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Jessica Little

@jessicalittlemd.bsky.social

Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician @ Brigham and Women’s Hospital + Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Instructor @ Harvard Medical School || heme/onc ID | clinical trials | antimicrobial stewardship ||

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Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 8mo ago

BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has been *cancelled,* I can now report. A senior official with Africa CDC confirmed the cancellation and said GB officials are working to make sure any research is conducted ethically: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease

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BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The full protocol of the study in Guinea Bissau provides no reassurance. If anything is spells out just how insanely unethical the planned study is. The PI who wrote the protocol tried to defend the indefensible by writing to me directly. I responded publicly. Read 👇 substack.com/@bktitanji/n...

BK. Titanji (@bktitanji)

Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed response. I’m replying directly and point-by-point, because while I appreciate the care with which you’ve articulated your position, I remain fun...

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Jeremy Faust, MD@jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol. It’s worse than you thought. Check it out, first in Inside Medicine… with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA@drluiso.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Quick read on #fungal infections in #transplant patients. @jessicalittlemd.bsky.social rocks! #IDSky #MedSky www.contagionlive.com/view/invasiv...

Invasive Fungal Disease in Transplantation: Prevention in a Shifting Landscape | Contagion Live

Invasive fungal diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing transplant, with shifting epidemiology, emerging resistance, and geographic variation underscoring the u...

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Clinical Infectious Diseases@cidjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection in B-cell Depleted Patients: Immunologic and Viral Characteristics and Response to Dual and Extended Antiviral Therapy ✅ Just Accepted ⭐ Editor's Choice #IDSky

Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection in B-cell Depleted Patients: Immunologic and Viral Characteristics and Response to Dual and Extended Antiviral Therapy

Immunocompromised patients remain at risk for protracted SARS-CoV-2 infections with persistent viral shedding that could pose a wider public health risk.

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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH@pergamic.bsky.social · last yr.

"The story of the negative impact on the future of infectious disease research will only become part of public discourse if scientists speak up loudly" A must read. One Hundred Days, Incalculable Loses @jidjournal.bsky.social Emily Erbelding, MD - NIAID/DMD academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

One Hundred Days, Incalculable Losses

Emily J Erbelding, M.D., M.P.H; One Hundred Days, Incalculable Losses, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, , jiaf317, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf31

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American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · last yr.

Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration. www.ascb.org/society-news...

Leading Life Science Organizations: Unlawful Grant Terminations Pose Grave Threat to America’s Innovation Pipeline - ASCB

Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the cou...

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.gov · last yr.

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (1/2): “It is unconscionable that Rümeysa Öztürk—a young woman pursuing her education, exercising her First Amendment rights, and contributing to her community—remains detained by DHS. Her ongoing incarceration is not only a blatant violation of her constitutional rights to due process and free speech, but it is now an egregious denial of her fundamental right to medical care. Pressley, Warren, Markey Sound Alarm on Rümeysa Öztürk’s Medical Neglect, Renew Urgent Calls for Her Release (2/2): “According to her lawyer, Rümeysa has not received her required asthma medications and has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in custody. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure. “As her representatives in Congress, we demand DHS immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care she needs, and absent compelling evidence justifying her detention and the revocation of her status, we call for Ozturk’s release and the restoration of her visa. Every minute she remains in custody is another minute her health and rights are at risk, and DHS must move with urgency.”
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.gov · last yr.

This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

A graphic that reads Free Rümeysa Öztürk with a photo of her.
Steven Pergam, MD, MPH@pergamic.bsky.social · last yr.

Today our nation's world leadership in science begins a slow death. We lose all the potential innovation, jobs, medicines, novel treatments, & science discoveries to save and improve lives. CDC & NIH will be a shell of themselves. Will hurt for decades. www.splinter.com/bloodbath-at...

'Bloodbath' at NIH and Elsewhere at HHS Begins

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · last yr.

Irresponsible public health leadership is dangerous and it kills. The head of DHHS routinely tries to practice medicine without a license via podcasts and TV interviews and encouraged Vitamin A as treatment for measles. This is the direct result! www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/h....

Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN

Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity.

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Nate Bahr@natebahrid.bsky.social · last yr.

Sure looks like it'll be a 'study' with a predetermined outcome. If this were really an open question (it is not) it would make sense to contract with one of the numerous centers with extensive experience in vaccine trials. (1/2)

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

Exclusive: A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two.

Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD@jschaenmanmd.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hiring #TxID #TxIDSky faculty at @ucla-id-fellowship.bsky.social @domucla.bsky.social - come join our dynamic and collaborative group to battle infection in sunny Los Angeles! @ast-idcop.bsky.social See link for description and please reach out with questions! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09517

Clinical Positions in Transplant Infectious Diseases 2024-2025

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2y ago

A troubling moment for the next generation of scientists. UMass Chan Med School is rescinding dozens of PhD offers in biomedical sciences due to fears over federal research funding cuts. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/u...

UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program amid funding concerns

UMass Chan Medical School is rescinding admission offers to candidates for its biomedical sciences PhD program over concerns about federal funding cuts.

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