Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA

Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’ Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.

The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
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INTO LIGHT features narratives of people who have died from addiction. This exhibit at UT Austin is a must see for all healthcare providers. I’ll be sharing more on this project, narrative medicine and storytelling as a way to improve patient care and end stigma at IDweek in ATL. Join me!

Thanks so much for including us! Really important implications for educational interventions to end substance stigma, and improve healthcare

This is a study I worked on over the last few years with @kinnathakarar.bsky.social and others that shows the power of education on changing mindsets regarding stigmatized conditions!

Kudos to Skye Opsteeen & the Southeastern Med Scientist Symposium #SEMMS2025 cmte. When UAB has hosted (‘22, ‘25), I have been invited to speak on trust in medicine & building a brand. Clearly, these student leads are paying attn 2 the most pressing (& challenging) topics 4 the physician scientist

A warm welcome 2 Dr Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, who is visiting UAB for the Alabama Summit on Addiction & Pain. Excited 4 our team to present on substance use & infectious outcomes in the state and region. Thanks to UAB CAPPI & Addiction Prevention Coalition for support of this conference.

Treating Substance Use Disorder in an Inpatient Setting Podcast Episode · Going anti-Viral · 08/12/2025 · 31m

Thanks to IAS-USA and Dr Mike Saag for a chance to talk about what’s new in substance use treatment- CDC funding cuts, bad batch alerts, & how to improve care in the hospital setting. Plus @kinnathakarar.bsky.social & CTN-0121 shoutouts!

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Apparently, our clinic is one of the first if not the first to get approval for Yeztugo. One might say we are yaaaaaas to go! #HIVSky #IDSky

Congrats to Dr. Ryan Salazar on his last day of Uab IM residency. 🎉 In OBAT clinic, he learned about acute overdose & stabilization and long-term recovery. He’s headed to Huntsville, AL as a hospitalist ready to screen & treat his patients for substance use and infectious diseases. GL, Ryan!

Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.

#Colorado: We're not different. #SavetheRainforest
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🎉 4 of our lab’s stars are off to grad school! With skills in caring 4 addiction & infectious diseases, these students make our future a lot brighter. Kudos!
Ann Harshfield, UASOM
Morgan Mulrain , Meharry Med
Shubh Malhotra , VCU SOM
Anna Julia Kutsch , UNC SoPH
Thanks @uabcappi.bsky.social

Kudos to Bailey Pridgen for sharing our work on substance use screening in HIV clinics in AL. We found high rates of alcohol use and geographic variation in drug use patterns across the state. Nice job, Bailey! 👏🏻 @uabcappi.bsky.social

Excited 2 bring the Massachusetts model of care to AL. MD shortages plague our state, & our HIV/OBAT clinic is often overbooked. But with the nurse care manager model, champion by Colleen Labelle (center), we can extend high-quality addiction care across the state. TY Colleen & Grayken team

Delighted to be selected for the 1st cohort of trainees at Grayken Center for Addiction’s Nurse Care Manager Training with our nurse champion, Marsha. Nurses are essential to expanding access to care in AL and rural US, and we’re so glad to have some of the best at UAB @uabcappi.bsky.social

TY @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social & Dr David Kimberlin for the most accessible masterclass on Social Determinants of health. Where there is tuberculosis, there is injustice. Where there is injustice, there is tuberculosis. 👏🏻 5 Stars

Follow HIVMA Board member Hussein Safa, MD, as he advocates on Capitol Hill to save HIV funding. Dr. Safa met with the Pennsylvania delegation to urge full funding for HIV prevention, care and research.

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan, USA Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan

Important result from CDC research team: H5N1 flu virus from a dairy farm worker transmitted by direct contact in ferrets with 100% efficiency (6/6 animals infected) and by droplets/aerosols in ferrets, physically separated, with 50% efficiency (3/6 animals infected).

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In a time and state where it’s hard to find a good doctor, it is getting harder to BE a good doctor. Vaccines are the most effective, lifesaving tool in the physician’s toolkit

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

I would ask my colleague, the amazing kachina Kudroff, but she’s not here @bsky.app. Happy to connect offline

Infant who contracted measles virus before birth is 1st recorded death in current Ontario outbreak | CBC News Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient from the outbreak that started in October. The baby who died contracted the virus before birth from the mother,...

Measles is dangerous

Please vaccinate your children!!!

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A treat 2 learn about meth & the microbiome from @fulchjen.bsky.social. We’ve seen inc. meth use in AL impacting HIV incidence & outcomes, infectious diseases & gut/oral bacterial growth. Thanks 2 the UAB addiction, immunology & infectious diseases research program 4 support! @uabcappi.bsky.social

Proud of Marsha Hawkins, who was accepted to the Expanding Addiction Treatment Nurse Care Manager Model. Hate 2 miss @cpddorg.bsky.social, but I can’t think of a better reason: learning how 2 best serve our patients alongside our nursing team is vital for patient access, Addiction & Medical Care. 👏🏻👏🏻

Save the Date for CAPPI’s Alabama Summit on Addiction and Pain. September 2-3, 2025. Keynote speaker: Dr. Nora Volkow.

A treat to welcome Dr Marisa Young to UAB ID and learn about her trichomonas & microbiome research. Thanks to our friendly STI research faculty for letting me tag along

Thanks for the lift, Josh. Your kindness is a balm for this weary scientist

A #fridayfollow. The assaults on reason & science continue by the administration. It's exhausting. Here are a few scientists whose work you should know about. Please feel free to add:
@nathanlo.bsky.social @drelleneaton.bsky.social @emmybetz.bsky.social
Each is doing lifesaving & innovative work.

Kansas reports measles spike as other states confirm more cases

Montana reported more cases in its cluster, and Ohio reported an infection in an unvaccinated adult.

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Photo: CDC / Heinz F. Eichenwald, MD

@uabcappi.bsky.social will be tabling at Regional Wellness Day 2025 from 3pm–7pm today at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Come see us!
#UAB #birminghamalabama #communitymatters #uabcappi

That’s a wrap! UAB CAPPI photos from the 2025 Addiction Prevention Coalition End Addiction Walk. We were delighted to sponsor this large community event which supports the APC’s lifesaving programs / people who use drugs. #UAB_CAPPI #communitymatters