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Hey guys! Please read this article and advocate to keep the COVID non-Rx!

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Wow, this is so cool! I wonder how this will go.

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Typhoid conjugate vaccine highly effective in endemic settings, study finds A review and meta-analysis of studies in Pakistan, India, and Zimbabwe finds vaccine effectiveness was 87% in preventing culture-confirmed typhoid in children.

"Typhoid conjugate vaccine highly effective in endemic settings, study finds"

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The Vaccine Integrity Project is a tool that could help students and professionals discover immunization data and related analyses on the data!

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Blacksmith Medicines Receives FDA Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) and Fast Track Designation for FG-2101, a Novel Antibiotic Targeting LpxC /PRNewswire/ -- Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. (Blacksmith), a leading biopharma dedicated to discovering and developing medicines targeting metalloenzymes,...

News about a new medication that could help with gram (-) microbial infection.

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Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are...

The "silent pandemic" rages on globally as clinicians discover more patients with AMR and even multi-AMR.

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Here are some vaccine-related concerns in pediatrics internationally!

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Pakistan, Nigeria report new #polio cases

The cases include three wild poliovirus type 1 and three circulating variant poliovirus type 2.

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How tragic.

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Remembering the importance of anti inflammatory agents in meningitis

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This is what we were taking about in class!

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ACIP COVID Vaccine Prescription The ACIP has voted down a controversial proposal that would have required patients to obtain a prescription before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

"The vote ended in a tie of 6–6" Astonishing... Please read this article about how the ACIP almost made the COVID vaccine Rx ONLY.

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Exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or early infancy and the risk of autoimmune disease in children: A nationwide cohort study in Korea In a nationwide Korean cohort study, Ju-Young Shin and colleagues investigated whether there is an association between early life exposure to antibiotics and the development of autoimmune diseases.

This article suggests that prenatal or early-life exposure to antibiotics may contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases in children.

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Drug-resistant fungus Candidozyma auris confirmed to spread rapidly in European hospitals: ECDC calls for urgent action The latest survey from ECDC, the fourth of its kind, confirms that Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris) continues to spread quickly across European hospitals.

Drug-resistant fungus Candidozyma Auris is spreading rapidly in Europe.

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Absolutely devastating.

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Florida Plans To Eliminate All Vaccine Mandates — What That Means For Us Florida plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates. This will be costly to individuals and society, and it will weaken public health and our epidemic response nationally.

Seeing sepsis from Haemophilus B or pneumococcus as more people got vaccinated was a rarity. And now, we are seeing measles in the US. Vaccines have been saving lives for decades!
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A colleague shared this infomercial with me, and it was truly concerning. The high rise in medical wholesale costs will directly impact medication access, especially for our patients that require vaccinations and other injectable biologics for chronic infection.

Updated joint FAO/WHO/WOAH public health assessment of recent influenza A(H5) virus events in animals and people At the present time, based on available information, FAO-WHO-WOAH assess the global public health risk of influenza A(H5N1) viruses to be low, while the risk of infection for occupationally exposed pe...

As new bird flu cases begin to spark in farming regions of America, more research is being done on the strain, and how concerned should the public be for their health.

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CDC issues level 2 travel notice for yellow fever in South America In the first 3 months of 2025, 131 human cases were confirmed, with 53 deaths.

South America now ahs a Travel level 2 due to the outbreak for yellow fever.

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Application of Pragmatic Criteria to Assessments of Frailty and Physical Function among People with HIV Abstract. Routine screening for any condition in a clinical setting should be pragmatic, meaning that the screening is feasible, relevant, and actionable t

Changing standard care practices for patients with HIV can improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

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Study suggests US sepsis patients are overtreated A review of 600 US patients treated for suspected sepsis found 32% most likely didn't have a bacterial infection, while nearly 80% with a bacterial infection received overly broad antibiotics.

Asymptomatic sepsis is one of the most dangerous disease states and can cause irreparable damage to a patient's immune system.

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Plasma Quantitative Microbial Cell-Free DNA for Staphylococcal Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection – Too Soon? Supavit Chesdachai, M.D, Daniel C DeSimone, M.D, Nischal Ranganath, M.D., Ph.D, Omar M Abu Saleh, M.B.B.S; Plasma Quantitative Microbial Cell-Free DNA for

There may be new data to indicate measuring or identifying staph infections in patients with CIE devices!

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Empowering Futures: Restoring T Cell Responses in Children Living with HIV Abstract. This study examines how children with HIV recover mycobacteria-specific T cell responses after six months of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Persis

The use antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children with HIV may improve immune response.

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US measles total tops 600 cases, with almost 500 in Texas

Measles outbreak: confirmed cases have skyrocketed in Texas. #id_pitt25

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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” about vaccines.

With recent outbreaks of measles, flu, and COVID in the US, this poses a concern for public safety!
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Association of Weather Variables With Pathogens Contributing to Conjunctivitis Worldwide We report associations between weather factors and pathogens contributing to infectious conjunctivitis across 8 countries. We found that humidity modulated

This paper discusses how climate can affect microbiomes in the region

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HHS axes more than $300M in gender, DEI-related health grants to California alone Canceled grants included one for adapting an "inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys" and "Buddhism and HIV Stigma in Thailand."

This is America today.

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RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.

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US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017 The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs.

Another outbreak that will severely injure the US livestock and agricultural farming industry. How will this affect the things we eat and our trust in the food industry?

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