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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 15h

#TeamCeftobiprole buttons coming next year!

Reposted by Brian Chow, MD

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17h

Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.

Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

www.who.int

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 17h

When in Rome

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you, Dr Feinberg.
Let’s meet our patients where they are.

#IDWeek2025

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 22h

No need for #TeamCefazolin here. All TB. #IDWeek2025

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 22h

Pulling out the @pidsociety.bsky.social socks for tonight’s PIDS Foundation dinner

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 1d

Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt.

Support @idsainfo.bsky.social #IDSAFoundation

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 1d

Find me for MSSA swag at #IDWeek2025. Limited quantities. #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #TeamNafcillin and for our non-US colleagues #TeamFlucloxicillin

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 1d

Real life tags coming!

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to #IDWeek2025

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · 26d

Eating local without iodized salt is how we get iodine deficiency and goiters in inland areas.

Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Not sure about the others, but orange is azithromycin to me.

Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Aug 26

When in Rome?

Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wait! It’s not actual chocolate?!?

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Aug 26

I made buttons. Can you guess which is winning at my hospital? #IDsky #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #AntimicrobialStewardship #ASP

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Jul 19

During COVID, we saw what we already knew on full display: society depends on the uncelebrated people clocking in and out for far less than their work produces. Not on the billionaires constantly crowing about their importance.

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Jul 17

A pediatrician in clinical practice making $1 million a year. 😂😂😂😂.

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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · Jul 15

New Danish cohort study with over 1 million kids confirms safety of aluminum in childhood vax. They looked at 50 different conditions, including autoimmune, allergic & neurodevelopmental (eg autism).

This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't).

Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025

Abstract from research paper in Annals of Internal Med, July 15, 2025. Conclusion: "This nationwide cohort study did not find evidence supporting an increased risk for autoimmune, atopic or allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders associated with early childhood exposure to aluminum-adsorbed vaccines..."

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Apr 21

Who carries $3000 in cash these days?
Who carries check books these days?
Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security

Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Mar 28

www.npr.org/2025/03/28/n...

Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees

President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.

www.npr.org

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Mar 28

Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Mar 11

Ok #medsky, for those in academics, what is the most pedantic change your institution asked you to make in your CV? Mine is making sure all degrees have periods in between the letters.

Reposted by Brian Chow, MD

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Feb 17

Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP

Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...

Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP

Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Jan 30

www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirecto...

immigrantjustice.org/know-your-ri...

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Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC

All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...

www.ilrc.org

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Brian Chow, MD @brianchowmd.bsky.social · Jan 30

-Ensure family knows the A number—likely the best way to track a detainee
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