Peds ID PharmD
@pedsidpharmd.bsky.social
Jen Girotto is Peds ID PharmD. She is a Pediatric ID pharmacist passionate about antimicrobial stewardship and immunizations
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Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Decades of rigorous and scientifically sound research have proven that vaccines do not cause autism. CDC’s decision to change language on its website reversing that finding is reckless & harmful.
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
Our statement w/ @hivma.bsky.social, APIC, @sheaepi.bsky.social & @sidpharm.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XEc0KH
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Since 1974, routine immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives, making vaccines the single biggest driver of infant survival in the modern era. Vaccine hesitancy threatens this progress, @syramadad.bsky.social writes for the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Vaccines Gave Us Back Our Tomorrows. We’re Squandering Them
More than half a century of vaccine progress is swiftly being undone because of politics and propaganda.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Since 1974, routine immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives, making vaccines the single biggest driver of infant survival in the modern era. Vaccine hesitancy threatens this progress, @syramadad.bsky.social writes for the New York Academy of Sciences.
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For decades, scientists have studied the potential causes of autism, and have repeatedly found no credible link between childhood vaccines and autism. Read our full fact-check: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For decades, scientists have studied the potential causes of autism, and have repeatedly found no credible link between childhood vaccines and autism. Read our full fact-check: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
📈 Measles cases continue to rise in the U.S.
CDC update (Nov 19), 1,753 measles cases in 42 states www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔹 66% occured in 19 years or younger
🔹 12% required hospitalization
• 21% of <5 years
• 7% of 5–19 years
🔹 92% of all unvaccinated/unknown vaccination
#Rxsky #PedsIDsky
CDC update (Nov 19), 1,753 measles cases in 42 states www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔹 66% occured in 19 years or younger
🔹 12% required hospitalization
• 21% of <5 years
• 7% of 5–19 years
🔹 92% of all unvaccinated/unknown vaccination
#Rxsky #PedsIDsky
Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📈 Measles cases continue to rise in the U.S.
CDC update (Nov 19), 1,753 measles cases in 42 states www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔹 66% occured in 19 years or younger
🔹 12% required hospitalization
• 21% of <5 years
• 7% of 5–19 years
🔹 92% of all unvaccinated/unknown vaccination
#Rxsky #PedsIDsky
CDC update (Nov 19), 1,753 measles cases in 42 states www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
🔹 66% occured in 19 years or younger
🔹 12% required hospitalization
• 21% of <5 years
• 7% of 5–19 years
🔹 92% of all unvaccinated/unknown vaccination
#Rxsky #PedsIDsky
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
Autism Science Foundation Speaks Out. autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety - Autism Science Foundation
NEW YORK, NY (November 20, 2025) We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage “Autism and Vaccines” has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outr...
autismsciencefoundation.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Autism Science Foundation Speaks Out. autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
💉✨ Vaccine Facts Matter ✨💉
Autism Society of America supports... 'vaccines as a tool in preventing serious illnesses, disabilities, death. Decades of ...research have repeatedly affirmed the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including their lack of connection to Autism' (Dec 2024)
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Autism Society of America supports... 'vaccines as a tool in preventing serious illnesses, disabilities, death. Decades of ...research have repeatedly affirmed the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including their lack of connection to Autism' (Dec 2024)
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
💉✨ Vaccine Facts Matter ✨💉
Autism Society of America supports... 'vaccines as a tool in preventing serious illnesses, disabilities, death. Decades of ...research have repeatedly affirmed the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including their lack of connection to Autism' (Dec 2024)
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Autism Society of America supports... 'vaccines as a tool in preventing serious illnesses, disabilities, death. Decades of ...research have repeatedly affirmed the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including their lack of connection to Autism' (Dec 2024)
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
🦠💊 U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is now Nov 18–24, 2025!
Pharmacists play a crucial role in protecting antibiotics for when they’re truly needed. Let’s work together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and keep kids healthy!
#RXsky #PedsIDsky
Pharmacists play a crucial role in protecting antibiotics for when they’re truly needed. Let’s work together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and keep kids healthy!
#RXsky #PedsIDsky
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🦠💊 U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is now Nov 18–24, 2025!
Pharmacists play a crucial role in protecting antibiotics for when they’re truly needed. Let’s work together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and keep kids healthy!
#RXsky #PedsIDsky
Pharmacists play a crucial role in protecting antibiotics for when they’re truly needed. Let’s work together to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and keep kids healthy!
#RXsky #PedsIDsky
More evidence for delayed prescribing for acute otitis media in children.
Study supports wider use of watchful waiting for kids' ear infections
Among more than 140,000 visits for ear infection, only 15% used watchful waiting, but treatment failure rates were similar to those for children who received antibiotics immediately.
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Among more than 140,000 visits for ear infection, only 15% used watchful waiting, but treatment failure rates were similar to those for children who received antibiotics immediately.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
More evidence for delayed prescribing for acute otitis media in children.
Great overview of measles.
#Measles, a highly contagious viral disease, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in regions with low immunization coverage.
💡 This JAMA Insights discusses transmission, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of measles.
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💡 This JAMA Insights discusses transmission, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of measles.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Great overview of measles.
📢 New in JPPT: “Continuing as Partners in Immunization: Updates to Practice and Legislation for Pediatric Pharmacy Immunizations.”
🧩 Reviews immunization authority for pharmacists providing pediatric vaccination, including recent legislative updates.
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🧩 Reviews immunization authority for pharmacists providing pediatric vaccination, including recent legislative updates.
jppt.kglmeridian.com/view/journal... #RxSky
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November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📢 New in JPPT: “Continuing as Partners in Immunization: Updates to Practice and Legislation for Pediatric Pharmacy Immunizations.”
🧩 Reviews immunization authority for pharmacists providing pediatric vaccination, including recent legislative updates.
jppt.kglmeridian.com/view/journal... #RxSky
🧩 Reviews immunization authority for pharmacists providing pediatric vaccination, including recent legislative updates.
jppt.kglmeridian.com/view/journal... #RxSky
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#COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
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The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
🧵 New @CDCgov-funded study (Teoh Z et al., JPIDS Oct 2025) looked at U.S. kids <5 yrs seen in the ED or hospitalized (2017–2023) through the Vaccine Surveillance Network.
Focused on bronchiolitis, pneumonia, & croup. 🧒
👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41105105/
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Focused on bronchiolitis, pneumonia, & croup. 🧒
👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41105105/
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
Viral detection in children less than 5 years with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and croup, New Vaccine Surveillance Network, 2017-2023 - PubMed
<p>We found a high proportion of respiratory viral detections in children < 5 years with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, or croup, particularly with RSV, RV/EV, and PIV. Most viruses were identified in similar proportions before and after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, except for PIV and influenza virus. In</p> …
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October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🧵 New @CDCgov-funded study (Teoh Z et al., JPIDS Oct 2025) looked at U.S. kids <5 yrs seen in the ED or hospitalized (2017–2023) through the Vaccine Surveillance Network.
Focused on bronchiolitis, pneumonia, & croup. 🧒
👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41105105/
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
Focused on bronchiolitis, pneumonia, & croup. 🧒
👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41105105/
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
💬 Excellent presentation on Long COVID at #IDWeek.
Striking how limited the evidence remains, especially for pediatric recognition and treatment. #PedsIDSKY #Rxsky
Striking how limited the evidence remains, especially for pediatric recognition and treatment. #PedsIDSKY #Rxsky
October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
💬 Excellent presentation on Long COVID at #IDWeek.
Striking how limited the evidence remains, especially for pediatric recognition and treatment. #PedsIDSKY #Rxsky
Striking how limited the evidence remains, especially for pediatric recognition and treatment. #PedsIDSKY #Rxsky
Great #IDWeek talk by Heather Lanthorn & colleagues on vaccine confidence 👏
The same person delivered a vaccine education script — those in a white coat were more trusted, but those in a white t-shirt convinced more people to get vaccinated.
Perception vs. persuasion 💉🧠 #PedsIDsky #Rxsky
The same person delivered a vaccine education script — those in a white coat were more trusted, but those in a white t-shirt convinced more people to get vaccinated.
Perception vs. persuasion 💉🧠 #PedsIDsky #Rxsky
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great #IDWeek talk by Heather Lanthorn & colleagues on vaccine confidence 👏
The same person delivered a vaccine education script — those in a white coat were more trusted, but those in a white t-shirt convinced more people to get vaccinated.
Perception vs. persuasion 💉🧠 #PedsIDsky #Rxsky
The same person delivered a vaccine education script — those in a white coat were more trusted, but those in a white t-shirt convinced more people to get vaccinated.
Perception vs. persuasion 💉🧠 #PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Part 1 of IDSA guidelines 📖 for Group A Strep pharyngitis — 13 years in the making! 🎉
Recommending a screening tool for low-risk individuals ✅
Great to see PharmD among the authors 💊👏
Would’ve loved peds ID pharmacy input, but great progress 🚀
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...
Recommending a screening tool for low-risk individuals ✅
Great to see PharmD among the authors 💊👏
Would’ve loved peds ID pharmacy input, but great progress 🚀
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
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Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Pharyngitis
www.idsociety.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Part 1 of IDSA guidelines 📖 for Group A Strep pharyngitis — 13 years in the making! 🎉
Recommending a screening tool for low-risk individuals ✅
Great to see PharmD among the authors 💊👏
Would’ve loved peds ID pharmacy input, but great progress 🚀
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...
Recommending a screening tool for low-risk individuals ✅
Great to see PharmD among the authors 💊👏
Would’ve loved peds ID pharmacy input, but great progress 🚀
#PedsIDsky #RXsky
www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...
🚨 Congenital syphilis cases have risen for the 12th consecutive year in the US even as overall syphilis cases decline.
This is a preventable tragedy that continues to threaten newborn health.
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
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This is a preventable tragedy that continues to threaten newborn health.
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance, 2024 (Provisional)
The most recent national data for reportable STIs: chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨 Congenital syphilis cases have risen for the 12th consecutive year in the US even as overall syphilis cases decline.
This is a preventable tragedy that continues to threaten newborn health.
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...
This is a preventable tragedy that continues to threaten newborn health.
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...
This was a very well written great short read about the importance of communication.
"I just wish I knew the magic words to reach people willing to jettison decades of evidence and research for something they read online," writes IDSA member Morgan Goheen, MD, PhD, in a new HuffPost op-ed on how open dialogue can help bridge divides over infectious diseases. https://bit.ly/4nDdMav
I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living.
"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can't avoid these conversations."
www.huffpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This was a very well written great short read about the importance of communication.
📢 HHS will adopt ACIP’s recommendations, making COVID-19 vaccination shared clinical decision.
💉 This will increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for those who need them most.
🗓️ Updated immunization schedules drop tomorrow (10/7).
🔗 HHS announcement www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
💉 This will increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for those who need them most.
🗓️ Updated immunization schedules drop tomorrow (10/7).
🔗 HHS announcement www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
www.hhs.gov
October 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📢 HHS will adopt ACIP’s recommendations, making COVID-19 vaccination shared clinical decision.
💉 This will increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for those who need them most.
🗓️ Updated immunization schedules drop tomorrow (10/7).
🔗 HHS announcement www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
💉 This will increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for those who need them most.
🗓️ Updated immunization schedules drop tomorrow (10/7).
🔗 HHS announcement www.hhs.gov/press-room/c...
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
🚨 Measles cases in US continue to increase
📊 1,544 cases in 41 states
👶 Nearly 2/3 in children
❌ 92% unvaccinated
HCP:
👉 Strong recommendations matter
👉 Vaccines protect patients and our communities
💉 Vaccines work. Vaccines save lives
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
📊 1,544 cases in 41 states
👶 Nearly 2/3 in children
❌ 92% unvaccinated
HCP:
👉 Strong recommendations matter
👉 Vaccines protect patients and our communities
💉 Vaccines work. Vaccines save lives
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨 Measles cases in US continue to increase
📊 1,544 cases in 41 states
👶 Nearly 2/3 in children
❌ 92% unvaccinated
HCP:
👉 Strong recommendations matter
👉 Vaccines protect patients and our communities
💉 Vaccines work. Vaccines save lives
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
📊 1,544 cases in 41 states
👶 Nearly 2/3 in children
❌ 92% unvaccinated
HCP:
👉 Strong recommendations matter
👉 Vaccines protect patients and our communities
💉 Vaccines work. Vaccines save lives
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
Now is the time for respiratory virus protection! 🫁💉
Protect kids with flu & COVID-19 vaccines and RSV mAb.
✨ Vaccines save lives. ✨
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Protect kids with flu & COVID-19 vaccines and RSV mAb.
✨ Vaccines save lives. ✨
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Now is the time for respiratory virus protection! 🫁💉
Protect kids with flu & COVID-19 vaccines and RSV mAb.
✨ Vaccines save lives. ✨
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Protect kids with flu & COVID-19 vaccines and RSV mAb.
✨ Vaccines save lives. ✨
#PedsIDsky #Rxsky
Not sure why this needs to be said this again, but if it helps even one person:
💉 Vaccines save lives.
📊 Decades of rigorous studies have shown—over and over again—that vaccines do not cause autism.
Science is clear. Facts matter. Protect yourself, protect others. 🌍✨
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
💉 Vaccines save lives.
📊 Decades of rigorous studies have shown—over and over again—that vaccines do not cause autism.
Science is clear. Facts matter. Protect yourself, protect others. 🌍✨
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
September 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Not sure why this needs to be said this again, but if it helps even one person:
💉 Vaccines save lives.
📊 Decades of rigorous studies have shown—over and over again—that vaccines do not cause autism.
Science is clear. Facts matter. Protect yourself, protect others. 🌍✨
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
💉 Vaccines save lives.
📊 Decades of rigorous studies have shown—over and over again—that vaccines do not cause autism.
Science is clear. Facts matter. Protect yourself, protect others. 🌍✨
#PedsIDSky #RxSky
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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“Children today receive roughly 4-5 times as many shots as their 1986 counterparts, yet are exposed to 95% fewer antigens and only modest increases in aluminum. We’ve achieved far more protection with far less immune burden through decades of scientific precision.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...
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‘Too many, too soon’? Debunking a common fear about kids’ vaccines
Despite a significant increase in injections, today's vaccines expose children to a fraction of the immune-stimulating material that previous generations encountered.
www.statnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Children today receive roughly 4-5 times as many shots as their 1986 counterparts, yet are exposed to 95% fewer antigens and only modest increases in aluminum. We’ve achieved far more protection with far less immune burden through decades of scientific precision.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/t...
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My interview with CNN
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My interview with CNN