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This is a travesty I’ve know Tony Fauci for over two decades He is a brilliant and honorable man He has been the principle advisor on infectious disease issues to 7 Presidents — Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, Trump, and Biden He is widely admired in the scientific

Highlights how much we need data on vaccine efficacy for immunocompromised patients - they need to be included in more large industry sponsored trials!! We need to ensure inclusion of the most vulnerable. U.S. FDA CDC Director

The recombinant shingles vaccine is associated with lower risk of dementia - Brief Communication nature.com/articles/s4159…

Thank you Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Emory University for highlighting our most recent work on life-threatening fungal infections in patients. mskcc.org/news/msk-resea…

.Zainab Shahid MD, FACP, FIDSA 🇺🇸🇵🇰 et al. Congrats. Important paper

"Medical oncologist Santosha Vardhana says to keep asking questions about observations that can’t be explained" Read our interview with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center cancer researcher Dr. Vardhana, one of our #50ScientistsThatInspire: cell.com/news-do/50-ins…

Evidence that universal gloving, contact precautions, cohorting & environmental decontamination ⬇️ MDRO transmission is low. Evidence for patient decolonization is moderate. ‘The world is covered with a thin patina of feces.’ Call for paradigm shift. qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

Original Article: Levofloxacin for the Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Vietnam nej.md/41BHEf5 Editorial: Levofloxacin Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis nej.md/4fqXDjm #IDTwitter

#YearInReview: In April, CDC hosted an #AMRExchange webinar on how CDC & partners are strengthening infection prevention efforts in health care to limit #cancer patient exposure to #AntimicrobialResistance. Check out the recording: bit.ly/3yxzKY3.

Should patients with cancer be excluded from reflex urine culture algorithms ? 👇Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center experience. UTI Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39812021/ Clinical Infectious Diseases Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Esther Babady, PhD

Very proud of this hard work by all involved. Limited benefit of adjuvanted flu vaccine vs standard dose and 2 vs 1 doses in patients with myeloma, CLL or NHL. NEJM Peter Mac Cancer Centre NCIC nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Improving UTI Diagnostics in Oncology: Reliability of Reflex Urine Culture in Immunosuppressed Neutropenic and Non-neutropenic Cancer Patients ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/40jKW4D

A recent study by Justin Laracy and Mini Kamboj found that dipstick urine tests were accurate for diagnosing urinary tract infections in immunocompromised people being treated for #cancer, even those with a low white blood cell count. Having an accurate way to rule out infection

APIC calls for immediate reinstatement of CDC’s EIS officers recently laid off. Cutting frontline disease detectives threatens public health and weakens epidemic response. This decision must be reversed NOW. 🔗 bit.ly/3QmY44c #ProtectPublicHealth

It’s been an honor to serve as a voting member of ACIP. I’m so grateful to the extraordinary CDC staff who partnered with us on our work. And to Melinda Wharton, the ACIP Secretary who I’ve long looked up to as a public health leader.

Thank you Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Very proud of the 17 dismissed ACIP members for writing this together – Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads | JAMA | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Pretty interesting to see #CDC post pre-buttals on thimerosal in vaccines & the MMRV vaccine in advance of this week's #ACIP meeting, where the new committee appears intent on reopening debate on settled science. cdc.gov/acip/meetings/…

Do you know someone who tried to get a Covid vaccine but couldn’t because the recommendations changed? I’m really interested in hearing those stories and documenting them. Please DM me or email me at work. Thanks so much.

News: The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will no longer take part in the process of ACIP meetings. “We won’t lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health,” the group's president says. statnews.com/2025/06/25/cdc…