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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 17h

#MedSKy #IDSky #Medicine #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth

Daniel Griffin, MD PhD @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social · 18h

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TWiV 1260 Clinical update corrected

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 23h

"At least some officers in the Epidemic Intelligence Service were dismissed, according to the CDC official and a separate former agency employee with knowledge of the terminations. The EIS officers are nicknamed “disease detectives"..."

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Mass firings hit CDC

Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

Metro Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3). Donations, gifts, and bequests are US tax deductible.

Look at the pictures at the Metro Cat Rescue Facebook Page to see just some of the many cats that we've helped.
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Metro Cat Rescue | Jersey City NJ

Metro Cat Rescue, Jersey City. 16,025 likes · 394 talking about this · 93 were here. Metro Cat Rescue saves kittens and cats from sickness, starvation and death in the streets.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

Metro Cat Rescue continues to care for Rosebud and Murph.

Metro Cat Rescue needs your help so that we can continue to help cats living in the streets.
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#Caturday #Cats #CatRescue

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

"When they die, they calcify."
Dickson Despommier

#Parasitology

Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

"Kennedy noted during the meeting that he had seen a TikTok video on Thursday, which he said featured a pregnant woman “gobbling Tylenol” and cursing Trump. “The level of Trump derangement syndrome has now left the political landscape and now in the realm of ..."

#MedSky #Medicine #Autism #RFKJr

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism, and suggested people who opposed the theory were motivated by hatred for President Trump. https://to.pbs.org/4nH8Z7P

Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism

During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to reading -- I wonder if this rise correlates with fentanyl replacing heroin?

Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 1d

#IDSky #MedSky #InfectiousDisease #Medicine #HIV

Darcy Wooten (she/her) @darcy-id-doc.bsky.social · 1d

SO excited to see this work come out, led by the incredible Laura Marks: doi.org/10.1093/ofid...

Infectious Diseases in People Who Use Drugs Introduction

Over the past 2 decades, there has been an unprecedented increase in infectious diseases among individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). These inclu

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 2d

Metro Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3). Donations, gifts, and bequests are US tax deductible.

Look at the pictures at the Metro Cat Rescue Facebook Page to see just some of the many cats that we've helped.
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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 2d

Alfalfa's mom was living in the streets. A number of the kittens developed eye trouble while still in the nest. A Metro Cat Rescue volunteer brought the whole little family inside.

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#Cats #CatRescue #Charity #charityfundraiser

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 2d

"Tirschenreuth – Another person has died in Bavaria from the rare Borna virus. The district office in Tirschenreuth announced that a 57-year-old man from ..."

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#IDSky #MedSky #InfectiousDisease #Medicine #Zoonosis #Borna-Virus #Pfaffenhofen #Bayern #Gesundheit

Erneuter Todesfall durch Borna-Virus in Bayern gemeldet – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Tirschenreuth – In Bayern ist erneut ein Mensch an dem seltenen Borna-Virus gestorben. Das Landratsamt in Tirschenreuth teilte mit, dass eine 57 Jahre alte Person aus dem Landkreis in der nördlichen Oberpfalz in einer Klinik in Regensburg verstorben sei.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 2d

#IDSky #MedSky #InfectiousDisease #Medicine #Zoonosis

Nixa Sedes, MD @nixassedes.bsky.social · Jan 14

Neuropathology, pathomechanism, and transmission in zoonotic Borna disease virus 1 infection: a systematic review
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Neuropathology, pathomechanism, and transmission in zoonotic Borna disease virus 1 infection: a systematic review

Borna disease, which is a severe encephalitis that primarily affects horses and sheep, has been recognised for over two centuries. Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) has been identified as a cause of a pr...

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

In an urban setting, unmanaged water is a clear and present danger. A remote location might mitigate, but not remove that. The workers are not going to be wearing PPE as they arrive. Plus, once aerosolized, the bacteria can travel miles.
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COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH A COOLING TOWER: EVIDENCE FOR LONGER-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA

Abstract. in the period August 10–29, 1986,29 confinned cases of Legionnaires' disease occurred in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; two cases were fatal. No common so

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

Data center cooling towers pose a Legionella public health risk.

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Strategies for Identifying Cooling Towers

Use our stepwise procedure and strategies to locate cooling towers.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

#IDSky #MedSky #InfectiousDisease #Medicine

Daniel Griffin, MD PhD @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social · 7d

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TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

Metro Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3). Donations, gifts, and bequests are US tax deductible.

Look at the pictures at the Metro Cat Rescue Facebook Page to see just some of the many cats that we've helped.
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Metro Cat Rescue | Jersey City NJ

Metro Cat Rescue, Jersey City. 16,025 likes · 123 talking about this · 93 were here. Metro Cat Rescue saves kittens and cats from sickness, starvation and death in the streets.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

Donate NOW to help feed cats in need! Click on the Link below to our PayPal Fundraiser Page.
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Metro Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3). Donations, gifts, and bequests are US tax deductible.

#cat #catrescue

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

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Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria | NEJM

Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating t...

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

Ancient Egyptian statuette - woman with child on back in a wrap

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

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#Africa

Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria | NEJM

Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating t...

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

It is really difficult to imagine a medical doctor becoming a popular musician at the same time, but some African medical doctors have proved that this is possible. For some, medicine came first and a few others the opposite. But whatever be the case ...

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20 African Medical Doctors who are Popular Musicians

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

The world did very little to help the sick in the Third World at the time of Albert Schweitzer. I wonder how many diseases once only afflicting the global poor are in emergency rooms in New York City right now.

Did we waste the dawn?

#GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #IDSky #InfectiousDisease

Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 3d

I remember a selection by Albert Schweitzer (which I have not been able to track down recently). He mentioned a number of illnesses that when covered in medical school it was noted that the discussion was only for historical interest. In Africa, he frequently saw patients with them.

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Anthony Olszewski @anthonyolszewski.bsky.social · 4d

Look at the pictures at the Metro Cat Rescue Facebook Page to see just some of the many cats that we've helped.
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