With the ongoing #TB outbreak at an SF high school, we will leverage our expertise in child TB, with the @citc-tb.bsky.social and @ucsf-ctb.bsky.social. @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social is working closely with SF public health to support students and families. pediatrics.ucsf.edu/news/access-...

Access in Action: How UCSF is Expanding Care to Support San Francisco’s Pediatric TB Response | Department of Pediatrics

When a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak emerged at a San Francisco high school at the end of 2025, the scale was immediately clear. More than 1,200 students required evaluation, with high rates of infection...

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"Ethical research requires that participant safety remains central, not subordinate to hypothesis testing....Vulnerability should never be seen as an opportunity to advance research at the expense of those it claims to serve." @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Whose ethics govern global health research?

Ethical research must not exploit scarcity as an experimental variable.

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Important and timely study Pregnant women face higher risks from Ebola: maternal mortality up to 89%, and nearly all pregnancies lost. Until now, they’ve been excluded from Ebola vaccine trials. A landmark phase 3 RCT in Rwanda changes that.@natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Heterologous two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in pregnant women in Rwanda: a randomized controlled phase 3 trial - Nature Medicine

In this phase 3 trial, a two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in healthy pregnant women in Rwanda was found to be safe and immunogenic in women and offspring through passive transfer.

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We should be able to agree that funding research for pediatric cancer should be prioritized and expanded. Not canceled. Clinical trials that can be the last hope for kids with cancer stopping recruitment due to funding loss is heartbreaking 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Pregnancy and lactation induce distinct immune responses to #COVID19 booster vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection" from the Roan Lab in @jci-insight.bsky.social

A team of scientists, led by Nadia Roan, found that pregnant and lactating women have strong immune defenses to COVID-19, and identified key benefits that could guide future vaccine design.

Discovery Spotlight | Pregnancy, Lactation Shape Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccine and Infection

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Study finds strong immune defenses in pregnant and lactating women, with key benefits that could guide future vaccine design.

Pregnancy, Lactation Shape Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccine and Infection

Study finds strong immune defenses in pregnant and lactating women, with key benefits that could guide future vaccine design.

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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Pregnancy and lactation induce distinct immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection" from the Roan Lab in @jci-insight.bsky.social

On a day that the congress has decided to go on an early recess and take 6 weeks of paid leave it is important to remember that in the U.S there is no federal law that guarantees paid maternity leave or family leave. Just something to think about in case you need more things to think about today.

Happy to share our new work @jci-insight.bsky.social insight.jci.org/articles/vie... When I was pregnant in Dec 2020, one of the many things that concerned me was if the COVID-19 vaccine would protect me as well as non-pregnant people, as I knew the high risk of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy (1/n)

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

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Hepatitis B can be passed from parent to baby at birth - and when that happens, the consequences can be deadly. It is unscientific and dangerous to intentionally ignore the success of U.S. vaccination programs or argue that the U.S. should not vaccinate babies for hepatitis B at birth.

We now have presentations on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa... These presentations can become very confusing so I need to explain a bit about them:

In case you needed another reason to hate Epstein-Barr virus- it looks like it might cause primary sclerosing cholangitis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

T and B cell responses against Epstein–Barr virus in primary sclerosing cholangitis - Nature Medicine

Interrogation of electronic health records and the B and T cell repertoires of people with PSC shows a link between Epstein–Barr virus and primary sclerosing cholangitis, an incurable autoimmune liver...

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New Publication: We conducted a multi-country prospective comparison of 3 methods for stool processing for Xpert Ultra testing for childhood TB, and found they performed similarly and were usable and acceptable by lab workers: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-.... @cidjournal.bsky.social #tbsky #idsky

Stool processing methods for Xpert Ultra testing in childhood tuberculosis: A prospective, multi-country accuracy study

AbstractBackground. Centrifuge-free processing methods support stool Xpert Ultra testing for childhood tuberculosis (TB), but there are limited data on the

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You’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: RFK Jr. says you don’t need the covid vaccine, but experts at the CDC still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters. Here's what the science says. 👇 kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

RFK Jr. Says Healthy Pregnant Women Don’t Need Covid Boosters. What the Science Says. - KFF Health News

Despite opposition by the leader of the Department of Health and Human Services, existing evidence on the safety and efficacy of getting a covid vaccine during pregnancy all points the same way: The s...

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

News on CDC's COVID-19 vaccine recommendation removed for pregnant women and children. #IDSky www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a Covid vaccine critic — made the announcement on X.

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Pregnancy is a major risk factor for severe COVID-19 outcomes (read: death). GOP, if you want women to have more babies, how about making it easier for women to do that without dying?

RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women | CNN

US Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday said the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be among the recommended vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children on the US Center...

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This is one of the dumbest health policy decisions I have ever seen.

RFK Jr. rolls back Covid vaccine recommendations for healthy children, pregnant people

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has unilaterally struck the recommendation that healthy children and healthy pregnant people get Covid booster shots.

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It's quite obvious RFK.Jr has been spared the trauma of seeing pregnant people intubated in the icu with severe covid infection fighting for the lives. Pregnancy is a risk factor for severe covid. Not recommending vaccines in pregnancy is reckless and unscientific. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a Covid vaccine critic — made the announcement on X.

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Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA. Some thoughts:

An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM

This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.

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My amazing colleague Dr. Victoria Chu highlighting the important work of CDC, and critical need for continued infectious disease support and funding. Helicopter rappelling is just one of many of her incredible accomplishments @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

She jumped from a helicopter while at the CDC: ‘That’s the nature of public health’

Rappelling from a helicopter was not part of Victoria Chu’s job description. Her work as a disease detective typically included collecting and analyzing data.

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There is overwhelming evidence that covid is associated w worse pregnancy outcomes and complications. There is evidence that children especially those w comorbidities benefit from covid vaccines. When shots are not recommended insurance can refuse to cover the cost. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Exclusive | HHS to Stop Recommending Routine Covid Shots for Children, Pregnant Women

CDC currently recommends that everyone six months and older receive the vaccines

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This decision is antithetical to public health. COVID-19 in pregnancy, particularly in the third trimester, is extremely dangerous and aside from the elderly infants younger than 6 months have the highest risk of hospitalization from COVID. They are critically dependent on maternal antibodies.

Exclusive | HHS to Stop Recommending Routine Covid Shots for Children, Pregnant Women

CDC currently recommends that everyone six months and older receive the vaccines

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Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy

We need new ways to classify TB severity in children. Our new paper in @jpidsociety.bsky.social shows a 3 gene signature that only requires a finger prick could be helpful for children with confirmed TB: doi.org/10.1093/jpid... #tuberculosis @ucsf-ctb.bsky.social @tb-innovation.bsky.social

A prospective evaluation of a three-gene host response signature to classify tuberculosis severity in children

AbstractBackground. Children with non-severe TB may benefit from short-course treatment, but point-of-care tools are needed to stratify disease severity. W

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#medsky #episky 🧪 #pedsky #idsky Here's why HHS's demand for all new vaccines to be approved by placebo-controlled trials is actually profoundly unethical and jeopardizes all vaccines requiring rapid updates to cover pathogens that evolve quickly open.substack.com/pub/deplatfo...