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CIDRAP-ASP @cidrap-asp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

ID Pharmacists Day is today, May 22! The theme is “Beyond the Rx: ID Pharmacists as Educators and Advocates.” Please share a story of an ID pharmacist’s impact today using #BeyondTheRx Help us and @sidpharm.bsky.social celebrate ID pharmacists worldwide!

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Patrick Crowley @pcrowleydo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Really appreciative of our systems pharmacists - thank you Laurel and @kristadgens.bsky.social for going #BeyondTheRx and supporting our stewardship efforts. #IDPharmacistsDay

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

From education to advocacy to public health, ID pharmacists go far beyond the prescription. This #IDPharmacistsDay, we celebrate how they go #BeyondTheRx to advance care and protect communities. Learn more at sidp.org/IDPharmacistsDay. @sidpharm.bsky.social

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Candida glabrata emerges as the most common cause of candidemia: analysis of a large hospital-based database, United States, 2016–2024 academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... Jeremy Gold & colleagues at CDC Mycotic Diseases Branch, @jessicalittlemd.bsky.social and @drluiso.bsky.social

Line graph showing the percentage distribution of Candida species from 2016 to 2024.
Candida albicans is the most common species in most years, declining from about 36% to 32%.
Candida glabrata increases overall, rising from about 25% in 2016 to a peak around 34% in 2024.
Candida parapsilosis fluctuates between roughly 8% and 17% before declining to about 8% by
2024. Candida tropicalis and unspecified/other species remain relatively stable at lower levels
(about 6–12%). Multiple-species infections decrease slightly over time. Candida auris is absent
before 2022 and then increases to about 5% by 2023–2024.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

1/ Today you might be expecting the weekly Dose on flu, the U.S. pulling out of the WHO, or other health headlines. I’ll get back there soon. But after this weekend, those topics felt small and I needed to pause. Because I don’t know about you, but my weekend was full of really hard juxtapositions🧵

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Saw someone with the vanity plate "GR8 STI". All I can say is I have to assume they are not in healthcare.

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Betsy Hirsch, PharmD (TLOAS) @ebhirsch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thanks for leading this work!! 🤩🤓@kristadgens.bsky.social #IDsky #medsky #pharmsky

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📢 Excited to announce our new research is now published in the JIC! 🎉 🔍 What were we seeing? 3 g of cefazolin for cellulitis in obese patients. 🚪 Why DOOR? It combines efficacy and safety outcomes. 💡 What did we find? 3 g might be a good idea. lnkd.in/gbP4sx_7 @ebhirsch.bsky.social

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Julie Ann Justo @juliejusto.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🚨 New #Breakpoints episode out today! It was a pleasure to talk all things microbiome-related 🦠 💩 w/ @kristadgens.bsky.social & Dr. Javier Villafuerte Gálvez. 👇🏻Link below! And that infographic is oh so cute ☺️ @sidpharm.bsky.social

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🎧 Stepped out of my comfort zone! I joined a podcast to nerd out about microbiome-based therapeutics—aka turning bugs 🦠 into 💊 drugs. Side note: why does your voice sound so different outside of your own head? Big thanks to @juliejusto.bsky.social and Dr. Villafuerte Galvez - it was a pleaslure!

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CIDRAP-ASP @cidrap-asp.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

To learn more about opportunities to improve antibiotic use in adults and kids, please join us on Nov 20 at 12:00 noon CST for an enlightening discussion with Drs @tttimbrook.bsky.social, Chanu Rhee, and Jeffrey S. Gerber. CE is available! www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Retsef Levi continues to demonstrate his complete lack of knowledge about epidemiology and public health. He says ACIP will now focus on “Personalized risk-benefit analyses vs. 'safe & effective”. Personalized risk-benefit is the very important role of healthcare providers, not ACIP.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

1/ Today and tomorrow, #ACIP —the external body that sets vaccine policy—is holding a special session. One item on the agenda is the highly anticipated vote for the Covid vaccine. We’re expecting VAERS data to be misused to suggest 25 pediatric deaths were caused by the vaccine. Here are the facts👇

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: bit.ly/45LeJHi

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

1/ It’s day 2 of ACIP’s first meeting with members appointed by RFK Jr. Today, they’re discussing the #MMRVvaccine, and I expect it will include concerns about febrile seizures and safety. Here’s a quick breakdown of what you should know👇

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Kulldorff starts by saying that mercury is a toxin (incorrect- it's a toxicant), and raises concerns about cumulative exposures to mercury. If only we had guidelines that ensured mercury exposure remained below toxic thresholds... www.fda.gov/food/consume...

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Advice About Eating Fish

For Those Who Might Become or Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding and Children Ages 1 - 11 Years

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Redwood now wants to go back to the 2004 IOM report and play mechanisms games about neuroinflammation and autism. Again ignoring that after the removal of thimerosal-containing vaccines from the US supply, the rates of autism continued to rise.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Next we have antivaccine propaganda about thimerosal: www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa... This presentation previously had citations that did not exist, suggestive of AI bullshit (I am told this is the technical term in the field): www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

1/ Today, #ACIP —the U.S. committee that sets vaccine policy—is meeting for the first time under new RFK Jr.–appointed members. One hot topic? The safety of thimerosal-containing flu vaccines. Let’s break down what it is, why it matters, and what’s at stake. 🧵

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Watching what I can of the ACIP meeting; currently on COVID in kids; yes, kids still getting hospitalized. 1 in 4 end up in ICU. Most are unvaccinated, deaths are rare but are occurring (23 since 2023). Yes, that is far more than the deaths from COVID vaccines (zero) #factsmatter

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Parents deserve information they can trust. The AAP has published the childhood immunization schedule for decades that has been grounded in science and relied upon by pediatricians and families alike. If you have questions, your pediatrician is your best source for answers and guidance.

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Integral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

THREAD: A Critical Review of Lyn Redwood’s Thimerosal Presentation to ACIP (June 2025) Redwood, an antivaccine activist, presented outdated and misleading claims about thimerosal to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Let’s walk through what’s wrong.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Kulldorff opening as ACIP Chair (generally to be the chair you have to have served on the committee for at least one year). He begins by stating that people who believe that people who want every vaccine and people who want no vaccines are both wrong.

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

What better way to celebrate #IDPharmacistsDay than by receiving recognition for our work in #AntibioticStewardship? 📣Allina Health has been awarded a 2025 Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Antibiotic Stewardship Award. 🎉 Accepting this award on behalf of Allina Health was truly an honor.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Antibiotic stewardship, data, and uncertainty: A conversation with Brad Spellberg The longtime stewardship advocate shares his thoughts on shorter antibiotic durations, clinical care guidelines, and the antibiotic pipeline. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

New IDSA 2025 Guideline Update on the Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People Led by @fungaldoc.bsky.social & Sandra Arnold www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... #IDSky #MedSky

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Histoplasmosis

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Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists - SIDP @sidpharm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We support science. Here's what you can do to voice a concern.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

1/ Being an infectious disease expert in the U.S. today feels like standing in the eye of a storm. Science should be our shield, but instead, we’re under attack, our expertise disregarded, our funding slashed, and public health increasingly politicized. 🧵

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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Why do babies need the hepatitis B vaccine if they aren’t high-risk? Short answer: Because hepatitis B is a tricky virus. Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️ 🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social

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Betsy Hirsch, PharmD (TLOAS) @ebhirsch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

‼️The @idsainfo.bsky.social cUTI guideline 📄 draft is now available for public comment🗣️! This version has been reviewed by 15+ orgs & revised according to extensive feedback provided to us. www.idsociety.org/practice-gui... UTIsky IDsky Medsky PharmSky

Screenshot of IDSA cUTI guideline open for public comment

Draft of IDSA cUTI guideline showing steps to follow for selection of therapy

Figure 2 flowchart showing stepwise assessment of IV to PO switch and duration of therapy

Figure showing old vs new definition of uUTI, cUTi, and acute pyelonephritis

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Leyla Asadi, MD PhD @leylaaa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A historically tragic day for public health. And given the influence, power, & innovation of U.S. medical & research institutions, this decision is not only a blow to Americans but to global health. #IDsky

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/02/2025

⚠️ Measles and long-term effects: What you need to know ⚠️ 🧵: There are multiple measles outbreaks across the country right now, so we’d like to give an overview and talk about the long-term effects, which can include severe complications or death.

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If I have realized anything in the past few weeks, it's that we need to move away from the two-party minority rule voting system www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tW...

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Minority Rule: First Past the Post Voting

YouTube video by CGP Grey

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Excellent article "But most of all, don't give in to cynicism or apathy. That's what the people promulgating these horrible policies want [...] Never forget that: it doesn't have to happen." www.science.org/content/blog...

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Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

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Beth Moore @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I think love is the truest miracle. Love in a climate of hate. The one clear thing in chaos. The clarity of knowing in all the not knowing that this is obedience. The highest and hardest calling. It’s not sappy, lazy or ill-informed. Love is fearsome. The single most threatening defense that exists.

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary: "I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it." BOOM! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy holidays! Got you something! #IDSky starter packs 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o 4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E 5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF 6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z 7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw 8 go.bsky.app/jnWLx1 9 go.bsky.app/9fQaSBa 10 go.bsky.app/5WBmsNq 11 go.bsky.app/DPPcD7H

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

✨PLEASE SHARE! CDC GUIDELINE ARCHIVES✨ ▶️STI GUIDELINES buff.ly/4jReLT4 buff.ly/3EmjR9B ▶️Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptives buff.ly/3PZzQNf buff.ly/4aKMEko ▶️VACCINE VIS buff.ly/4jJ1603 ▶️Others from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social LGBTQ CDCGuidelines.com #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟🧪

Yellow background. Different CDC websites that have been removed. Some are in black and white. Others are purple or red and green.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak now largest in US Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024. www.cidrap.umn.edu/t...

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T. Neil Ku, MD, FSHEA, FIDSA @kutneil.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Although the public hears mostly about viral infections (e.g., bird flu), other issues like antimicrobial resistance don't get as much attention. I hope whoever leads the NIH will focus on the issues threatening our health. #publichealth #AMSSky #SHEAspeaks www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

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The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the develo...

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Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Much love and support to my colleagues at the CDC and NIH who are probably super unsure what’s going on, don’t know how it’s affecting their programs, but somehow have to keep doing their day to day because the work is important and people depend on them. ❤️ #IDsky

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Krista Gens @kristadgens.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Gosh I've missed post like these. Welcome to @bsky.app. Goodbye other platform that shall remain nameless.

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