1918 wants a word....
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🧪 #measles #vaccination
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This is a gift link, free to read, in case some people can’t read the whole thing

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Long-Term Neurocognitive Outcomes After Severe Malaria Infection In 1948, Salil Ghosh wrote of the near-miraculous recovery of several children with severe “malignant malaria” who had been treated with quinine.1 One illustrative patient, a “girl aged 9 years,” was ...

And our accompanying editorial:

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Long-Term Cognitive Ability and Academic Achievement After Childhood Severe Malaria This descriptive analysis uses a subset of data from the Malarial Impact on Neurobehavioral Development (MIND) cohort study to assess whether severe malaria in Ugandan children is associated with long...

Important work from Chandy John and colleagues, just out in JAMA:

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Severe malaria may affect children’s cognitive abilities more than a decade later Children who had cerebral malaria or severe malaria anemia have lower scores on tests measuring general cognition and math achievement

A pleasure to speak to Gretchen Vogel @science.org - highlighting recent studies on neurocognitive outcomes of severe malaria

#PedsIDSky #IDSky #Parasitology

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Now at #ESCMIDGlobal2026

Late Breaking research from @jama.com

Severe malaria leaves a long shadow.

Children with cerebral malaria (CM) and severe malarial anemia (SMA) had worse cognitive function & lower academic achievement 4–15 years later 📉

Early injury → long-term impact.

A page from JAMA titled "Long-Term Neurocognitive Outcomes After Severe Malaria Infection No Peace of MIND". The study found that children with cerebral malaria or severe malaria anemia had lower overall cognitive ability scores and math achievement scores.

💬 Editorial: Children surviving cerebral #malaria or severe malarial anemia face long‑term cognitive and academic deficits years after infection, highlighting that the burden of #Malaria extends far beyond hospital discharge.

#ESCMIDGlobal2026

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A Path to Prevention: Precision Tracking of Staph in NICUs Reveals Hidden Transmission Risks | Contagion Live A new study shows that strain-level surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus in NICUs can identify hidden transmission pathways and enable targeted interventions to reduce serious infections in vulnerabl...

A new study shows that strain-level surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus in NICUs can identify hidden transmission pathways and enable targeted interventions to reduce serious infections in vulnerable newborns. #IDsky #Medsky

www.contagionlive.com/view/a-path-...

We are recruiting 1-2 postdoctoral fellows to investigate the specificity of human anti-influenza virus antibodies, and to determine how these antibodies impact global antigenic drift of influenza viruses.

Join our lab at Penn in Philly. Reach out if you are interested in applying! Please repost!

PIDS has released a statement on the revised ACIP charter and its attempt to upend US vaccine policy by shifting away from public health and toward misinformation and litigation. Read the full statement at pids.org/2026/04/10/p...

What happens when a 79 year old woman wrestles a badger to protect her dog? What do you get from a badger bite? Read all about this fascinating case report here! www.ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

Graph of RSV-associated hospitalizations and ED visits per 100 population. X axis: Respiratory season, y (2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025). Y axis: Rate. Data shown for age groups <=7 mo and 8-24 mo.

In Washington state, use of infant nirsevimab and antenatal RSV vaccine was associated with a 43% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalizations and emergency visits among infants aged ≤7 months in the second year of implementation. ja.ma/4vhGK3J

Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times How Philly's leading vaccine doctor became MAHA's public enemy number one

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Also so relevant for clinical training. The grunt work is the work. I am very efficient at writing notes. Trainees on our teams write notes b/c the writing helps the synthesis come together.

Dr Edwards is a legend who has focused her career on protecting children, while training many of the best and brightest Pediatricians and Pediatric Infectious Diseases specialists.

She is exactly a leader who parents should trust.

Yep. See

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Not a huge deal but definitely a slap in the face.

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Global Staphylococcus research community is heading to the Canadian Rockies!

Join the 20th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections
📅 September 20–24, 2026

📍 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada

#ISSSI2026
#Staphylococcus

Blue image with white text for PIDS Reception at PAS with location and time, along with logos for PIDS and PIDS Foundation

Join us at PAS in Boston! We have a special (paid) meetID workshop for students, trainees & residents, a free networking session for that group and our PIDS Reception (open to PIDS members, PAS attendees, special guests). Register: pediatricinfectiousdiseasessociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Re...

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

Thank you for sharing, Mariko. I am sure Ben would be so proud of the investigator you have become

Natural maternal immunity protects neonates from Escherichia coli sepsis - Nature Neonatal sepsis caused by Escherichia coli is associated with reduced transfer of pathogen-specific maternal&nbsp;antibodies and, in a mouse model, can be prevented by maternal&nbsp;preconceptual&nbsp...

Another twist to why newborn babies more vulnerable to infection. Beyond immune cell immaturity, layering, active suppression... maternal pathogen-targeted antibodies still protect. Grateful @Nature sharing this hopefully uplifting glass half (99.9%)-full perspective www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On Match Day, #Pediatrics filled more than 95% of positions offered- the largest number in Match Day’s history.

Welcome to 3,043 future pediatricians!

Comment below so we can give you a follow!

#MedSky #Pediatricians #matchday

Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen recalled The recall follows complaints of a “gel-like mass and black particles in the product.”

If you have either of the affected lots, throw them out.

Our @statnews.com survey of NIH-funded researchers drew nearly 1,000 responses from 45 states (plus DC and Puerto Rico). Here's a short thread on 5 scientists' whose labs and lives have been deeply impacted by federal policies 🧵

Read the full statement from AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on a federal judge's ruling to block key aspects of HHS Secretary RFK Jr’s efforts to upend vaccine policy:  www.aap.org/en/news-room...

🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled in favor of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and issued a preliminary injunction against the CDC.

The ruling pauses the Jan 2026 childhood immunization schedule revisions, blocks RFK Jr's 13 recent ACIP member appointments, and pauses all votes taken by the committee.

This is kinda bonkers.

In addition, 20 amino acids were found on Ryugu, along with uracil and vitamin B3. These have been found in other instances, but since the samples from Ryugu were collected directly from the asteroid and delivered in sealed capsules, contamination on Earth could be ruled out.

Plot of modeling new NIH grants after a switch to 100% MYF. There is a large drop in grants in the first year with a gradual recovery over 5 years.

There is a lot of talk lately about multi-year funding (MYF) at NIH. This is mostly a paperwork issue, but it can have a dramatic impact on the number of grants that get funded. I was curious how this would impact grant numbers over time, so I did some simple modeling. 1/n

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...