Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD

Half my career was spent doing lab research in support of this goal. To be privileged enough to see it reached is humbling. To be aware enough to know that this kind of success will be denied future researchers because of this administration is anguish.

A Song About a Virus - Hallie Dolin, M.D. , Ph.D. YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology

I was so lucky to get to sing this song at #ASMicrobe2025 (courtesy of @asm.org), thanks to the generosity of Dr. Sheldon Campbell at @yalepathology.bsky.social. Learn about dengue, but don't contract it! #ClinMicro #PathSky #IDSky

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Decreasing antimicrobial resistance in representative UK livestock species was associated with reduced total sales of antimicrobials in the last decade AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria is a leading global health crisis estimated to currently contribute to human mort

🔽 antibiotic sales for livestock 👉 🔽 antibiotic resistance in livestock.

Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR

#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social

Oh, I need to remember this one. Thanks for the chart!

This young patient's blood was loaded with reticulocytes and polychromatic RBCs. I think it's cool how it gets a blue tinge.

#hematology #pathsky

“The infectivity of NB.1.8.1 was significantly higher (2·5-fold; p<0·0001) than that of LP.8.1. NB.1.8.1 binds more strongly to ACE2 than LP.8.1.5 … the increased fitness of NB.1.8.1 is due to its augmented infectivity rather than its increased immune evasion”.

DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week.

That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.

Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt

I finished my #FlashFictionChallenge2025 story for @nycmidnight.bsky.social's Round 1! Just crossing my fingers from here on out.

May 31, 2025 - World No Tobacco Day! #TobaccoExposed #WNTD #WorldNoTobaccoDay

Screenshot of scene from the old game Oregon Trail. There is a green graphic on a black background. The graphic is of an ox pulling a wagon and below it is says YOU HAVE LISTENED TO RFK Jr.

I think I spent two hours earlier writing seven pages of notes...my hand is tired!

RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion The modeling estimates don’t account for other costs, like parents’ lost work.

“The number of cavities and decayed teeth in American children and teens (ages 0–19) will increase by an estimated 7.5 percentage points over the first five years. That means there will be 25.4 million more rotten teeth in the mouths of children and teenagers.”

Shout-out to the time one of my brothers called the gross room "the renal colony." #PathSky 🤣

#pathsky #pathology #pulmpath #pathbugs #crittersonbluesky

Cryptococcosis

🔊How I Treat Transfusion Medicine (part 1) 🎧 buff.ly/fTDgAcL #hemesky @ericawood.bsky.social

Unaffordable treatment for severe malaria highlights U.S. drug market pitfalls It is shocking to think that U.S. citizens may receive better treatment for severe malaria at lower cost in a low-income country than they would at home.

Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
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Another case from this past week. Lung biopsy for new lung nodule suspected to be cancer.

Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!

Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky

WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details The genotype in the Texas outbreak has also been identified in samples from patients in New Mexico and Kansas.

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Another joke for #PathSky:

A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."

"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.

"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."

A little indistinct - calcium pyrophosphate crystals in pseudogout #PathSky

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When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky

Presentation photo from today at @fanexpocleveland.bsky.social! I had an amazing time teaching and am so happy to have been given the opportunity.

And from my Facebook, 2023. #PathSky

A blast from the past - my attempt at humor in the class group chat, first year of residency, before I switched to clinical pathology only. 😂 #PathSky

RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’ “The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.

Having had a kid die of measles in my arms as a doctor in the DR Congo, I respectfully disagree that this would be better. Vaccines save lives.
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A quick post-cruise refresher from me before I do any serious delving into any particular current events:

Fuck fascists
Fuck -phobes
Fuck wealthy sociopaths
Fuck immigrant-haters
Fuck sexists
Fuck anyone who wants to invade Canada and/or Mexico
Fuck vaccine deniers
Fuck this administration
Etc, etc

Sign that says "Got the plague? Me neither. Thanks science."

People holding signs supporting science at a rally.

ASM staff at the stand up for science rally in D.C.

ASM staff joined the crowd of scientists & citizens who participated in the #standupforscience2025 rally in D.C. (one of many around the world)! While the rallies are over, the need to stand up for science continues. Check out our Action Center for ways to stay involved: asm.org/articles/pol...

Altered microbial bile acid metabolism exacerbates T cell-driven inflammation during graft-versus-host disease - PubMed Microbial transformation of bile acids affects intestinal immune homoeostasis but its impact on inflammatory pathologies remains largely unknown. Using a mouse model of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD...

#internationalwomensday 7/n Altered microbial bile acid metabolism exacerbates T cell-driven inflammation during GVHD @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social - led by @mskcancercenter.bsky.social Sarah Lindner pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38429422/

This is actually depressingly common. A lot of people arrested in the NY metro area get sent to Louisiana or other parts of the Deep South where there are many big detention centers.