Infectious Diseases
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Infectious diseases and their global story
This is the brand affected by spores causing infant botulism. Certain lots recalled in the US.
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is the brand affected by spores causing infant botulism. Certain lots recalled in the US.
Not available in the US, but elsewhere there is vaccination for measles alone. This is largely in Africa, but also Afghanistan, that vaccinate simply for measles, not rubella and mumps. There's a move to phase this out and bring in measles-rubella. immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise...
September 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not available in the US, but elsewhere there is vaccination for measles alone. This is largely in Africa, but also Afghanistan, that vaccinate simply for measles, not rubella and mumps. There's a move to phase this out and bring in measles-rubella. immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise...
In case it wasn’t clear:
There’s lots of data showing that getting multiple respiratory vaccines together is safe and effective.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
There’s lots of data showing that getting multiple respiratory vaccines together is safe and effective.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In case it wasn’t clear:
There’s lots of data showing that getting multiple respiratory vaccines together is safe and effective.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
There’s lots of data showing that getting multiple respiratory vaccines together is safe and effective.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
CVS is holding on COVID vaccinations in 16 states and DC given the assumption that pharmacists in these states need CDC endorsement of the vaccine to provide.
Most COVID vaccines are given in pharmacies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Most COVID vaccines are given in pharmacies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
August 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
CVS is holding on COVID vaccinations in 16 states and DC given the assumption that pharmacists in these states need CDC endorsement of the vaccine to provide.
Most COVID vaccines are given in pharmacies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Most COVID vaccines are given in pharmacies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
If vaccines made doctors rich, pediatricians wouldn’t be the lowest-paid in medicine. They chose kids over higher salaries their classmates earn elsewhere.
August 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If vaccines made doctors rich, pediatricians wouldn’t be the lowest-paid in medicine. They chose kids over higher salaries their classmates earn elsewhere.
Here is another map of malaria from 1870
ourworldindata.org/malaria
ourworldindata.org/malaria
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here is another map of malaria from 1870
ourworldindata.org/malaria
ourworldindata.org/malaria
By “return,” what is meant is that malaria was once endemic in the US. The CDC was founded in Georgia—because it was then the nation’s malaria hotspot. Here’s a Library of Congress map showing past distribution:
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
By “return,” what is meant is that malaria was once endemic in the US. The CDC was founded in Georgia—because it was then the nation’s malaria hotspot. Here’s a Library of Congress map showing past distribution:
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
In case you're wondering: no, it is not "the entire phylum of viruses".
Here's the taxonomy of viruses in general and measles in particular, from the folks who name viruses.
ictv.global/about/taxonomy
Here's the taxonomy of viruses in general and measles in particular, from the folks who name viruses.
ictv.global/about/taxonomy
August 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In case you're wondering: no, it is not "the entire phylum of viruses".
Here's the taxonomy of viruses in general and measles in particular, from the folks who name viruses.
ictv.global/about/taxonomy
Here's the taxonomy of viruses in general and measles in particular, from the folks who name viruses.
ictv.global/about/taxonomy
When to seek care after contact with a macaque monkey - wash out any wounds right away, always:
August 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When to seek care after contact with a macaque monkey - wash out any wounds right away, always:
When an infectious disease specialist sees someone picking up a macaque, one thing comes to mind: Herpes B.
These monkeys often carry it, look harmless—but the virus can be fatal to humans.
If exposed, seek urgent treatment (ie, need acyclovir or related med). Don’t wait.
www.cdc.gov/herpes-b-vir...
These monkeys often carry it, look harmless—but the virus can be fatal to humans.
If exposed, seek urgent treatment (ie, need acyclovir or related med). Don’t wait.
www.cdc.gov/herpes-b-vir...
August 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
When an infectious disease specialist sees someone picking up a macaque, one thing comes to mind: Herpes B.
These monkeys often carry it, look harmless—but the virus can be fatal to humans.
If exposed, seek urgent treatment (ie, need acyclovir or related med). Don’t wait.
www.cdc.gov/herpes-b-vir...
These monkeys often carry it, look harmless—but the virus can be fatal to humans.
If exposed, seek urgent treatment (ie, need acyclovir or related med). Don’t wait.
www.cdc.gov/herpes-b-vir...
Screwworm, a devastating livestock parasite, is resurging in the Americas—and it can infect humans too. While most cases in Mexico have been in Chiapas, an elderly woman from Campeche has now died, who had screwworm on top of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma.
August 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Screwworm, a devastating livestock parasite, is resurging in the Americas—and it can infect humans too. While most cases in Mexico have been in Chiapas, an elderly woman from Campeche has now died, who had screwworm on top of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma.
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Another One Health reminder: Mammals across the US—including cats, squirrels, and raccoons—are testing positive for H5N1 bird flu.
A raccoon in the Bronx tested positive in January but was only reported this week.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
A raccoon in the Bronx tested positive in January but was only reported this week.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
July 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Another One Health reminder: Mammals across the US—including cats, squirrels, and raccoons—are testing positive for H5N1 bird flu.
A raccoon in the Bronx tested positive in January but was only reported this week.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
A raccoon in the Bronx tested positive in January but was only reported this week.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Talking to your patients about measles, vitamin A, and vaccination
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
June 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Talking to your patients about measles, vitamin A, and vaccination
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
www.idsociety.org/science-spea...
RFK Jr. has in the past amplified voices denying HIV causes AIDS—most notably Peter Duesberg, who helped fuel HIV denialism in South Africa and cost countless lives.
www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/rfk-jr-...
www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/rfk-jr-...
June 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
RFK Jr. has in the past amplified voices denying HIV causes AIDS—most notably Peter Duesberg, who helped fuel HIV denialism in South Africa and cost countless lives.
www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/rfk-jr-...
www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/rfk-jr-...
HIV causes AIDS. There’s no “both sides” or neutrality on the facts, as RFK Jr says.
Undermining HIV prevention—here and abroad—puts lives at risk. Now the admin plans to phase out NIH support for gold-standard HIV clinical guidelines.
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Undermining HIV prevention—here and abroad—puts lives at risk. Now the admin plans to phase out NIH support for gold-standard HIV clinical guidelines.
1/n
June 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
HIV causes AIDS. There’s no “both sides” or neutrality on the facts, as RFK Jr says.
Undermining HIV prevention—here and abroad—puts lives at risk. Now the admin plans to phase out NIH support for gold-standard HIV clinical guidelines.
1/n
Undermining HIV prevention—here and abroad—puts lives at risk. Now the admin plans to phase out NIH support for gold-standard HIV clinical guidelines.
1/n
It’s not an exaggeration: changes to ACIP and vaccine oversight will lead to dead babies
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let any babies die is immoral
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let any babies die is immoral
June 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s not an exaggeration: changes to ACIP and vaccine oversight will lead to dead babies
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let any babies die is immoral
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let any babies die is immoral
It’s not an exaggeration: changes to ACIP and vaccine oversight will lead to dead babies
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let babies die is simply immoral
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let babies die is simply immoral
June 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s not an exaggeration: changes to ACIP and vaccine oversight will lead to dead babies
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let babies die is simply immoral
The Spartan myth of leaving “unfit” infants to die didn’t save them—Sparta still fell
The real myth? A despicable one, that only sick kids die from these diseases. Choosing to let babies die is simply immoral
Here's the FDA's take www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
June 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here's the FDA's take www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
The ACIP, before and after
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The ACIP, before and after
Parents demand Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening in the UK after their infant's death due to acute chorioamnionitis (infection of placenta, amniotic fluid and/or membranes) during staffing shortages.
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GBS testing is standard in 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸 but not universally recommended in 🇬🇧
May 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Parents demand Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening in the UK after their infant's death due to acute chorioamnionitis (infection of placenta, amniotic fluid and/or membranes) during staffing shortages.
GBS testing is standard in 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸 but not universally recommended in 🇬🇧
GBS testing is standard in 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸 but not universally recommended in 🇬🇧
Africa faces severe cholera outbreaks, intensified by conflicts, resource scarcity worsened by aid cuts, and climate shocks. Angola and South Sudan/Sudan are epicenters of crisis, showing how cholera exploits fault lines—striking hardest at the most vulnerable. www.who.int/publications...
May 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Africa faces severe cholera outbreaks, intensified by conflicts, resource scarcity worsened by aid cuts, and climate shocks. Angola and South Sudan/Sudan are epicenters of crisis, showing how cholera exploits fault lines—striking hardest at the most vulnerable. www.who.int/publications...
Measles outbreak in Wisconsin “only a matter of time"
madison365.com/measles-outb...
madison365.com/measles-outb...
May 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Measles outbreak in Wisconsin “only a matter of time"
madison365.com/measles-outb...
madison365.com/measles-outb...