Lenny Cohen
@antiinfectivrep.bsky.social
Anti-Infective rep at Merck, covering Gram Negs and CMV in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of NC
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A pretty famous poet from South Africa, Roy Livingstone, turned out to have a day job being a microbiologist in a water quality lab in Durban. Here's his quirkiest piece 😁 #MicroSky
February 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A pretty famous poet from South Africa, Roy Livingstone, turned out to have a day job being a microbiologist in a water quality lab in Durban. Here's his quirkiest piece 😁 #MicroSky
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Recognise it for what it is: anti-vax propaganda.
Besides the OP and that mRNA shedding does not exist, the 🚩 is that the study referred to does not exist.
This is a lengthy blog that is totally made up, full with nonsense. Don´t fall for it. See it for what it is.
Besides the OP and that mRNA shedding does not exist, the 🚩 is that the study referred to does not exist.
This is a lengthy blog that is totally made up, full with nonsense. Don´t fall for it. See it for what it is.
January 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Recognise it for what it is: anti-vax propaganda.
Besides the OP and that mRNA shedding does not exist, the 🚩 is that the study referred to does not exist.
This is a lengthy blog that is totally made up, full with nonsense. Don´t fall for it. See it for what it is.
Besides the OP and that mRNA shedding does not exist, the 🚩 is that the study referred to does not exist.
This is a lengthy blog that is totally made up, full with nonsense. Don´t fall for it. See it for what it is.
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The communications pause for federal health agencies meant that the CDC couldn't publish the MMWR this week -- the first time in the publication's 60+ year history this has happened.
Unhappy about this! Getting good data published on infectious threats is critical, especially as H5N1 looms. #IDSky
Unhappy about this! Getting good data published on infectious threats is critical, especially as H5N1 looms. #IDSky
Let's Hope the MMWR Resumes Publication Sooner Rather Than Later
To us specialists in Infectious Diseases, there are certain verities we hold near and dear to our hearts: Antibiotics are miracle drugs, but the bugs will become resistant if we don’t use them respons...
blogs.jwatch.org
January 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The communications pause for federal health agencies meant that the CDC couldn't publish the MMWR this week -- the first time in the publication's 60+ year history this has happened.
Unhappy about this! Getting good data published on infectious threats is critical, especially as H5N1 looms. #IDSky
Unhappy about this! Getting good data published on infectious threats is critical, especially as H5N1 looms. #IDSky
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PJIs & biofilm’s still keeping you up at night? Dr. Julie Ann Justo is joined by Dr’s Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, Jessica Seidelman, & Kerry LaPlante to discuss using abx to help treat these infections in the latest breakpoint episode # 110 “A Bone to Pick: Biofilm Busters for PJIs”. Listen today!
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
PJIs & biofilm’s still keeping you up at night? Dr. Julie Ann Justo is joined by Dr’s Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, Jessica Seidelman, & Kerry LaPlante to discuss using abx to help treat these infections in the latest breakpoint episode # 110 “A Bone to Pick: Biofilm Busters for PJIs”. Listen today!
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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
January 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
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#Tuberculosis: TB is one of the world’s biggest health crises affecting over 10 million people per year, including over 1 million children.
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
#Tuberculosis: TB is one of the world’s biggest health crises affecting over 10 million people per year, including over 1 million children.
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
And every three minutes, a child dies of TB.
Learn how we are intervening: www.msf.org/tactic-tuber... #IDSky
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Such a fun episode to make with old & new friends! As always, we get nerdy 🤓 this time about biofilms 🧫
The innovative non-pharmacologic agents in the PJI space are fascinating. It’s much more than 🦴 cement!
@cortes-penfield.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #Breakpoints #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky
The innovative non-pharmacologic agents in the PJI space are fascinating. It’s much more than 🦴 cement!
@cortes-penfield.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #Breakpoints #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky
PJIs & biofilm’s still keeping you up at night? Dr. Julie Ann Justo is joined by Dr’s Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, Jessica Seidelman, & Kerry LaPlante to discuss using abx to help treat these infections in the latest breakpoint episode # 110 “A Bone to Pick: Biofilm Busters for PJIs”. Listen today!
January 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Such a fun episode to make with old & new friends! As always, we get nerdy 🤓 this time about biofilms 🧫
The innovative non-pharmacologic agents in the PJI space are fascinating. It’s much more than 🦴 cement!
@cortes-penfield.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #Breakpoints #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky
The innovative non-pharmacologic agents in the PJI space are fascinating. It’s much more than 🦴 cement!
@cortes-penfield.bsky.social @sidpharm.bsky.social #Breakpoints #IDSky #AMSSky #PharmSky
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Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
January 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
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What's at stake for infectious diseases with the new administration:
- Lifesaving HIV treatments.
-Cures for hepatitis C.
- New tuberculosis regimens and a vaccine for RSV.
Great analysis in @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
- Lifesaving HIV treatments.
-Cures for hepatitis C.
- New tuberculosis regimens and a vaccine for RSV.
Great analysis in @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the develo...
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What's at stake for infectious diseases with the new administration:
- Lifesaving HIV treatments.
-Cures for hepatitis C.
- New tuberculosis regimens and a vaccine for RSV.
Great analysis in @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
- Lifesaving HIV treatments.
-Cures for hepatitis C.
- New tuberculosis regimens and a vaccine for RSV.
Great analysis in @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
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Michael DeWitt and John Sanders write about One Health and ID ecology, bridging disciplines and taking a holistic view on human, animal, and environment health #onehealth #id #idsky https://buff.ly/4acD0q8
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Michael DeWitt and John Sanders write about One Health and ID ecology, bridging disciplines and taking a holistic view on human, animal, and environment health #onehealth #id #idsky https://buff.ly/4acD0q8
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Hello to the #IDSky and #TxIDSky community! AST IDCOP is excited to announce our presence on Bluesky. @astinfo.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hello to the #IDSky and #TxIDSky community! AST IDCOP is excited to announce our presence on Bluesky. @astinfo.bsky.social
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#IDSky #AMR #PharmSky @idsainfo.bsky.social
🚨 On December 13, 2024, ASM and IDSA announced partnership to an annual conference on antimicrobial resistance starting in 2026! Cesar Arias, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., and Greg Moeck, Ph.D., are Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
asm.org/Press-Releas...
🚨 On December 13, 2024, ASM and IDSA announced partnership to an annual conference on antimicrobial resistance starting in 2026! Cesar Arias, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., and Greg Moeck, Ph.D., are Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
asm.org/Press-Releas...
ASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on AMR
ASM and IDSA partner to create an annual AMR conference to explore the latest advances in antimicrobial drug discovery and development, mechanisms of resistance, pharmacological aspects and more.
asm.org
December 14, 2024 at 2:39 PM
#IDSky #AMR #PharmSky @idsainfo.bsky.social
🚨 On December 13, 2024, ASM and IDSA announced partnership to an annual conference on antimicrobial resistance starting in 2026! Cesar Arias, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., and Greg Moeck, Ph.D., are Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
asm.org/Press-Releas...
🚨 On December 13, 2024, ASM and IDSA announced partnership to an annual conference on antimicrobial resistance starting in 2026! Cesar Arias, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., and Greg Moeck, Ph.D., are Co-Chairs of the Program Committee.
asm.org/Press-Releas...
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Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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📋👀 Did you miss any of these articles from 2024?
📲 www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...
#IDsky with @absteward.bsky.social
📲 www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...
#IDsky with @absteward.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:40 PM
📋👀 Did you miss any of these articles from 2024?
📲 www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...
#IDsky with @absteward.bsky.social
📲 www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...
#IDsky with @absteward.bsky.social
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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
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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...
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There’s a whole range of vaccines that RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx campaign group have raged against, including polio, measles, HPV, and Covid
Many of Trump’s picks to lead the US health agencies could do enormous damage to US & global health
Many of Trump’s picks to lead the US health agencies could do enormous damage to US & global health
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
There’s a whole range of vaccines that RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx campaign group have raged against, including polio, measles, HPV, and Covid
Many of Trump’s picks to lead the US health agencies could do enormous damage to US & global health
Many of Trump’s picks to lead the US health agencies could do enormous damage to US & global health
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If only there was some kind of process that would make the milk safe to drink, maybe using heat or something similar…..
Marin County Public Health has released a bit more info on their suspected #H5N1 #birdflu case. A child who drank raw milk went to an ER vomiting & with a fever. Tested positive for flu A. That could be seasonal flu or H5. Not sure there will be a clear answer here. www.marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu
December 13, 2024 at 11:37 PM
If only there was some kind of process that would make the milk safe to drink, maybe using heat or something similar…..
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#MedTwitter #MedSky #IDTwitter #IDSky #PublicHealth
Six childhood scourges we’ve forgotten about, thanks to vaccines.
Let’s not bring them back. #GetVaccinated. #VaccinesWork
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/childhood-diseases-vaccines-preventable.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE4.IIJS…
Six childhood scourges we’ve forgotten about, thanks to vaccines.
Let’s not bring them back. #GetVaccinated. #VaccinesWork
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/childhood-diseases-vaccines-preventable.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE4.IIJS…
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines (Gift Article)
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
buff.ly
December 13, 2024 at 5:18 PM
#MedTwitter #MedSky #IDTwitter #IDSky #PublicHealth
Six childhood scourges we’ve forgotten about, thanks to vaccines.
Let’s not bring them back. #GetVaccinated. #VaccinesWork
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/childhood-diseases-vaccines-preventable.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE4.IIJS…
Six childhood scourges we’ve forgotten about, thanks to vaccines.
Let’s not bring them back. #GetVaccinated. #VaccinesWork
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/childhood-diseases-vaccines-preventable.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE4.IIJS…
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Unsanctioned editorial opinion
Submitting a manuscript just before the holidays means it will probably stagnate on an editor's desk, while review invitations get ignored
For best chance for review by most appropriate reviewers, load it on a preprint server & submit after holidays
#IDSky #MedSky 🧪
Submitting a manuscript just before the holidays means it will probably stagnate on an editor's desk, while review invitations get ignored
For best chance for review by most appropriate reviewers, load it on a preprint server & submit after holidays
#IDSky #MedSky 🧪
an elderly woman wearing an orange scarf and striped shirt says it 's just my opinion
Alt: an elderly woman wearing an orange scarf and striped shirt says it 's just my opinion in front of a whiteboard
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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This multicent. retrospect. study of 2015 consecutive allo-SCT recipients in 🇨🇳 found invasive fungal infection rates remain high despite widespread (76%) mould active proph, possibly d/t higher risk (haploidentical) SCT than in past
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #TxID #MedMycoSky #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #TxID #MedMycoSky #IDSky
December 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
This multicent. retrospect. study of 2015 consecutive allo-SCT recipients in 🇨🇳 found invasive fungal infection rates remain high despite widespread (76%) mould active proph, possibly d/t higher risk (haploidentical) SCT than in past
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #TxID #MedMycoSky #IDSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #TxID #MedMycoSky #IDSky
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Bluesky influencers are called inbluencers, do not fight me on this.
December 11, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Bluesky influencers are called inbluencers, do not fight me on this.
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On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky