Jason Gallagher

Cover of My Infectious Diseases Life

On Monday, I fully embraced my personality as elder millennial ID doctor

On Tuesday, I completed the nutritionally variant streptococci endocarditis trifecta On Wednesday, I used shock therapy for education: hand culture plates

On Thursday, pharmacist’s saved the day… again! On Friday, I felt like a cantankerous old ID doctor

A mini zine about My Infectious Diseases Life
Issue #8

#IDSky #MedSky #GraphicMedicine #PharmSky

84% of the time, “ChatGPT Health” killed a customer using their paid service as advertised

Let them eat liver.

Impressive. I think I usually say 'get rid of this text and add a table'.

Are you in #Alaska, #Louisiana, #Maine? These are the Senators who need to "just say no" to quackery.

“…just 2% of all college students—including 3% of Republicans—say they feel they don’t belong on campus due to their political views…71% said their professors create a classroom environment that supports both students who express unpopular opinions and those who may be upset by such views.”

That’s the greatest thing I’ve seen in 2026.

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Anyone who has had a job where they have to deal with the public and then goes into a role where they act on behalf of the public has my respect.

10% of cellulitis was fatal.

This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.

Moderna has 2 trials for EBV vaccines in Phase 1/2 and Phase 2. EBV is now widely believed to be a causative agent for Multiple Sclerosis. Just under 3 million people in the world, about 1 million in the US have MS.
trials.modernatx.com/study/?id=mR...
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Erosion. Excellent.

I don't understand how else you pull them along the pharmacotherapeutic journey of treating infectious diseases if you don't walk and gesture as if you are physically pulling them.

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

www.propublica.org/article/ice-... #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #PoliSky #PedsSky

We are Losing the Current Battle With Measles as Well as the Long-Term War | Contagion Live Paul Offit, MD, voices concerns over CDC’s surveillance capabilities, the federal agency’s lack of movement to address vaccine needs during outbreaks, and diminishing herd immunity, making the vulnera...

Paul Offit, MD, voices concerns over CDC’s surveillance capabilities, the federal agency’s lack of movement to address vaccine needs during outbreaks, and diminishing herd immunity, making the vulnerable at risk for contracting disease. @pauloffit.bsky.social #IDsky

FDA Clears MicuRx’s IND for MRX-5, Paving the Way for Phase 2a Trial in Hard-to-Treat NTM Lung Disease | Contagion Live MicuRx Pharmaceuticals has received FDA clearance to begin a phase 2a clinical trial of MRX-5, a novel oral antibacterial therapy for patients with Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease.

MicuRx Pharmaceuticals has received FDA clearance to begin a phase 2a clinical trial of MRX-5, a novel oral antibacterial therapy for patients with Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease. #IDsky #Medsky

As an ID physician who was on the frontlines of #COVID from the beginning and saw countless people die of this disease I find this take from Bhattacharya to be insulting.

It disrespects every healthworker who risked their life and the patients who died.

RFK is working hard to make autism a compensatable disease under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program... This advisory panel will prolly recommend NIH fund a "vaccines cause autism study". Then RFK, as Sec of HHS, will add autism to the list.

This solidifies the crucial nature of the cameras people are using to record them.

I've always thought that the HPV vaccine is one of the biggest no-brainers. A vaccine to prevent cancer? I wish we had one for prostate cancer - I'd sign up for the trial.

Preach it, sister!

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.

It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

Please share. 💔

As of today, the United States has officially left the World Health Organization. We’ll look back on this as a grave error. Health threats do not respect borders, and weakening global cooperation makes Americans less safe.

Hey, she's in that crucial 5th author position - don't knock it.

FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.

We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.

What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.

FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.