Brian Chow, MD
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🦠ID/HIV doc 🐱cat dad 🏃🏻runner 🏳️🌈👬🏻views my own or borrowed from someone else
Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/a... via @statnews.com
Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts
The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts.
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Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/a... via @statnews.com
Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts
The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts.
statnews.com
Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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Showcase your research at #IDWeek2026! Submit an abstract to present your findings to more than 8,000 ID experts, colleagues from around the world and leaders in the field. Submissions are due April 30 at 11:59 p.m. Learn more and submit an abstract: https://www.idweek.org/abstracts/
Increasing flu vaccination rates among adults could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars in a single flu season. A study from the Global Healthy Living Foundation explores the impact the flu had on the U.S. in 2023-24 and how vaccination rates factored into it: https://bit.ly/3OoX9CC
📢 Final Call for Abstracts! Submit your abstracts for SHEA Spring 2026 by January 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Don’t miss your chance to share your research with leaders in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention. bit.ly/4qNoqNU
Incredibly proud of Dr. Brian Chow, director of Harbor's Beall Positive Care Clinic, for speaking up about the importance of childhood hepatitis B vaccines. Fortunate to have such a knowledgeable and passionate physician advocate in the Harbor-UCLA ID family! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/m...
Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.
Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
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Find me for MSSA swag at #IDWeek2025. Limited quantities. #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #TeamNafcillin and for our non-US colleagues #TeamFlucloxicillin
I made buttons. Can you guess which is winning at my hospital? #IDsky #TeamCefazolin #TeamOxacillin #AntimicrobialStewardship #ASP
During COVID, we saw what we already knew on full display: society depends on the uncelebrated people clocking in and out for far less than their work produces. Not on the billionaires constantly crowing about their importance.
New Danish cohort study with over 1 million kids confirms safety of aluminum in childhood vax. They looked at 50 different conditions, including autoimmune, allergic & neurodevelopmental (eg autism). This should end further debate on this topic (but probably won't). Annals Intern Med 15 July 2025
Who carries $3000 in cash these days? Who carries check books these days? Apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security
Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out-Because I was not a trade unionist.
Ok #medsky, for those in academics, what is the most pedantic change your institution asked you to make in your CV? Mine is making sure all degrees have periods in between the letters.
Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively. www.cidrap.umn.edu/s...
Study in LA highlights real-world efficacy of doxyPEP
Among patients prescribed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, cases of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea fell by 86.4%. 89.7%, and 54.7%, respectively.
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All right #MedSky. Many of us are wondering what we can do on an individual basis for our patient who fear detention or deportation. I put together a few concrete things clinicians can do. Please comment on other ideas you may have. 1/x
Ensure that people are aware of their constitutional rights. One way is to provide these cards to anyone who may encounter ICE- citizen or non-citizen, with or without legal status. www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
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