Jessica Cataldi
@jesscataldi.bsky.social
Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Cats. Wegmans. Basketball. Hoya Saxa.
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Hot off the press at Vaccine, the former (competent) ACIP used a standardized tool for evaluating vaccine advisory committee performance to deliver a solid evidence-based ass-whupping on the quacks that RFK, Jr replaced them with.
I'll briefly explain why 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'll briefly explain why 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes
Since 1964, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has shaped US vaccine policy but recently underwent significant structural and pro…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hot off the press at Vaccine, the former (competent) ACIP used a standardized tool for evaluating vaccine advisory committee performance to deliver a solid evidence-based ass-whupping on the quacks that RFK, Jr replaced them with.
I'll briefly explain why 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'll briefly explain why 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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With measles cases rising, it’s crucial to ensure kids are up to date on their MMR shots. Pediatricians are always ready to talk with parents about the MMR vaccine if they have any questions. www.healthychildren.org/english/safe...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With measles cases rising, it’s crucial to ensure kids are up to date on their MMR shots. Pediatricians are always ready to talk with parents about the MMR vaccine if they have any questions. www.healthychildren.org/english/safe...
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Reposted by Jessica Cataldi
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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The Epipocalypse is here!
Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
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Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives, A Medical Card Game
Learn infectious diseases by playing cards. Symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, and more!
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Epipocalypse is here!
Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
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Ever since I learned about this study enrolling I have been eagerly awaiting the results. Researchers in Uganda took a centuries-old cultural practice mothers carrying babies on their backs in cloth wraps and turned it into a public health tool. You got to love it!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria | NEJM
Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged
the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps
to assess whether treating t...
www.nejm.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ever since I learned about this study enrolling I have been eagerly awaiting the results. Researchers in Uganda took a centuries-old cultural practice mothers carrying babies on their backs in cloth wraps and turned it into a public health tool. You got to love it!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Join us for the 27th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Update Nov. 5 | Register by Oct. 1 to receive early registration pricing! bit.ly/4mxgxsm Attend in person or virtually #PediatricIDUpdate @cuanschutz.bsky.social @childrenscolo.bsky.social @cumedicalschool.bsky.social
27th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Update
This conference on pediatric infectious diseases will cover topics of interest to pediatricians, family physicians, and other primary care providers for children and young adults. Speakers cover the most recent information on diagnosis, management, and prevention of infections in pediatrics. Discussion of controversial issues and questions follow each presentation. This conference is designed for pediatricians, family physicians and other primary care providers for children and young adults.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us for the 27th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Update Nov. 5 | Register by Oct. 1 to receive early registration pricing! bit.ly/4mxgxsm Attend in person or virtually #PediatricIDUpdate @cuanschutz.bsky.social @childrenscolo.bsky.social @cumedicalschool.bsky.social
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Give me 5! This respiratory season, remember most respiratory infections don't need an antibiotic. But if prescribed, 5 days is best! Read our review in #JPIDS in support of 5 days abx (if needed) for GAS pharyngitis, AOM, and sinusitis. #PedSky #PedsIDSky #IDSky
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“Give Me Five”: The Case for 5 Days of Antibiotics as the Default Duration for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
Abstract. Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) account for most antibiotic prescriptions in pediatrics. Although US guidelines continue to recommend
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September 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Early registration ends October 1 for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC & CME
🦠Updates on vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC & CME
🦠Updates on vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Early registration ends October 1 for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC & CME
🦠Updates on vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC & CME
🦠Updates on vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
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Treat pediatric CAP with 5 days of amox monotherapy. Check out our QI project here in @annalsofem.bsky.social using pre-clicked durations in order sets and an EHR-integrated pathway! #Pedsky #PedsIDSky #AntimicrobialStewardship #EM #PEM #EmergencyMedicine
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Clinical Pathway Revision Increases Amoxicillin Monotherapy and 5-Day Durations of Therapy for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care: A Quality Improvement...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends 5-day amoxicillin monotherapy as first-line treatment for pediatric uncomplicated community-acquired pne…
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September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Treat pediatric CAP with 5 days of amox monotherapy. Check out our QI project here in @annalsofem.bsky.social using pre-clicked durations in order sets and an EHR-integrated pathway! #Pedsky #PedsIDSky #AntimicrobialStewardship #EM #PEM #EmergencyMedicine
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you read 1 thing today, please make it this: my so-talented colleague @ericboodman.bsky.social explains why babies in the US are vaccinated at birth against hep B — and what the human costs of changing that policy would be. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...
Dropping hepatitis B shots for newborns would ignore history and endanger children, scientists warn
People who study, treat, or have hepatitis B say ending routine vaccination at birth - as some vaccine critics want - could lead to a resurgence of the virus.
www.statnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you read 1 thing today, please make it this: my so-talented colleague @ericboodman.bsky.social explains why babies in the US are vaccinated at birth against hep B — and what the human costs of changing that policy would be. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...
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Before the HBV vaccine was introduced as part of childhood immunization in Cameroon it wasn't uncommon to see very young people with liver cancer secondary to chronic hepatitis B. The youngest case I saw was a 17yo boy with liver cancer 2/2 to perinatally acquired HBV
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
The hepatitis B vaccine has sharply cut infections in children. Why are some against it?
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel is set to discuss and possibly vote on the vaccine at a meeting next week.
www.nbcnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Before the HBV vaccine was introduced as part of childhood immunization in Cameroon it wasn't uncommon to see very young people with liver cancer secondary to chronic hepatitis B. The youngest case I saw was a 17yo boy with liver cancer 2/2 to perinatally acquired HBV
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
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It’s my first ID #MythBustingTuesday
Let’s tackle one that is seasonal and comes up every single year:
👉🏾 “The flu shot gave me the flu.”
Spoiler: that’s not how science or vaccines work. 🧵
Let’s tackle one that is seasonal and comes up every single year:
👉🏾 “The flu shot gave me the flu.”
Spoiler: that’s not how science or vaccines work. 🧵
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It’s my first ID #MythBustingTuesday
Let’s tackle one that is seasonal and comes up every single year:
👉🏾 “The flu shot gave me the flu.”
Spoiler: that’s not how science or vaccines work. 🧵
Let’s tackle one that is seasonal and comes up every single year:
👉🏾 “The flu shot gave me the flu.”
Spoiler: that’s not how science or vaccines work. 🧵
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Join @healthjournalism.org and the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team THURS, SEPT 11 at 11am ET for a webinar on research re #vaccines & #autism. It's highly likely any HHS report on autism will try to implicate vaccines, so know the real science in advance.
Register: healthjournalism.org/event/prepar...
Register: healthjournalism.org/event/prepar...
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join @healthjournalism.org and the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team THURS, SEPT 11 at 11am ET for a webinar on research re #vaccines & #autism. It's highly likely any HHS report on autism will try to implicate vaccines, so know the real science in advance.
Register: healthjournalism.org/event/prepar...
Register: healthjournalism.org/event/prepar...
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Infants under six months old have the highest rates of #COVID19-related hospitalization save for adults 75 years and older. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of severe illness and death. Encourage your patients to protect themselves and their newborns. Learn more: bit.ly/3RWsM3z
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Infants under six months old have the highest rates of #COVID19-related hospitalization save for adults 75 years and older. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of severe illness and death. Encourage your patients to protect themselves and their newborns. Learn more: bit.ly/3RWsM3z
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Why did viruses like flu and RSV reemerge after the #COVID19 pandemic? A recent study from our #InfectiousDisease experts led by principal investigator @kmess44.bsky.social reveals insights about viruses, our immune system and how to prepare for the future: prn.to/4lztth8
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Why did viruses like flu and RSV reemerge after the #COVID19 pandemic? A recent study from our #InfectiousDisease experts led by principal investigator @kmess44.bsky.social reveals insights about viruses, our immune system and how to prepare for the future: prn.to/4lztth8
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Research from the PREMISE project led by our Director of CCTSI Resources and Services, Kevin Messacar, MD, PhD, of @cupediatrics.bsky.social, shows how children's #immune responses to viruses like #EVD68, #flu, and #RSV changed during & after #COVID-19 safety measures.
@cudivofid.bsky.social
@cudivofid.bsky.social
Dynamics of endemic virus re-emergence in children in the USA following the COVID-19 pandemic (2022–23): a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, immunoepidemiological surveillance study
The Pandemic Response Repository through Microbial and Immune Surveillance and Epidemiology (PREMISE) programme was established to translate knowledge…
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August 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Research from the PREMISE project led by our Director of CCTSI Resources and Services, Kevin Messacar, MD, PhD, of @cupediatrics.bsky.social, shows how children's #immune responses to viruses like #EVD68, #flu, and #RSV changed during & after #COVID-19 safety measures.
@cudivofid.bsky.social
@cudivofid.bsky.social
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Today, ACOG released updated clinical guidance on vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. These guidance documents reflect a large and growing body of research and data regarding the safety and benefits of maternal immunization. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45w9LOD
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today, ACOG released updated clinical guidance on vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. These guidance documents reflect a large and growing body of research and data regarding the safety and benefits of maternal immunization. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45w9LOD
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A NEWSLETTER YOU PROBABLY WANT + ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO MISINFO YOU SEE. (a thread)
Many folks are frustrated with inaccurate info they see re vaccines or info they see that they don't know is true or not. Maybe you want to respond, but you don't know how, or even know what's true... 1/n
Many folks are frustrated with inaccurate info they see re vaccines or info they see that they don't know is true or not. Maybe you want to respond, but you don't know how, or even know what's true... 1/n
August 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A NEWSLETTER YOU PROBABLY WANT + ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO MISINFO YOU SEE. (a thread)
Many folks are frustrated with inaccurate info they see re vaccines or info they see that they don't know is true or not. Maybe you want to respond, but you don't know how, or even know what's true... 1/n
Many folks are frustrated with inaccurate info they see re vaccines or info they see that they don't know is true or not. Maybe you want to respond, but you don't know how, or even know what's true... 1/n
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Register today for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update:
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Register today for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update:
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
Hey #IDSky! @kmess44.bsky.social is here!
He’s late to the party, so was not in everyone’s starter packs. Follow him for all things related to EV68, diagnostic stewardship, CNS infections and more!
He’s late to the party, so was not in everyone’s starter packs. Follow him for all things related to EV68, diagnostic stewardship, CNS infections and more!
August 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hey #IDSky! @kmess44.bsky.social is here!
He’s late to the party, so was not in everyone’s starter packs. Follow him for all things related to EV68, diagnostic stewardship, CNS infections and more!
He’s late to the party, so was not in everyone’s starter packs. Follow him for all things related to EV68, diagnostic stewardship, CNS infections and more!
Register today for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update:
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Register today for our Pediatric Infectious Disease Fall Update:
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social
🗓️Wed November 5 in person & online
✏️MOC, CME
🦠Brush up on the latest in vaccines, measles, COVID, influenza, sinusitis, pneumonia and skin & soft tissue infections
ce.childrenscolorado.org/content/27th...
@cupediatrics.bsky.social