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allisonrbond.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases & Hospital Med MD @ UCSF; former journalist. MedEd, clinical reasoning, #infectiousdiseases for non-ID specialists — and puns. Puns are my favorite. #medsky #IDsky
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Hey out there -- if you have information about the job cuts at FDA, CDC, NIH or HHS at large, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking, in particular, for information about exactly what cuts were made. You can reach me on Signal, the encrypted messaging system, at MattHerper.92. DMs are open.

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#1/ Starting NOW Hybrid on Zoom & In-Person - @ucsfhealth.bsky.social #UCSFMGR w/ Dr. @annieluet.bsky.social on HIV in 2025: What's New, What's Next? Moderated by Dr. @bobwachter.bsky.social. Stay tuned for Live-Sky-ing of the learning pearls.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Guess I’m just feeling a bit sedimental

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Spontaneous pulmonary-twist secondary to Legionnaire’s disease Apparently "pulmonary twist" is a thing. In this case, in the context of Legionella pneumonia, the L upper lobe became twisted & necrotic, apparently due to infiltration and increased weight of lingula link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

A spine surgeon named Jack? Oh you mean a Lumbar Jack

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Guess I’m just feeling a bit sedimental

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Wish I still got to spin urine sometimes

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve heard of robots replacing physicians but this seems a bit of a stretch

submitted 45 days ago • 30 comments

Got into a debate with nephrology about whether contrast-induced nephropathy is real, and I’ve never felt so alive

submitted 45 days ago • 8 comments

Children receive so many more vaccines these days. Is this ok? Short answer: This is ok. Today’s vaccines target more diseases and do so more efficiently than older vaccines. Longer answer: ⬇️ 1/7 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

We’ve decided to end the peer review process; instead, we will just be asking random people on the street what they think

submitted 46 days ago • 7 comments

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submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Relatedly, I’m curious how many of us in healthcare are eldest daughters. Wish there was a poll function on BlueSky!

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

This study (from 2015) entailed building a vomiting machine to show norovirus can be airborne. It still haunts my dreams, and now it can haunt you too! You’re welcome www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

If people continue to be infected with #H5N1 #birdflu, some will die. One has: the person in Louisiana who was infected by poultry and/or wild birds in a backyard flock. Developing story. www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b...

submitted 47 days ago • 8 comments

So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/

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