Sam Horwich-Scholefield

It's a myth, Charlie Brown. You CAN put hot food in the refrigerator.

Divide large amounts into smaller portions and get them in within 2 hours. Bacteria can grow rapidly on food left out at room temp for +2 hours.

More food safety myths at doh.wa.gov/you-and-your...

Unfortunately, this dashboard is really not very mobile friendly, and is really only usable with a laptop/desktop view. We're working on it 😮‍💨

CPOs and Candida auris, I should add, are both reportable in California since 2022. These drug resistant pathogens are relatively new on the scene, but have exploded in numbers in the last decade. This dashboard goes back to 2013, when the very first NDM-producing organisms were reported

Epi curve showing the number of CPO cases over time

Map of Candida auris cases in California

The dashboard is incredibly detailed, with timelines, maps and more charts than you could shake a stick at

Been laying low on bluesky for a couple of months now, but I'm happy to announce a new data dashboard from @capublichealth.bsky.social. The C. auris & Carbapenemase-producing Organism (CPO) dashboard is up and running! Please share with anyone who might be interested www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHC...

New episode alert!

@sundermannaj.bsky.social

#microbiology

The idea that people are "pushed" towards conservative positions because liberals/progressives are mean to them online is surprisingly persistent. I call it the JK Rowling effect

An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.

Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.

Some thoughts:

CDC NHSN training videos and case studies are missing. “Removed by the uploader.”
Trump administration EOs are a menace to daily functioning.

YouTube video by Jonathan Howard Makary, Prasad, and Zdogg behave like children and mock people who wanted a valuable booster 12/2021

Here’s how our medical establishment has discussed boosters for years. This was made after an RCT of booster dose 1, which showed the vaccine worked, and right before the omicron wave.

Behold the seriousness, thoughtfulness, and maturity.

youtu.be/LB2VRT3H-Co

#TidyTuesday Week 18: National Science Foundation Grant Terminations under the Trump Administration Treemap shows the distribution by NSF directorate and division Code: https://bit.ly/3YwiDQg

📅 #TidyTuesday Week 18: National Science Foundation Grant Terminations under the Trump Administration
📊 Treemap shows the distribution by NSF directorate and division
🔗 Code: bit.ly/3YwiDQg
🛠️ First time making a treemap - open to any suggestions on improving the look or clarity!
#RStats #DataViz

Part 2 of raw milk! Today we get into the alleged health claims we've all seen circulating our social media feeds and contrast the (lack of) data to support these claims with the very real data on the risks of raw milk. If you've been searching for a deep dive, oh wow, you are going to love this.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."

Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.

Ethical violation as POLICY.

Real-time sequencing a promising tool for hospital outbreak detection, study finds

Researchers at a Pittsburgh hospital found prospective whole-genome sequencing enabled rapid identification and control of outbreaks.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...

Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’ At the end of a cabinet meeting, the president allowed for the possibility that trade war could disrupt supply chains.

Donald Trump, famously a critic of conspicuous consumption www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

Africa’s Outbreak Response Is the Global Standard Now From outbreak containment to clinical innovation, African nations are setting new global standards for success

Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months.
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...

Governor Gavin Newsom arbitrarily demanded remote-centered state workers commmute to the office 4 days a week, adding tens of thousands of cars to California freeways

Jimmy Butler (front 3/4 view) talking to Dillon Brooks (back 3/4 view), mouth open with Brooks looking at Jimmy

Jimmy Butler (profile) looking at Dillon Brooks (front), Brooks has head back and mouth open laughing

Jimmy with his hand up and thumb pointing at Dillon Brooks looking at referee Bill Kennedy who is in front of him while Brooks to the side is laughing at looking at Jimmy

Jimmy Butler bent at the waist with hands on knees with his head tilted slightly toward Dillon Brooks who is leaning over talking to him in profile

every shot a masterpiece

Made it to #SHEASpring 2025 - first talk hearing from @jlsalinas.bsky.social on climate change & HAI! #IDSky

Kawhi: “Take those gatorades down… kids don’t need to be drinking that”

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history

It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women

Unreal

www.science.org/content/arti...

As someone who works at the fringes of genomic epi (trying to level up!), I love this graphic

"While the selected researchers will be able to access and study the private medical data, Bhattacharya said they will not be able to download it. He promised "state of the art protections" to protect confidentiality."

How exactly does one study a massive dataset without downloading it?

Fabulous speaker lineup for the 2025 Scientific Meeting on Candida auris organized by the University of Miami Division of ID!

Covering basic science, epi, infection prevention and clinical management.
Register and join! 🍄
#IDSky

med.miami.edu/departments/...

Over/under 90 days until Loren Taylor helps launch a recall

For excellent disease outbreak coverage and analysis, you should be following Mike Coston, @fla-medic.bsky.social.

Oakland now has a run of four consecutive female mayors, three of whom were women of color. Congratulations Mayor Lee!

Measles outbreak now at 800, but this outbreak is just getting started

--> CDC: vax rate among kindergarteners is now below the 95% coverage target—much lower in some communities—and is decreasing

--> Map of vax coverage (orange is where vax rate is under the target 95%)

Observed, modelled, and predicted RSV-associated hospital admission rates by age, showing drop for ages 75-79.

#SomeGoodNews: A new report examined the rollout of the #RSV vaccine among older adults in England in the fall of 2024, finding a significant drop in hospitalizations for those eligible for the new vaccine.

Read more here:
jenndowd.substack.com/p/some-good-... #Publichealth #episky #medsky