Amanda Galiano
@drgpharmd.bsky.social
PharmD, MSHI, BCPS - infectious disease (ID), stewie, pharmacotherapy, medicine and technology medical writing, health informatics, AR & Little Rock. Etsy: http://ninjawombats.com
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Amanda Galiano
@drgpharmd.bsky.social
· Nov 10
My most popular ID post on the other place was when I shared my Hitchhiker's Guide to Antimicrobials, so I'll share it with #IDSky digitalpharmd.com/wp-content/u...
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Feeling a lot like I did in early days of the pandemic these days. It is so clear what’s coming: The people that will die because of cuts in global health, because of cuts to research, because of the concerted anti-vaccine push.
It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪
It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪
June 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Feeling a lot like I did in early days of the pandemic these days. It is so clear what’s coming: The people that will die because of cuts in global health, because of cuts to research, because of the concerted anti-vaccine push.
It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪
It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪
Trump going to see Les Mis in the middle of all this couldn’t be more ironic. It’s like he went to Wicked and came out saying, “Let me tell you, folks — the Wizard, he’s doing a tremendous job. Absolutely incredible. People say, ‘Mr. Trump, have you seen the Emerald City?’ “
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump going to see Les Mis in the middle of all this couldn’t be more ironic. It’s like he went to Wicked and came out saying, “Let me tell you, folks — the Wizard, he’s doing a tremendous job. Absolutely incredible. People say, ‘Mr. Trump, have you seen the Emerald City?’ “
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A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.
Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.
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Yo, doc. So they say the half-life's long.
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Yo, doc. So they say the half-life's long.
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Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions
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Today is a good day to post my new blog called "Vaccines against misinformation". Hope you like it.
letstalkscience.eu/2025/01/20/v...
letstalkscience.eu/2025/01/20/v...
Vaccines against misinformation - Let's talk science with Marc Bonten
The COVID-19 pandemic fuelled the current infodemic of misinformation, is my firm – though unproven – belief. I was happy to read that at least The Lancet agrees. In this recent editorial, they state ...
letstalkscience.eu
January 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today is a good day to post my new blog called "Vaccines against misinformation". Hope you like it.
letstalkscience.eu/2025/01/20/v...
letstalkscience.eu/2025/01/20/v...
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Want to share your views on the importance of the Secretary of HHS nomination?? Your posts on 🦋 mean little if the key decision makers don’t see them. The Senate Finance Committee membership is now updated.
Contact info via the link.
www.senate.gov/senators/ind...
Contact info via the link.
www.senate.gov/senators/ind...
January 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Want to share your views on the importance of the Secretary of HHS nomination?? Your posts on 🦋 mean little if the key decision makers don’t see them. The Senate Finance Committee membership is now updated.
Contact info via the link.
www.senate.gov/senators/ind...
Contact info via the link.
www.senate.gov/senators/ind...
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A bill to break up UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna and more has been introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives.
The legislation would force insurers to sell their pharmacy businesses.
It aims to combat PBMs, pharma middlemen who drive up costs.
The legislation would force insurers to sell their pharmacy businesses.
It aims to combat PBMs, pharma middlemen who drive up costs.
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
A bill to break up UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna and more has been introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives.
The legislation would force insurers to sell their pharmacy businesses.
It aims to combat PBMs, pharma middlemen who drive up costs.
The legislation would force insurers to sell their pharmacy businesses.
It aims to combat PBMs, pharma middlemen who drive up costs.
I also decorated my dogs. I have one who loves to be photographed and one that is having an extensional crisis everytime she sees a camera.
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 AM
I also decorated my dogs. I have one who loves to be photographed and one that is having an extensional crisis everytime she sees a camera.
One of my other hobbies is holiday decorating. Come by in central Arkansas!
December 10, 2024 at 5:42 AM
One of my other hobbies is holiday decorating. Come by in central Arkansas!
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Very excited to dig into this one
🆕🔥Clinical Insights #JAMAInternalMed
When Can a MRSA Nares Swab Guide Antibiotic Stewardship?
What the Nose Knows #idsky #medsky #AMSsky #EMIMCC
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
When Can a MRSA Nares Swab Guide Antibiotic Stewardship?
What the Nose Knows #idsky #medsky #AMSsky #EMIMCC
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
When Can a MRSA Nares Swab Guide Antibiotic Stewardship?
This Clinical Insights discusses how the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nares swab may be used alongside disease prevalence and clinical factors to determine when MRSA coverage is ...
jamanetwork.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Very excited to dig into this one
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"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
Opinion | No, Jay Bhattacharya wasn't 'censored' by the government
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened.
www.google.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
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Let’s vaccinate against COVID. It reduces the risk of long COVID. This should be a no-brainer.
Vaccination significantly reduced #LongCovid in children and adolescents among ~300,000 kids and teens
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
December 8, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Let’s vaccinate against COVID. It reduces the risk of long COVID. This should be a no-brainer.
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Study @AJICJournal reveals 'a direct correlation between inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels and higher health care-associated infections rates'. Via Tori Whitacre Martonicz, editor, @infectioncontrol www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/study-l...
Study Links Inadequate Infection Prevention Staffing to Higher Infection Rates
A new study finds nearly 80% of hospitals lack sufficient infection prevention staffing, linking understaffing to increased health care-associated infections and highlighting a need for reform.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Study @AJICJournal reveals 'a direct correlation between inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels and higher health care-associated infections rates'. Via Tori Whitacre Martonicz, editor, @infectioncontrol www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/study-l...
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Antibiotic de-escalation in sepsis patients is uncommon, US study finds
Among more than 124,000 US sepsis patients who had no resistant organisms through day 4 of hospitalization, antibiotics were de-escalated in less than 30%.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Among more than 124,000 US sepsis patients who had no resistant organisms through day 4 of hospitalization, antibiotics were de-escalated in less than 30%.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
December 6, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Antibiotic de-escalation in sepsis patients is uncommon, US study finds
Among more than 124,000 US sepsis patients who had no resistant organisms through day 4 of hospitalization, antibiotics were de-escalated in less than 30%.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Among more than 124,000 US sepsis patients who had no resistant organisms through day 4 of hospitalization, antibiotics were de-escalated in less than 30%.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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“According to The Lancet, at least 68,000 Americans die preventable deaths every year because they are denied care or can’t afford it. That’s 68,000 people—grandparents, children, and loved ones—lost because healthcare in America is treated as a commodity rather than a basic human right.”
Last year UnitedHealth fired its intake team & used AI to process claims. The AI rejected more than 90% of claims for senior citizens, resulting in several preventable deaths.
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
My thoughts on American healthcare after the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-v...
America’s Violent Health System
An unknown assailant killed the UnitedHealth CEO in broad daylight—and the majority of people watching laughed. Why?
www.qasimrashid.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:46 AM
“According to The Lancet, at least 68,000 Americans die preventable deaths every year because they are denied care or can’t afford it. That’s 68,000 people—grandparents, children, and loved ones—lost because healthcare in America is treated as a commodity rather than a basic human right.”
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Lab results expected soon in DR Congo's mystery outbreak
Children younger than 5 are most affected group and account for most of the deaths.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Children younger than 5 are most affected group and account for most of the deaths.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
December 5, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Lab results expected soon in DR Congo's mystery outbreak
Children younger than 5 are most affected group and account for most of the deaths.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Children younger than 5 are most affected group and account for most of the deaths.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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California cracks 500: #USDA confirms 11 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in the Golden State. Brings CA's total to 504 herds and the cumulative national total to 718 in 15 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
December 5, 2024 at 3:54 PM
California cracks 500: #USDA confirms 11 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in the Golden State. Brings CA's total to 504 herds and the cumulative national total to 718 in 15 states.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
I’m doing something fun on the ARSAS account. I already have my 12 days picked out (or I’d never get around to finishing and posting it), but share what your days of ID Christmas would be!
On the second day of ID Christmas, pharmacy gave to me two vials of vanco and E. coli in a petri.
December 5, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I’m doing something fun on the ARSAS account. I already have my 12 days picked out (or I’d never get around to finishing and posting it), but share what your days of ID Christmas would be!
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Striking: In numerous cases, Republicans or GOP-aligned industries are now admitting that mass deportations and rolling back Biden's climate agenda could prove disastrous in their parts of the country.
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance
One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Striking: In numerous cases, Republicans or GOP-aligned industries are now admitting that mass deportations and rolling back Biden's climate agenda could prove disastrous in their parts of the country.
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
It’s my dog’s birthday. She opens present. Enjoy (maybe - the first time it didn’t post the video).
December 3, 2024 at 4:15 AM
It’s my dog’s birthday. She opens present. Enjoy (maybe - the first time it didn’t post the video).
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anyone with a minimal understanding of litigation risk expected this after Dobbs. some details in a thread:
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
anyone with a minimal understanding of litigation risk expected this after Dobbs. some details in a thread:
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The CDC has some good tips about holiday leftovers and thawing and cooking your turkey and other dishes safely! Happy holidays. www.cdc.gov/food-safety/...
November 26, 2024 at 1:26 PM
The CDC has some good tips about holiday leftovers and thawing and cooking your turkey and other dishes safely! Happy holidays. www.cdc.gov/food-safety/...
Was vancomycin born wicked or was wickedness thrust upon it?
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Was vancomycin born wicked or was wickedness thrust upon it?