/est...
“Short of developing a universal influenza vaccine with effectiveness that spans multiple seasons and influenza subtypes, the development of seasonal influenza vaccines with improved effectiveness would constitute an important public health advance,” www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
Experimental mRNA flu vaccine shows superior efficacy against symptomatic illness
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November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Short of developing a universal influenza vaccine with effectiveness that spans multiple seasons and influenza subtypes, the development of seasonal influenza vaccines with improved effectiveness would constitute an important public health advance,” www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
“The number needed to harm for acute respiratory failure was 4,976 for the TMP-SMX versus amoxicillin cohort and 4,046 for the TMP-SMX versus cephalosporins cohort.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
Common antibiotic linked to risk of acute respiratory failure in kids, young adults
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November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“The number needed to harm for acute respiratory failure was 4,976 for the TMP-SMX versus amoxicillin cohort and 4,046 for the TMP-SMX versus cephalosporins cohort.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
“Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
Third infant in Kentucky dies of whooping cough as national cases stay high for second year in a row
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November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
“14% followed worsening or delayed-worsening trajectories, including a group whose symptoms remained minimal until spiking at month 15” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
Study maps 8 long-COVID symptom patterns in adults
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November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“14% followed worsening or delayed-worsening trajectories, including a group whose symptoms remained minimal until spiking at month 15” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
“It is difficult to predict what will happen in the US & LA, as the severity of the flu season depends on multiple factors including circulating strains, pre-existing immunity, vaccine uptake, & the overall health of the population”
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California braces for early, sharper flu season as virus mutation outpaces vaccine, experts say — Los Angeles Times
California could see an early and especially sharp start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates and late mutations to the virus may leave the state particularly exposed to...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“It is difficult to predict what will happen in the US & LA, as the severity of the flu season depends on multiple factors including circulating strains, pre-existing immunity, vaccine uptake, & the overall health of the population”
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In this video I discuss leptospirosis
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In this video I discuss leptospirosis
“The state’s health department under his leadership was slow to react to the state’s worst whooping cough outbreak in three decades, waiting months to alert physicians and residents”
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Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2 — The Washington Post
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
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November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The state’s health department under his leadership was slow to react to the state’s worst whooping cough outbreak in three decades, waiting months to alert physicians and residents”
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“During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign” — he will fit in well with RFK and his band of nihilists www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign” — he will fit in well with RFK and his band of nihilists www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...