Taylor Heald-Sargent
@taylorhealdme.bsky.social
Mom, Wife, Peds Transplant ID physician at Lurie Children’s/Northwestern University. I don’t have time for social media but trying to stay connected!
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Election Day in Oak Park today! Polls close at 7. Get your polling place here: www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/elections/yo...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Election Day in Oak Park today! Polls close at 7. Get your polling place here: www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/elections/yo...
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Hundreds of federal health workers, including doctors in senior leadership positions, began hearing early Tuesday morning that they are losing their jobs, part of a vast restructuring that will winnow down the agencies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies (Gift Article)
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss 10,000 employees and drastically overhaul the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hundreds of federal health workers, including doctors in senior leadership positions, began hearing early Tuesday morning that they are losing their jobs, part of a vast restructuring that will winnow down the agencies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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22 States sued the Federal government today in federal court in Boston regarding change in NIH indirects to 15%.
PUBLIC LAW 118–47— 138 Stat 688, sec 224.
Congress mandated in March 23, 2024 law that NIH indirects shall continue at level of Q3 2017.
PUBLIC LAW 118–47— 138 Stat 688, sec 224.
Congress mandated in March 23, 2024 law that NIH indirects shall continue at level of Q3 2017.
February 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
22 States sued the Federal government today in federal court in Boston regarding change in NIH indirects to 15%.
PUBLIC LAW 118–47— 138 Stat 688, sec 224.
Congress mandated in March 23, 2024 law that NIH indirects shall continue at level of Q3 2017.
PUBLIC LAW 118–47— 138 Stat 688, sec 224.
Congress mandated in March 23, 2024 law that NIH indirects shall continue at level of Q3 2017.
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“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.”
From our @science.org news team 🧪
From our @science.org news team 🧪
'It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.”
From our @science.org news team 🧪
From our @science.org news team 🧪
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Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following Trump’s federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and could get people killed.
January 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following Trump’s federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and could get people killed.
Gotta love the stuff you get to look up while caring for ID patients- last week I needed to look into exposures after being licked by a camel in the Middle East
Cat bites (punctures) are typically worse than dog bites (tears) for Pasteurella multocida and other pathogens since they lead to a deeper inoculation belied by surface appearance
Worst animal to be bitten by in terms of infectious risk however: ANOTHER HUMAN
Now a 🧵/ Top 10 exotic bite infections
Worst animal to be bitten by in terms of infectious risk however: ANOTHER HUMAN
Now a 🧵/ Top 10 exotic bite infections
Why a little cat bite can trigger a big health emergency
In one study by the Mayo Clinic, 1 in 3 cat bites to the hand required hospitalization and some required surgery to clean the wound.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gotta love the stuff you get to look up while caring for ID patients- last week I needed to look into exposures after being licked by a camel in the Middle East
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An entire lineage of influenza B viruses literally went extinct due to COVID mitigation measures and people will still say “masks don’t work”
I don't know if regular people will ever realize how insane it was that we literally did not have a flu or RSV season in January 2021.
January 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
An entire lineage of influenza B viruses literally went extinct due to COVID mitigation measures and people will still say “masks don’t work”
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A limited number of travel stipends remain for the 2025 St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference. These $1k awards are offered to accredited Pediatric ID Fellowship Training Programs (not individuals) based in the US or Canada. #IDSky pids.org/event/2025-s...
2025 St. Jude-PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
pids.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A limited number of travel stipends remain for the 2025 St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference. These $1k awards are offered to accredited Pediatric ID Fellowship Training Programs (not individuals) based in the US or Canada. #IDSky pids.org/event/2025-s...
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Dr. Jennifer Jao from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine has been selected as Co-Chair of the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network. www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stor...
Dr. Jennifer Jao Named Co-Chair of International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network
Lurie Children’s Dr. Jennifer Jao was selected as Co-Chair of the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network to help guide the Network’s critical work to improve the health and well-being of infants, children, and pregnant/postpartum individuals affected by HIV and its co-morbidities worldwide.
www.luriechildrens.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dr. Jennifer Jao from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine has been selected as Co-Chair of the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network. www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stor...