Big thank you to @fredhutch.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to attend the 5th Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host!

Would definitely recommend everyone in the #TxID community to attend and will hope to come back in the future.

Something positive had to come out of being at the hospital at 3 am 🌕

Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico now number over 250, with two deaths being linked to the outbreak. (For comparison, the US had 285 cases of measles in all of 2024).

Measles isn't just a rash. For @wired.com, I wrote about why the disease can be so deadly: www.wired.com/story/this-i...

Not so fun facts about measles
🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection
🦠one person can infect up to 18 others
🦠can be deadly
🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder

Funnest fact about measles
💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.

Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes

Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

The Stanley and Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur Fellowship Award supports outstanding basic, translational, or clinical research in peds ID (2-yr grant, $50k/yr). The deadline to apply is April 1. #IDSky #PediatricsSky
pidsfoundation.org/awards/fello...

A HAN spotting! First CDC communication in a while. Re the ebola outbreak in Uganda

www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...

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...

Reminder that if you do a blood culture, make sure you add sufficient blood to avoid a false negative culture result.

publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

The PIDS Virtual Clinical Case Conference in the Immunocompromised Child webinar series returns today at 1pm ET. These educational offerings intended for trainees, residents and anyone interested in transplant ID. #IDSky #pedsID #transplantID societycentral.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

First post on #IDsky to promote this episode on @febrilepodcast.bsky.social talking about IMGs in ID!