Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 I am surprised, honestly. Covid has vaccine Auris is (fortunately) super rare here Mucor is relatively rare and select patients. S. Aureus kills young and old, healthy and sick without discrimination, even with the best therapy, and there is no vaccine.

Lack of diagnostics is a key barrier to tackling antimicrobial resistance! Please read our The Lancet Microbe comment: thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…

Great commentary on where we need to focus our efforts to control antimicrobial resistance. More attention to primary care, livestock, low/middle income countries, better/cheaper diagnostics.

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The percentage of middle and high school students reporting that they vaped tobacco products dropped to about a third of those students reporting use of e-cigarettes at a vaping peak in 2019, a new survey shows. nyti.ms/3AU5eZp

Yes, Aliyah Boston 💪🏀🪣

Another story and the folks in Shelby doing a master class on crisis communication: “While city officials initially said the water was safe to drink and use, they backtracked Sept. 10 with a “DO NOT DRINK THE WATER” advisory.” amp.sacbee.com/news/nation-wo…

Modern parenting is downloading 10 new apps so the school can tell you things they used to just send in an email.

Bacterial antimicrobial resistance, which is steadily increasing, looms as a major threat. This new Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) report The Lancet comprehensively reviews the past 3 decades and forecasts out to 2050. thelancet.com/journals/lance… open-access Much more needs to be done to avert tens of

Why do scientists use the verb “abrogate?” There are better word choices, like block, reduce, decrease, prevent, etc…

Lemme Elementary joins over 45 schools in Iowa participating in Walk, Bike & Roll to School Days this October. Let's go, leopards! Meow.

Check it out! Bacterial receptor, metabolism, and biofilm genes but not immune defense genes determine lytic phage host range for 2 phages and 80 Pseudomonas clinical isolates. Big thanks to Paul Turner Lab Elizabeth B Burgener and Rob McBride. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

"As the United Nations convenes its second High-Level Meeting on #antimicrobial resistance, urgent global action is needed," Nature Reviews Microbiology's editorial board writes. nature.com/articles/s4157…

A+ marquee work. See you tonight Iowa City!

Woo! Sure am glad to be back 😅

FTC Chair Lina Khan shows Lesley Stahl an asthma inhaler that costs dollars in Europe but hundreds in the U.S. She says drugmakers register patents on inhaler parts like the cap-strap to keep low-cost generics off the market. cbsn.ws/3zuONT2

The cost of asthma inhalers are unnecessarily high, and this affects so many of my patients. If you want to know more, follow my brilliant colleagues Robyn Cohen MD,MPH and Christy Sadreameli

Spent some time at the University of Iowa Hospital chatting with a bunch of physicians and nurses. As an ophthalmologist, I was a little unsettled entering a hospital on a Sunday, but they made me feel very welcome.

Antimicrobial resistance is a global issue requiring a global response. This week, USDA & our partners are attending the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance to discuss a One Health approach to keep antimicrobial drugs safe & effective. #USDAScience

Wednesday, Sept. 25 is #WorldLungDay! The ATS calls on global leaders to intensify efforts to combat #AirPollution, a leading cause of lung disease and death worldwide: site.thoracic.org/about-us/news/…