Isn’t this interesting?! Adults w/out kids had 15%⬇️ #covid19 but 49%⬆️ hospitalization & 76%⬆️ ICU than adults with 0–5y kids. Authors suggest seasonal coronavirus exposure from kids might ⬇️ severe covid - yet some still want to keep kids isolated…🤷🏻‍♂️ 👉pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Aussie kids and teens are tough – AusVaxSafety surveillance show they report fewer side effects following COVID vaccines compared to in clinical trials and in older Australians 💪 smh.com.au/national/covid…

Sad to see the stigma attached to MPX. Awareness and education is vital so thanks @basophil_brett for sharing your experience!

The end of an epidemic involves more than disease rates (medical end)… it also encompasses the end of the crisis and regulations (political end), and the return to normalcy (social end) – and they can be at odds with one another. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Sage advice for academics and non-academics

Reassuring data from AusVaxSafety on the safety of #mRNA #COVID19 #vaccines in more than 200,000 Aussie kids. Read more: bit.ly/AVS-5-15Study

This is a beautiful reminder that post-natal depression and anxiety can happen to any parent (mums and dads!)

So refreshing (and fascinating) to read about non-medical studies conducted during COVID times!

NEW—#COVID19 mRNA vaccines are safe in pregnancy, confirms a large Canadian study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases: hubs.li/Q01jSJWx0

Inspirational Clara Chow! #WomenInSTEM

Sickening tragedy. Despite systematic safety nets such as Bedside Paediatric Early Warning Score, we (doctors) failed her. One shouldn’t have to argue/challenge/insist to get care. Our privilege to treat and care for patients must come with humility. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Active #JYNNEOS #monkeypox #vaccine safety data published by AusVaxSafety shows more than half of participants (54%) experienced no side effects following dose 1. Read more: bit.ly/JYNNEOS-Safety

A voice of reason from infectious disease and immunisation expert Peter McIntyre. Always so beautifully articulated. smh.com.au/national/focus…

Announced today that NSW Health has widened access to free Japanese encephalitis vaccine health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/202…

‘Management of Perinatal Infections’ Third Edition. Assist medical practitioners caring for pregnant women and/or newborn infants. Three additional infections, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Zika virus. See ANZPID Publications in asid.net.au/special-intere… RANZCOG - O&G

BREAKING NEWS-Tell your friends! The long awaited ASIDANZ #ANZPID Management of Perinatal Infections (3rd edition) is now available. Access via- bit.ly/3EtBP6p The Royal Australasian College of Physicians RANZCOG - O&G PSANZ #paedsID #IDTwitter #MedTwitter #infectionsinpregnancy #congenitalinfections

Super proud of the AusVaxSafety team! 🎉

A case of Japanese encephalitis has been reported from western NSW, please take steps to protect yourself and family from mosquito bites. Follow NSW Health for updates health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/mos… #keepmozziesaway

I taught two 8-wk courses this fall Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and wanted to share the resources (built in #quarto!) in case others starting in #Rstats #DataScience find it useful 🤩 Intro to R stephaniehicks.com/jhustatcomputi… 💃 More adv R #Git #CommandLine #SQL #APIs stephaniehicks.com/jhustatprogram…

When talking to teens, I complete my HEADS screening with a strength-based approach, which I learned as a med student from Dr. Ginsburg at CHOP. My opening question: "what is something about yourself you're proud of?" How do you respond if a teen says "I don't know"? A THREAD