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Jason Gallagher

@jgpharmd.bsky.social
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ID pharmacy professor who'd rather be biking. Author of Antibiotics Simplified. Editor-in-Chief of Contagion. Marching band parent.

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ CDC, Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission. The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and associates have tightened control. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is crazy to me that there is no apparent liability for these companies. The only industry I know well is pharma, and they are regulated a ton - years of research occur before a drug is approved, and then it is still monitored post-approval. AI needs strong regulation - yesterday.
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tragic and preventable.
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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Quite literally. These robots are funded by the $240 billion for immigration enforcement from Congress, which at the same time has done $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wild. Airport malaria (from mosquitoes that hitch a ride) is rare but happens; 2 deaths in a country like Germany is really unusual 😳😳😳 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Officials urge calm after malaria outbreak kills two staff at Frankfurt airport
Mosquito traps are set up at Germany’s biggest airport and doctors are asked to look out for symptoms of disease
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#Breaking Two unvaccinated Lancaster County residents have died from measles-associated complications, the state's first #measles deaths in 35 years. #IDsky #Medsky www.contagionlive.com/view/two-mea...
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Two Measles-Associated Deaths in Unvaccinated Pennsylvania Residents | Contagion Live
Two Lancaster County residents have died from measles-associated complications, the state's first measles deaths in 35 years.
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Looks like it's that time of year where I re-learn how to use the heaping pile of garbage that is ExamSoft once again. No rush, I'm sure everyone is tagging questions on Friday afternoon and it's just a usage bottleneck. #AcademicSky
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This would not be happening if people remained silent.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trump: “I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body.” Bottle of soda and vaccine for size comparison purposes…one of these things is NOT like the other…
A soda bottle (Pepsi Max), and a vaccine syringe (Bexsero)

The bottle of soda is considerably larger than the syringe 
They are both clearly labeled
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Not knowing what you don't know is a dangerous thing. Not caring that others know more than you and doubling-down on your ignorance is even worse, especially when you have real power.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/08/2026
Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...
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Andy Conway Morris @andymoz78.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The number needed to treat for ADHD (if we look at academic performance, behaviour, risk taking, drug and alcohol abuse, accidents, whatever measure you use) is the sort of NNT other drugs and conditions simply dream of.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."
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Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The formal end of DOGE marks the collapse of a massive scam. Elon Musk used it to secure tax cuts for the rich while delivering less than ten percent of promised budget cuts. The initiative crippled US soft power and cost more money to fix than it saved. It also caused thousands of deaths
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"If scientists align with campaigns that pitch their opponents as anti-science, they should not be surprised if greater polarization is the result." I have some real strong thoughts on this piece. Let's talk about it... 1/? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Scientists should recognize their own political biases to build public trust
Public trust in science can’t be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Where do I go to opt-out of my information being used for this "research"?
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RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines - KFF Health News
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebra...
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Counter-narrative re: AI- I think it is making me smarter, not dumber, as I push back against the confident errors that it creates discussing topics that I know something about. (I'm still polite though, because maybe Skynet)
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#Breaking The FDA has approved #ensitrelvir (Xocova) for post-exposure prophylaxis of #COVID19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older, making it the first and only oral antiviral authorized to help prevent symptomatic infection after exposure. @shionogiincus.bsky.social #IDsky
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FDA Approves Ensitrelvir as First Oral Post-Exposure Prevention Option for COVID-19 | Contagion Live
The FDA has approved ensitrelvir (Xocova) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older, making it the first and only oral antiviral authorized to help pr...
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Betsy Hirsch, PharmD (TLOAS) @ebhirsch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Dr. Amy Mathers recognizing Dr. Jim Lewis during his last CLSI meeting as Vice chair holder of the AST Subcommittee. First ever PharmD chair holder of the AST subcommittee!👏 Amy presents Jim with a Texas sized belt buckle #Medsky #pharmsky #microbiology
Dr. Jim Lewis being celebrated by Dr. Amy Mathers at the CLSI meeting
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Regulate AI now.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is disastrous AND almost exactly one year ago, we warned it would happen: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @michaelemann.bsky.social @vambros.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @briannosek.bsky.social
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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Before antibiotics, pneumococcal pneumonia killed 20-25% of people who had it. It is down considerably in the current era of antibiotics, but it is still a lethal disease. So sad.
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Incoming @sidpharm.bsky.social Dr. Lisa Dumkow highlighted plans to expand mentorship, strengthen research, and move the organization's initiatives forward. She also offered insights into the new combined MAD-ID/SIDP meeting. #MADIDxSIDP2026 #IDsky www.contagionlive.com/view/sidp-pr...
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SIDP President Outlines Priorities for Coming Year | Contagion Live
Incoming SIDP President Lisa Dumkow, PharmD, FIDP, BCIDP, highlighted plans to expand mentorship, strengthen research collaboration, and move the organization's initiatives forward. She also offered i...
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Eli Lilly buying three companies with vaccines in the pipeline for shingles, Staphylococcus aureus and other bacterial pathogens, and flaviviruses like Zika and West Nile. A vote of confidence in vaccines! #IDsky #publichealth #virology #immunology
fiercebiotech.com
Lilly inks deals to buy 3 vaccine developers for up to $3.8B as M&A spree continues
Eli Lilly has splashed up to $3.8 billion on an infectious disease pipeline,
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Dr. Jason Gallagher discusses how a coalition of major medical professional societies needed to step in to sue the federal government after sweeping changes to US vaccine policy under HHS Secretary Kennedy reshaped the CDC’s vaccine advisory process. #IDsky www.contagionlive.com/view/when-sc...
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When Science Has to Sue | Contagion Live
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses how a coalition of major medical professional societies needed to step in to sue the federal government after sweeping chang...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/05/2026
the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hot off the presses! Contagion's Spring Issue is out! Check out the latest in #HIV therapies, the role of antimicrobials in climate change, a review of histoplasmosis management, and more. #IDsky #Medsky Read it here: indd.adobe.com/view/6a2cbe2...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The amazing @jeremyfaust.bsky.social got the CDC paper that Jay Bhattacharya censored, which shows that the COVID19 vaccine was at least 53% effective in reducing hospitalizations. Why doesn’t Bhattacharya want the public to see it? IMO it’s because it proves him wrong, and he is a weak man.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NOT SO FUN FACT—half of all U.S. war casualties during WWI were due to influenza. Today—Trump’s War Secretary remove the flu vaccine requirement for all U.S. military. Plus, bragging about this to all enemies is just absolute idiocy. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says
The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.
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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
RFK Jr. is a monster. An entirely self-designed, self-created, deliberate, intentional, WILLING monster. And he needs to go.
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Chris Hickie mud fud @cphickie.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
With RFKjr judicially blocked from taking childhood vaccines off the US schedule, pediatricians now worry how else he'll bring back dangerous child infections. One way is FDA removal of the RSV monoclonal antibody shot, as it's not a vaccine. A 🧵on an antivaxxer caught two-facing it on this shot.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy (even though her job does not include vaccine oversight). www.statnews.com/2026/02/19/t... via @statnews @lizzylawrence.bsky.social
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In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy
The top drug regulator at the FDA told staff she plans to question the safety of taking SSRIs in pregnancy and of RSV shots given to infants.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Jay Bhattacharya has been one of the most faithful of the anti-vaxx MAHA activists in the Trump regime RFK Jr lies when he says COVID vaccines are “the deadliest vaccines” in history; I guess Jay needs to keep pleasing his bosses, RFK Jr & Trump www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits
The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.
Today at 5:00 a.m. ET
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A moment in my exciting life. Monday at 1pm, I arrive in a new-to-me conference room for a meeting of a university committee that I am co-chairing. It's a big charge. I'm not really nervous but I am primed to go. I have my laptop deployed, files ready, and iPad to take notes in Notability. 1/
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 08/04/2026
Price of Netflix's Standard (No Ads) plan over the years 📺 Up ~150% over 15 years
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This was what I needed to see on this taco Tuesday.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
On a serious note — Pope Leo is asking you to call your Members of Congress Capitol switchboard ☎️ 202-224-3121
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Examsoft" - March 2026 #academiclife
There is a circle in a black screen, showing that the software is unresponsive as per usual.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2026
one maddening thing about all of this is the conservative idea that "election day" has always meant a single day until recently, which is nonsense. 19th century elections often took place over the course of an entire month, with results trickling out over time.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 20/03/2026
The people who cancelled Jimmy Kimmel after Charlie Kirk's assassination will now control television stations that reach 80% of Americans, twice that what was legally allowed before Trump's takeover. The state capture of network television is almost complete.
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Jason Gallagher @jgpharmd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The "we" in this statement is "we the citizens of the United States"
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A country’s budget reveals its priorities, and we aren’t one of them.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
404 Media is doing some of the most important journalism in the country right now bsky.app/profile/404m...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
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Philip Cooke @philipcooke.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I was offered a position as a staff psychologist within a VA outpatient mental clinic in 2018, during Trump 1.0. I was told I’d need to maintain a caseload of 150-200 patients. I turned down the job. It was hard to imagine care standards getting worse. But it clearly has gotten much much worse.
"It was always bad," said one VA psychologist, referring to staffing at a facility in Arizona. "And now it's at a breaking point."

The therapist described being stretched so thin that schedulers replaced some one-on-one sessions with online group sessions that included as many as 35 veterans. The therapist said despite that they were still overloaded with individual sessions and had to limit each one to as little as 16
minutes.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Missing files Aren’t in Iran”
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Rossana Rosa @drrossanarosa.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life Issue #8 #IDSky #MedSky #GraphicMedicine #PharmSky
Cover of My Infectious Diseases Life On Monday, I fully embraced my personality as elder millennial ID doctorOn Tuesday, I completed the nutritionally variant streptococci endocarditis trifecta 

On Wednesday, I used shock therapy for education: hand culture platesOn Thursday, pharmacist’s saved the day… again!

On Friday, I felt like a cantankerous old ID doctor
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