Cynthia K Wallace MD, MSPH, etc

Anonymous Donor Gives $130 Million to Pay Troops During Shutdown, Pentagon Says Servicemembers were expected to miss their first full paychecks in mid-October.

So weird that in a country of laws, we appear to have no real enforcement mechanisms when the gov’t simply breaks them…

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Washington lawyer on furlough lives out dream of running a hot dog cart — Reuters Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building.

making frankfurters from furloughs…

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“Advocacy is the antidote for depression”, Dr Melanie Thompson… #IDWeek #IDSky

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Advocacy is not just for ID leadership - wherever you are in your training, you can advocate with what you know. #IDSA and #HIVMA are there to help!

UW ID Fellow, Dr Jerrica Werner, explains… #IDWeek #IDSky @idsainfo.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social

UW pharmacist, Dr Whitney Hartlage, presenting on non-severe CAP, asking the very good question, “do we really need to add empirical atypical coverage routinely?”

Spoiler alert, the data suggests “No”

#IDWeek #IDSky

Prolonged applause for Dr Demetri Daskalakis, formerly of the CDC, winner of the HIV Medical Association Transformative Leader Award… #IDSky #IDWeek #IDStrong

Paige Alexander, CEO of The Carter Center, giving us a window into the work of The Carter Center, and also insight into how private foundations can rise to the occasion for public health funding during these insecure times… #IDSKy #IDWeek #IDStrong

❤️🎉👏❤️

Susan Collins Could Face Toughest Re-Election Fight Yet Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills officially launched her bid for Senate.

May Susan Collins learn *her* lesson… (don’t support authoritarians in a democracy)

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Maldives achieves historic triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of diseases In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earli...

In a first for any country, Maldives eliminates maternal-child transmission of HIV, HBV and syphilis.

“[A] testament to its unwavering commitment towards universal health coverage, to provide quality and equitable care […] to all, including migrants." #IDSky

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I know, right? Half of me we want to save MMWR, the other half would mutter profanities and walk away…

oops, no, administrative coding error please come back…

MMWR, EIS, Ebola and measles teams told firing was in error. #IDSky

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oops, no, administrative coding error please come back…

MMWR, EIS, Ebola and measles teams told firing was in error. #IDSky

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Yeah I just saw that in a different news source as well… so hopefully

I don’t see that the rehires include the EIS?

Official HHS memo showing someone RIFed yesterday is, um, no longer RIFed. wtf

Many RIFed yesterday are now being unfired(?!)

Unclear if it’s evil or incompetence — but either way, calculated move. Meant to flex power.

Ha. Just shows Republicans are scared.

Dems, @schumer.senate.gov — don’t back down.
They know they’re losing the Republican shutdown shitshow.
We’re winning.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

This is terrible - the entire DC staff of the MMWR…

🎁 article @fangferric.bsky.social #IDSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Opinion | Dr. Prasad, the FDA’s Grim Reaper Blocking a therapy for late-stage melanoma will cost many lives.

Got melanoma? Too bad…

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Exclusive | USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave The move comes days after the Trump administration abruptly canceled an annual Agriculture Department report that measures hunger in America.

Hungry? Too bad…

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“I don’t draw pictures”

Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy might be linked to the developmental disorder.

I wonder if they know what’s in those prenatal vitamins everyone takes 🤔

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

I know right? I read it for decades.

Opinion | RFK Jr.’s Goat Rodeo Trump’s cabinet members tirelessly serve his agenda—except this one.

I keep hoping that these are the things that will get RFKJ fired:
1) that he sucks up too much oxygen and
2) that he only serves himself.

Trump is happiest when he is the center of attention and his underlyings primary foci is Trump’s agenda. #MedSky #IDSky

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Our public health system is one of the things that has saved us, time and time again.

We simply do not provide all citizens access to health care, other developed countries do.

We financially prioritize the wrong kinds of healthcare (high end) and scrimp on the primary care access that does the most good for the most people.

And yes, our health behaviors need improvement.

An important point to make as RFK, Jr talks about how the CDC has failed because Americans are unhealthy -

Our foreshortened life expectancy compared to other developed countries is not a failure of *public health* it is a failure of healthcare *access* #MedSky

Find pharmacies near you Vaccines.gov helps you find nearby pharmacies in the United States.

It sure would be nice if vaccines.gov were still working

I know right? It’s been a few months she has been there. I cancelled my subscription to WaPo last year so not sure when (if) she left…

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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Up next - seat belts and life jackets… who are we to tell you not to subject your kids to injury, disability and death?