A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
#IDSky Every brutal murder is a tragedy. For those who need to a connecting human thread to the incident, this person helped move the needle on critical C. diff research. Do not look away or become numb to the brutality still occurring in our streets and country. It affects ALL of us.
I'm forever grateful to my former colleagues at the Minnesota Department of Health and Hennepin County. Every challenge, from needs assessments to COVID hotlines, helped shape who I am as a public health professional. Onward, friends. Public health’s story isn’t over yet.
📜History matters.Progress is rarely linear, harm lingers, recovery takes time, and ordinary people still shape what comes next.
📊Evidence still anchors the work. Careful review, clear systems, and translating data into action matter more than ever when misinformation is loud.
🛟Public health is never just one crisis. COVID, measles, AMR, or funding cuts never stop the day-to-day work that keeps communities safe.
🎙️Honored to be behind the mic, not just behind the scenes, for the 200th episode. Thanks to @mtosterholm.bsky.social, @cvdall.bsky.social , for having me and fellow co-producer @sydneyredepenning.bsky.social on as guests. Here are a few highlights (besides the Chicago accent sneaking through 🌭):
Broader isn't always better! #WAAW
This report goes out to anyone who ever had family member suggest you "just grab a z-pack" when you're feeling sniffly. Antibiotic stewardship is everyday life 💊🦠
If you want to make informed decisions on vaccines for yourself, your family, or your patients, tune in tomorrow to hear from an incredible team of experts working tirelessly to review the scientific evidence on influenza, RSV, and COVID.
Thanks for reposting this article, Sarah. It hit home as someone who has lived through some of this burnout and fear. It's something I still carry with me and important to recognize so we can protect this next generation of public servants 💙
With the pall of political violence looming heavy here in Minnesota, I was reminded of this piece I was invited to write for @jamanetworkopen.com in 2022 on threats to the public health workforce and elected officials. This call to action is even more urgent today. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Stock photo producers, I’m begging you — please put gloves on these scientists in the lab. 🧤🧪
Sincerely,
Someone just trying to use basic photos in reports and web pages.
Reflecting on an unforgettable discussion that will stay with me throughout my public health career. It was an honor to hear about Dr. Fauci's remarkable legacy at NIH/NIAID and the vital role institutions like these play in advancing global health. Public health is a cause worth fighting for.
❄️Here in Minneapolis, we're digging out from our biggest snowstorm of the season!❄️
It's the perfect time to catch up on Superbugs and You, our podcast series that explores how antimicrobial resistance has shaped the lives of patients, clinicians, and researchers www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.
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Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. “Are you feeling all right?” I asked her. “I feel all sleepy,” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
From Roald Dahl about his 7 year-old daughter who contracted measles
I take care of children who DIE of conditions that we can’t prevent and that despite our very best efforts we cannot cure.
The fact that CHILDREN DIE of diseases that can be completely eradicated with safe and effective vaccines makes me LIVID.
The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.
Calling all science nerds 🧪 What's your favorite "weird" study that has resulted in tangible benefits to society and human health?
I'm always excited by a new bioprospecting study from an #AMR standpoint (see Komodo Dragons)
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Our whole country is being dismantled but cinnamon toast still exists and is unreasonably delicious and I’m going to take that as a win.
If you're an infectious disease researcher and have been impacted by the pause on NIH study sections, please send me a DM or email me at cdall@umn.edu
Thanks for putting this together! More @cidrap.bsky.social staff are on their way to Blue Sky!
Continuity of funding is key to keeping your laboratory running and your colleagues paid. Even just missing one cycle can throw that into complete chaos. And here we are. No February cycle, minimally. Many people will be out of a job just because of this.
California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status.
As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigrant patients, hospitals around the U.S. say they won’t turn people away. bit.ly/4h9Cjkm
A reminder to The Billionaires: in the world of science, rampant, unchecked cellular growth and proliferation is called cancer. It seems to me that this also applies to your insatiable need for more profits.
This RSV vaccine and GBS conversation is really throwing me off as someone who spends most of their time in MCH ID #GroupBStrep
Shrieked from excitement when @michaelhobbes.bsky.social
gave a shout-out to the threat of antibiotic resistance on the latest episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social . Hit me up if you want more content for any and all podcasts related to #AMR
