Kamran Mahmood
@kmahmood.bsky.social
Infections diseases, Louisville, KY
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Good news here👇👇👇
NEWS STORY: After missing two months last season following a cancer diagnosis, Hall of Famer Randy Moss is expected to return full-time on ESPN's NFL Countdown this year, The Athletic has learned.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...
Randy Moss to return to ESPN's 'Sunday NFL Countdown' this season
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good news here👇👇👇
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June 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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More than 98% of families in this country choose to vaccinate their young children. But now, vaccine policy is being shaped by the small, extreme minority that doesn’t. This decision doesn’t reflect, protect or support families.
June 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
More than 98% of families in this country choose to vaccinate their young children. But now, vaccine policy is being shaped by the small, extreme minority that doesn’t. This decision doesn’t reflect, protect or support families.
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But Haliburton is overrated
June 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
But Haliburton is overrated
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#idboardreview 40 yo male with unstable housing from NY admitted with fever, vesicular rash as shown, chills, headache, myalgias. Most likely diagnosis? #meded #idmedEd #idsky
April 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#idboardreview 40 yo male with unstable housing from NY admitted with fever, vesicular rash as shown, chills, headache, myalgias. Most likely diagnosis? #meded #idmedEd #idsky
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If you are a healthcare provider and EVER draw labs to evaluate for iron deficiency you should know
-ferritin is best unless ongoing inflammation
-serum iron is USELESS
-a single digit ferritin result is NEVER NORMAL even if your lab says it is
#MedSky
-ferritin is best unless ongoing inflammation
-serum iron is USELESS
-a single digit ferritin result is NEVER NORMAL even if your lab says it is
#MedSky
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you are a healthcare provider and EVER draw labs to evaluate for iron deficiency you should know
-ferritin is best unless ongoing inflammation
-serum iron is USELESS
-a single digit ferritin result is NEVER NORMAL even if your lab says it is
#MedSky
-ferritin is best unless ongoing inflammation
-serum iron is USELESS
-a single digit ferritin result is NEVER NORMAL even if your lab says it is
#MedSky
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Anyone who attended this year's #CROI2025 will tell you it was a very strange experience given the current political climate. Still, plenty of interesting studies -- here's a Really Rapid Review of selected highlights. #IDSky #HIVSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Really Rapid Review: CROI 2025 San Francisco
Wow, that was an interesting conference — in ways both good and bad. The good part was the content, as the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is our leading HIV research co...
blogs.jwatch.org
March 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Anyone who attended this year's #CROI2025 will tell you it was a very strange experience given the current political climate. Still, plenty of interesting studies -- here's a Really Rapid Review of selected highlights. #IDSky #HIVSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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defying court orders www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
defying court orders www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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The president and physician-in-chief of Brown Medicine is Louis Rice MD.
If one of my partners/employees was detained by the feds in this manner I would be losing my shit. So far: 🦗🦗🦗
www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2...
If one of my partners/employees was detained by the feds in this manner I would be losing my shit. So far: 🦗🦗🦗
www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2...
Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know.
A court order that would have delayed the deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh was issued while her plane was on the tarmac, but it took off anyway.
www.patriotledger.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The president and physician-in-chief of Brown Medicine is Louis Rice MD.
If one of my partners/employees was detained by the feds in this manner I would be losing my shit. So far: 🦗🦗🦗
www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2...
If one of my partners/employees was detained by the feds in this manner I would be losing my shit. So far: 🦗🦗🦗
www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2...
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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
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Honestly this is the end of the great American experiment
Once the first amendment falls the rest are not far behind
Holy crap
Once the first amendment falls the rest are not far behind
Holy crap
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics... then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Honestly this is the end of the great American experiment
Once the first amendment falls the rest are not far behind
Holy crap
Once the first amendment falls the rest are not far behind
Holy crap
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If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart
My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Great article and nice to see Seema Lakdawala, an influenza virologist and co-director of the Center for Transmission of Airborne Pathogens at Emory School of Medicine quoted.
Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding
Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Great article and nice to see Seema Lakdawala, an influenza virologist and co-director of the Center for Transmission of Airborne Pathogens at Emory School of Medicine quoted.
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Great infographic. Pass it on.
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Great infographic. Pass it on.
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Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public
In the first month of the new administration responsible for leading the US, the executive branch has issued a flurry of orders, including ones associated with the dismissal or resignation of tens of ...
jamanetwork.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Things pediatricians are scared of:
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Things pediatricians are scared of:
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
Grapes
Hot dogs
Lawn mowers
Unmounted TVs
Babies on laps in cars
Riders without helmets
Ungated pools
Crib bumpers
Trampolines
Hot tubs
Guns
Things pediatricians are not scared of:
Any/all the vaccines
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🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over
🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s
🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day
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I hope Harrison Butker cries himself to sleep tonight. Thoughts and prayers.
February 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I hope Harrison Butker cries himself to sleep tonight. Thoughts and prayers.
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Philadelphia needs to win for America
February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Philadelphia needs to win for America
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The Philadelphia Eagles have the Mandate of Heaven
February 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Philadelphia Eagles have the Mandate of Heaven
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We must remember is that childhood deaths and disability have a disproportionate effect on years of healthy life lost. It's why childhood immunizations against infectious threats are so important, and why they are one of the greatest scientific advances in history.
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SRHD Reports Pertussis Death in Spokane County
The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) announces the first confirmed death from pertussis (whooping cough) in Washington since 2011.
srhd.org
February 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We must remember is that childhood deaths and disability have a disproportionate effect on years of healthy life lost. It's why childhood immunizations against infectious threats are so important, and why they are one of the greatest scientific advances in history.
srhd.org/news/srhd-re...
srhd.org/news/srhd-re...
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Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
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The White House sent out an email to all reporters on its press list, calling our story “fake news.”
We stand by our story.
We stand by our story.
February 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The White House sent out an email to all reporters on its press list, calling our story “fake news.”
We stand by our story.
We stand by our story.
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It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking.......
washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking.......
washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...