Astonishing, heartwarming story in the NY Times (and, for those who like a "New Zealand mentioned", Vaughn Jones is the only ever kiwi Fields Medalist) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...

The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

nytimes.com

@empiricgame.bsky.social I just saw this! You've made the big time!!

I played a small role helping set up local protocols for MTb evaluations - happy to see this work continuing to grow! Kutscher, et al, put in significant work - for those who've worked in a BSL3, the work required to complete an animal study, especially the length/complexity for MTb, is Herculean.

Repeated pulmonary dosing of β-glucan-chitosan-PLGA nanoparticles controls Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading global health threat. In 2023, TB was responsible for an estimated 1.25 million deaths and once again became the single...

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This is something to aspire to! #phagesky

Tristan Ferry@ferrylyon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

✨ In Lyon 🇫🇷 👉 We are treating this week the 100th patient with #phage therapy! 💯 complex medical histories 💯 patients for whom we had to find active pharmaceutical-grade #bacteriophages and customise the administration methods 💯 human stories A great step and 🙏 to all those who made this possible!

We just posted a new preprint describing an anti-MRSA phage targeting the terminal β-GlcNAc on wall teichoic acid. The host becomes phage resistant, but methicillin susceptibility is the consequence in some pathways; cotreatment with methicillin is synergistic at achievable MICs. #phagesky #IDsky

Lytic anti-Staphylococcus aureus phage M963 resensitizes its host to methicillin by a tarS-dependent mechanism

Bacteriophage M963 targeting a clinical strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from wastewater. Purification was optimized and the phage was subsequently characteriz...

biorxiv.org

Our latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes a new trial investigating the mass administration of ivermectin for reducing malaria transmission. Read the full results of the BOHEMIA trial for free: nej.md/DrG31

I started studying phages just over 4 years ago. The project that started it all is finally published. We isolated 6 closely related anti-Acinetobacter phages and showed that they are not capsule-specific and can reduce bacterial load in a rat model. More work still to come on this! #phagesky #IDsky

A bacteriophage genus infects carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii via a non-capsular receptor and provides protection in vivo

Microbiology; Virology

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If there was any doubt at all that the CDC is fully destroyed, this page on autism and vaccines on its website confirms it. It's now just another vessel of dangerous health misinformation. I have no words. This is beyond sad.

@puzzlebetter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/Q8UGF...

Infectious Disease Doctor Goes To A Soccer Game

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken

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Hoping this is the start of something great - Lassa is a scourge

NEJM.org@nejm.org · 11mo ago

In a phase 1 trial in the United States and Liberia, a replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus–vectored vaccine against Lassa fever had acceptable safety and was immunogenic over a wide dose range. Full trial results: nej.md/47pstZ9 #MedSky #IDSky

@isv-news.bsky.social #ISV2025 Alec Freyn, Moderna presenting ISV Paper of the Year 2025 - quadrivalent mRNA vaccine against a broad spectrum of orthopoxviruses.

Glad to see someone is still trying this drug for the US! The FDA declined to approve a few years ago based on (if I remember right) some issues about prespecified endpoints on an otherwise solid trial. I have concerns about overuse, but this could keep people out of hospital and off OPAT. #IDSky

UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program@uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 12mo ago

GSK’s oral tebipenem phase III study stopped early 2/2 efficacy for cUTI , 58.5% vs 60.2% with IV imi-cil (?!?) for drug-resistant infections. Clinical cure (no sx) 93.5 vs 95.2. FWIW we usually use erta, not imi-cil. Great to have PO option though! #IDWeek #IDSky www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...

Speaking for all physicians and healthcare providers here. When we see patients in need of care especially in an emergency room we do not leave them for dead. We do not care about their immigration status, we treat them because that is what we took an oath to do and is also basic human decency.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

There are lots of things I wish I knew - today I wish I knew how to use Python (or had the time to learn!). Right after that is my wish that someone would put Bacphlip on the phage.galaxy.eu UI so old fogies like me who learned chemistry instead of programming can use it 😭 #phage

"First do not harm" is not a suggestion it is a core feature of the job. If you can't check your biases at the door when you provide healthcare, find another job. Calling ICE on a patient is some disgusting behavior. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE

NIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

washingtonpost.com

Raw milk in the US has significant safety issues, no matter what some folks say. #IDSky

Raw milk sickens 21 people in Florida including 6 children

Public health officials in Florida are reporting 21 cases of campylobacter and E. coli infections linked to drinking raw milk, all from the same farm.

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A must read

ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

This is a nice report - goes along with anecdotal data as well as extrapolation from dalbavancin. What is wild, though, is that 9 of 27 patients in this study had PSSA. 33%!! I think I saw a PSSA isolate once... #IDSky

@id-journal.bsky.social · last yr.

Oritavancin shows promise for treating 27 SAB patients (mean age 43, 52% male). 96% clinical cure, 89% alive at 180 days, and 18 hospital days avoided. 💊💰 #idsky

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

RFK Jr is on Fox News going full anti-vax

New moment of “WTF”: -pt with rare infection (so rare will leave unnamed, as could reveal identity) -nl times: reach out to CDC for testing -now: “they confirmed they are not currently accepting specimens for serology…they suggested we could reach out to Canada National Reference Center” 😳😳😳

Short but accurate - firing the ACIP experts hurts everyone. #IDSky www.idsociety.org/news--public...

The ongoing tragedy of American withdrawal from aid programs: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say there are many thousands of cases like his.

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Another Recovery paper. I think this one is a victim to earlier success. Study numbers are low, most had vaccine, and most had other antivirals. I don't think you can make any conclusions here. My 2¢ - future studies need to focus on soft outcomes (hospital, ED, etc) or special populations. #IDSky

@id-journal.bsky.social · last yr.

Adding molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir to usual care showed no clinical outcome improvements. Low recruitment limits conclusions, especially for nirmatrelvir–ritonavir. #idsky

All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.

Inhaled bacteriophage therapy shows promise in cystic fibrosis patients In a small study, CF patients treated with the therapy saw a reduction in multidrug-resistant lung bacteria and improved lung function. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

🧵1/ With rising STI rates across the U.S., the very programs that protect us were slashed. Cuts to CDC’s Division of STD Prevention gut a system built to stop syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, and more. Here’s what we’re losing and why it matters to everyone. #IDSky #PublicHealthSky

Where does TrumpElon think innovation for all their favorite biotech corporations comes from? PCR only exists because somebody was looking for bacteria in hot springs at Yellowstone. I’m just a private practice ophthalmologist who barely understands p values but even I know this shit is important.

Rachael Sirianni, PhD@docsirianni.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is my institution. These are the people I work with making these decisions. The situation is heartbreaking. Public medical schools have no other choice; there is no other source of funding, and everyone in academia is at extreme risk right now.

A labor of love, finally in peer review, is up as a preprint. This manuscript describes the first group of phages I isolated and characterized after starting what has become my career research focus. 2+ years of work (during ID fellowship mid-COVID!) in one very long document 😬 #phagesky #IDSky

My former co-fellow knocking it out of the park talking about AI in Peds ID! #IDSky #PedsIDSky

PIDS@pidsociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

Session 2: PIDS member Gwenn Skar moderates Arthur Chang’s How to Utilize AI in Our Daily Workflow

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵