Brian Chow, MD
@brianchowmd.bsky.social
🦠ID/HIV doc
🐱cat dad
🏃🏻runner
🏳️🌈👬🏻views my own or borrowed from someone else
🐱cat dad
🏃🏻runner
🏳️🌈👬🏻views my own or borrowed from someone else
#IDWeek2025 “You’ll swim with the fishes.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#IDWeek2025 “You’ll swim with the fishes.”
Karius. “You win some, you lose some.”
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Karius. “You win some, you lose some.”
Reposted by Brian Chow, MD
Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.
A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.
Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
www.who.int
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.
A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
No need for #TeamCefazolin here. All TB. #IDWeek2025
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
No need for #TeamCefazolin here. All TB. #IDWeek2025
Pulling out the @pidsociety.bsky.social socks for tonight’s PIDS Foundation dinner
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Pulling out the @pidsociety.bsky.social socks for tonight’s PIDS Foundation dinner
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Find me for MSSA swag at #IDWeek2025. Limited quantities. #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #TeamNafcillin and for our non-US colleagues #TeamFlucloxicillin
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Find me for MSSA swag at #IDWeek2025. Limited quantities. #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #TeamNafcillin and for our non-US colleagues #TeamFlucloxicillin
I made buttons. Can you guess which is winning at my hospital? #IDsky #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #AntimicrobialStewardship #ASP
August 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I made buttons. Can you guess which is winning at my hospital? #IDsky #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #AntimicrobialStewardship #ASP
Reposted by Brian Chow, MD
During COVID, we saw what we already knew on full display: society depends on the uncelebrated people clocking in and out for far less than their work produces. Not on the billionaires constantly crowing about their importance.
July 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
During COVID, we saw what we already knew on full display: society depends on the uncelebrated people clocking in and out for far less than their work produces. Not on the billionaires constantly crowing about their importance.
Reposted by Brian Chow, MD
New Danish cohort study with over 1 million kids confirms safety of aluminum in childhood vax. They looked at 50 different conditions, including autoimmune, allergic & neurodevelopmental (eg autism).
This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't).
Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025
This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't).
Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New Danish cohort study with over 1 million kids confirms safety of aluminum in childhood vax. They looked at 50 different conditions, including autoimmune, allergic & neurodevelopmental (eg autism).
This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't).
Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025
This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't).
Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025
Who carries $3000 in cash these days?
Who carries check books these days?
Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security
Who carries check books these days?
Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security
April 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Who carries $3000 in cash these days?
Who carries check books these days?
Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security
Who carries check books these days?
Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security
Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.
March 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.
Ok #medsky, for those in academics, what is the most pedantic change your institution asked you to make in your CV? Mine is making sure all degrees have periods in between the letters.
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ok #medsky, for those in academics, what is the most pedantic change your institution asked you to make in your CV? Mine is making sure all degrees have periods in between the letters.
Reposted by Brian Chow, MD
Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
All right #MedSky. Many of us are wondering what we can do on an individual basis for our patient who fear detention or deportation. I put together a few concrete things clinicians can do.
Please comment on other ideas you may have. 1/x
Please comment on other ideas you may have. 1/x
January 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
All right #MedSky. Many of us are wondering what we can do on an individual basis for our patient who fear detention or deportation. I put together a few concrete things clinicians can do.
Please comment on other ideas you may have. 1/x
Please comment on other ideas you may have. 1/x
Ensure that people are aware of their constitutional rights. One way is to provide these cards to anyone who may encounter ICE- citizen or non-citizen, with or without legal status.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
www.ilrc.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ensure that people are aware of their constitutional rights. One way is to provide these cards to anyone who may encounter ICE- citizen or non-citizen, with or without legal status.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Reposted by Brian Chow, MD
The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office website has been taken down.
LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes.
Ignoring these facts endangers us all.
#MedSky #LGBT #LGBTQ #NIH #research #science
LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes.
Ignoring these facts endangers us all.
#MedSky #LGBT #LGBTQ #NIH #research #science
January 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Immigrants in LA County, your public hospitals are here to serve you through thick and thin.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Immigrants in LA County, your public hospitals are here to serve you through thick and thin.
California pays the Federal government $5 in taxes for every $1 of Federal funds received. Maybe California is the one who should put conditions on money
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
Speaker Mike Johnson suggests 'conditions' needed on disaster aid for LA wildfires
The GOP House speaker claimed California leaders “were derelict in their duty.”
abcnews.go.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
California pays the Federal government $5 in taxes for every $1 of Federal funds received. Maybe California is the one who should put conditions on money
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
Happy New Year from the ABIM 😁
January 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy New Year from the ABIM 😁
Looking forward to happy holidays and an incredible new year with new tools to prevent HIV.
December 24, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Looking forward to happy holidays and an incredible new year with new tools to prevent HIV.