Patrick J Passarelli

Kyle Rodino, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Director of Microbiology, joins @letstalkmicro.bsky.social for a lab-focused discussion on tick-borne disease diagnostics. asm.org/podcasts/let...

The Pharma Shill Paradox: Who Actually Profits from Vaccine Mistrust A physician examines the financial anatomy of an insult

The "pharma shill" charge persists not because it's true but because it's useful. It discredits doctors while shielding those who actually profit from vaccine doubt. I examined the economics here: open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...

CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized

In light of the news that the FDA is going investigate the safety of recently approved therapies for RSV, some good perspective on what those therapies have achieved from @jakescottmd.bsky.social in a an op-ed he wrote for @cidrap.bsky.social
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Screenshot of a post on X from Retsef Levi (@RetsefL). The post reads: “ACIP’s recommendations re Hep B vaccine reflect strong objection to vaccine mandates that prevent access to school & even clinical care from children not up to date with the vaccine schedule (including Hep B). Children should have undeniable constitutional right to education! Should the constitution be amended accordingly?” The post tags @SecKennedy and @AaronSiriSG.

So to be clear: ACIP didn’t vote to remove the hepatitis B birth dose because of new safety concerns. They did it to make a political point about mandates. Thank you for saying so explicitly.

The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm.

As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.

World map labeled “Global hepatitis B birth dose vaccination policies,” with many countries in green indicating universal HepB birth-dose, others in yellow (partially universal), orange (selective), and red (no birth dose).

A claim that the U.S. is an “outlier” for having a universal hepatitis B birth dose is false.

ACIP’s own September map shows many countries with universal birth-dose policies. We’d become an outlier only by rolling ours back.

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If you or someone you know might be interested in ID fellowship at Dartmouth, please reach out!

#IDsky #fellowshipmatch

Tunisia frees prominent lawyer and critic of President Saied Sonia Dahmani, 60, was arrested in 2024 after questioning government policy on African refugees and migrants.

Sonia Dahmani, 60, was arrested in 2024 after questioning government policy on African refugees and migrants.

Whaaaaa the @idiots-pod.bsky.social dropped a new fungal version of their intro ditty!! #IDweek2025

Doctors are AMAZED at these 10 ways to BOOST your immune system:

The Tetanus vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine

- @hislopmd.bsky.social

Blue line shows ages 0-19: near-zero hepatitis B cases. The birth dose created an entire generation nearly free of hepatitis B. Adults who missed this protection still get infected. That's 30 years of proof this works. Tomorrow's vote could end it.
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

Medical cannabis as the source of Cryptococcus neoformans infection Abstract. Whole genome sequencing demonstrated Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A from cerebrospinal fluid and larynx of a patient receiving therapy for re

Medical cannabis as the source of Cryptococcus neoformans infection

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Hong Nguyễn's team at @idpittstop.bsky.social

#OpenAccess #MedMycoSky #IDSky #TxID

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It’s understandable to have questions about aluminum in vaccines. Here are the key facts:
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Statement from LAPD regarding protests in the city of Los Angeles.

Great news! Annie is an advocate for the voiceless. We need more thoughtful people like her in government!

The Covid Vaccine-Pregnancy Flip Flop RFK Jr. just made it difficult for pregnant women to protect themselves against Covid. Why?

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The United States is the only country in the world that does not consider pregnancy to be a risk factor for severe Covid

I tackle this question and discuss the linked paper in my new episode out now, about global measles outbreaks! Also debuts Hot Zone Hotline, the new Q&A segment!
Available on your favorite player, even the free ones! Also free on the website! Infectioudose.com

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Ardem Patapoutian's story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1986 at age 18 after fleeing war-torn Lebanon. He spent a year writing for an Armenian newspaper and delivering Domino's at night to become eligible for the University of California, where he earned his undergraduate degree and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience. He started a lab at Scripps Research in San Diego with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, discovered the way humans sense touch, and in 2021 won the Nobel Prize. But with the Trump administration slashing spending on science, Dr. Patapoutian's federal grant to develop new approaches to treating pain has been frozen. In late February, he posted on Bluesky that such cuts would damage biomedical research and prompt an exodus of talent from the United States. Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to "any city, any university I want," he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.

Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.

What are we doing?

Post-TB Sequelae: Life and Death After TB Treatment - In Discussion with Prof. Nicolas Menzies - The TBPod Associate Professor Nicolas Alan Menzies, from the School of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, joins Dr Andrew Burke to discuss hi...

TBPod is back!

Associate Prof. Nicolas Menzies joins Dr Andrew Burke to unpack the hidden burden after TB treatment, on life-years, quality of life & long-term risks. #TBPod #Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth

Listen via the link below.

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105 controlled vaccine trials.
110 yrs. 1.8 M participants.
All in one live, crowd-sourced sheet.

Built by contributors worldwide to counter the myth that vaccines weren’t tested with controls.

Quiet work still breaks through the noise.
www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts
@bradspellberg.bsky.social

Training Interrupted—The Hidden Costs of Secure Messaging on Medical Trainee Learning This essay describes the negative impact of secure messaging on attention, learning opportunities, and autonomy for medical trainees.

Are we even docs anymore if all we are doing is texting all day?!

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I’m a dentist from India. The fluoride debate in the U.S. horrifies me While debates in the U.S. rage about potential overexposure to fluoride, people worldwide still lack basic access to it.

"For many of these people, unfluoridated water may not pose an immediate risk — they have the means to compensate through private care. But the bans they advocate for extend far beyond their communities, stripping others of a preventive tool they cannot easily replace."

Some of my best attendings are also moms who have taken off from work to parent. Glad to have had their influence in my education, and I’m sure their kids are glad to have had that time with them. Win win 💪🏻🤓

Taking time to parent your kids doesn't make your credentials disappear. Many women in STEM take extended maternity leave, stay-at-home parent, etc.It doesn't make them any less valuable as professionals. Respecting women means respecting their career choices, not erasing past accomplishments 🧪👩‍🔬🍎🥽⚛️🧬

Does vaccination of infants prior to 12 months blunt overall vaccine effectiveness long term?

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Seems there’s a meaningful signal, but this was my key takeaway:

“..absence of detectable antibodies does not necessarily mean loss of MeV-specific immunity. Immunity can persist due to immunological memory, allowing the immune system to mount a rapid and effective response upon MeV re-exposure..”

How ID Doctors Get Paid -- The Bread, Butter, and Budget Deficits of Infectious Diseases Two decades ago, Dr. Atul Gawande wrote a memorable piece for The New Yorker about how doctors in the United States get paid. Providing a nice mix of self-reflection about his own experience and some ...

We love what we do. But yes, we’d also like to get paid. ID is a cognitive, consult-heavy specialty -- and often a “loss leader” in a fee-for-service world.

A look at how the money actually flows (or doesn’t), Part 1. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...