Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Congratulations Josh!

"Our future lies in art, especially in music. In times when spiritual goods are rarer than material ones, and egotism, envy and hatred govern the world, music will do much to re-establish love among mankind" - Richard Strauss.

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h....

That’s a lot of assumptions!

Will the C.D.C. Survive?

Will the C.D.C. Survive? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h... I think it will survive but not thrive. CDC rapidly loosing its leadership and relevance nationally and globally. In the short term State and local health departments will be critical for public health.

Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders Background and aims The overdose epidemic accounts for more than 89 000 deaths across the United States annually. Despite the availability of medications and therapies to treat substance use disorde.....

Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders - Parish - Addiction - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Congratulations Carrigan and CTN 104 team!

Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows

Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h... Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the US ⬆️25% from 2016 to 2023... a practice that has contributed to rising public outrage about the nation’s private health insurance system.

Opinion | A New Era of Hunger Has Begun

A New Era of Hunger Has Begun www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o... How shameful and unnecessary this is.

Funding for lifesaving global health programs forecasted to reach 15-year low, threatening to reverse decades of progress After 30 years of health improvements around the world, funding cuts to global health could put lifesaving health care at risk between now and 2030

@ihmeuw.bsky.social report on the impact of funding cuts in DAH. www.healthdata.org/news-events/... "The potential ⬆️ in inf dis in LMICs poses a global health concern that could impact all nations, including those in HIC, due to the risk of triggering economic, political, and security crises."

Yes, DO-IT results is a good reason not to DO-IT!

YouTube video by IAS-USA Providing Care to Foreign-Born and Hard-to-Reach Individuals – Dr Carlos del Rio

Enjoyed talking to my friend Mike Saag on this IAS-USA podcast where we discussed HIV care for foreign-born and hard-to-reach populations. youtu.be/BAZ6Lu6g1W8?...

"The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile.” Alice in Wonderland.

Measles 2025 | NEJM In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.

Excellent update on Measles in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia AbstractBackground. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, with a high risk of metastatic infections. Un

Risk and Distribution of Metastatic Infections by Primary Infection Focus in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia url: academic.oup.com/ofid/article.... Almost 20% of patients with SAB have metastatic infections. Endocarditis is the most common primary infection.

Wondering if your grant will be reinstated from Monday's ruling? Check here.

Plaintiffs have uploaded a list of 848 (of the ~2400 total terminated) they say are covered because they're to institutions in the states aforementioned or a part of APHA/UAW.

The judge must approve the list first.

Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.

www.al.com/politics/202... “Academic Health Centers are like tropical rainforests: They take decades to develop and weeks to destroy.”

Infectious versus chronic conditions: time to dismantle silos in public health

Delighted to publish this paper in Lancet Regional Health with @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social @emoryrollins.bsky.social and CDC colleagues about the need to dismantle silos in public health that have pitted infectious diseases against chronic conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tonight is the Emory ID fellows graduation. Great event at Dr. Steinberg’s home. Congratulations to the six graduating fellows!

This evening I am attending the Departmrnt of Pathology Resident Graduation event. A fantastic group of residents and fellows. Congratulations!

ACIP, CDC, and Insurance Coverage of Vaccines in the United States | KFF This brief provides an overview of vaccine coverage requirements by payer or program, as they relate to ACIP and the CDC.

With federal changes to vaccine policy & recommendations underway, here's our overview of insurance coverage requirements for vaccines by payer, as linked to ACIP/CDC. As we show, federal changes mean consumers could lose access to free vaccines.
www.kff.org/other/issue-...

Why the Sudden Firing of ACIP Members Should Put Every Clinician on High Alert There are certain irrefutable verities when, like me, you’re an infectious diseases specialist married to a pediatrician. Here are our top two, which are deeply interrelated: Infectious deaths in chil...

ACIP was a group of unpaid vaccine experts who based their recommendations on clinical data, safety monitoring, disease surveillance, and cost-effectiveness. They were not shills for the pharmaceutical industry. They were not political actors. @paulsaxmd.bsky.social blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Enjoy being at the ACP today with my @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social colleagues Dan Dressler & Joanna Bonsall working on the program for the 2027 ACP Meeting.

Today is the final morning report at EUH conducted by our @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social chief resident Jim Pennoyer. Congratulations Jim, great job!

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r... via @statnews.com

Mine too! 🤪

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the publication in the MMWR of a new syndrome that we now know as AIDS www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview... (MMWR 1981;30:250--2). Much progress since then but much remains to be done.

My wife and I hosted today a dinner honoring our finishing @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social Chief Residents. An incredible group of talented young physicians committed to excellence and to training the next generation.

Trump administration ending multiple HIV vaccine studies, scientists and officials say "This is a setback of probably a decade for HIV vaccine research," one scientist said.

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a... Yet another terrible decision.

quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads: “If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.” The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.

I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.

NIH funding policy deals new blow to HIV-related trial networks Halt to foreign “subawards” disrupts ongoing global studies and has researchers scrambling to fulfill ethical obligations to trial volunteers

www.science.org/content/arti.... It’s wrong and unnecessary.