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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 15h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 9h

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 9h

CDC insiders say between 1,100 and 1,300 employees are being cut. Even government filings cite 1,100–1,200.

Entire programs may disappear.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 8h

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21h

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 11h

Three weeks is such a long time, especially for a kid. Vaccines help keep children healthy and in school. “Unvaccinated children who were exposed to the virus will be “excluded” from school for three weeks, the length of time it could take for a measles exposure to cause symptoms, Bell said.”

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 10h

Babies are in trouble

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Paul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · 1d

What the DOTS trial of Staph bacteremia tells us:
• Dalbavancin d1 and d8 vs daily IVs for WEEKS
• No left-sided IE/CNS/prosthetics
• Dalba not superior by DOOR endpoint, but similar clinical outcomes.
Big implications for inpt care. More here! #IDSky tinyurl.com/3hjzkt96

DOTS: Optimism Around a “Negative” Dalbavancin Trial

The DOTS randomized clinical trial of dalbavancin versus standard-of-care for Staph aureus bacteremia (SAB) just landed in JAMA, where it undoubtedly will be featured in numerous ID, hospitalist, and ...

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 11h

Calling out Brad Spellberg 🤣

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

I thought that math was required for the MCATs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13h

NEW: Last night, the Senate passed a bill that reauthorizes addiction treatment and housing services for recently incarcerated people.

This is a crucial step toward ensuring people coming out of prison have the support they need.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 13h

This is beautiful in the help and horrifying in the need. Anne Frank was a tragedy to be prevented, not a goal.

Good man, but my god how can anyone not see this as heartbreaking?

(Though amazing community. Something we should all think about because anyone of us may be asked.)

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion. n.pr/3J6uOib

A new James Baldwin biography explores how his lovers influenced his work

Baldwin: A Love Story, a book by Nicholas Boggs, has a singular focus on the redemptive power of devotion.

n.pr

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 19h

And Sotomayor says
"I agree with JUSTICE JACKSON that the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent
with congressional mandates."

That is, Sotomayor is saying mass firings — mass RIFs — are lawless.

And let's be real: of course they are.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 17h

Same

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 22h

With the elimination of AHRQ and cuts to CDC, research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA will no longer be possible in the US. Sad for all my colleagues and our patients. @sheaepi.bsky.social @ichejournal.bsky.social @ashejournal.bsky.social

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology @ichejournal.bsky.social · 22h

🆕 New in ICHE: Factors associated w/ HCP glove & gown contamination of MRSA

Contamination:
Gloves or gown: 713/3,832 (18.6%) of the time
Gloves: 15.4%
Gowns: 8.3%

Touching:
Patient: 622/2,901 (21.4%)
Environment: 91/931 (9.8%)

#IDSky

📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice....

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 1d

🚨Just heard from a world leader: "We have a global pandemic of politicians, organizations, and other non-medical institutions interfering with the medical profession."

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 1d

People have spent too much time watching television

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Quote from 2025 Nobel Peace Prize presentation:
"...we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more & more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence. The Venezuelan regime's rigid hold on power and its repression of its population is not unique in the world"

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com along with @pauloffit.bsky.social & @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social about the MMR going monovalent.

We all agree: following Andrew Wakefield's advice to "break up the vaccines" is unnecessary, pointless, & will only prevent kids from getting vaccinated

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

"If a vaccine is sitting on a shelf and not going into somebody’s arm, then it’s worthless, essentially," @angierasmussen.bsky.social said.

"I think anti-vaxxers love vaccines that sit on shelves.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 1d

Trial results indicate Jynneos vaccine performs well in young children

The immune response in children aged 2 to 11 years was non-inferior to that observed in adults, and 2.5-times greater in children aged 2 to 5.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Photo: Doc James / Wikimedia Commons

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