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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 32m

🔥from #IDWeek🔥 from Dr. Ali Dehghani, et al. #IDSky

Adults >=50 w/ shingles vaccine have a:
- 50% lower risk of dementia caused by blood flow problems
- 27% lower risk of blood clots
- 25% lower risk of heart attack or stroke.
- 21% lower risk of premature death

www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Shingles Vax Protects Against Heart Disease, Dementia, Death

MONDAY, Oct. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The shingles vaccine does more than just protect middle-aged folks and seniors against maddening rashes, a new study sa

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 15h

Prolonged applause for Dr Demetri Daskalakis, formerly of the CDC, winner of the HIV Medical Association Transformative Leader Award… #IDSky #IDWeek #IDStrong

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 18h

#cutskill #idweek

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HIVMA @hivma.bsky.social · 19h

Watch live! Organizers of the #SaveHIVFunding campaign are unveiling the #CutsKill Quilt at #IDWeek2025: www.instagram.com/hiv_medicine...

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 20h

ARISE trial findings showing significant improvement in culture conversion rates with ALIS as part of initial regimen for MAC-LD

Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 20h

ALIS as part of initial therapy for MAC-LD. #IDweek #medscapelive

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 21h

IDWeek 2025 is here! #idweek2025

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings! Go Dawgs!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 8d

Standing in solidarity with colleagues at the CDC who were fired as part of yet another RIF wave.
We are all less safe without their expertise and dedication.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 10d

"Make the proof" colloquial phrase that means fabrication of data

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · 10d

Can we have a Zach Bryan and Bad Bunny collaboration to really send MAGA over the edge.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 12d

🧵 #MythBustingTuesday
The CDC reportedly floated separating the MMR into individual shots without any published evidence that doing so improves safety.
Let’s unpack why this myth persists, what the data show, and why countries like Senegal are moving in the opposite direction.

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 22d

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

"We analyze 27 years of NIH extramural awards & their review scores to identify the bottom 40% of grants that would have been eliminated from 1980 to 2007... We then identify new molecular entity drugs, approved in the 21st century, that are linked to these grants"

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · Sep 19

It has become incredibly clear that the current ACIP has these CDC scientist presentations just for show as there is no indication that they plan to listen to any of the evidence presented.

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · Sep 19

Dr Malone must think we are all just imagining the Covid 19 patients we see in hospital on a daily basis.

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · Sep 18

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Sep 18

Every time these "ACIP members" say anything within the domain of immunology I want to scream. I have yet to hear them correctly explain any aspect of the human immune system.

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 18

ACIP members are questioning whether the hepatitis B vaccine should continue to be universally administered to children at birth.

Fact: Implementation of universal birth dose hepatitis B vaccine is the most effective strategy to prevent childhood infections.

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · Sep 18

I don’t know if these ACIP members are being intentionally obtuse or if they really are that ignorant.

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 18

Stated at ACIP: MMRV isn’t acceptable for kids <4 to prevent measles, mumps, rubella & varicella.

❌ False. MMRV/MMR vaccines are safe & highly effective. Studies show only a very small increase in febrile seizure risk after the 1st dose.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 18

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FCC Chair Carr’s post from 12/30/23:

Free speech is the counterweight—it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.

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Jarod Fox MD @jdfoxmd.bsky.social · Sep 18

I designate the Trump administration as a major terrorist organization!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 17

Susan Monarez is a public health hero.
#ProfilesInCourage

PBS News @pbsnews.org · Sep 17

"Vaccines are safe. They are life-saving, and I would encourage any parent who is concerned about whether or not their child should get a vaccine to talk to their pediatrician to understand the benefits of these life-saving medical products..."

— Former CDC director Susan Monarez

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 16

We have 2 vaccines that prevent cancer, the HBV vaccine that prevents hepatitis B related liver cancer and the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer and other HPV associated cancers.
On Thursday, RFK.JR's ACIP will attack one of these vaccines (HBV) and restrict access to it.
Let that sink in!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 14

What is wrong in the world is that some human lives are considered more valuable than others. That is why a journalist can call for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection and get to issue an apology and keep his job.
A society crumbles when it chooses to only see humanity in a chosen few

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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