Emily Baumrin, MD, MSCE

🚨 New 2025 Chronic Cutaneous GVHD Response Assessment for use in Chronic GVHD clinical trials published from the National Institutes of Health Consensus Project Task Force.
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ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Breaking with the CDC, @acog.org reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.

Here’s what to know.

Join the Vaccine Integrity Project for an expert presentation on the latest publicly available data regarding the safety and efficacy of flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines. In this recorded live stream, the scientific research team will highlight key findings on the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 From Data to Decisions: The Evidence Base for 2025 Fall/Winter Immunizations

📢 Important update! Join the Vaccine Integrity Project live stream TOMORROW 8/19 at 2pm ET.

We'll review flu, COVID & RSV vaccine data—focused on safety & efficacy during pregnancy, and for kids & the immunocompromised.

Watch here:

Tomorrow at 2pm the Vaccine Integrity Project through @CIDRAP will host a live webinar, From Data to Decisions: The Evidence Base for 2025 Fall/Winter Immunizations.

The panel will break down evidence on vaccine safety and effectiveness followed by a Q&A.

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Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

#Breaking: Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts
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Correspondence "These findings provide evidence that clade Ib MPXV can be vertically transmitted, resulting in pregnancy loss or congenital infection." "Three Cases of Vertical Transmission of Clade Ib Mpox Virus" by E.H. Vakaniaki et al.

This report describes three cases of clade Ib MPXV infection in pregnant women (one in each trimester of gestation) with molecular and histopathological evidence of transplacental transmission. Read the full report: nej.md/4n7H6Gi

#MedSky #IDSky

Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events
My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...

CDC HIV datasets and national surveillance reports have been taken down... this is public data. make it make sense

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Cutaneous Chronic Graft-vs-Host Disease Patient Outcomes This concept elicitation study explores health-related quality-of-life domains from the perspective of patients with cutaneous chronic graft-vs-host disease, defining the domains most important to pat...

We identify symptoms and physical, emotional, and social impacts important to people with chronic GVHD to inform better patient-reported outcomes that are meaningful to patients. @jama.com

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Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

There’s a good reason why we call tuberculosis a social disease

TB rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout

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