Camille Nelson Kotton
@kottonnelson.bsky.social
Transplant Infectious Diseases physician @MGH, former CDC ACIP member, passionate about vaccines and stomping out CMV, opinions =own
I’m running for President of The Transplantation Society to expand global engagement, strengthen transplantation leadership worldwide, and support future leaders. Former TID leader, Executive Committee secretary/councilor, Education co-chair, and CMV/BK guideline developer.
Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
#RespiratoryVirus situation update: #Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low. #SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing. Read more here: erviss.org #Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky
There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄 Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone. Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.
Home - Doctor Fungus
Welcome to Doctor Fungus! An Educational Website of theMycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC) [View Legal Information] Where to Start Mycology Case of the Month An Introducti...
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Interested in a transplant recipient facing education tool about CMV? We developed this as a spinoff from the fourth international consensus CMV guidelines. Thank you to Kamada Pharmaceuticals and @lavyshai.bsky.social for support and development. cytogam.com/wp-content/u...
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Honored to cochair the #CMVSymposium_2025 with @martinasester.bsky.social and Julian de la Torre Cisneros - defeating the troll of transplantation
Read this op-ed in the @bostonglobe.com by LDI Fellow @zekeemanuel.bsky.social. ⤵️
Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD@zekeemanuel.bsky.social · 11mo agoRFK is turning the CDC into an ideological rubber stamp of the Trump admin. Congress must use their oversight power to restore qualified leadership and adequate funding to the CDC. Our children's health and our scientific credibility depend on it. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/04/o...
if you only share one of my posts today, let it be this one
Louisiana Families for Vaccines@lafamilies4vax.bsky.social · 11mo ago🗣Take Action now: secure.everyaction.com/0SHFqHvBiUOc... RFK Jr. is jeopardizing public health—firing CDC leaders and gutting vaccine science. Demand Senator Cassidy move to fire RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary and support science-backed policy! #ScienceMatters #VaccinesWork #USAnotRFK
Excited to have this recording available to all who want to listen/watch @BradGardiner.bsky.social talk about his very interesting work with CMV and lung transplant -TTS EdComm - Immune biomarkers for CMV infection @transplantation.bsky.social tts.org/join-tts/116...
TTS EdComm - Immune biomarkers for CMV infection - August 27 2025
The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...
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Breaking news: Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the CDC, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials.
CDC director being ousted weeks into job
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dr John Baddley @jobadd.bsky.social talking about cutting edge antifungals at the Transplant ID symposium in Toronto organized by the Ajmera Transplant Centre events.myconferencesuite.com/Transplant_I...
Dr. Robert (Bob) Rubin Transplant ID Award Recipient for 2025 is the amazing @kottonnelson.bsky.social !!! #TxID #MedEd @astinfo.bsky.social
Full house at the ABCs of CMV session at #WTC2025 #TxID featuring a targeted review the new #Cmv guidelines @kottonnelson.bsky.social
CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agency’s headquarters yesterday. Today they are still reeling from shock, fear — and rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears
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CDC employees told me the shooting at CDC was much worse than initial police reports suggested. More than 40 bullets hit buildings. “It’s a miracle more people weren’t hit,” said one staffer who was locked down in a building for hours last evening.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 12mo agoFeel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was targeted at agency, @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @tobiaraji.bsky.social report Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences
An absolutely extraordinary piece of writing about the shock and dread of living through something you would have considered unimaginable, and — somewhat — coming out the other side. (This is not a spoiler, if the author had not survived there would be no story. Stop quibbling and read it.)
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · last yr.The first time I tried to read this piece…I couldn’t get through it because I was uncontrollably sobbing by the time I got near the end It’s beautiful and heartbreaking. Read it: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Pleased to join colleagues like @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social in the @nejm.org rebutting the COVID vaccine policy of Prasad and Makary www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article (June 26 issue),1 Prasad and Makary ignore the fact that the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection extend beyond acute outcomes such as hospitalization and de...
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ICYMI - on June 25, the CDC signed off on the ACIP recommendation that adults 50 years of age and over with risk factors for severe RSV get the RSV vaccine. Details here. This lowers the age from 60 to 50. Universal recommendation for everyone 75 and over. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
ACIP Recommendations
ACIP approved the following recommendations by majority vote and were adopted by the CDC Director.
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America must acknowledge how devastating this will be for now & future generations. There will be millions of shortened lives and unnecessary deaths here & abroad. We have been the leaders in science and medicine - this is truly crippling. It will affect of all of, our families, and our patients.
Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The deadline for this has been moved out to July 14. Send in your interesting CMV data or CMV cases!
Camille Nelson Kotton@kottonnelson.bsky.social · last yr.Submit your abstracts for the CMV symposium 2025 to be held in Sept near Frankfurt. Submission deadline is June 30. The top 3 abstracts will have travel and accommodation covered. Priority for excellent abstracts submitted by those earlier in their career. It will be a wonderful meeting! Join us!!
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
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Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections
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Interesting that the CDC is reporting higher rates of parvovirus B19 last year - anecdotally I saw more in Transplant patients. Think about this diagnosis with significant anemia in immunocompromised patients. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Notes from the Field: Parvovirus B19 Activity ...
This report describes an increase in sera specimens positive for B19 antibodies during January–May 10, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
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Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended to upend longstanding vaccine recommendations in the US, particularly those pertaining to children. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy’s New Advisers to Broaden Scrutiny of Childhood Vaccines
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Very proud to have worked with Dr. Fiona Havers – she served our country incredibly well, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her departure from the CDC is a great loss.
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · last yr.Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3TvNVDT
Very proud of the 17 ACIP members for publishing this jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new CDC advisory committee is proof that America’s anti-vaccine era is truly beginning, @katherinejwu.com writes. https://theatln.tc/hOM6uyum
Few are telling this trainwreck's tale with as much rigor and passion as @anniewaldman.bsky.social @ #ProPublica. "[Trump] ...has terminated more than 1,450 [#NIH] grants withholding more than $750 million in funds." Read the full piece zurl.co/fCpUU & join us to fight back. #StandUpForScience
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.
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