🚨Still time to register for this free webinar from @idsainfo.bsky.social's Immunocompromised Host Community of Practice and @msgerc.bsky.social

Steven Pergam, MD, MPH@pergamic.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Upcoming @idsainfo.bsky.social Immunocompromised Host COP and @msgerc.bsky.social webinar: Feb 10, 2026 10:00 AM Central "Testing Rationally in Mycology: Using Fungal Diagnostics to Drive Better Antifungal Decisions" Sign up here: societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I returned from #IDWeek2025 prepared to try to utilize AI in some administrative tasks. So far, it's failing to understand my instructions in scheduling building and I hate it.

This year’s #IDBugBowl was a HIT! 🐛🏆 Congratulations to our winners from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and all of our participants from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine!

ID Fellows Cup is coming soon! Just in time to help you prepare for @idweek.bsky.social and #BugBowl! Give them a follow and sign up!

ID Fellows Cup@idfellowscup.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It is free to join and we welcome anyone including attendings (such as recent graduates thinking about board prep!) you can sign up as an individual or team via this form - forms.gle/RjuxGyxsTUYrtVYb6!

Let's go UAB ID!

Final 24 hours! The more the merrier for both coaches and mentees!

IDSA@idsainfo.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨Deadline tomorrow! The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's Clinician Educator Coaching Program returns at #IDWeek2025! Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach. Sign up by tomorrow, Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK

🚨Deadline approaching! The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's ID Abstract Guidance Program is returning to #IDWeek2025! Accepted presenters (oral or poster) will be paired with a mentor for 1:1 feedback, either in-person or virtual. Sign up to be a mentor by Aug. 1: bit.ly/44nHHMK

Calling all aspiring ID Clinician Educators - get connected with senior leaders in ID MedEd from across the country to help develop your academic career!

IDSA@idsainfo.bsky.social · last yr.

The IDSA MedEd Community of Practice's Clinician Educator Coaching Program returns at #IDWeek2025! Graduating ID fellows & early-career faculty can get 1:1 coaching, while experienced faculty can volunteer to coach. Sign up by Aug. 15: bit.ly/44nHHMK

The 17 recently dismissed members of ACIP have written a letter do JAMA expressing their concerns about the abrupt dismissal and replacement 2 days later of 8 individuals. 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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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Time honored tradition of #IDWeek abstracts getting worked on until the last moment. Happy abstract submission day to all who celebrate.

Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down. Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.

Opinion | Cheer up Democrats. The last time Republican tariffs created a worldwide recession, it ushered in 35 years of Democratic dominance, which led to Social Security, civil rights, and victory in World War II

Hive install day!

A case of leprosy presrnting with a chronic erythrmatous rash at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference. Remember leprosy is not uncommon, especially in the Southern US. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States | NEJM

In the southern region of the United States, such as in Louisiana and Texas, there are autochthonous cases of leprosy among native-born Americans with no history of foreign exposure. In the same re...

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Fascinating case of flagyl-induced neurotoxicity presented this morning at UAB Inf Dis Case Conference www.cmaj.ca/content/193/...

Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity

Metronidazole, usually prescribed for anaerobic and protozoal infections, can uncommonly cause adverse effects involving the central nervous system. The exact mechanism is unclear. In 1 case–control s...

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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Many people associated leading research universities with blue states, but red states also have some excellent medical research institutions, including UAB, UNC-Chapel Hill & the University of Texas system. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

What The NIH Cut To Indirect Cost Payments Could Cost Red States

The Trump administration’s decision to cap how much NIH will pay for indirect costs on university research grants will cost ten red states more than $1 billion.

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The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying. pepfarimpact.vercel.app

Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies theonion.com/guy-on-...

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." - RFK Sr.

CMI Communications@cmicomms.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders. #IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...

Bluesky appears to be the official social media platform for science: In Jan 2025, a Nature survey of 6,000 scientists found: ▶️ 70% are now on Bluesky ▶️ 53% say they left X ▶️ 13.6% say they use X more than Bluesky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Quarterly tradition, 30 LKA questions here I come. #IDSky

What an experience to see the 2024 #NCAAWVB National Championship Game with my dad and youngest daughter. Great game!

Any potential ID fellow looking for a fellowship? We have one opening! Come join our excellent and busy team and hospital (solid organ transplant, BMT, HIV, etc) at North Shore University Hospital, on the outskirts of NYC. Please reach out if any questions! physicians.northwell.edu/education/gr...

We're accepting applications for the upcoming ID Digital Institute (IDDI) class of 2025!! Join the community and learn more about using digital education for teaching+learning about ID! febrilepodcast.com/iddigitalins... App open thru Jan 6th! forms.gle/KHnVv8P9GNTp... #IDSky #IDMedEd

🚨2 ID fellowship spots are open at Rush/Cook County!🚨 🏙️ Train at 2 amazing hospitals in the beautiful city of Chicago! 🦠Unparalleled clinical experience in HIV, transplant, global health ❤️Amazing faculty (I’m biased) 👩‍⚕️: Contact Mariam Aziz: mariam_aziz@rush.edu 🔁please repost and spread the word!

So excited to welcome our next group of UAB ID fellows! #IDSky

Are you interested in clinical infectious diseases with strong helping of transplant ID with an amazing crew in an amazing city? Come join us at Jefferson Einstein! DM's are open