Emily Kern-Smith, MD
kidbraindoc.bsky.social
Emily Kern-Smith, MD
@kidbraindoc.bsky.social
Child Neurologist by day. Wife, Mom, Swiftie forevermore. Views are my own
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Reposted by Emily Kern-Smith, MD
The Trump administration took down the CDC STI treatment guidelines to determine the best antibiotic regimens for various infections and the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptives that doctors use to choose safe contraceptives to give patients with various conditions. #medsky #idsky #cdc 🩺
January 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Emily Kern-Smith, MD
Reposted by Emily Kern-Smith, MD
The H5N1 sequence found in the hospitalized teenager shows two important mutations that improve the virus's ability to bind to human α2,6 sialic acid receptors.

This adaptation is crucial for the virus's potential to spread between humans.

The virus is evolving.

#H5N1
November 16, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Reposted by Emily Kern-Smith, MD
Louis Pasteur has entered the chat.

🥛
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM