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The IDSNY Annual Harold C. Neu Symposium is at CUIMC on Tuesday, May 13th. Register, vote & renew your membership at idsny.org. Any problems, enter your info here (qualtricsxm355xg42g3.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00…) and you can pay on site#measlese#RSVS#tuberculosisi#gonorrheaea
May 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The IDSNY Annual Harold C. Neu Symposium is at CUIMC on Tuesday, May 13th. Register, vote & renew your membership at idsny.org. Any problems, enter your info here (qualtricsxm355xg42g3.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00…) and you can pay on site#measlese#RSVS#tuberculosisi#gonorrheaea
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Reposting again.
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reposting again.
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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Improving UTI Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-neutropenic Cancer Patients
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
Improving UTI Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-neutropenic Cancer Patients
Urinary tract infections are prone to overdiagnosis, and reflex urine culture protocols offer a valuable opportunity for diagnostic stewardship in this arena. However, there is no recommended standard testing approach. Cancer patients are often excluded from reflex urine culture protocols, especially if severely immunosuppressed or neutropenic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance characteristics of urine screening studies, including dipstick urinalysis for nitrite and leukocyte esterase and urine microscopy for white blood cell count, to detect significant pathogen growth.
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Improving UTI Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-neutropenic Cancer Patients
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
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New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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Scientific integrity is non-negotiable. The stakes for public health have never been higher.
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not be Confirmed - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Letter From Nobel Laureates Urging That Mr. Kennedy Not be Confirmed
More than 75 laureates have written an open letter describing Mr. Kennedy’s selection for H.H.S. secretary as detrimental to public health.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Scientific integrity is non-negotiable. The stakes for public health have never been higher.
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1/ Influenza wastewater activity levels are currently low across the US, aside from conspicuous areas in CA where #H5N1 is spreading in dairy cows.
A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.
A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.
November 26, 2024 at 10:06 PM
1/ Influenza wastewater activity levels are currently low across the US, aside from conspicuous areas in CA where #H5N1 is spreading in dairy cows.
A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.
A deeper dive into the Wastewater Scan data paints a very concerning picture and should add to our sense of urgency.
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November 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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A petition to oppose RFK Jr. appointment has been put together by The Committee to Protect Heakth Care and @drrobdavidson.bsky.social.
See below 👇🏽👇🏽
See below 👇🏽👇🏽
Stop RFK Jr. - Committee to Protect Health Care
DOCTORS REJECT RFK JR. APPOINTMENT TO SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SIGN THE OPPOSITION LETTER Paid for by the Committee to Protect Health Care. Committeetoprotect.org.
committeetoprotect.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A petition to oppose RFK Jr. appointment has been put together by The Committee to Protect Heakth Care and @drrobdavidson.bsky.social.
See below 👇🏽👇🏽
See below 👇🏽👇🏽
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Unfortunately you cannot reason with pathogens and while you might want to “take a break” from dealing with or researching them for 8 years, people are gonna get infected and that has consequences.
RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Unfortunately you cannot reason with pathogens and while you might want to “take a break” from dealing with or researching them for 8 years, people are gonna get infected and that has consequences.
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And on the 7th day, the lord rested…
But the pathogens didn’t, so here are 7️⃣ IDSky starter packs
1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z
7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw
Bonus:
TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi
But the pathogens didn’t, so here are 7️⃣ IDSky starter packs
1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z
7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw
Bonus:
TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi
a cartoon of a hand saying thanks god okilly dokilly
Alt: Ned Flanders from the Simpsons says “Thanks God”. A hand drops from above the cloud in an ok sign and says “okilly dokilly”
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
And on the 7th day, the lord rested…
But the pathogens didn’t, so here are 7️⃣ IDSky starter packs
1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z
7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw
Bonus:
TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi
But the pathogens didn’t, so here are 7️⃣ IDSky starter packs
1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z
7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw
Bonus:
TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi