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Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud

@drfoxrob.bsky.social
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Prof Medicine McMaster. Scientific Dir Sepsis Canada, Dir Med Ed Hamilton Health Sciences.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
One day in the 1980s, Wilma Pelly injured her hand at her factory job. While she recovered, she decided to try out acting. What started with work as an extra, led to her beloved role as Elsie on North of 60 and a successful acting career. This is her story. 🧵 1/8
An elderly woman with a gentle smile, facing the camera directly. Her dark hair is pulled back neatly and covered with a red patterned headscarf tied under her chin. She wears a dark red knitted sweater adorned with a colorful handmade flower brooch (white petals, orange center, green leaves) on the left side. The background is a softly blurred outdoor scene with green and earthy tones, suggesting grass or foliage. The photo has a warm, slightly vintage tone.
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JAMA @jama.com · 27/12/2025
#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada. ja.ma/45gaS4e
JAMA study: "The Role of Vaccination in Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy." Figure 1 shows monthly cases from April 2021-December 2022, tracking hospitalization and critical care rates, with a Delta and Omicron phase. Graph shows hospitalization rates decreasing after Dec 2021.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Please, please get your vaccines. Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system. Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/... #VaccinesWork
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Calgary ERs face 'extreme overcapacity,' internal hospital memo says | CBC News
Hospitals are tightening policies to prevent patient bottlenecks, even if beds aren't available, according to a memo obtained by CBC News.
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PASSERELLE @passerelle-hub.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
💡 PASSERELLE’s Trainee Advisory Committee led Canada’s first national survey on the needs and experiences of trainees in patient-oriented research (POR). Key takeaway: While most value POR, fewer feel confident leading it. 📖 The full report will be released in 2026.
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ScienceUpFirst @scienceupfirst.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Science is built on many voices, not one institution. A single surprising statement, even from a familiar or historically trusted source, doesn’t replace the wider consensus. But how to gauge reliability?👇 scienceupfirst.com/misinformati... #ScienceUpFirst
Six red flags in the centre, each one has a warning sign. There's a magnifying glass in the upper right. Text in the graphic: "Trusted Health Source Starting to Feel Off? 6 Signs A Source Is Unreliable. Breaks from broad expert consensus. Uses studies or data in a selective or misleading way. Ignores corrections or credible scientific criticism. Uses ideological or politicized language. Keeps moving the goalposts. Asking for impossible proof or proof of a negative” #ScienceUpFirst
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades wapo.st/3KIeg0N "Immunizations 'remain the best buy in global health.'" "If funding cuts persist ... 12 million more children under 5 could die by 2045." Thx, MAGA.
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Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
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PASSERELLE @passerelle-hub.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🎥 Missed a PASSERELLE webinar this year? Watch recorded sessions on patient-oriented research, best practices & innovative approaches. Thanks to our amazing speakers & everyone who joined! 👉 www.youtube.com/@PASSERELLE-...
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Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) @ccctg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
NEW! Health economic evaluation of the REVISE trial: 50-Cent Drug Could Save Hospitals Thousands of Dollars www.newsweek.com/50-cent-drug...
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50-cent drug could save hospitals thousands of dollars
The drug is predicted to have the potential to save some $4,950 per patient on average, according to a new study.
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ScienceUpFirst @scienceupfirst.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Did you know that not all scientific evidence has the same weight? The more the study relies on an expert's opinion, rather than many data points and peer-review, the higher the risk of bias. 🔺https://www.scienceupfirst.com/project/hierarchy-of-evidence/ #ScienceUpFirst
A layered, rainbow-coloured pyramid, with each layer tied to a different part of the hierarchy of evidence. Text in graphic: "The Hierarchy of Evidence: Risk of Bias, Systematic Review/Meta Analysis, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Case Series/Reports, Editorials/Expert Opinion. Not all evidence is the same. #ScienceUpFirst
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Surging measles cases could augur poorly for other diseases, @who.int says www.cbc.ca/news/health/... What it will take for Canada to regain its measles elimination status? "Better communication, building trust with undervaccinated communities & fighting misinformation."
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Measles deaths fall globally but drop in vaccine coverage raises case counts: WHO | CBC News
Measles deaths dropped 88 per cent over 24 years thanks to global immunization efforts but the number of cases surged in 2024, the World Health Organization says.
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Dr. Dawn Bowdish @msmacrophage.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social
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Bites & Insights: Is dementia a vaccine-preventable condition? - MIRA
Register here
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sepsiscanada.bsky.social @sepsiscanada.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This World Sepsis Day, 98 structures will illuminate pink across Canada to raise awareness of sepsis! Not only does this break 2024’s record, but this year will also see the first illumination in one of Canada’s 3 territories. A key moment in raising awareness in the North.
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sepsiscanada.bsky.social @sepsiscanada.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Thank you to the governments of Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon for officially proclaiming World Sepsis Day 2025. This stands as a critical contribution to raising awareness of sepsis throughout Canada!
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sepsiscanada.bsky.social @sepsiscanada.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It is important to recognize both physical and mental health impacts when helping survivors recover from sepsis. Here is Amalie sharing her mental health experiences both before and after sepsis. #SepsisAwarenessMonth #WorldSepsisDay #SepsisAwareness #Sepsis #SepsisSurvivor
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 08/09/2025
Video in Clinical Medicine: Abdominal paracentesis can be performed as either a diagnostic or a therapeutic procedure. The use of ultrasound for guiding paracentesis generally results in fewer complications and increased operator comfort and procedure success rates. nej.md/3I1o5FN
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/09/2025
In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators. Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: scim.ag/46l2X6y
Cover of Labwork to Leadership
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JAMA @jama.com · 03/09/2025
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has a case fatality rate of 15% to 30% and causes 300 000 deaths per year worldwide. This Review discusses management of S aureus bacteremia. ja.ma/47lAvCO #MedSky
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 16/08/2025
Whether lactated Ringer’s solution is clinically superior to normal saline for routine intravenous administration of fluids to hospitalized patients is unclear. Research findings from the FLUID trial are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/4oCRgQ4 #MedSky #CriticalCare
Visual representation of the FLUID trial, which evaluated lactated Ringer’s solution vs. normal saline for routine intravenous administration of fluids to hospitalized patients.
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
oh, not nearly as good as one might hope
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Organizations disinvited from CDC vaccine workgroups medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... - American Medical Association - American Academy of Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases Society of America, et al Removal "irresponsible, dangerous to our nation's health, & will further undermine public trust..."
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Organizations disinvited from CDC vaccine workgroups
U.S. health officials have informed more than half a dozen leading medical organizations that they will no longer be invited to participate in developing vaccination recommendations.
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Shannon McKenney @shannonmckenney.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Jackie Duda is a BEAST!!! This woman does so much advocating for sepsis awareness & changing lives for the better for all sepsis survivors. This is her latest article in @thelancet.com. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The walking wounded: sepsis survivors grapple with post-sepsis syndrome
There were times I didn’t know why I survived sepsis, and even darker times when I wished I hadn’t. After surviving septic shock in May, 2021, after a colon perforation erupted from undiagnosed divert...
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 31/07/2025
Ventilator-associated pneumonia: mechanisms, an appraisal of current therapies and the role for inhaled antibiotics in prevention and treatment CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evid…
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 24/07/2025
🚩The 3rd trial result for CCR Down Under 2025 is ARISE-AFRICA🚩 ➡️Standard low flow oxygen vs nasal high flow oxygen vs CPAP in hypoxaemic respiratory failure ➡️Presenter Arthur Kwizera ➡️Join us in Melbourne criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr... @precordialthump.bsky.social
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CCR Down Under 2025
Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025
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Nature @nature.com · 23/07/2025
Nature research paper: Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis go.nature.com/4lzilSb
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Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis - Nature
Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/07/2025
Maria Montessori and her many disciples believed that children are, in their essence, methodical, self-directed beings with a strong work ethic.
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The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
Her method was meant for the public. Then it became a privilege.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at my university @mcgill.ca Fully-funded scholarship to Canada!! opportunitiesforyouth.org/2025/07/14/m...
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Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University(Fully-funded scholarship to Canada) - Opportunities for Youth
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is the largest scholarship and leadership initiative of its kind in Africa. Through a broad network of Pan-African
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Tackling misinformation is a long game: journalists can help www.absw.org.uk/resources/ta... v @absw.bsky.social 1) Publish on a topic widely & repeatedly 2) Prebunk—inoculate your audience against common misinformation tactics 3) Report on science with extreme care 4) Choose your experts carefully
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Tackling misinformation is a long game: here’s how science journalists can help
A panel of writers, researchers, and industry experts shared their insights on how to spot and counter misinformation at #abswss25. By Jasmeen Kanwal.
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 12/07/2025
Harnessing adiponectin for sepsis: current knowledge, clinical insights and future therapies CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evid…
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Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud @drfoxrob.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Happy to share this collaboration between my undergraduate student, a post doctoral fellow and patient partners healthydebate.ca/2025/07/topi...
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Beyond the signature: Is consent truly informed? - Healthy Debate
Moving forward, making informed consent truly informed – rooted in both equity and accessibility –  needs to be a priority, not just an ideal.
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#ICUreadings One of my favorite recent meditations on the language we use, by the brilliant @jackykruser.bsky.social: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37486663/ And the classic DAHLIA trial that is part of why I am so liberal with precedex: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26975647/
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Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness - PubMed
Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks, pools, beaches, and or "anywhere children may be present," by @ebeardsley.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n... via @npr.org
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In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches
Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin.
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I’m grateful that these people are willing to share their stories, hopefully so that others can avoid their fate. There is a reason that specific infections have been targeted by vaccines. Vaccine-preventable diseases are terrible.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/06/2025
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. Where should you hold your next conference? go.nature.com/407qJ2w
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Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
#Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next? Measles 'canary in the coalmine,' as experts watch for resurgence of illnesses like polio, by @jenleecbc.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #pediatrics
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Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next? | CBC News
Doctors and scientists worry Alberta's measles outbreaks could signal the start of a new era when other dangerous infectious diseases of the past could re-emerge and pose new health threats.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
#Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years. Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years, by @scientificdiscovery.dev ‬ ourworldindata.org/measles-incr... via @ourworldindata.org
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Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years
Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years.
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 15/06/2025
Today's Paper of the Day is: Protocolized strategies to encourage early mobilization of critical care patients: challenges and success criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evide... Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2025
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 13/06/2025
In the PROMIZING trial, proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors did not differ significantly from pressure-support ventilation with respect to the time to liberation from mechanical ventilation. Full trial results: nej.md/4kC2a67 @criticalcarereviews.com #CCR25
A graph showing the cumulative probability of successful liberation from ventilation and of death before successful liberation.
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 13/06/2025
#PROMIZINGtrial results are in - no difference in time to successful liberation from mechanical ventilation between proportional-assist ventilation and pressure support ventilation #CCR25
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 12/06/2025
Presented at #CCR25: In a cluster-randomized, crossover trial, hospital-wide use of lactated Ringer’s solution as compared with normal saline did not alter the incidence of death or hospital readmission within 90 days. Full trial results: nej.md/45SaEBs @criticalcarereviews.com
Forest plots of the subgroup analyses
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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 23/05/2025
🚨 FLUID Trial Results🚨 Balanced crystalloids vs saline in hospitalised patients 📍 16 Canadian hospitals 👥 >144,000 pts 😮 🏁 Cluster-crossover RCT 📊 90-day death or readmission ➡️ Big trial ! ➡️ Big numbers ! 🚩 The answer drops at #CCR25🚩
Flyer for the FLUID trial results at CCR25
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
B҉A҉C҉T҉E҉R҉I҉A҉L҉ ҉E҉N҉E҉R҉G҉Y҉ ҉V҉A҉M҉P҉I҉R҉E҉ 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢’s Dot/Icm system secretes actin-dependent ATPase Ceg14 to the cytoplasm Ceg14 depletes ATP; metaeffector AnkJ restrains its activity Result—dynamic regulation of host energy stores to favor bacterial replication www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Avis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Private health clinics in Canada are selling patient information: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
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Private clinics in Canada are selling personal health data: study
Private clinics in Canada are selling patients’ personal health data without their knowledge, according to a new study.
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Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud @drfoxrob.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Oncologists call cancer a disease. Why do intensivists call sepsis a syndrome? A disease is a disorder that affects how your body functions with a known cause, a distinct course and established treatments. If we called sepsis a disease we might have investment in finding therapies just like cancer.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/c... via @statnews.com Big reason: fewer getting flu vaccine, which is "highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths." #VaccinesWork & misinformation kills.
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CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
There has been a significant reduction in the number of kids getting the flu vaccine over the past 5 years—a drop from 64% to 49%. Consequently, there have been 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this flu season, the highest number since the swine flu 15 years ago (link below). Vaccinate.
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JAMA @jama.com · 01/05/2025
"Health systems can take steps to mitigate inhaler-related greenhouse gas emissions expeditiously." This Perspective discusses the environmental impact of metered-dose inhalers used for respiratory conditions. #MedSky ja.ma/4cWmpbL
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Here we go. A major conference on antimicrobial resistance (GAMRIC) scheduled for later this year has been moved from Washington DC to London. Email from the organizers: "In order to maximise global participation..." (NB that they say nothing about moving *from* DC. But it WAS in DC.) 🧪
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Nature @nature.com · 29/04/2025
Receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccine in the same arm as the first vaccine dose leads to a faster, more effective immune response than having it in the opposite arm. go.nature.com/42WwKzT
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COVID vaccine works faster with both doses in the same arm
Quick immune responses could be key to establishing herd immunity in future pandemics.
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Dr. Dawn Bowdish @msmacrophage.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Important opinion piece by MD/PhD student @kevinterleukin.bsky.social on why sex and gender research is important. He studies sex differences in immunity and as a clinician will need to be aware why drug side-effects, certain diseases, and outcomes differ by sex. This work shouldn't be politicized.
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DEI dying: Why sex/gender in health research should matter to us all - Healthy Debate
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JAMA @jama.com · 24/04/2025
Herpes zoster vaccination eligibility reduced the probability of new dementia diagnoses, suggesting its potential preventive effect. #WVCDC #WorldVaccineCongress
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Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence
This study investigates whether herpes zoster vaccination affects the probability of receiving a new diagnosis of dementia.
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