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Amanda Galiano

@drgpharmd.bsky.social
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PharmD, MSHI, BCPS - infectious disease (ID), stewie, pharmacotherapy, medicine and technology medical writing, health informatics, AR & Little Rock. Etsy: ninjawombats.com

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Feeling a lot like I did in early days of the pandemic these days. It is so clear what’s coming: The people that will die because of cuts in global health, because of cuts to research, because of the concerted anti-vaccine push. It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trump going to see Les Mis in the middle of all this couldn’t be more ironic. It’s like he went to Wicked and came out saying, “Let me tell you, folks — the Wizard, he’s doing a tremendous job. Absolutely incredible. People say, ‘Mr. Trump, have you seen the Emerald City?’ “
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/02/2025
A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.
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Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.
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Arkansas Antimicrobial Stewardship Foundation @arstewardship.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Yo, doc. So they say the half-life's long.
Kendrick Lamar with "When you see someone has been on 5 days of IV azithromycin."
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Basic morphology and resistance mechanisms of enterococci.
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Hazel Henry @childsplease.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
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Marc Bonten @marcbonten.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today is a good day to post my new blog called "Vaccines against misinformation". Hope you like it. letstalkscience.eu/2025/01/20/v...
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Vaccines against misinformation - Let's talk science with Marc Bonten
The COVID-19 pandemic fuelled the current infodemic of misinformation, is my firm – though unproven – belief. I was happy to read that at least The Lancet agrees. In this recent editorial, they state ...
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Want to share your views on the importance of the Secretary of HHS nomination?? Your posts on 🦋 mean little if the key decision makers don’t see them. The Senate Finance Committee membership is now updated. Contact info via the link. www.senate.gov/senators/ind...
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Mike Crapo, Chairman (R-Idaho)
Chuck Grassley (R-lowa)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
John Thune (R-South Dakota)
Tim Scott (R-South Carolina)
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
James Lankford (R-Oklahoma)
Steve Daines (R-Montana)
Todd Young (R-Indiana)
John Barrasso (R-Wyoming)
Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin)
Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina)
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee)
Roger Marshall (R-Kansas)Democrat
Ron Wyden, Ranking Member (D-Oregon)
Maria Cantwell (D-Washington)
Michael Bennet (D-Colorado)
Mark Warner (D-Virginia)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island)
Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada)
Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts)
Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
Tina Smith (D-Minnesota)
Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico)
Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia)
Peter Welch (D-Vermont)
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A bill to break up UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna and more has been introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives. The legislation would force insurers to sell their pharmacy businesses. It aims to combat PBMs, pharma middlemen who drive up costs.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I also decorated my dogs. I have one who loves to be photographed and one that is having an extensional crisis everytime she sees a camera.
Pomeranian in Christmas gear.Yorkie in Christmas gear.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
One of my other hobbies is holiday decorating. Come by in central Arkansas!
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Andrew DeSio BBBBCCCCCCCIDPPPPS @andrewdesio.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Very excited to dig into this one
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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting... www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
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Opinion | No, Jay Bhattacharya wasn't 'censored' by the government
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Let’s vaccinate against COVID. It reduces the risk of long COVID. This should be a no-brainer.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Antibiotic de-escalation in sepsis patients is uncommon, US study finds Among more than 124,000 US sepsis patients who had no resistant organisms through day 4 of hospitalization, antibiotics were de-escalated in less than 30%. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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Annabeth Amerine @warmgingertea.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“According to The Lancet, at least 68,000 Americans die preventable deaths every year because they are denied care or can’t afford it. That’s 68,000 people—grandparents, children, and loved ones—lost because healthcare in America is treated as a commodity rather than a basic human right.”
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Lab results expected soon in DR Congo's mystery outbreak Children younger than 5 are most affected group and account for most of the deaths. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
California cracks 500: #USDA confirms 11 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in the Golden State. Brings CA's total to 504 herds and the cumulative national total to 718 in 15 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I’m doing something fun on the ARSAS account. I already have my 12 days picked out (or I’d never get around to finishing and posting it), but share what your days of ID Christmas would be!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Striking: In numerous cases, Republicans or GOP-aligned industries are now admitting that mass deportations and rolling back Biden's climate agenda could prove disastrous in their parts of the country. In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this: newrepublic.com/article/1890...
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Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance
One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It’s my dog’s birthday. She opens present. Enjoy (maybe - the first time it didn’t post the video).
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
anyone with a minimal understanding of litigation risk expected this after Dobbs. some details in a thread:
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Arkansas Antimicrobial Stewardship Foundation @arstewardship.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The CDC has some good tips about holiday leftovers and thawing and cooking your turkey and other dishes safely! Happy holidays. www.cdc.gov/food-safety/...
Anthropomorphic bacteria gathered around a turkey with saying, "Spread Love, Not Bacteria."
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Was vancomycin born wicked or was wickedness thrust upon it?
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Chris Walzer @cwalzer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Important read from @sciam.bsky.social now more than ever if you are in the USA 🇺🇸 www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is really interesting! #AMR #UTISky
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Michel Reid @michelreid.com · 24/11/2024
#ICYMI Measles has been vaccine preventable in the US for over 50 years and was (past tense) considered eliminated in the US about 25 years ago. Fun fact: Measles is one of the most (if not THE most) infectious diseases we know. #VaccinesSaveLives
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
There's a planner company getting a ton of traffic from the BirdApp exodus.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Can I admit that I laughed at myself like a dork when I was trying to think of a cute graphic for resistance and thought, “wouldn’t it be funny if a bacteria was proposing with a plasmid?” Then I had to come up with the others because that’s too fun.
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Sébastien Poulin @sebpoule.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🚨 Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections BALANCE trial publication is here ! #IDsky #Medsky @idjclub.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
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Stanford Antimicrobial Safety & Sustainability Program @stanfordasp.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🩺 A: 7-day of active ABX with stepdown to PO therapy may be appropriate for uncomplicated Enterobacterales bacteremia if: 1️⃣ No uncontrolled source 2️⃣ Patient is non-neutropenic (caveat: emerging data) 3️⃣ Clinically improved < 48-72 hours, gut working 🔗 PMID: 30535100, 39565030, 32484534 #IDSky
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Optimizing the Management of Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections: Consensus Guidance Using a Modified Delphi Process - PubMed
In the absence of professional guidelines for the management of uncomplicated gram-negative bloodstream infections, the consensus statements developed by a panel of infectious diseases specialists can...
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This isn’t what I was going to post today, but after the 10th person asked me how E. coli was in carrots and I had to answer “it’s poop,” I decided to make this one.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Someone is ready for Thanksgiving! Me too!
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Arkansas Antimicrobial Stewardship Foundation @arstewardship.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Everyone has a role in fighting antimicrobial resistance. #USAAW24 #ItTakesAllOfUs #ARStewardship
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
And he stands to make more now. They keep saying follow the money but maybe we should follow the science, which also considers sponsorships and such.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making millions off his anti-vax crusade
His anti-vax crusade is paved with gold. Robert Kennedy Jr., who rails against vaccines of all types, has pocketed nearly half a million dollars a year from charities he runs and stands to earn mil…
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵:
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is a very interesting paper that did genomic analysis to find that rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance daptomycin.
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Rifaximin prophylaxis causes resistance to the last-resort antibiotic daptomycin - Nature
Rifaximin use, particularly in patients with liver cirrhosis, may be compromising the clinical use of daptomycin.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again. It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Happy respiratory season!
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#USDA confirms 13 more dairy herds in California have been infected with #H5N1 #birdflu. The cumulative national total is now 505 herds in 15 states. California is posed to crack the 300 herds mark soon. About the burning itself out thing.... www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Gearing up for #usaaw.
An infographic timeline of antimicrobial resistance.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
All the cool ID folks and now the official ID folks too? Could this really be replacing Twitter? I hope so.
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 10/11/2024
one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed
A Probably Incomplete List of Bluesky User Safety Mechanisms

Protecting your posts
• disabling replies on your posts
• limiting replies on your posts to people you follow, mention, or include in specific lists
• disabling quote posting on your posts
• detaching your post from someone else's quote
• changing the above interaction settings even after a post is sent hiding replies to your posts for yourself or for everyone
• self-labeling your media for adult or graphic content to protect other users
• limiting account visibility only to logged in users
• note: this is not 100% enforceable but all major bluesky clients and apps support it

Limiting your interaction
• blocking users from seeing or interacting with your posts
• if you block after an interaction, they vaporize
• if they've replied already, the entire thread below their reply is cauterized for everyone, floating in space detached from your post
• note: your blocks are publicly visible via 3rd party apps
• muting users to remove them from your notis and feeds, and hide them in replies
• note: your mutes are private
• muting or blocking entire moderation lists of users
• note: inclusion in a list is public via third party apps. muting a list is private, blocks via a list are public
• subscribing to other people's mod lists
• note: your subscription is private, muting & blocking work the same
• subscribing to labelers (moderation services) from bluesky or third parties
o decide whether to show, warn, or hide posts that have been labeled in each category
• report content that should be labeled to bluesky and/or third parties labelers
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Aside from my interests in pharmacy informatics and ID, I also have the cutest doggo of all time. Admire.
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Amanda Galiano @drgpharmd.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
My most popular ID post on the other place was when I shared my Hitchhiker's Guide to Antimicrobials, so I'll share it with #IDSky digitalpharmd.com/wp-content/u...
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