Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH
@drboulware.bsky.social
Professor of Medicine at U of MN; Practicing infectious disease doc; budding mycologist; interested in cryptococcal & TB meningitis. Ran some RCTs during COVID, but more excited to return to focus on RCTs on HIV-related meningitis & advanced HIV disease
Another great piece on Musk by @gregsargent.bsky.social: "The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed 'Zero' Kids" newrepublic.com/article/2135... via @newrepublic.com
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
Very important phase1/2 trial of a 6-valent group B strep vaccine. The vaccine was both safe and immunogenicity in pregnant and non pregnant persons. Sets the stage for ph3 studies. GBS sepsis is a major cause of neonatal sepsis causing 91,000 newborn deaths/yr. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Maternal 6-valent group B Streptococcus vaccine in non-pregnant and pregnant females: a randomized phase 1/2 trial - Nature Medicine
A phase 1/2 study found maternal hexavalent 6 polysaccharide−protein conjugate group B Streptococcus vaccine (GBS6) to be safe and immunogenic and to have induced antibody responses to vaccine serotyp...
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🚨 NEW: Over 48,000 #PENNSYLVANIA residents have lost ACA healthcare coverage so far this year...and the remaining ~430,000 are looking at 17% rate hikes for unsubsidized enrollees next year: acasignups.net/26/07/27/202...
2027 Rate Changes - Pennsylvania: +17.1% indy mkt; +11% sm. group mkt
Before I begin, it's important to note that ACA exchange enrollment has dropped in Pennsylvania since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year...
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In olden days a "letter of intent” for a “nonrefundable development fee" to a politician was called a bribe. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation (Gift Article)
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.
nytimes.com
Just returned from transcontinental flight = Pulmonary embolism
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 4w agoLindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.
A growing outbreak of the Cyclospora parasite, which causes severe diarrhea, has sickened more than 1,200 people across the U.S. Experts say the true number is much higher. In March 2025, RFK Jr. dissolved the CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, which monitored parasitic diseases
I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
Cities, states warn of credit impact from proposed federal grant rule
Discretionary termination of grants allowed under the rule would pose a particular risk, issuer advocates said.
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"Kulldorff testified that the plaintiffs paid him $400 an hour and he had already billed for about $33,000 in legal work on the case through late September. He said he also received a $4,000 retainer in the North Carolina case, according to court documents."
Kennedy's new vaccine adviser was expert witness against Merck vaccine
One of the new vaccine advisers picked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has earned thousands of dollars as an expert witness in litigation against Merck’s Gardasil vaccine, court records...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4w ago🤑 Martin Kulldorff makes $$ from suing the makers of HPV vaccines (as does his boss, RFK Jr) 💰Follow the money 💵 MAHA dudes have monetized their extreme anti-vaxx activism (www.reuters.com/business/hea...) Demasi strikes again—she’s “just asking questions” (except about conflicts of interest!)
I'm thrilled that Novo Nordisk Foundation will be funding us for the next 6 years. This grant establishes a new consortium between UK, Denmark and Uganda to drive discoveries into fungal meningitis. Lots of positions soon available - watch out for announcements! novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/no-e...
No easy answers: European research consortia take on major challenges - Novo Nordisk Fonden
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NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, two lawmakers have called on the CDC to address a “preventable public health crisis” of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns — which has led to babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.
propublica.org
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
Interesting in the Ugandan Ebola cases where early identification and supportive care is given, the case fatality rate is 10% (2/20) — and the first case showed up late in sepsis. They should write up their protocol for care. evd-daily.health.go.ug
Ebola Updates
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🚨 Small Enough to Drown in a Bathtub: How Trump & Congressional republicans are shrinking ACA enrollment in nearly every state: acasignups.net/26/07/08/sma...
Small enough to drown in a bathtub: How Trump & Congressional Republicans are shrinking ACA enrollment in almost every state
Yesterday I noted that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a new database which updates the official effectuated ACA exchange enrollment data for all 50 states (+DC) throu...
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Very glad to see scholarly attention finally turn to the quackery-industrial complex and its impact on health, misinformation, and politics. I hope this article is the first of many.
The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry | Milbank Quarterly
The global wellness industry has multifaceted impacts on health and well-being, including through the sale and consumption of wellness products, the provision of health information to consumers, and t...
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As #cyclosporiasis cases continue to rise, IDSA board member Anurag Malani, MD, FIDSA, spoke with NBC News about how the illness spreads and treatment options available to patients. Read more: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Cyclosporiasis outbreaks: What to know about the foodborne illness and symptoms
The source of the illnesses is still unknown, but fresh produce is suspected.
nbcnews.com
There is an ongoing Cyclospora diarrhea outbreak in the US affecting multiple states and ongoing for several weeks. We still do not know what the contaminated food sources is. Really like this write up by @cmyeaton.bsky.social updating on the situation. www.foiclinical.com/posts/alert-...
Alert: Cyclospora cayetanensis: Multistate Outbreak with Midwest Epicenter
FOI Clinical issues two types of rapid communications: alerts for highest priority information, and advisories for emerging events clinicians should be aware of. This is an alert. Situation Summary ...
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"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4w agoThe demand for tests for cyclosporiasis, a pathogen often caused by contaminated fresh produce, is so intense, with so many patients seeking help for diarrhea and crippling abdominal cramps, that many labs can’t keep up.
At NIH, this is a daily occurrence. It’s exhausting. Each day presents new opportunities to thwart our processes. “Oh! You figured out how to get that approved? Well, now you have to fill out this new justification!” “Nope! There is a new reason to reject this!”
Moving The Goalpost Logical Fallacy
Alt: Moving The Goalpost Logical Fallacy
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Running a lab is like running a small business. When you run out of money, you close. Right now we are favoring incumbents and squeezing out the most vulnerable. Life saving research is abruptly shutting down and early career scientists are paying the price!
Trauma Code on WBAI@traumacode.bsky.social · 4w agoThanks again to @michaeldgreen.phd for telling us how politicization of NIH funding has derailed early career researchers. Catch us every Monday 2pm on the #TraumaCode on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Remember hantavirus? US government is still coercively quarantining a person involuntarily. The “medical freedom” group seems rather hypocritical when in charge. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s not science, it’s coercion’: health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine
Kennedy overrides CDC order saying an American who came into contact with hantavirus can self-quarantine
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The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJM
The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be...
nejm.org
Minnesota GOP holds moment of silence for Derek Chauvin - the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder of George Floyd. This is the MN GOP. www.startribune.com/moment-of-si...
Moment of silence for Chauvin at GOP state convention sparks blowback
The brief moment of silent prayer for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder in George Floyd’s killing was not planned by party leaders.
startribune.com
Bad policy to prohibit Americans exposed to Ebola from returning. Makes Americans less interested in volunteering. Helping others is not America First policy. When I went to Liberia in 2015 to work on US Ebola trials, I knew that the USA had my back. No longer. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
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On IDSA’s & HIVMA’s Science Speaks blog: Sidhya Choudhary, MD, explores how fungal infections can often be mistaken for tuberculosis in TB-endemic settings, which can delay appropriate treatment, and what can be done to catch these infections sooner. bit.ly/3RS0hsk
Are fungal infections being missed under the shadow of TB in endemic settings?
Sidhya Choudhary, MD, explores how fungal infections can often be mistaken for tuberculosis in TB-endemic settings, which can delay appropriate treatment.
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A hilarious take on our snake-handler HHS Secretary from @monicahesse.bsky.social. "Wake up, betas. It’s time for the second installment of 'Manly Activities With RFK Jr.'” #Medsky #IDsky #healthpolicy #healthlaw #satire #
Column | RFK Jr. is now handling snakes. What does this mean?
Decoding the latest manly video from our secretary of health and human services.
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All US citizens returning from Uganda, DRC, or South Sudan must arrive through Dulles (IAD) airport starting today. CDC host quarantine officers at major intl airports, and on prior occasions (W Africa 2015 #ebola outbreak), one could enter through handful of places, not just 1 place.
