Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He)
@jncherabiemd.bsky.social
Infectious Disease Doc - WashU
HIVMA Board of Directors
LGBT+ Health, STI, HIV
Queer and Proud
HIVMA Board of Directors
LGBT+ Health, STI, HIV
Queer and Proud
Finally published this article and it's more important now than ever to #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky
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Silence = Death Is Real Now More Than Ever, but Words Aren’t Enough—Action Is Needed!
To the editor—Thanks to Meyerowitz and Schwartz [1] for their viewpoint article, which highlights all the jarring changes that President Trump and his admi
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November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Finally published this article and it's more important now than ever to #SaveHIVFunding #HIVSky
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Happening now @hivma.bsky.social rally to #SaveHIVFunding #CutsKill @idsainfo.bsky.social #IDWeek2025
October 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happening now @hivma.bsky.social rally to #SaveHIVFunding #CutsKill @idsainfo.bsky.social #IDWeek2025
Yesterday was a busy day in the STI clinic, but one of my last patients had reported pain during sex. Turns out they had trich, but the more important discussion was what happened when they disclosed to their partner their discomfort, the partner ignored my pt. This is not ok…
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yesterday was a busy day in the STI clinic, but one of my last patients had reported pain during sex. Turns out they had trich, but the more important discussion was what happened when they disclosed to their partner their discomfort, the partner ignored my pt. This is not ok…
Who you gonna turn to in times of crisis then? All this talk is just noise but when crises come, and people die, who you gonna trust?! A lawyer with zero medical experience? Or doctors who have spent decades studying medicine…
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who you gonna turn to in times of crisis then? All this talk is just noise but when crises come, and people die, who you gonna trust?! A lawyer with zero medical experience? Or doctors who have spent decades studying medicine…
Measles, Ebola, major disease outbreak investigators, HIV prevention…we’re f***ed. I’m not trying to be over dramatic here, but we currently have no defense against infectious diseases threats
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Measles, Ebola, major disease outbreak investigators, HIV prevention…we’re f***ed. I’m not trying to be over dramatic here, but we currently have no defense against infectious diseases threats
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Those fired include the staff of the MMWR, our major source of information on outbreaks and guidelines, EIS, our disease investigators, and many experts. We are not equipped AT ALL to handle another outbreak or at this rate, any infectious disease…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Those fired include the staff of the MMWR, our major source of information on outbreaks and guidelines, EIS, our disease investigators, and many experts. We are not equipped AT ALL to handle another outbreak or at this rate, any infectious disease…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Reposted by Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He)
“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”
Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”
Worried how this govt shut down will affect healthcare? Here is an update by @idsainfo.bsky.social on what this shut down will look like for us:
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HHS government shutdown contingency plans: What to know
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October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Worried how this govt shut down will affect healthcare? Here is an update by @idsainfo.bsky.social on what this shut down will look like for us:
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
www.idsociety.org/news--public...
STL #PrEP week is coming up, and we at WashU and the STL PTC wanted to have a Real Talk about PrEP, going over the current political landscape and obstacles.
Register here: courses.nnptc.org/class_inform...
Register here: courses.nnptc.org/class_inform...
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
STL #PrEP week is coming up, and we at WashU and the STL PTC wanted to have a Real Talk about PrEP, going over the current political landscape and obstacles.
Register here: courses.nnptc.org/class_inform...
Register here: courses.nnptc.org/class_inform...
And the CDC has officially decided to switch back from Mpox to Monkeypox. A reminder, the world still uses Mpox, this disease does not come from monkeys, Mpox is less stigmatizing and racist. Switching back is just meaningless, unnecessary, racist, and homophobic.
September 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And the CDC has officially decided to switch back from Mpox to Monkeypox. A reminder, the world still uses Mpox, this disease does not come from monkeys, Mpox is less stigmatizing and racist. Switching back is just meaningless, unnecessary, racist, and homophobic.
STI rates coming down, but still lots of work to do. This is a combination of public health efforts, doxyPEP, regular screening and treatment, and expedited partner therapy. Congenital syphilis STILL INCREASING though and requires regular testing 3x in pregnancy where high rates of syphilis #STISky
CDC released provisional 2024 data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For the first time in years, overall reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, & syphilis are down ~9%. In 2024, over 2.2 million STIs were reported. That’s still 13% higher than 10 years ago.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance, 2024 (Provisional)
The most recent national data for reportable STIs: chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
STI rates coming down, but still lots of work to do. This is a combination of public health efforts, doxyPEP, regular screening and treatment, and expedited partner therapy. Congenital syphilis STILL INCREASING though and requires regular testing 3x in pregnancy where high rates of syphilis #STISky
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This is #infant #mortality in the United States. My piece in @thenation.com on how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are making things much, much worse. Read it here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
September 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is #infant #mortality in the United States. My piece in @thenation.com on how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are making things much, much worse. Read it here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Listen to the experts
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Listen to the experts
Reposted by Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He)
This is the most anti-science thing I have watched today.
What is most shocking about this is all of these statements are being made without any scientific evidence to back it up.
There are very few safe options to treat pain and fever in pregnancy so this is also an attack on women's health.
What is most shocking about this is all of these statements are being made without any scientific evidence to back it up.
There are very few safe options to treat pain and fever in pregnancy so this is also an attack on women's health.
September 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is the most anti-science thing I have watched today.
What is most shocking about this is all of these statements are being made without any scientific evidence to back it up.
There are very few safe options to treat pain and fever in pregnancy so this is also an attack on women's health.
What is most shocking about this is all of these statements are being made without any scientific evidence to back it up.
There are very few safe options to treat pain and fever in pregnancy so this is also an attack on women's health.
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Pregnant women can't access the #COVID vaccine. If they get #COVID and develop a fever, they can't take Tylenol? 🫠.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death.
None of this is pro-life.
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every medical professional I know has dreaded this announcement and unanimously called it questionable at best. Large cohorts have shown there is NO link between acetaminophen and autism, it is by definition a confounder at best, and leucovorin…I have no words
UPDATE: President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up
President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Every medical professional I know has dreaded this announcement and unanimously called it questionable at best. Large cohorts have shown there is NO link between acetaminophen and autism, it is by definition a confounder at best, and leucovorin…I have no words
While the world has been on perpetual fire and dealing with the whirlwind of public health issues being thrown at it, the CDC STI Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse folks was removed. This is the government directly interfering in medical care of a historically neglected population.
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
While the world has been on perpetual fire and dealing with the whirlwind of public health issues being thrown at it, the CDC STI Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse folks was removed. This is the government directly interfering in medical care of a historically neglected population.
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Save #AIDS Research Tomorrow!
24 hours of discussion, presentations, and passion about this disease that has crossed the globe for more than 40 years!
Tune in--even for just a few minutes and learn about the importance of continued HIV/AIDS research!
saveaidsresearch.org
24 hours of discussion, presentations, and passion about this disease that has crossed the globe for more than 40 years!
Tune in--even for just a few minutes and learn about the importance of continued HIV/AIDS research!
saveaidsresearch.org
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
saveaidsresearch.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Save #AIDS Research Tomorrow!
24 hours of discussion, presentations, and passion about this disease that has crossed the globe for more than 40 years!
Tune in--even for just a few minutes and learn about the importance of continued HIV/AIDS research!
saveaidsresearch.org
24 hours of discussion, presentations, and passion about this disease that has crossed the globe for more than 40 years!
Tune in--even for just a few minutes and learn about the importance of continued HIV/AIDS research!
saveaidsresearch.org
My patient told me to stay hip as it’s better than being boring!
Take that everyone who weaponized professionalism against me :-p
Take that everyone who weaponized professionalism against me :-p
September 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My patient told me to stay hip as it’s better than being boring!
Take that everyone who weaponized professionalism against me :-p
Take that everyone who weaponized professionalism against me :-p
What’s in a name you ask? Everything if that name means making patients feel more comfortable and less stigmatized. Great piece by @npr.org featuring @boghuma.bsky.social and myself, talking about the renaming of mpox (once again)
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
In 2022, the name 'monkeypox' was nixed. Now the U.S. is reviving it
The World Health Organization retired the name "monkeypox" in favor of mpox — since the virus is spread by rodents and small mammals and there's a stigma factor. Why has the U.S. revived "monkeypox"?
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September 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What’s in a name you ask? Everything if that name means making patients feel more comfortable and less stigmatized. Great piece by @npr.org featuring @boghuma.bsky.social and myself, talking about the renaming of mpox (once again)
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
What is so evident in the last 24 hrs is we can all agree to condemn political violence, but many don’t seem to be able to show empathy to other people and communities that have been targeted in the past. I think that’s what makes this so hard for many of us.
September 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What is so evident in the last 24 hrs is we can all agree to condemn political violence, but many don’t seem to be able to show empathy to other people and communities that have been targeted in the past. I think that’s what makes this so hard for many of us.
The term endemic is one that I hate and has a long history of racisms, colonialism, and laziness. The idea being that if something is endemic, there is nothing we can do to control it, and often times it's a problem for a place "over there" not here. We need new phrasing but Chagas disease is here
Ivermectin is NOT an effective treatment for Chagas Disease.
Just thought I should put that information out there.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Just thought I should put that information out there.
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‘Kissing bug’ disease is now endemic in the U.S., CDC says. What is it?
The U.S. is seeing a rise in Chagas disease, a life-threatening illness transmitted through “kissing bugs” known to bite human faces. Pets can be carriers.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The term endemic is one that I hate and has a long history of racisms, colonialism, and laziness. The idea being that if something is endemic, there is nothing we can do to control it, and often times it's a problem for a place "over there" not here. We need new phrasing but Chagas disease is here
Spent 45 mins trying to access an ASL interpreter for a patient. Ppl don't understand how much ESL and ASL can be a barrier to patient care, it's actually terrifying.
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Spent 45 mins trying to access an ASL interpreter for a patient. Ppl don't understand how much ESL and ASL can be a barrier to patient care, it's actually terrifying.
RFK Jr is dismantling public health as we speak. He must resign. Thanks @theatlantic.com for this excellent summary of the damages caused thus far.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
A Massive Vaccine Experiment
In just seven months, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undone decades of vaccine synchrony.
www.theatlantic.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
RFK Jr is dismantling public health as we speak. He must resign. Thanks @theatlantic.com for this excellent summary of the damages caused thus far.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...