Adam Ratner MD MPH

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On Oct 5 1988, the campus newspaper at Kent State University in Ohio issued an unusual report. Six students had been diagnosed with measles over the prior two weeks. Over the course of a typical year, the student health center generally saw one or two measles cases, making this cluster noteworthy. These six were the earliest sign of a campus outbreak that would last for more than six months and involve 380 cases. Dr. Tara C. Smith, an infectious disease epidemiologist, has (continued in next pic)

...revisited the Kent State measles outbreak using contemporary news reporting and university records. Smith's analysis provides a detailed look at one of the largest college outbreaks at the leading edge of a nationwide measles surge.

Picture of "Booster shots" book.

Oh, hey. Reading "Booster Shots" by @adamratnermd.bsky.social (highly recommended) and page 129-130 discusses a paper I wrote detailing Kent State's large #measles outbreak in 1989. /1

Yay! I loved that paper!!

"This is truly the worst case scenario for those of us who work in pediatric health care."

@drannieandrews.com on how the $1 trillion cuts to Medicaid and ACA will devastate children's health.

Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US | CNN There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

The US is setting records!

I'm positive there are many more like this to come.

I'm not happy about it. As a pediatrician I'm scared. Very scared.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/h...

Opinion | ‘I Never Want to See a Case of Polio, but I’m Very Fearful I Will’

Powerful opinion piece in today’s NYT from Perri Klass (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

#PedsID #IDSky #PedsSky

We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations “We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

The American Academy of Pediatrics joined fellow medical leaders in a new op-ed in @statnews.com with a clear, urgent message: Vaccines work—and they save lives. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

In April 2025, the number of reported #measles cases went 📉compared with March: 18 countries notified 975 cases.

RO (402), FR (186), NL (111), BE (100) and ES (52) had the highest case counts.

Check the monthly measles report to find out more: measles-rubella-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu

Kennedy’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines

“It’s striking how little the voting members seem to know about the diseases and vaccines that they are discussing,” said @adamratnermd.bsky.social

Report on fACIP from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/h...

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A grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination status We have had the ability to prevent nearly all cases of measles for more than 60 years. Yet the number of cases keeps growing.

As the US nears its highest number of measles cases in >30 years, I wrote in @statnews.com
about what is at stake:

A grim milestone: U.S. is on the cusp of losing its official measles elimination status www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u... #PedsID #IDsky #MedSky #PedSky

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Episode 3: Disinformation and vaccines with Dr. Adam Ratner - Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation SYNOPSISRachel and Dan talk to Dr. Adam Ratner, author of the new book Booster Shots, about the misinformation he encounters as a pediatric infectious disease specialist. We discuss the distinctions b...

Unchecked podcast welcomes @adamratnermd.bsky.social 👨🏼‍⚕️, author of Booster Shots

🎧 New episode!
In Episode 3 @rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Adam Ratner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist based in New York City.

unchecked.buzzsprout.com/2448940/epis...

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PAHO warns of pertussis rises, vaccination gaps in Americas countries

The US has the most cases with more than 10,000 cases and 5 deaths, 4 of them in children younger than 1 year old.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

Thanks to @kavehmd.bsky.social I listened to Booster Shots by @adamratnermd.bsky.social and it’s one of the best books about communicable disease I’ve read.

Thank you!! So glad that you enjoyed it!!!

Welcome! The two pediatric ID starter packs are a good place to start for people to follow:

Peds ID Starter Pack 1: go.bsky.app/5M119ru
Peds ID Starter Pack 2: go.bsky.app/EGSmBTu

Also, the PedsIDSky feed picks up posts with #PedsID, #PedsIDSky, #PaedsID, etc.

I hope that they are useful!

We outgrew the first starter pack -- here is the much-anticipated Pediatric ID Starter Pack 2!

Please suggest additions and also follow the PedsIDSky feed. #PedsIDSky #PedsID
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Selfie of a white woman with pink and purple hair holding the book BOOSTER SHOTS by Adam Ratner MD

I’m like 75% done with BOOSTER SHOTS by Adam Rater—this book should be required reading!

Ratner gives an in-depth explanation of the measles virus (like how it destroys the memory of your immune system), the history of the vaccine, & why hesitancy persists.

#Booksky #science 🧪 #nonfiction #vaccine

We outgrew the first starter pack -- here is the much-anticipated Pediatric ID Starter Pack 2!

Please suggest additions and also follow the PedsIDSky feed. #PedsIDSky #PedsID
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Welcome! I'll add you to the starter pack!

Measles

🤒 #Measlesin US now >1,000
🚨 1st measles cases in N. Dakota since 2011; all UNvaccinated
🔴 3 cases linked to 1st case of unvaccinated child likely infected by out-of-state visitor
🔴 Other 5 cases did NOT have contact w/ the 1st 4. Expect more cases in next few days.

www.hhs.nd.gov/immunization...

Measles Outbreaks in 2025 with Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango and Dr. Adam Ratner | The CommonHealth | CSIS Events Dr. Katherine Bliss is joined by Dr. Adam Ratner and Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango to discuss measles outbreaks in the United States and abroad, bolstering measles vaccination coverage, and the importance of…

STARTING NOW: The CSIS Global Health Policy Center welcomes Dr. Adam Ratner and Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango to discuss recent measles outbreaks, how to bolster measles vaccination coverage, and why routine immunization programs are critical to global health security.

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Thank you, @craigspencer.bsky.social! #IDsky #PedsID

Thanks to @samirshahmd.bsky.social and @jhospmedicine.bsky.social for the chance to write a sadly needed update on Hib. #PedsID #IDsky

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...

“This is not just measles, it’s a bright-red warning light.”

My comments in ProPublica. Thanks to Duaa Eldeib and Patricia Callahan for reporting on this crucial issue. #MedSky #IDsky #PedsID

www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

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