Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD
@halliedolin.bsky.social
Pathology resident, future medical microbiologist, wannabe writer, and former theater kid. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, class of 2026.
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You're not imagining it — lots of people are sick of late. Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth and Summa Health confirmed they have been seeing more respiratory illnesses amid an uptick in virus activity.
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
After slow start, respiratory virus season picks up in Northeast Ohio
Area health systems are reporting more cases of COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory illnesses.
www.crainscleveland.com
🎵If you're coughing and you know it, wear a mask 👏👏
At this point, I shouldn't even have to ask 👏👏
You may think that it's outrageous
But you really are contagious
If you're coughing and you know it, wear a mask!👏👏🎵
At this point, I shouldn't even have to ask 👏👏
You may think that it's outrageous
But you really are contagious
If you're coughing and you know it, wear a mask!👏👏🎵
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Half my career was spent doing lab research in support of this goal. To be privileged enough to see it reached is humbling. To be aware enough to know that this kind of success will be denied future researchers because of this administration is anguish.
If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
July 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Half my career was spent doing lab research in support of this goal. To be privileged enough to see it reached is humbling. To be aware enough to know that this kind of success will be denied future researchers because of this administration is anguish.
I was so lucky to get to sing this song at #ASMicrobe2025 (courtesy of @asm.org), thanks to the generosity of Dr. Sheldon Campbell at @yalepathology.bsky.social. Learn about dengue, but don't contract it! #ClinMicro #PathSky #IDSky
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A Song About a Virus - Hallie Dolin, M.D. , Ph.D.
YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology
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July 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was so lucky to get to sing this song at #ASMicrobe2025 (courtesy of @asm.org), thanks to the generosity of Dr. Sheldon Campbell at @yalepathology.bsky.social. Learn about dengue, but don't contract it! #ClinMicro #PathSky #IDSky
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🔽 antibiotic sales for livestock 👉 🔽 antibiotic resistance in livestock.
Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR
#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social
Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR
#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social
Decreasing antimicrobial resistance in representative UK livestock species was associated with reduced total sales of antimicrobials in the last decade
AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria is a leading global health crisis estimated to currently contribute to human mort
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June 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🔽 antibiotic sales for livestock 👉 🔽 antibiotic resistance in livestock.
Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR
#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social
Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR
#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social
Oh, I need to remember this one. Thanks for the chart!
Great schematic reminder of different antifungals' coverage! #IDSky #ClinMicro
🔍 For a review of posaconazole’s spectrum of activity, see the attached figure. PMID: 21803962
⚠️ If there is ever concern for breakthrough infection, it’s best to consult Infectious Diseases (ID).
⚠️ If there is ever concern for breakthrough infection, it’s best to consult Infectious Diseases (ID).
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Oh, I need to remember this one. Thanks for the chart!
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This young patient's blood was loaded with reticulocytes and polychromatic RBCs. I think it's cool how it gets a blue tinge.
#hematology #pathsky
#hematology #pathsky
June 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This young patient's blood was loaded with reticulocytes and polychromatic RBCs. I think it's cool how it gets a blue tinge.
#hematology #pathsky
#hematology #pathsky
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“The infectivity of NB.1.8.1 was significantly higher (2·5-fold; p<0·0001) than that of LP.8.1. NB.1.8.1 binds more strongly to ACE2 than LP.8.1.5 … the increased fitness of NB.1.8.1 is due to its augmented infectivity rather than its increased immune evasion”.
BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
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Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant
After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1
and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3
emerged and rapidly spread ...
www.thelancet.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“The infectivity of NB.1.8.1 was significantly higher (2·5-fold; p<0·0001) than that of LP.8.1. NB.1.8.1 binds more strongly to ACE2 than LP.8.1.5 … the increased fitness of NB.1.8.1 is due to its augmented infectivity rather than its increased immune evasion”.
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DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week.
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week.
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
I finished my #FlashFictionChallenge2025 story for @nycmidnight.bsky.social's Round 1! Just crossing my fingers from here on out.
June 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I finished my #FlashFictionChallenge2025 story for @nycmidnight.bsky.social's Round 1! Just crossing my fingers from here on out.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I think I spent two hours earlier writing seven pages of notes...my hand is tired!
The 1st Round of the Flash Fiction Challenge 2025 is underway! View the list of participating writers, genre/location/object assignments, and a countdown until the deadline at nycmidnight.co/3FBvMRN. Best of luck to the 3,000+ writers participating over the next 48 hours!
nycmidnight.co
May 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think I spent two hours earlier writing seven pages of notes...my hand is tired!
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“The number of cavities and decayed teeth in American children and teens (ages 0–19) will increase by an estimated 7.5 percentage points over the first five years. That means there will be 25.4 million more rotten teeth in the mouths of children and teenagers.”
RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion
The modeling estimates don’t account for other costs, like parents’ lost work.
arstechnica.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“The number of cavities and decayed teeth in American children and teens (ages 0–19) will increase by an estimated 7.5 percentage points over the first five years. That means there will be 25.4 million more rotten teeth in the mouths of children and teenagers.”
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May 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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May 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
Unaffordable treatment for severe malaria highlights U.S. drug market pitfalls
It is shocking to think that U.S. citizens may receive better treatment for severe malaria at lower cost in a low-income country than they would at home.
www.statnews.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
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Another case from this past week. Lung biopsy for new lung nodule suspected to be cancer.
Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!
Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky
Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!
Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky
April 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Another case from this past week. Lung biopsy for new lung nodule suspected to be cancer.
Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!
Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky
Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!
Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky
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WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/who-...
WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details
The genotype in the Texas outbreak has also been identified in samples from patients in New Mexico and Kansas.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/who-...
Another joke for #PathSky:
A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."
"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.
"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."
A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."
"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.
"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."
March 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Another joke for #PathSky:
A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."
"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.
"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."
A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."
"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.
"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."
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When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky
When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky
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March 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky
When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky
Presentation photo from today at @fanexpocleveland.bsky.social! I had an amazing time teaching and am so happy to have been given the opportunity.
March 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Presentation photo from today at @fanexpocleveland.bsky.social! I had an amazing time teaching and am so happy to have been given the opportunity.
A blast from the past - my attempt at humor in the class group chat, first year of residency, before I switched to clinical pathology only. 😂 #PathSky
March 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A blast from the past - my attempt at humor in the class group chat, first year of residency, before I switched to clinical pathology only. 😂 #PathSky