Spot on: “ I remain in this field because the work matters profoundly….But my love for this specialty does not blind me to its structural problems or to the reality that the next generation may not choose ID unless we fix these persistent issues.” medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…

Just to be clear, the measles outbreak is due to one thing and one thing only Low vaccination rates Poor diet and health is bad It has nothing to do with what is happening with the measles in the US

This @foxnews interview of @SecKennedy is beyond absurd No, steroids don't treat measles No Cod Liver Oil doesn't treat measles Vitamin A helps in poor countries where kids have vitamin deficiency Managing measles is about prevention (vaccines), not quack treatments foxnews.com/video/6369595673…

If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or that these things "happen all the time", they are deeply misinformed. Don't be fooled. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obse…

Hey you! Yeah you, with the well run successful medical practice. You don’t need to sell to private equity! If you do… Your staff will look for other jobs. You and your senior partners (financial beneficiaries of PE transaction) will lose motivation forcing younger partners/associates to pick up the slack Your younger partners/associates will resent you, but won’t be able to say anything due to power dynamics and fear of retribution from PE overlords You’ll lose your recruiting edge You will not practice medicine the way you want, you will practice medicine the way private equity wants Patients will say things like “why is everybody so grumpy here?” and “what happened to this place?” Instead, keep your practice, you’re doing great!

Truly *astonishing* research on marriage & cancer: For “prostate, breast, colorectal, esophageal, and head/neck cancers, the survival benefit associated with marriage was larger than the published survival benefit of chemotherapy.” ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…

We need to shout this louder for the youngsters in the back 👏👏👏

Bravo @ClevelandClinic ID physician and @IDSAInfo President Steven Schmitt. I hope @ABIMcert takes this commentary and analysis seriously. academic.oup.com/cid/advance…

Pretty much every day @jeffreymullinmd my children ask us to get them a pet. I feel a little guilty that we don’t have one BUT then I am reminded of my favorite medical school lecture “10 reasons you shouldn’t own a cat” and read reports like this…….. infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com…

“They paged me what?”: A transplant infectious disease guide to donor calls Proud of this paper, & some great co-authors who conceived it. Understanding and balancing donor risk is not something we frankly teach well. We try to tease it out here❤️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

ID & stewardship pharmacists when asked for some PO options to treat a FQ-R Pseudomonas

👇🏻this is what our society needs to hear more. It’s normal ( healthy) for kids to sometimes feel frustrated or unhappy-> leads to necessary emotional development honing of healthy coping mechanisms. @LDamour 👏👏👏 - I recommend your books to all of my fellow moms of tweens!

Recently I have been reflecting on the wild ride in the ID/ infection control worlds over the last several years………..this advocacy remains some of my most meaningful work. buffalonews.com/opinion/anot… @LaurenKuwikMD

And a part of pre-onc treatment as well (knowing the likelihood of needing abx at some point during therapy). Many documented allergies are historic early childhood experiences that then relegate adults to 2nd or 3rd line empiric antibiotic management when facing ID crises.

It’s also hard to watch regulatory burdens necessitating ID expertise increase while salaries continue to be based on a (poor) clinical RVU model. We are the single best quality investment for a medical center but are not paid commiserate to that level of value (/necessity).