Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026HIV clinical research funding is in grave danger. Please consider signing this letter to members of Congress to continue to support this vital research. 032
Reposted by Katy StephensonApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The future of four large research networks that test vaccines and treatments for HIV, TB and emerging infectious diseases is in limbo after weeks of delays from the Trump administration in launching the process to renew their funding. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/h...nytimes.comTrump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research (Gift Article)The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine. 48352
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As usual - Beacon has the best threat assessment you’ll read on the severe pneumonia case in Russia. It doesn’t just dismiss the concerning aspects of the story (there are some), while also acknowledging the reassuring signs of containment. 1178
Reposted by Katy StephensonAVAC @avac.org · 03/10/2026Thanks @jasongale.bsky.social and Steve Deeks for this piece, www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #HIVcurebloomberg.comScientists Are Learning How to Control HIV Without DrugsDoctors have shown the immune system can be primed to keep the virus in check — a promising advance just as US funding cuts threaten future research. 195
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I❤️NY abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...abc7ny.comMayor Mamdani holds hands with onetime rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot in Fort GreeneAn apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals. 042
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I can’t tell in this new strategy how they feel about the HIV clinical trial networks. They say a couple of sentences about investing in infrastructure .. 000
Reposted by Katy StephensonThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471432196
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A+ good story. These young scientists rule www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. 2143
Reposted by Katy StephensonApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)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. 381377575
Reposted by Katy StephensonYonatan Grad @yhgrad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Postdoc position in infectious disease epi, genomics, applied stats to join our work on sampling strategies for pathogen genomics surveillance. Based in Shirlee Wohl’s group at BWH but to work closely with my team. See ad here: massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral FellowSite: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts t... 0818
Reposted by Katy StephensonThe Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I have quantified measles deaths globally on behalf of the WHO since 2012. We attribute any death within 4 weeks of a measles case to measles. Measles is immunosuppressive and the proximate cause is often a secondary infection that would otherwise not have led to death. 325496
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A statement from the society that represents all the infectious diseases doctors in America 04511
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I feel like the acting and casting is bad for the real world scenes, compared to the Silo people 110
Reposted by Katy StephensonJessica Nix @jessicanix.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The US public health workers sent to staff an Ebola facility in Kenya described a shambolic and hurried effort to stand up an isolation unit, leaving behind state of the art facilities back home. Latest for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comChaotic Push to Train Staff for US Ebola Outbreak Facility Alarms Health WorkersThe three-day session focused more on administrative tasks than spread prevention. 01812
Reposted by Katy StephensonClinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the Diagnosis of HIV-Associated Tuberculous Meningitis ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4uZQ1wk 002
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is a travesty for many reasons, but one is the continued deterioration of scientific collaboration which will only harm the US in the end. There are no major advances in HIV medicine without South Africa. U.S. Plans to End AIDS Funding for South Africa www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/w...nytimes.comU.S. Plans to End AIDS Funding for South Africa 12711
Reposted by Katy StephensonDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Every infectious disease clinician and epidemiologist knew this would happen. Because duh...and because #vaccinesworknytimes.comScores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional 78316
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The OMB and the Politicization of Science | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgThe OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJMThe Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be... 011
Reposted by Katy StephensonApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/h...nytimes.comNew Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad 815784
Reposted by Katy StephensonHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026One of the world's most tightly controlled experimental evolution projects is underway in DC, and I hope someone has had the foresight to collect a time series of algal samples. www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/p...cnn.comReflecting Pool woes: Trump administration turns to hydrogen peroxide in latest bid to beat back algae | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump’s more than $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation was completed just over a week ago, with its more than 300,000 square feet refilled with 6.5 million gallons ... 1534478
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Man, that’s too bad. I took courses with him during graduate school and learned a great deal. 020
Reposted by Katy StephensonSTAT @statnews.com · 19/05/2026Sources say USAID cuts damaged epidemic preparedness and hampered the DRC's Ebola response, a perfect storm fueling third-largest outbreak in history. www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/u...statnews.comTrump’s cuts to foreign aid are undermining the Ebola response, insiders sayTrump's cuts to foreign aid likely hampered the detection of the Ebola outbreak and the response to it. 5164113
Reposted by Katy StephensonProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026We need to call this what it is: Trump is holding vulnerable people to ransom (“give us your minerals & your sensitive health data—or else we shut down your antiretroviral program & people with HIV will get sick or die”) I wrote about this in today’s @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/... 45838
Reposted by Katy StephensonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Important to read the seminal paper on the discovery of the Bundibugyo virus. It is a different species from Zaire Ebola virus, differing in its genome by up to 32%. The vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for Zaire virus are unlikely to be effective here. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...journals.plos.orgNewly Discovered Ebola Virus Associated with Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in UgandaAuthor Summary In this report we describe a newly discovered ebolavirus species which caused a large hemorrhagic fever outbreak in western Uganda. The virus is genetically distinct, differing by more ... 510353
Reposted by Katy StephensonScience Magazine @science.org · 19/05/2026Confirmation on Friday that a rare Ebola virus was sickening people in the DRC shocked many scientists—mainly because of the outbreak’s sheer size. Since then, researchers and public health experts have been sprinting to make up for lost time. scim.ag/4ftcyx5scim.agScientists play catch-up to startling Ebola outbreakTesting, sequencing, and clinical trial efforts spring to life as Bundibugyo virus spreads 26017
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Sorry your town is going through this Kristian 030
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Follow @helenbranswell.bsky.social for the best outbreak coverage btw 000
Reposted by Katy StephensonKrutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 17/05/2026As someone who worked on Ebola and was once admitted to be ruled out for Ebola — I can say this is frightening for these Americans in DRC. They deserve support, compassion, and every effort from the to bring them home to receive advanced care if needed. www.statnews.com/2026/05/17/e...statnews.comIn Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans in the Congo believed to have had exposure to suspected casesA number of Americans who are in the Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, sources have told STAT. 15216
Reposted by Katy StephensonWHO @who.int · 17/05/2026Under the IHR (2005), @drtedros.who.int, the Director General of WHO, having consulted the States Parties where the event is occurring, has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DRC & Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern bit.ly/3P4ZDac 8231135
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026All was bad but when she broke out her own forest plot at ACIP I lost it 160
Reposted by Katy StephensonOni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I was interviewed about what's next for the CDC. My contribution was to remind the public that many staff still remain at the CDC, working hard, doing the often invisible work of public health. A special kudos to the courageous Dr. Robyn Fanfair, who leads the Division of HIV Prevention.thebodypro.comCDC Future: Should the Agency Be Rebuilt, Reformed, or Regionalized?Explore the future of the CDC, including proposals to rebuild, reform, or regionalize the agency for better public health outcomes. 1316
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Still plenty of infection control issues to consider :) 020
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I mean they did say the machine was disconnected 😬 160
Reposted by Katy StephensonIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Version 3. I've extended the orange-shaded area to cover the full 45 days (WHO number) and indicated each week since the date post-onset of Case 1's symptoms (dpo). May 10th was a day when 2 people became symptomatic and also tested positive. I've used green 46427
Reposted by Katy StephensonHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 09/05/20261. #CDC issued its 1st alert to health providers & public health depts on the cruise ship #hantavirus outbreak overnight. I got it at 12:45 am ET This should have happened days ago. CDC's communications are tightly controlled by HHS in this administration. This isn't the way CDC normally functions. 5222102
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026For my virology friends, simple but I liked it 1259
Reposted by Katy StephensonJon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump administration cuts CDC’s key role in global program to stop HIVState Department would send PEPFAR money directly to countries, which could then pay fees to health agency for help 12922
Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This story is not funny of course, but … it must be shared www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...nytimes.comScientist Irritated by Lab Colleague Accused in Poisoning Attempt 010
Reposted by Katy StephensonApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Credited with saving 26 million lives, PEPFAR suffered big blows to its impact after the Trump administration’s abrupt stop and restart of its activities last year, according to the first tranche of data from the program since 2024. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...nytimes.comNew PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V. 02015
Reposted by Katy StephensonThe Journal of Infectious Diseases @jidjournal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The long-term effect of two and three doses of bivalent HPV vaccination against HPV infections: a comparison between two observational cohort studies ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4c7zYq2 175
Reposted by Katy StephensonDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362867566
Reposted by Katy StephensonMelissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...doctorswithoutborders.orgGilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSFBlocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. 2217121359