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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Jul 4

We are canceling our trip to Canada to spend his limited time with our brave cat on this plane of existence. Anyone have any reading suggestions for us? The longer and more tragic the better

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Philosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations Canada! You give us hope...I have really bony elbows too!

Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Apr 29

I hope to live up to the example of my brave and wonderful fellowship director Roger Bedimo!

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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · Apr 28

Scientific Integrity Under Threat: The Role of the @idsainfo.bsky.social @pidsociety.bsky.social and @sheaepi.bsky.social Journals in an Evolving Political Landscape

Scientific Integrity Under Threat: The Role of the IDSA, PIDS, and SHEA Journals in an Evolving Political Landscape

The landscape of scientific publishing, education, and healthcare research is facing unprecedented challenges as political decisions increasingly encroach on academic freedom, data accessibility, and global health priorities.

academic.oup.com

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Mar 22

We can make choices to let people with TB die...or we can be the cure. Overall this book gave me a lot of hope despite dark times, there are still a lot of wonderful folks out there fighting for the dignity and health of those with TB. I'm glad to be a small part of that community.

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Mar 22

Just finished reading "Everything is Tuberculosis"by John Green.
As a provider who's cared for at least 1000 patients with active TB...this book re-emphasized that the real threat is humanity, not the bacillus...

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · Mar 13

Today -

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Mar 13

At times, Dallas can be miraculous...

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Mar 11

I think that there were some cheers for the Canadians too!
Personally I just hope both teams had fun 😉

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UTSW Infectious Diseases @utswinfdis.bsky.social · Mar 11

What does the Parkland HIV team do when not hard at work? We go out to cheer for the Dallas Stars, of course!! #weareUTSWID #Dallasatheart @ellenkitchell.bsky.social @bradcutrellmd.bsky.social

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · Mar 10

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

OF THE EMPIRE
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

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𓆱 𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐲 @saintedfallow.bsky.social · Feb 19

hurts

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pause, and read...

• Ellen Bass •

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Feb 20

It's really scary...never thought I would see measles and am reading up on the clinical presentation. Checking titers to protect who I can.

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Pam Bailey @pamipenem.bsky.social · Feb 20

Should I also point out the OB and ID care deserts in Texas? The antiquated antibiotic recommendations that need urgent reevaluation in light of sepsis numbers like this?! #IDsky

ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 20

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

propub.li

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Sabrina Assoumou, MD MPH @assoumou.bsky.social · Feb 18

Reposting bc it is very timely.

#vaccination saves lives

“HPV vaccination has been recommended for routine use in US women since June 2006.”

#medsky #IDsky

JAMA @jama.com · Dec 7

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: This study found a steep decline in cervical cancer mortality among US women younger than 25 years between 2016 and 2021.

https://ja.ma/3OKV2Ge

Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality Ratesa and Number of Cervical Cancer Deaths Among US Women Aged Younger Than 25 Years, 1992-2021

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Feb 13

If my cat gets avian flu I will John Wick.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · Feb 6

From @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social 's book, Exploding Head.

#poem #cynthiamariehoffman #poetry #books

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Feb 4

“My heart is moved by all I cannot save:
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world.”

Adrienne Rich, Natural Resources in Dreams of a Common Language

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OnlyMemes @onlymemes.bsky.social · Feb 4

Blood does not beget loyalty.

A page of a book likely named “Stars at Last”. The poem title seems to be “burn the family tree down”. The poem reads:
“I am the villain for not being meek
for not falling into place
with the
long line of women before me.
silence meant survival
but I don't just want to exist,
I want to live.
I am the first to start the smoke
so that my daughter
can breathe fire.”

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is making me think about the scene in Fahrenheit 451 where the protagonist had to memorize Ecclesiastes because all the books were burned...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Feb 1

I use the STI guidelines so often in my day to day work. Thankfully folks archived these resources.
We have had an ongoing STI epidemic in the US for the past 5 years. Congenital syphilis rates that are among the highest for developed countries.
People use CDC guidelines globally too!

Dr. Maya @drdrmaya.bsky.social · Jan 31

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
web.archive.org/web/20250131...

Site Index

STIs are common. Many are curable - all are preventable.

web.archive.org

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Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is a chaotic and frightening time for researchers, but it is likely more terrifying for patients. As an infectious diseases doctor, I want to say that we are still here. We are advocating for you, and care about you: people with HIV, immigrants, transgender folks, and everyone else. #IDsky

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Ellen Kitchell, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVM-S @ellenkitchell.bsky.social · Jan 31

I didn't realized how obsessed he was with plums! The other one is my favorite but this is wonderful too...