Don Vinh
@donvinh.bsky.social
Infectious disease MD. Medical Microbiologist
Clinician-Scientist (Inborn Errors of Immunity)
Clinical section head: ID-Heme/Onc/Transplant
Inaugural Fellow of CIS
Fellow of IDSA
Member, Henry Kunkel Society
Science & sarcasm..not necessarily in that order
Clinician-Scientist (Inborn Errors of Immunity)
Clinical section head: ID-Heme/Onc/Transplant
Inaugural Fellow of CIS
Fellow of IDSA
Member, Henry Kunkel Society
Science & sarcasm..not necessarily in that order
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Join us next Tues. Dec. 2 at 10am ET for our webinar with ESCMID on the rise of climate-driven fungal pathogens and the reach of vector-borne diseases, featuring expert speakers Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, and Cyril Caminade, PhD.
Register: https://bit.ly/4oYTzwv
Register: https://bit.ly/4oYTzwv
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join us next Tues. Dec. 2 at 10am ET for our webinar with ESCMID on the rise of climate-driven fungal pathogens and the reach of vector-borne diseases, featuring expert speakers Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, and Cyril Caminade, PhD.
Register: https://bit.ly/4oYTzwv
Register: https://bit.ly/4oYTzwv
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Quebec City winter Carnival Feb 6-15, 2026 for winter travellers who love the snow ❤️🇨🇦
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Quebec City winter Carnival Feb 6-15, 2026 for winter travellers who love the snow ❤️🇨🇦
A great initiative!
For every tuque purchased, these guys will donate a tuque to help a homeless person.
So 🇨🇦 (although it’s tuque, not toque)
For every tuque purchased, these guys will donate a tuque to help a homeless person.
So 🇨🇦 (although it’s tuque, not toque)
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
A great initiative!
For every tuque purchased, these guys will donate a tuque to help a homeless person.
So 🇨🇦 (although it’s tuque, not toque)
For every tuque purchased, these guys will donate a tuque to help a homeless person.
So 🇨🇦 (although it’s tuque, not toque)
Reposted by Don Vinh
Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Infant botulism as of 11/14: 23 cases, 8 newly identified. All consumed ByHeart baby formula, now recalled.
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
Sadly ByHeart’s initial recall was limited to just 2 Lot numbers, this may have contributed to additional illnesses.
TLDR: Stop using any ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula immediately!
There’s a joke in here somewhere.
But, I have too much testosterone, and not enough estrogen, to think of it.
But, I have too much testosterone, and not enough estrogen, to think of it.
An animal study in Nature Neuroscience shows that high estrogen levels can enhance learning capabilities. #Neuroskyence 🧪
Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
go.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There’s a joke in here somewhere.
But, I have too much testosterone, and not enough estrogen, to think of it.
But, I have too much testosterone, and not enough estrogen, to think of it.
UKHSA data: Early findings show the 2025/26 flu 💉 is performing strongly in 🇬🇧 despite the 📈 of a A(H3N2) subclade K. Effectiveness against hospitalization:
70–75% in children
30–40% in adults
Good news!
💉 are still working where it counts: 📉 severe illness and hospitalisation.
70–75% in children
30–40% in adults
Good news!
💉 are still working where it counts: 📉 severe illness and hospitalisation.
Flu vaccine providing important protection despite new subclade
UKHSA’s early season data shows vaccination remains best defence alongside good respiratory hygiene as flu activity rises.
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
UKHSA data: Early findings show the 2025/26 flu 💉 is performing strongly in 🇬🇧 despite the 📈 of a A(H3N2) subclade K. Effectiveness against hospitalization:
70–75% in children
30–40% in adults
Good news!
💉 are still working where it counts: 📉 severe illness and hospitalisation.
70–75% in children
30–40% in adults
Good news!
💉 are still working where it counts: 📉 severe illness and hospitalisation.
We will remember
Nous nous souviendrons
Nous nous souviendrons
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We will remember
Nous nous souviendrons
Nous nous souviendrons
I would suggest that Microsoft re-name their app, from "Teams", to "Surprise: Need to install new updated app at the time of the meeting". Not as catchy, but more honest
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I would suggest that Microsoft re-name their app, from "Teams", to "Surprise: Need to install new updated app at the time of the meeting". Not as catchy, but more honest
Reposted by Don Vinh
Emerging Risk of Campylobacter spp. Infection Associated with Anti-BCMA and Anti-GPRC5D Bispecific Antibodies
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Emerging Risk of Campylobacter spp. Infection Associated with Anti-BCMA and Anti-GPRC5D Bispecific Antibodies
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/3LsCGeP
@thegodpodcast.com
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@thegodpodcast.com
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
God, with all due respect, you had Trump, Nutlick, RFK Jr, and Oz, and you ⚡️ that guy???
Please aim better!
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 92% (95% CI: 64%-98%) against RSV-related ER visits and hospitalisations
😳
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Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Related Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults: Findings From the First Postlicensure Season
The RSVpreF vaccine was 92% effective against respiratory syncytial virus–related acute respiratory illness emergency department visits/hospitalizations am
academic.oup.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 92% (95% CI: 64%-98%) against RSV-related ER visits and hospitalisations
😳
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
😳
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
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The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
Wakefield doctor says she was fired from ministry role for speaking out
The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The day after Dr. Emmanuelle Britton raised concerns about Quebec's Bill 106, changing the way doctors are paid, she was let go from her ministry position.
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Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
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The seven enigmas of #SARSCoV2: From the past to the future. New review from Evangelos Andreakos, Helen Su, Jean-Laurent Casanova (@casanovalab.bsky.social) and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The seven enigmas of #SARSCoV2: From the past to the future. New review from Evangelos Andreakos, Helen Su, Jean-Laurent Casanova (@casanovalab.bsky.social) and colleagues: rupress.org/jhi/article/...
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
#InbornErrorsOfImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #PopulationGenetics
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Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
journals.lww.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Mass General Brigham studied 18,124 births and found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 in the womb had a 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3, especially if exposure happened in the third trimester or in male children.
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
Any way to modify what shows up in my BlueSky feed, so it's not always about the craziness going in the U.S.?
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Any way to modify what shows up in my BlueSky feed, so it's not always about the craziness going in the U.S.?
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
I'm very interested in the issue in Quebec with doctors, but I would have to go to that other place to get those feeds
Reposted by Don Vinh
Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
Medical specialists say Bill 2 has made doctors afraid to speak to each other for fear of being denounced. They want the law immediately suspended.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Doctors fight back: Furious medical specialists vow to take Quebec to court over salary law
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Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine against avian influenza viruses that offers protection against all the variants, including those that are yet to evolve. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
One shot to rule them all in the fight against H5 influenza
New bird flu vaccine design could help preparations against an evolving potential pandemic virus
cen.acs.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine against avian influenza viruses that offers protection against all the variants, including those that are yet to evolve. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
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Vs lisez bien les spécialistes ont baissé les revenus de 2 Milliards…pas banal! l’entente était du réinvestissement ds le réseau des projets pour aider les SOINS il annule unilatéralement ce qu’il a signé, un #menteur #pasDeParole et veut récupérer pour lui 🤬
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Loi spéciale sur la rémunération des médecins | Québec s’approprie une cagnotte de 450 millions
Grâce à sa loi spéciale, le gouvernement Legault peut désormais dépenser comme bon lui semble, au bas mot, 450 millions de dollars qui ont été puisés dans l’enveloppe de rémunération des médecins spéc...
plus.lapresse.ca
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vs lisez bien les spécialistes ont baissé les revenus de 2 Milliards…pas banal! l’entente était du réinvestissement ds le réseau des projets pour aider les SOINS il annule unilatéralement ce qu’il a signé, un #menteur #pasDeParole et veut récupérer pour lui 🤬
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I’m not kidding.
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I’m not kidding.
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
Smith and Legault have the same strategy
The Alberta government is on par with QC gouv
The notwithstanding clause is
being used by the UPC govt of Alberta to order 51,000 teachers back to work rather than bargain in good faith.
That’s not worker supported government nor is it leadership. Find the solution and work collaboratively.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
being used by the UPC govt of Alberta to order 51,000 teachers back to work rather than bargain in good faith.
That’s not worker supported government nor is it leadership. Find the solution and work collaboratively.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Alberta government is on par with QC gouv
Plus de la moitié de la valeur des prêts pardonnables accordés depuis 2019 pourrait ne jamais être remboursée
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Prêts pardonnables: 1G$ en subventions aux entreprises?
Plus de 1G$: c’est ce que pourraient coûter aux contribuables les dizaines de prêts pardonnables octroyés par Québec, a appris Le Journal.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Plus de la moitié de la valeur des prêts pardonnables accordés depuis 2019 pourrait ne jamais être remboursée
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
Mais, oui, Legault et les CAQsuckers font ce qui est pour le bien des Québécois
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/27/p...
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Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires #NoovoInfo
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/plu...
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Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires
Un niveau qui n’a jamais été franchi auparavant: plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois. C’est un des chiffres qui ressort du Bilan-Faim 2025 des Banques alimentaires du Québec (BAQ). Un bilan qui mo...
www.noovo.info
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Plus de 3 millions de demandes par mois: un sommet pour les banques alimentaires #NoovoInfo
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/plu...
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/plu...
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In 2011, a rare type of Salmonella was identfied for the first time in Europe during a food-borne #outbreak linked to small 🍅
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Common source, common food vehicle: investigations of recurring Salmonella Strathcona outbreaks in Europe since 2011
An outbreak investigation among 17 European countries points at a common source for recurring Salmonella Strathcona infections since 2011. Small tomatoes from Sicily (Italy) are the suspected food veh...
www.eurekalert.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In 2011, a rare type of Salmonella was identfied for the first time in Europe during a food-borne #outbreak linked to small 🍅
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Until 2024, 17 European countries notified 643 cases of Salmonella Strathcona
🔎Is there a common source or possible food vehicle?
#IDSky #EpiSky #FoodSafety #OneHealth 🛟🧪
Reposted by Don Vinh
The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can also boost cancer treatment success
Innate immune response to vaccines helps people with cancer live longer
cen.acs.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were game changing during the course of the pandemic; now another benefit is emerging—the same vaccines are improving how long people with cancer survive while they undergo immune therapy. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪