Thank you, @cidrap.bsky.social, for covering our new @nejm.org review of Covid-19, RSV, and influenza immunizations.

Check it out: cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/meta-analysis-covid-rsv-flu-vaccines-fall-provides-sea-data-showing-efficacy-safety

This weekend, we suddenly lost our dear Dr Latesha Elopre. She was a brilliant researcher & clinician, passionate advocate for health equity, the most considerate and kind-hearted friend, and a devoted wife to Chris, daughter to Glenda, and, above all, mother to Jacob and Gigi.

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“The IAS–USA is deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of Latesha Elopre, MD, a dedicated young physician and promising member of our Core Faculty. Her contributions to the study of infectious diseases and HIV prevention among vulnerable populations leave a lasting impact.“

Beyond disappointing. Vaccine access (& development) is a critical domestic resource & vital to intl health (& security). Limiting access to vaccines = ⬆️ risk of preventable outbreaks. Also, when you gut public health, you reduce our capacity for prevention/response. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

It is impossible to listen to the meeting without feeling a deep sense of sadness over how low we have fallen and how quickly. The lack of basic understanding of how vaccines are studied by those now with authority to vote and make recommendations on how vaccines should be used is heartbreaking.

If you want people to trust vaccines, you don’t fire experts and give the mic to people who’ve spent years casting doubt. That’s not balance. It risks unraveling decades of public health progress.

Trust is built through evidence, not agendas that reject science.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...

An analysis comparing the number of scientific papers on vaccines published by recently fired #ACIP members to those published by the 8 people Sec. Kennedy chose to replace them shows a stark difference in depth of expertise in the field. www.science.org/content/arti...

"What would happen if we stopped measles and Hib vaccinations in industrialised countries? For example, in the USA there would be an estimated 3–4 million cases of measles with 450 deaths, and 20 000 Hib infections with 600 deaths"
Will anyone find this acceptable?
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#ACIP, the expert panel that advises #CDC on vaccine policy, will not meet next week.
#HHS, which never gave final approval for the meeting, per sources, suggests it will be rescheduled, but gives no date. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/a...

Scientists! A really great resource! #episky #medsky #science buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

"Dozens of clinical trials in South Asia, Africa & Latin America have been suspended. 1000s enrolled in studies have drugs, vaccines & medical devices in their bodies but no longer have access to continuing treatment or the researchers who were supervising their care" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

USAID is 1% of the budget yet does an immense about of good in vulnerable communities around the world. Strengthens US partnerships with allies and makes Americans and countries around the world safer. There are only downsides to ending USAID.

On World AIDS Day we honor the memory of all those we have lost to HIV and stand in solidarity with all courageously confronting the inequalities that hinder our journey toward achieving the target of ending AIDS. @uab-cfar.bsky.social @katia-bruxvoort.bsky.social