Infectious diseases doc, ethicist, and medical educator in Vermont ❤️🏳️🌈🕊️
Tim Lahey
States can do more to mitigate medical neglect by ICE
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Progress
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#Ebola update from DRC: Confirmed cases are now at 635, with 127 confirmed deaths.
There were 37 new cases yesterday including 12 deaths. It appears the number of case contacts being followed is still quite low, about six per confirmed case. insp.cd/sitrep-n26-m...
With whom will you build bridges?
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“They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center and now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They’re taking our lanyards. It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Fantastic seeing people with a moral compass standing in solidarity with physicians and scientists
Colluding with MAHA/MAGA authoritarianism is never justified
For years, the need for longer durations in immunocompromised patients was treated as the exception to every shorter-duration bacteremia discussion.
BALANCE may have finally put that belief to rest.
Dogma continues to lose ground. #idsky
🔄 Re-upping this: tomorrow is the last day to sign our open letter to Congress regarding the proposed use of third-country facilities for Americans potentially exposed to or infected with #Ebola
If you agree, please consider adding your name and sharing with colleagues.
Thank you for the support
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could top 20,000 cases in worst case, CDC says
Experts said they hope the CDC report will help galvanize the response to the crisis.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Nature Africa: The missed opportunity from a past Ebola outbreak
by Paul Adepoju
go.nature.com/4uqFo5c
CEO says the organization will commission a review of the events
The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.
🚨@drdebhoury.bsky.social, @craigspencer.bsky.social, Anne Schuchat & I drafted an open letter to Congress expressing concerns about the proposed use of third-country facilities for Americans potentially exposed to or infected with Ebola.
Colleagues, please consider signing: tinyurl.com/Ebola-Letter
🆕🔥🟢Post hoc subgroup analysis of the BALANCE RCT 7 Vs 14d duration of antibiotic therapy for bacteremia in immune compromised hosts
1037 immune compromised patients #idsky
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/article/S119...
Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA
Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
ADA censors scientists at their own conference on Friday
2 (maybe more) board members resign by Monday
It shows scientists in solidarity with each other 👏🏻
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair
