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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

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ChatGPT is bullshit link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Changes to the UK childhood immunisation schedule adc.bmj.com/content/110/...

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In this article, we reflect on the value of a personal story when communicating a public health message and share examples of personal stories we have published recently. Join us on LinkedIn and read the article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/talk-u... #PublicHealth #Vaccines

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Interesting new report from @nao.org.uk on the easy to forget long term issue of antimicrobial resistance www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home... (Full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/inve...)

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With drug-resistant infections in humans rising, government must do better to address the challenge posed by antimicrobial resistance. Infections have increased by 13% since 2018, despite a target to reduce them by 10%. Report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/inve...

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As an oncologist, I have advice: Don’t wait until retirement to enjoy life. Here are five things my patients have taught me about living meaningfully, by @mikkaelsekeres.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... via @washingtonpost.com #cancer #YOLO

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As more Global North countries swing towards the far right & openly become anti-immigrant, global health is even more a field for those with visa privilege www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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ICYMI: this adapted UK AWaRe list reached through consensus will support national #AntimicrobialStewardship and usage targets of the UK 2024–29 NAP https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae218 @dianeashiru.bsky.social @raseaton66.bsky.social @aliciad3.medsky.social #JACAMRNews

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More info on UK's "pull" market incentive for new antimicrobials “Netflix” for antimicrobials: The Antimicrobial Products Subscription Model #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntimicrobialResistance commonslibrary.parliament.uk/netflix-for-...

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Wounds of wars and conflicts: a multidisciplinary approach youtu.be/zvi077A0tEI?...

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www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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This is another excellent output from our @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social HPRU - highlighting how blending academic expertise with national public heath responses brings immense benefit. Please see @aliciad3.medsky.social’s past posts to see the wealth of output on the S. capitis response alone.

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Excited to share our latest publication on Staphylococcus capitis. Here, we provide complete genome assemblies and accompanied antimicrobial MIC values of 22 genetically diverse isolates, including the type strains DSM 6717 (subsp. urealyticus) and DSM 20326 (subsp. capitis). doi.org/10.1186/s128...

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CDC’s public health associate program (PHAP) was destroyed this weekend. All trainees terminated. PHAP stations young public health workers in state, local, territorial, and tribal health departments to train in and provide technical assistance for surveillance, communications, lab work, and more.

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🆕💫 Early oral stepdown therapy for infective endocarditis: an international cross-sectional survey on current use in clinical practice ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis #idsky #IEWiki www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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What about questioning the entire business model behind deliberately underfunding UK universities and making them depend financially on overseas tuition fees?

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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

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The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.

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📌CDC EMPLOYEE RESOURCES📌 Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted. SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email. Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.

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New—The Food & Drug Administration (FDA), an agency that falls under RFK Jr.’s purview, just mass fired probationary employees via an email reviewed by me. They’re citing performance issues as the reason, even for employees who had great performance reviews. Don’t know how many people affected yet.

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www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social #IDSky

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Senior officials could be forced to resign at C.D.C. and N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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Yes to cefazolin: -instead of amoxicillin-clavulanate for prophylaxis in clean surgical procedures & -instead of broad-spectrum for susceptible S. aureus Four cephalosporins reclassified to first line use in UK #IDSky #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntimicrobialStewardship www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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#IDSky I'm happy to discuss a transition to the UK for colleagues across the pond, DM me I've moved from US to UK 10+ years ago and this was one of the best moves in my career

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Colleague: You okay in light of what happened today? Me: I’m sorry, you’re going to have to be more specific.

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#IDSky

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📢 Come work with us! Paediatric infectious diseases clinical fellow (ST4+) Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust x12 months Closing date 16 Feb www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...

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How to be a critical thinker: 1. Be 10% more skeptical of people you agree with—and 10% more charitable to those you disagree with 2. Find flaws in ideas you like—and strengths in views you dislike 3. Discount sources that peddle one narrative—and learn from those that explore competing ideas

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Great Journal Club session by Kerry Holden on “Addressing healthcare inequalities using IPC”. Lots to learn and to go for here to complement our practice! youtu.be/EyloPsQEmZw

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A must-read post by Kerry Holden in preparation for next week's Journal Club on using IPC to address healthcare inequalities: reflectionsipc.com/2025/01/31/a... Register here for Journal Club: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/843eb5...

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Fantastic use of manga and anime as Japan's "soft power" to promote #AntimicrobialResistance awareness #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian

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My favourite highlights traditional Japanese aesthetics, including calligraphy debunking myths about #AntimicrobialResistance ("taking antibiotics for a viral illness?" "No") & final message "use antibiotics appropriately" #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIcO...

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The AMR Clinical Reference Center at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo has lovely #AntimicrobialResistance public awareness videos on their YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@AMR-by6ni

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From January to October 2024, 462 new cases of HIV transmission were recorded in Armenia. What’s the reason for this increase and how does the state work with HIV-positive individuals?

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President Trump’s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people. Here’s what to know.

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