ID Chief @ UMich

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

We're hiring! Clinical Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases. Great group of physicians and great community!

This only happens to you once

BREAKING: Chicken Pox caused by Vicks Vap-o-Rub: White House

BREAKING: Astigmatism caused by chewable vitamins and parental failure to invest in Trump Coin: NIH

BREAKING: Havana Syndrome caused by component of Tito’s: CIA

BREAKING: Red hair caused by potato consumption: Marine Corps

So the same group that claims that more randomized trials are needed for vaccines (which have already been subjected to randomized trials) now wants to change the FDA label for leucovorin to include autism without a trial, or even much evidence at all, demonstrating its benefit. 🤔

We’re trying to figure out the Bluey situation.

Leg braces - $20-$30k, I’ve had at LEAST 6 leg braces.

Wheelchairs - $5k for manual with no bells and whistles, I’ve had 2

Medications - anywhere between $100-$2000 /month pending health issues

Surgeries - 19 surgeries $40k to - $1m inc. hospital stays

I had polio. This is the cost.

Wow, it's been a while since I've had to prepare a powerpoint in 4:3 aspect ratio!

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.

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Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

“Well I don’t like that study because it doesn't give me the result I want’

Reposting as had no idea about this effort. I checked. Yep am there (journal articles). My dad was as well!

A bizarre dogma has emerged among the anti-mRNA crowd that the only data we have on vaccines is from the original trial papers, rather than the HUGE volume of studies that came out subsequently...

Multicenter evaluation of blood culture contamination and blood cultures practices in US acute care hospitals: time for standardization | Journal of Clinical Microbiology Blood culture contamination (BCC) is associated with patient harm and unnecessary use of healthcare resources. BCC thresholds have been established; however, multiple BCC definitions exist. There is l...

Blood cultures - the next frontier in diagnostic stewardship? Anastasia Wasylyshyn from the Division contributing here.

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Genomic Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile

New review on genomic epidemiology of C diff from Evan Snitkin in the Division.

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RSV Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization Among US Adults Aged 60 Years or Older During 2 Seasons This study investigates respiratory syncytial virus vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization among US adults aged 60 years or older during 2 seasons.

New data on RSV VE from the CDC sponsored IVY network. This sort of work could be in jeopardy given events of the last several weeks.

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He’s not a therapy dog but I’m willing to bring my dog Wilmont to our noon conference 😂 @martenhawkins.bsky.social @lcahuaymemd.bsky.social

🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain.

Read the resignation letter. This is a leader and frankly a hero.

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails. The end of an era.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave

Just terrible. Gunman fires hundreds of shots at CDC then weeks later agency is further undermined and dedicated scientific leadership forced out. Hard to see how this makes America healthier.

White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

The federal government has decided to severely limit access to vaccines that have been shown to reduce illness, hospitalization, and death. Whereas we used to argue about whether government was forcing you to be vaccinated, now we government saying you can’t get vaccinated.

I'm on @npr.org 1A today with @pauloffit.bsky.social, talking about COVID vaccines, the impact of cuts to federal research funding, and navigating the current health information landscape. Join us!

Benefit of Early Oseltamivir Therapy for Adults Hospitalized With Influenza A: An Observational Study Among influenza patients hospitalized during the 2022–2023 influenza season, initiating treatment with oseltamivir on the day of admission (compared with l

Benefit of Early Oseltamivir Therapy for Adults Hospitalized With Influenza A: An Observational Study url: academic.oup.com/cid/article-...

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

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open.substack.com/pub/clauswil... this is very true and highly under appreciated. Not just for a PhD but any high level accomplishment.

ID fellows: join IDSA Fellows Community of Practice & CPSolvers for a virtual Fellows Case Conference this Friday at 3PM ET! This session will include an interesting case presentation and small group discussion, featuring Daniel Minter, MD, and Varun Phadke, MD.

Register: https://bit.ly/47bJczm

Lack of Association Between Histoplasma Urine Antigen Values and Clinical Response in Persons Without HIV AbstractBackground. Histoplasma urine antigen detection, a valuable diagnostic tool, is often used to monitor response to antifungal therapy, but persisten

New from Marisa Miceli in the Division!

Lack of Association Between Histoplasma Urine Antigen Values and Clinical Response in Persons Without HIV url: academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

Take 5 minutes and watch this. Destroying biomedical research is dangerous, quite literally. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Friday emails of funding opportunities from the NIH used to take a little time to digest. They've gotten a lot easier lately, today's especially.