The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
Read the latest issue of AMJ Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - featuring an overview of IDWeek 2025! Link below!
The Akhtar Lab @manneresearch.bsky.social and Northwestern University @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social is hiring a full time RESEARCH TECHNICIAN. If you want to study neonatal HSV pathogenesis please send me a message and apply for the position here:
luriechildrens.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/externalport...
Herpes viruses + pediatric diagnostic stewardship! My first paper with @caitlinli.bsky.social, and my first paper ever turned into a cartoon!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41306700/
Lisa Akhtar
Lisa Akhtar
Lisa Akhtar
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) neurovirulence across the human lifespan: academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
🦠Infectious Diseases need collaboration across fields. COVID-19 showed this. JID & JPIDS will now share articles on similarities in child/adult infections, starting with "Neurovirulence." 📚
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