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Tara Palmore, MD
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ID physician focused on emerging infectious diseases; sometime healthcare epidemiologist
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Deborah Fuller, a microbiologist from UWash, wrote this article pointing out many of the false statements made by RFK in his senate hearing yesterday and explaining why they were false.
How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims
Chaos at the CDC and the sharp move away from mRNA vaccines has public health experts alarmed.
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
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Oh hey, H5N1 in Texas dairy cows! Are you a new spillover or have you always been there, undetected b/c of insufficient testing?

It’s migration season, almost flu season, & we’ve never had a handle on the cow outbreak. Bird flu is here & we ignore at our peril

www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
H5N1 detected in Texas dairy herd; researchers can't pinpoint source of California child's illness
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
September 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
asm.org
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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apha.org
New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya
JOINT STATEMENT CALLING FOR SECRETARY KENNEDY RESIGNATION Infectious Diseases Society of America  American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology American Academy of HIV Medicine  American Association of Immunologists American Public Health Association American Society for Microbiology American Society for Virology Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)  AVAC   Camenzind Solutions LLC  Fast-Track Cities Institute  ID Care International Association of Providers of AIDS Care  NTM Info & Research  Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society   Peggy Lillis Foundation Seattle Children’s Research Institute Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Stop TB USA  Treatment Action Group 
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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You know @milleridriss.bsky.social is about to drop a certified heater.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
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Feel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was targeted at agency, @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @tobiaraji.bsky.social report

Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences
Monarez did not provide any additional information about the suspect's motives during the call. However, a briefing some CDC employees received Saturday from senior agency leaders said the gunman left a note, according to one employee who attended. "We were told very clearly that this was targeted, directed at CDC," the employee said. "But we were also told that this was an isolated event." There has been speculation among CDC employees that officials may have known about possible threats. When Monarez was at the CDC this week - her first week on the job - she was accompanied at all times by armed security guards, the employee said. During Monarez's call with staff Saturday, another CDC senior leader, Daniel Jernigan, who heads the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, or NCEZID, estimated there were about 40 bullet holes in CDC buildings on campus. He did not mean it as a complete account, but rather an indication that "it will take a bit before the buildings are 'fixed' again," said an employee who listened to the call and, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive information. The shooting was "way worse than what was initially reported," the employee said, adding that gunfire continued for about 15 minutes and that "it's a miracle more people weren't hit."
August 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
carlzimmer.com
After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social nyti.ms/459fNV5
C.D.C. Workers Say Shooting Manifests Worst Fears About Anger Among Public
Employees expressed horror at a shooting at the agency’s headquarters, and some said they viewed it as part of a pattern of threats and assaults on health workers.
nyti.ms
August 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A painting of a bird next to the words "I have had entirely too much of your bullshit"
June 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Excited to share the meeting report from
@NIAIDNews @FNIH_Org @NIH_NINDS @nih_nhlbi
#LongCovid workshop last September. #RECOVER-TLC continues to move forward--stay tuned for more updates soon!
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Navigating the path forward for evidence-based management of long COVID
Nature Immunology - The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) held a three-day workshop to assess the...
rdcu.be
March 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Tara Palmore, MD
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New in ICHE:

Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in surgical critical care units via an informal catheter exchange protocol

▶️Intervention associated w/ 88% & 84% ⏬ in CAUTI in two ICUs

#IDSKy @sheaepi.bsky.social

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....
March 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Just donated to the Capital Area Food Bank

There’s still another day to give!

#HCWforHunger #IDSky #Meal-ioidosis
Food Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food Bank
The Capital Area Food serves the entire Washington, DC, metropolitan region, providing meals to thousands of people a day while also addressing the root causes of hunger.
www.capitalareafoodbank.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:12 AM