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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 21h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 21h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21h

In the era of widespread population immunity , among veterans COVID vaccines still reduced the risk for COVID related emergency room visits, hospitalization and death in the 2024-2025 vaccination season, especially in older veterans >65 years.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Dr. David Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 1d

Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Nice paper by U of MN MD/PhD student Eli Schwartz on behalf of the ENCORE Team.
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Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Among Ugandan outpatients with advanced HIV, elevated serum CRP (≥10 mg/L) predicted 30-day risk of opportunistic infection, hospitalization, and death. Ea

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 7d

Friday Papers Club! 🍿In light of Pubmed going down, the collapse of social media, and my recent success at getting recommendations for interesting papers from those still around, I am starting a new tradition! - Recommend a good scientific manuscript! 👇

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8d

"There is still time to act. But it requires confronting uncomfortable truths about the role of the USA in fuelling mistrust, and the political choices that have allowed it. The world cannot afford another crisis in which lives are lost not for lack of vaccines, but for lack of truth." 😷🛟policysky

A crisis of credibility: the global cost of US vaccine misinformation

The global health community faces a deepening challenge—not only from infectious diseases but also from a pandemic of misinformation.1 The USA, long a cornerstone of global health leadership, has beco...

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 8d

This should be helpful. The system will still accept applications, but if there are issues there won’t be anyone to help while in the shutdown. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-26-004: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding NOT-OD-26-004. NIH

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 9d

I can tell you from personal experience caring for children like this that pertussis in a young infant is one of the most wicked diseases you can imagine.

It’s why we recommend that people get vaccination boosts both if pregnant or living in close proximity to young children.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 9d

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.

The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.

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Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 9d

However, vaccines have had a substantial impact on reducing the incidence of many infectious diseases and have dramatically reduced mortality for specific infections. For example, vaccines account for 40% of the global decline in infant mortality since 1974 (Shattock, Lancet 2024).

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Tom Sandora, MD MPH @tomsandora.bsky.social · 9d

This is a truly remarkable finding: 17 years after introduction of the HPV vaccine, there was a decreased prevalence of HPV infection (and therefore decreased cancer risk) in both vaccinated AND unvaccinated individuals. Cancer prevention through herd immunity!!!

Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine

This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 9d

I think the R01 is basically a non-starter at NIGMS now. Data from NIH Reporter for new and competing awards, comparing number of R01s issued relative to R35s (MIRA). This has major ramifications for basic science and basic science investigators that are not yet in the MIRA pool

Graph showing total R35+R01 awards issued by NIGMS from 2020 to 2025. R01 in black showing a steep decline. R35 showing an increase. Total awards in 2025 slightly up from 2024 but these years are lower than 2020-2023

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 10d

💉New study of HPV vaccine shows “robust population-level effectiveness & herd protection in adolescent girls & young women”

From 2006-2023:
➡️ Proportion of vaxxed women positive for high-risk HPV-16 & -18 types fell 98.4%, proportion of unvaxxed women fell 71.6%
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Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine

This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

jamanetwork.com

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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 10d

One of the leucovorin papers has, uh, issues.

Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 13d

We have concerns about errors in the 2024 paper.

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PubPeer - Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children wi...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (2024)

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 10d

How to write an NSF GRFP personal statement.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/how-to-wri...

How to write an NSF GRFP personal statement

The personal statement can make or break your application.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 13d

Even the aesthetic is Black Mirror.

WIRED @wired.com · Sep 8

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 15d

Here's the key chart from that piece.

Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.

What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 14d

Huge opportunity - super exciting lab to work in

Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 14d

New ERC funded computational postdoc position in my lab! We are looking for someone who will study the genomics of bacterial evolution using samples from experimental evolution and clinical trials. Lots of opportunities for interesting and fun collaboration!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 16d

That's pronounced "haa-ht"

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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 16d

Oh eff, when is that expected? Was planning an R21 for Oct 16 deadline, am way too news-consuming for my own good, and yet hadn't made that connection yet somehow...

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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 16d

counterpoint: "next-generation sequencing" has been surprisingly persistent

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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 16d

NIAID:

2022 - 2258 new grants
2023 - 2182 new grants
2024 - 2217
2025 - 1584

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Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 16d

Again, the BBC's presentation under-emphasises the astonishing effectiveness of vaccines.

This chart, plus the statistic in the article that 90.3% of children are vaccinated & some assumptions, gives a ~99% estimate for MMR vaccine effectiveness against measles cases.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16d

It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc September 2025 edition.

a poster that says science does n't lie on a blue background

ALT: a poster that says science does n't lie on a blue background

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17d

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17d

From the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
If you are pregnant, listen to your obstetrician for guidance on what's safe and recommended.

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