Paul Sax
@paulsaxmd.bsky.social
Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, educator. Editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones. https://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/
Inspired by many others, I've started a newsletter to stretch my writing a bit. Hope you'll subscribe! #IDSky paulsaxmd.substack.com/about
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Inspired by many others, I've started a newsletter to stretch my writing a bit. Hope you'll subscribe! #IDSky paulsaxmd.substack.com/about
Tremendous honor -- thank you so much @idsainfo.bsky.social and especially @darcy-id-doc.bsky.social #IDSky
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October 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tremendous honor -- thank you so much @idsainfo.bsky.social and especially @darcy-id-doc.bsky.social #IDSky
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My smart and funny pal @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn -- thought I'd share it here since it is filled with wisdom! #IDSky #HIVSky
August 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My smart and funny pal @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn -- thought I'd share it here since it is filled with wisdom! #IDSky #HIVSky
enjoying my moment as the esteemed Dr. Monica Slavin, courtesy my hospital's default search engine, Bing
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July 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
enjoying my moment as the esteemed Dr. Monica Slavin, courtesy my hospital's default search engine, Bing
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This is by far the most common vaccine I strongly recommend in ID adult clinical practice. As ID doctors, we see some truly severe cases of zoster, with post-zoster sequelae that may last months or even rarely be permanent. #IDSky doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
June 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is by far the most common vaccine I strongly recommend in ID adult clinical practice. As ID doctors, we see some truly severe cases of zoster, with post-zoster sequelae that may last months or even rarely be permanent. #IDSky doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
44 years ago today. Still amazed it did not get "front page" news in MMWR in deference to two cases of dengue in US travelers to the Caribbean. But amazingly prescient reporting by CDC, incredibly what they got correct in the full text. #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
June 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
44 years ago today. Still amazed it did not get "front page" news in MMWR in deference to two cases of dengue in US travelers to the Caribbean. But amazingly prescient reporting by CDC, incredibly what they got correct in the full text. #IDSky www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
If anyone is looking for a true "start" of the effective ART era for HIV, I'd vote for Jan 1996 CROI, when 24 wk data from this study were presented for the first time. Indinavir joined ritonavir (🤮) and saquinavir (😑) with full FDA approval in March.
So amazing. www.natap.org/1998/drug/03...
So amazing. www.natap.org/1998/drug/03...
May 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If anyone is looking for a true "start" of the effective ART era for HIV, I'd vote for Jan 1996 CROI, when 24 wk data from this study were presented for the first time. Indinavir joined ritonavir (🤮) and saquinavir (😑) with full FDA approval in March.
So amazing. www.natap.org/1998/drug/03...
So amazing. www.natap.org/1998/drug/03...
Dear Predatory Publishers,
Gentle advice, at least if you're in the health field: Try to choose your fake names with a bit more care.
With great affection for all the unintentional humor you've given me over the years,
Paul
Gentle advice, at least if you're in the health field: Try to choose your fake names with a bit more care.
With great affection for all the unintentional humor you've given me over the years,
Paul
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Dear Predatory Publishers,
Gentle advice, at least if you're in the health field: Try to choose your fake names with a bit more care.
With great affection for all the unintentional humor you've given me over the years,
Paul
Gentle advice, at least if you're in the health field: Try to choose your fake names with a bit more care.
With great affection for all the unintentional humor you've given me over the years,
Paul
Totally thrilled to be working with @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social and Dr. Magnus Gisslen again to summarize the top studies from #CROI2025. #IDSky #HIVSky Please sign up to join us! 31 March, 2025 medevents.se/events/ch2-2025
March 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Totally thrilled to be working with @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social and Dr. Magnus Gisslen again to summarize the top studies from #CROI2025. #IDSky #HIVSky Please sign up to join us! 31 March, 2025 medevents.se/events/ch2-2025
At Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social, we are looking to fill 2 critical editorial positions.
- Clinical microbiology
- ID complications of transplantation and cancer treatments, in particular the latter. Full descriptions below and at link. Apply!
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- Clinical microbiology
- ID complications of transplantation and cancer treatments, in particular the latter. Full descriptions below and at link. Apply!
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February 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
At Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social, we are looking to fill 2 critical editorial positions.
- Clinical microbiology
- ID complications of transplantation and cancer treatments, in particular the latter. Full descriptions below and at link. Apply!
academic.oup.com/idsa/pages/c...
- Clinical microbiology
- ID complications of transplantation and cancer treatments, in particular the latter. Full descriptions below and at link. Apply!
academic.oup.com/idsa/pages/c...
Vastly prefer my treat, thanks to @csax.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Vastly prefer my treat, thanks to @csax.bsky.social
Hope you like the talk! Here's the title slide.
February 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hope you like the talk! Here's the title slide.
The University of Washington's National HIV Curriculum, headed by Dr. David Spach, is one of the best on-line resources for HIV information anywhere.
I refer people to it *all the time*.
Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky
www.hiv.uw.edu
I refer people to it *all the time*.
Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky
www.hiv.uw.edu
February 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The University of Washington's National HIV Curriculum, headed by Dr. David Spach, is one of the best on-line resources for HIV information anywhere.
I refer people to it *all the time*.
Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky
www.hiv.uw.edu
I refer people to it *all the time*.
Really hoping valuable resources like this are up and running again soon. #IDSky
www.hiv.uw.edu
Pass.
Prefer this one:
Prefer this one:
February 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Pass.
Prefer this one:
Prefer this one:
must be 100% true and you'll never convince me otherwise
January 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
must be 100% true and you'll never convince me otherwise
So many people either have had norovirus recently, or have asked me about it, that I summarized some key points.
Though it's incredibly common, in many ways it's amazing it isn't even *more* common.
More on this misery inducing virus here. #IDSKy blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Though it's incredibly common, in many ways it's amazing it isn't even *more* common.
More on this misery inducing virus here. #IDSKy blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
January 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So many people either have had norovirus recently, or have asked me about it, that I summarized some key points.
Though it's incredibly common, in many ways it's amazing it isn't even *more* common.
More on this misery inducing virus here. #IDSKy blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Though it's incredibly common, in many ways it's amazing it isn't even *more* common.
More on this misery inducing virus here. #IDSKy blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Recently saw one, flying high over the Riverway, believe it or not. That was a first.
It was magnificent.
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It was magnificent.
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December 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Recently saw one, flying high over the Riverway, believe it or not. That was a first.
It was magnificent.
maps.app.goo.gl/ciyiyjXxw9KE...
It was magnificent.
maps.app.goo.gl/ciyiyjXxw9KE...
Am I the only one feeling incredible sadness about receiving this message about Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute setting "separation timelines" and a "clear end date" for ending our affiliation?
I doubt it
😥
#itdoesnthavetobethisway
I doubt it
😥
#itdoesnthavetobethisway
December 21, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Am I the only one feeling incredible sadness about receiving this message about Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute setting "separation timelines" and a "clear end date" for ending our affiliation?
I doubt it
😥
#itdoesnthavetobethisway
I doubt it
😥
#itdoesnthavetobethisway
Any time I can team up with @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social for an HIV program is a bonus for me! She covered highlights from the 2024 HIV Glasgow conference, and I took a look back on the top HIV studies of the year.
Enjoy this on-demand video!
medevents.se/on-demand/hg...
Enjoy this on-demand video!
medevents.se/on-demand/hg...
December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Any time I can team up with @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social for an HIV program is a bonus for me! She covered highlights from the 2024 HIV Glasgow conference, and I took a look back on the top HIV studies of the year.
Enjoy this on-demand video!
medevents.se/on-demand/hg...
Enjoy this on-demand video!
medevents.se/on-demand/hg...
Ask and you shall receive
December 1, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Ask and you shall receive
The replies on this post of mine from the old site are priceless.
Those were the days ...
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Those were the days ...
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November 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
The replies on this post of mine from the old site are priceless.
Those were the days ...
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Those were the days ...
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I translate it in my head to something that sounds more like plain English, thanks to the great teaching of Michael Hughes:
"We tested whether X was *not too much worse* than Y. We found it was too much worse" = not non-inferior www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/mich...
"We tested whether X was *not too much worse* than Y. We found it was too much worse" = not non-inferior www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/mich...
November 26, 2024 at 1:17 PM
I translate it in my head to something that sounds more like plain English, thanks to the great teaching of Michael Hughes:
"We tested whether X was *not too much worse* than Y. We found it was too much worse" = not non-inferior www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/mich...
"We tested whether X was *not too much worse* than Y. We found it was too much worse" = not non-inferior www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/mich...
Such great writing on tennis and life, from Andrea Petkovic, who doesn't seem to be on this app.
Agree with all of these, highlighted sentence in particular.
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Agree with all of these, highlighted sentence in particular.
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November 24, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Such great writing on tennis and life, from Andrea Petkovic, who doesn't seem to be on this app.
Agree with all of these, highlighted sentence in particular.
open.substack.com/pub/andreape...
Agree with all of these, highlighted sentence in particular.
open.substack.com/pub/andreape...