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HCWvsHunger @hcwvshunger.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#HCWvsHunger 2025 is here!!! #MedSky, join healthcare workers & others to #FightHunger! 🍎Donate to ANY foodbank or org fighting hunger. Screenshot receipt. 🍎Log it for your team of choice Th 11/27 6p - Tu 12/2 11:59p ET hcwvshunger.org/how-to-donate/ FAQs @ HCWvsHunger.org

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How to contribute

How to Contribute Donate between 6 pm EST on November 27 and 11:59 pm EST December 2, 2025 to an organization of your choice fighting hunger– any amount helps! Feeding America can help you choose l…

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

FDA approves Lenacapavir (Yeztugo), a twice-yearly PrEP shot that is almost 100% effective at preventing HIV. It could improve adherence and reduce new infections, but barriers like high cost may slow its U.S. rollout. buff.ly/0R0jGoB #medsky #IDsky 🧪 🛟

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

"In response to the global burden of severe #RSV disease among infants, WHO recommends that all countries introduce either the maternal #vaccine ...or the monoclonal antibody" @who.int makes recommendations for the prevent of RSV - #IDSky + #globalhealth www.news-medical.net/news/2025053...

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WHO releases first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against RSV

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – the leading cause of acute lo...

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/05/2025

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"

YouTube video by Annie Andrews

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Went on @60minutes.bsky.social to talk to Bill Whitaker about H5N1. As Kamran Khan from Bluedot told Bill, we don’t know if or when this virus might acquire pandemic capabilities, but it can. And if it does, as I told Bill, that will be worse than COVID. Much worse. www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-fl...

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Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

From clinical and public health labs to the bedside, to the pharmacy, you have the opportunity to weigh in on the current and future diagnostic tools available. Collaborations are essential to provide evidence that can impact clinical outcomes.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Have you ever met with a member of a medical affairs team in the IVD industry? Take a minute to read this piece (in which 2 of my colleagues Kristen Smith, and Andrea Prinzi were authors) and find out how it can be really impactful. #IDSky #MedSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Need for Clinical, Public Health, Industry Partnerships and Collaborations

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

3/21/25 CDC Measles Update buff.ly/898HL8Q 🔴378 Measles cases total (incl. international travel) 🔴95% unvaccinated 🔴17% hospitalized with Measles (64 of 378) 🔴2 deaths 🔴Texas: 309 cases, 40 hospitalized, 1 child death 🔴NM: 42 cases ✨MMR vaccine protects against Measles✨ #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟😷

Infographic on the Measles in red, tan, light blue and yellow with Measles timeline and photos of children with the measles rash.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

💯 👏🏻 I really resonated with that part of the discussion and fear of negotiating a lot of women have.

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Alice Han @dralicehan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

And lastly, for all the women listening, don’t be afraid to negotiate, to ask for the promotion, and hype yourself in front of your colleagues. Nobody is going to look at you and just give it to you because you deserve it (even if you do). You have to ask for it, just like every man does. #IDsky

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This was a great listen today, so glad I came across it on #IDsky. If you're a woman (or man) in medicine consider listening today March 8, on International Women's Day.

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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Hospital admissions for flu in children ages 5-17 increased by 145 percent, from 959 on Jan 4 to 2,348 on Feb 1, according to American Academy of Pediatrics analysis. #idsky #pediatricsky

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

1 death just reported today 😢

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Sabrina Assoumou, MD MPH @assoumou.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

As an ID doc, I must admit that I had to stop what I was doing when I saw this headline. I have trained my whole career to prevent this kind of outcome. There are now over 120 cases from this current outbreak. #IDsky #medsky 19thnews.org/2025/02/chil...

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A child is the first to die in Texas measles outbreak

More than 120 people across nine counties have been infected during the largest Texas outbreak in 30 years.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

18 hospitalized thus far, no deaths reported.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today's measles outbreak update from the Texas Dept of State Health Services= 124 cases. #IDSky #MedSky Best way to prevent measles? Vaccination. Not sure if you are still immune? Talk to your Doctor about getting titers checked or a booster.

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Measles Outbreak – Feb. 25, 2025 | Texas DSHS

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Measles are contagious. Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized. Measles can be deadly especially in children. Measles can cause blindness & deafness. Measles can cause brain damage yrs later. Measles can cause "immune amnesia". Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine. #medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪

Infographic on Measles in Red, light blue and yellow. It contains the timeline for measles, facts and the R0 that each person can infect 12 to 18 people in an unvaccinated population. Be Wise, Immunize with the MMR vaccine. Getting the vaccine is much safer than getting the disease.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

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Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

⏱️ The next cancer cure is on hold. ⁦‪@NIH‬⁩ grants invest in future science gains that pay back for our citizens at a rate of more than 2:1 in economic activity. We are losing the battle for discovery.

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

Researchers facing

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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#MedSky #IDSky #Norovirus infections, which cause severe vomiting/diarrhea, are continuing to 🚀. See 🧵 for what you need to know. A key point is that this virus is so contagious & you MUST #WashYourHands w/ soap & water. Hand sanitizer is not effective vs norovirus. www.science.org/content/arti...

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"—ideally within 24 hours—to support optimal patient care and proper infection prevention and control measures and to facilitate rapid public health investigation and action."

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"CDC now recommends that all influenza A positive respiratory specimens from hospitalized patients, especially from those in an ICU, be subtyped for seasonal influenza A viruses [A(H1) and A(H3)] as soon as possible following admission—"

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

💡 Having diagnostics that you can leverage in different ways as a disease landscape changes is important. The CDC alert today is a good reminder to think of the big picture when you bring diagnostics into your health system. www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han.... #IDSky

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Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00520 | Accelerated Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized PatientsMinusSASstats

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Best post I've seen on this 🤣🤣

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

TLDR: conservatives don't like facts bc they screw up their narrative 🙈🤯😰 Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Is Bird 🦅 Flu adapting to humans? CDC sequencing of the #birdflu virus from the ill patient in Louisiana revealed changes that may result in increased binding to receptors in the upper respiratory tract of humans. One of the changes was also identified in a specimen 1/ #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

If you're wanting the most up to date info on H5N1 @boghuma.bsky.social is always sharing the latest updates! 👇

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Your posts keep me thoroughly updated on this topic! Thank you!

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

☠️ The comment section didn't disappoint

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I really love a creative publication title.

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🤔 Can you guess who made the list? 👉 www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and... #IDsky #StewieOpportunities

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Ah I've seen that and clicked on it but it's a subscription only feature.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🤣. I use the app to play but I have never seen a message like that. Where/how do you see that?!

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Read about how this important topic can impact patient care. I love a short and informative article like this.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Coming from an ER background the complexities of how the culture results and how the conclusion of "R, S, and I" is determined didn't often cross my mind. I'm talking about breakpoints! A complicated topic that is summed up well in a recent article by my colleagues: ascls.org/antimicrobia...

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Antimicrobial Breakpoints Are Key to Patient Safety - ASCLS

Our role as medical laboratory science professionals is to provide information that clinicians can use to guide treatment of their patients. This directive is

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

So proud of #IDSky for rallying around team #meal-ioidosis in #HCWvsHunger Truly incredible generosity ❤️ >$54k raised by our team, and >632k total! A beautiful redemption for medical social media (If u want in on the good feels, a few more min to log a donation) 🎩 off to @jabarocas.bsky.social

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a man says " i appreciate every single one of you " in front of a tv screen

Alt: Trevor Noah says " i appreciate every single one of you " in front of a tv screen

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I see that now, I just donated to one that matched so I was able to log that, I don't think the other ones were matching at all when I donated.

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I did not realize you could log the additional amount!

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LVento, DMSc, PA-C @lvento.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Carl and I wanted to remind #IDSky that we only have today and tomorrow left to donate for #HCWvsHunger under team #Meal-ioidosis! Currently we are in 3rd but #BladesNBougies is creepin' up on us trying to take our podium spot.

Sweatshirt with #HCWvsHunger on it. Black and White Chihuahua lying on leg.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Wake up #IDSky!!! #Meal-ioidosis totals just jumped by ~$9k!!! Thank you to whoever you are!!! #HCWvsHunger

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