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Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH

@toddgleeson.bsky.social
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Chief of Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed Interests: #MedEd, #PublicHealth, #HIV, #TropMed, #LongCovid, #IDSky, #MedSky Husband with #DadJokes & palindromes! Past: Duke #CameronCrazies 🏀 ➡️ Hopkins Med Personal acct. All opinions mine.

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Nigel Curtis @nigelcurtis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Superb illustration highlighting the effectiveness and safety of measles vaccines ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc... #IDSky #PedIDSky #PaedIDSky #Vaccine #Measles #MMR
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Prof Brett Mitchell @1healthau.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Improving the cleaning & disinfection of shared equipment reduces hospital-acquired infections and saves hospitals money. Paper out today in JAMA Network Open. #@escmid.bsky.social #ESCMIDGlobal #IDSky CE paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Summary: The Conversation tinyurl.com/23mn8y7a
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Economic Evaluation of Enhanced Cleaning of Shared Medical Equipment
This economic evaluation examines whether improved environmental cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment would be cost-effective compared with usual care.
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#MedSky Invasive cardiopulm exercise testing (iCPET) at Brigham & Women’s finds people w/ #MECFS & #longCovid have symptomatic ⬇️ aerobic capacity at peak exercise due to preload insufficiency & impaired systemic O2 extraction, latter c/w peripheral L➡️R shunt &/or limb skel muscle dysfunction. /1
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 02/05/2025
#Medsky 🧪 #IDSky #immunosky #publichealth #Neurocovid with prolonged sleep disturbances may have Persistent alterations in gray matter journals.lww.com/nrronline/fu... www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2... academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... @braincomms.bsky.social
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Persistent alterations in gray matter in COVID-19 patients... : Neural Regeneration Research
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David Zamora @davidzd.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Association of number of positive blood cultures and probability of IE for MSSA, MRSA, E. feacalis and Streptococcus spp. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #IDSky
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Evidence for selection of doxycycline resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in DoxyPrEP study ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky
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Evidence for selection of doxycycline resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in DoxyPrEP study
In their doxycycline preexposure prophylaxis (doxyPrEP) randomized controlled study, Grennan et al. conclude that the risk of doxyPrEP selecting for antimicrobial resistance is low.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Top virologists from over 40 countries urge global leaders to address the growing threat of bird flu by boosting surveillance, enhancing biosecurity, and preparing for poss human-to-human transmission. #BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #EMSKy #NurseSky www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
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Top virologists urge world leaders to act on rising avian flu threat
Global Virus Network scientists highlight the need for robust surveillance, enhanced biosecurity, and readiness for potential human-to-human viral transmission.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision. Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
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UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick Times
Long COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, accord...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/03/2025
Measles cases in the U.S. this year now exceed 500, according to NBC News’ tally of state health department data.
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Growing measles outbreak in Texas pushes U.S. cases above 520
The number of recorded cases in less than three months in 2025 is higher than for any year in the last decade, except for one. Texas alone has 400 confirmed cases.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It's only the end of March but already 2025 has logged more #measles cases than all but 2 other years since the US achieved measles elimination status in 2000. #CDC reported there'd been 483 confirmed cases in 19 states as of 3/27. Likely out of date, with TX reporting Friday its count has hit 400
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Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH @toddgleeson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
#IDSky #MedSky FDA has just approved the first over the counter diagnostic test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, & trichomoniasis for home use by females with or without symptoms. Gives results in about 30 mins. www.fda.gov/news-events/....
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FDA Grants Marketing Authorization of First Home Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Trichomoniasis
The FDA granted marketing authorization of the first at home diagnostic test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis.
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Timeline cleanse. I wish this kind of #generosity were not necesssary. Healthcare is a human right. Still it is beautiful to see this. The community pays back a #Baltimore legend. ❤️‍🩹 #MedSky #OncSky #kcsm #crcsm #kindness #BlackMenInMedicine www.cbsnews.com/news/beloved...
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For decades, a doctor refused to charge patients who couldn't pay. When he couldn't pay, his patients came to his aid.
When Dr. Michael Zollicoffer was diagnosed with two types of cancer, his patients started a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $100,000.
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Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH @toddgleeson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#IDSky #MedSky #GynSky Adding treatment of the male partner (Metronidazole 400 mg po BID + topical 2% clinda to penile skin BID x 7 days) of females with bacterial vaginosis (BV) decreases recurrent BV within 12 weeks by 63% compared with treating females alone. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Paul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Remember #Covid? We STILL need better treatments. @cidjournal.bsky.social just published an important clinical trial of ensitrelvir vs placebo. Comments here, plus links to an excellent accompanying editorial by Drs Zim & @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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What is the Future of Treatments for COVID-19?
In this raging flu season, where people with influenza-related illness outnumber those with COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020, we might be fooled into thinking that we no long...
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest TB-burden countries confirm that funding withdrawals are already dismantling essential services, threatening the global fight against TB." @who.int calling attention to impact of US funding cuts on #tuberculosis #IDsky 🧪 www.who.int/news/item/05...
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Funding cuts to tuberculosis programmes endanger millions of lives
In the past two decades, tuberculosis (TB) prevention, testing, and treatment services have saved more than 79 million lives—averting approximately 3.65 million deaths last year alone from the world’s...
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Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH @toddgleeson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#IDSky About 1 in 5 people who get measles end up hospitalized. Get vaccinated. This is preventable. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Second death reported in measles outbreak as cases climb over 200
The death of a New Mexico adult comes after a 6-year-old died of the disease in Texas last week.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
24 measles cases in 2 weeks in this small Texas town. That's a 140% increase. 9 cases required hospitalization- that is almost 40%. ALL cases occurred in unvaccinated children and adults (n=2). Please vaccinate your children. Measles is preventable. www-kcbd-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.kcbd...
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State health officials report rise in measles case in Gaines County, confirm cases in Terry County
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New York health department has confirmed a case of clade I mpox in a returning traveller who visited E.Africa. This is the 4th case of clade I mpox in the US. #Mpox remains public health emergency of international concern with multiple outbreaks across Africa. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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CDC says person diagnosed with new mpox variant in New York is in isolation
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a person diagnosed with clade1b mpox in New York was currently in isolation and that it was trying to identify people who might have come in contact with the patient.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus' Important👇 fortune.com/well/2025/02... #H5N1 #BirdFlu #BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #scisky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #MedEd #fmsky #pedsky
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New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: 'We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus'
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.
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Patrick Kenney, MD MS @patrickkenney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
History taking for the win - and when was the last time you changed/filled your window washer fluid? #IDSky
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases @jidjournal.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In-depth Analysis of the HIV Reservoir Confirms Effectiveness and Safety of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine in a Phase 4 Randomized Controlled Switch Trial (RUMBA) #IDSky
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In-depth Analysis of the HIV Reservoir Confirms Effectiveness and Safety of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine in a Phase 4 Randomized Controlled Switch Trial (RUMBA)
Reducing the number of active compounds for lifelong human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment is of interest, especially to reduce potential long-term side effects.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 05/02/2025
In the endTB trial, researchers assessed the efficacy and safety of five 9-month, all-oral treatment regimens, as compared with the evolving standard of care, in participants with rifampin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis. nej.md/3WFFJTv #MedSky #IDSky
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Oral Regimens for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis 
A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY    

Visual representation of a patient with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. 

Read the full Plain Language Summary at NEJM.org.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials buff.ly/4hPuTSX A version of the vaccine has been available in India since 2022 through a licensing agreement between WashU and the Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech. #medsky #idsky 😷🧪
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Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials | WashU Medicine
Trial will assess safety, efficacy of next-generation vaccine given via nasal spray, inhalation
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
#MedSky It’s not too late to get a #FluShot if you didn’t get one in the fall, & Tamiflu reduces risk of hospitalization & death if you have the #Flu. It is also used as post exposure prophylaxis if you’ve been in close contact w/ someone who has flu. Sick? Call your dr! apnews.com/article/us-f...
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Flu season in the US is the most intense it's been in at least 15 years
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in about 15 years.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 31/01/2025
In the endTB phase 3 trial, three 9-month, all-oral regimens were found to be noninferior to standard treatment (typically 18 to 24 months) for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. Read the full trial results: nej.md/3WFFJTv #MedSky #IDSky
A forest plot of the primary efficacy analysis at week 73.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Your vaccination also protects the lives of babies under 1 who cannot be fully immunized. 10% of adults in NZ’s outbreak vs 2/3 of babies have had to be hospitalized. Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
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Jonathan Ryder, MD @jonathanrydermd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Important article for #AMSSky, #TxID, #UTISky, and #IDSky in @cidjournal.bsky.social: In neutropenic & non-neutropenic cancer patients w/ & w/o catheters, the absence of nitrite/leukocyte esterase or WBC<10 had high NPV for clinically significant bacteriuria academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Trust science. Don't be hesitant to wear a mask in indoor crowded settings. #medsky #idsky
Consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result (adjusted odds ratio = 0.44). Use of respirators with higher filtration capacity was associated with the most protection, compared with no mask use.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
a meta analysis of 22 studies found that "Maternal #COVID infection during pregnancy is significantly associated with increased risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in newborns" - 11 % after maternal COVID. #MedSky + #PedSky + #IDSky. www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/materna...
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Maternal COVID-19 Infection Leads to Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Newborns
The risk of developing RDS was significantly increased among newborns born to mothers with confirmed COVID-19 infection during pregnancy.
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The Diagnosis of Mucormycosis by PCR: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis Lottie Brown et al for @ishamycology.bsky.social Fungal PCR Initiative Sn/Sp of Mucorales PCR on different samples: Tissue 89%/87% FFPE 71%/99% BALF 97%/96% Blood 81%/96% papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedMycoSky #IDSky
Visual abstract summarizing the operating characteristics of Mucorales PCR on different samples. 
Sensitivity (%) / Specificity (%)
Tissue 89%/87%
FFPE 71%/99%
BALF 97%/96%
Blood 81%/96%
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
INSIDE-OUT: Introduction of Speakers at IDWeek Events - Observing for Unconscious bias over Time White moderators more frequently used non-professional introductions (no title at first intro). Younger and women speakers more likely to be introduced without title academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...
Best practices for introductions
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 19/01/2025
#MedSky🧪 #IDsky #pedsky #longcovidkids #publichealth Diagnostic challenges of #longCOVID in children @laelyonker.bsky.social Cardiopulmonary & neurocognitive symptoms are key triggers for consideration of LC www.frontiersin.org/journals/ped...
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Frontiers | Diagnostic challenges of long COVID in children: a survey of pediatric health care providers’ preferences and practices
IntroductionGiven the challenges in diagnosing children with long COVID, we sought to explore diagnostic practices and preferences among clinicians.MethodsA ...
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 19/01/2025
In this trial involving patients with hematologic cancers, the immune responses that were elicited were similar for adjuvanted-dose and standard-dose influenza vaccines. Read the full trial results: nej.md/40ztLNF #MedSky #IDSky #Oncology
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Influenza Vaccination Strategies in Patients with Hematologic Cancer | NEJM
In this trial involving patients with hematologic cancers, the immune responses that were elicited were similar for adjuvanted-dose and standard-dose influenza vaccines.
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LongCovidPharmD @longcovidpharmd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I see many people asking, "Has anyone tried XYZ for LC (or ME/CFS)? You can view patient-reported treatment outcomes for ME/CFS & Long COVID in this spreadsheet. Scroll to the right to see treatment results for ME/CFS (Columns S - AA) or Long COVID (Columns AB - AJ). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS and Long COVID: ST2 Treatment Responses
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#MedSky #NeuroSky #IDSky A syst review of 31 #LongCovid studies finds exec dysfunction (nonverbal reasoning, language, & recall deficits) are common even after “mild” #COVID19 & correlated w/ changes in frontal & cerebellar regions of brain. Many symptoms mimic #ADHD. www.cell.com/action/showP...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Very nice review on multi-drug resistant bacterial infections of the #IDSky Crew. some fantastic summary figures it there. Please tag the authors if they are on here :) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality globally. These pathogens easily acquire antimicrobial resistance (AMR), further highlighting their cli...
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#MedSky #IDSky #MedEd NEW Retrospective cohort study (N=225K, kids to 21y >3/4 not vaccinated) from NIH RECOVER characterizes diffs in #longCOVID symptoms by race after severe & non-severe #COVID19 illness. #PedSky, may help direct your ROS (eg, #POTS in Asian pts). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🧵 #MedSky #OncSky #IDSky #CardioSky @FTC has released a report finding that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) charge markups up to thousands of percent for #cancer, #HIV, & other life-saving generic drugs, netting billions of 💵 in profit while patients pay more. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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Nigel Curtis @nigelcurtis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"Of 45,000 bacterial species ... just 10 bacterial species account for half of all publications, whereas nearly three-quarters of all named bacteria don’t have a single paper devoted to them." www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Microbiology #MicroSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #MedSky
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These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored
Model microbes such as Escherichia coli hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known bacteria with few publications devoted to them.
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Sana Bég @sana.msf.ca · 13/01/2025
"If access to healthcare is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?" - Paul Farmer #medsky #IDsky
Health promoter Aisha B. (28) accompanies 80 years old Aisha G. to the MSF clinic in Adré transit camp, eastern Chad.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Mechanical herpesvirus reactivation from latency triggers aberrant inflammatory responses similar to those occurring in Alzheimer’s. Viruses continue to amaze and terrify. www.statnews.com/2025/01/07/a...
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Using lab-grown human mini-brains, scientists find links between head trauma, herpes, and Alzheimer’s
Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 06/01/2025
Whole-genome sequencing was used to show that resistance to newer antituberculosis drugs is present in at least 27 countries and that up to a quarter of this resistance may be due to person-to-person transmission. Full correspondence: nej.md/3PhDG49 #MedSky #IDSky
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Transmission as a Key Driver of Resistance to the New Tuberculosis Drugs | NEJM
Whole-genome sequencing was used to show that resistance to newer antituberculosis drugs is present in at least 27 countries and that up to a quarter of this resistance may be due to person-to-...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/01/2025
Yet another reason why we should get rid of “prior approvals,” particularly for doctors receiving value-based payment. Insurers at minimum should have to get prior approval from Medicare before implementing any “prior approval” regimes. www.propublica.org/article/ment...
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
What a cool study and a powerful demonstration that Tuberculosis is largely a disease of poverty. In Brazil a large scale intervention which provided cash monthly to families living in poverty led to profound reductions in TB cases. Up to 50% among the poorest groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort - Nature Medicine
Participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis incidence and mortality among ...
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
New research article in The Lancet Microbe Protection by natural #cholera against later episodes of cholera over 10 years of follow-up in Matlab, Bangladesh: a retrospective cohort study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #Vibrio #OpenAccess #OA
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The number of stomach illness outbreaks on cruise ships 🚢 at 12-yr high. And, per the CDC, respiratory illnesses are 3-4 times as common as stomach illness on cruise ships. www.forbes.com/sites/rogerd... #BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #scisky #medtwitter #EMSky #EMedSky #nursesky #fmsky #pedsky
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Cruise Outbreaks at 12-Year High, CDC Data Compares Cruise Lines
The CDC inspects hundreds of cruise ship yearly. Some cruise lines and cruise parent companies score better than others.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
HIV-1 Viremia and Cancer Risk in 2.8 Million People: the South African HIV Cancer Match Study ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky
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HIV-1 Viremia and Cancer Risk in 2.8 Million People: the South African HIV Cancer Match Study
Most research on HIV-1 viremia and cancer risk is from high-income countries. We evaluated the association between HIV-1 viremia and the risk of various cancer types among people with HIV (PWH) in South Africa.
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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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Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH @toddgleeson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
#MedSky #IDSky #TropMed A single-dose immunization with a genetically weakened whole #malaria parasite vaccine achieved an unprecedented 90% protection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Setting sights on a single-shot malaria vaccine - Nature Medicine
In a game-changing development for malaria vaccines, single-dose immunization with a genetically weakened whole malaria parasite vaccine achieved an unprecedented 90% protection.
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