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nirapollock.bsky.social
Infectious diseases diagnostic expert/clinical microbiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Diagnostic development and evaluation, outbreak/pandemic preparedness and response, POC Dx, global health. Views are my own.
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TB cases are rising in the US. Public health laboratories are on the front lines, detecting and stopping the spread. Learn more in our latest blog: https://www.aphlblog.org/tuberculosis-cases-are-rising-in-the-us-how-public-health-laboratories-are-stopping-the-spread/ #tuberculosis #publichealth

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Free speech no longer exists in the US government. For @theatlantic.com I spoke with 12+ federal workers in 6 agencies who said the Trump administration’s actions have led to pervasive self-censorship, even on issues some view as critical to national security. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Hello. If you are a prospective (or current) graduate student, or a faculty member or administrator, seeing federal cuts/policies impact graduate school admissions, funding, or operations, I would be interested in speaking with you: [email protected] Signal ibogost.47

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 6 days ago • 83 comments

🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in 🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over 🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s 🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day

submitted 12 days ago • 50 comments

📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders. #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

submitted 27 days ago • 14 comments

Flagging this important CDC advisory so we can all plan accordingly. Influenza A subtyping is not routine in all clinical labs and many will need to make a plan. #clinmicro #IDSky www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Almost a month after joining the site, we have over 90 clinical microbiologists in the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack! While not quite the atmospheric rise of the #IDSky group, we'll keep recruiting! Please share and let your #clinmicro colleagues know how to find us when they arrive!

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Happy to see more #clinmicro colleagues joining us here-- @loganpatterson.bsky.social can you please add them to your clinmicro starter pack (and perhaps repost the link to it?): @zfreeman.bsky.social @burnhambugdoc.bsky.social @nicolepecora.bsky.social @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

Useful upcoming ASM-APHL webinar on arboviral infections (with great speakers!), including focus on Dx testing: asm.org/Webinars/ASM... Dec 18th #ClinMicro

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

From @helenbranswell.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/b... #IDSky #EpiSky

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments