I heard you don’t get the monster if you just run hot water after for like 2-5 min

My favorite thing about Col “served in 3 wars (WW1, WW2, Korea)” Potter is if he were serving today he would have been in Iraq, Iraq, and possibly still Iraq

🦷 💊 Dental prescribing and antibiotic stewardship - here is a great poster from Dr. Goff at #ESCMIDglobal2026 #pharmacist #dentist #Antibiotics @escmid.bsky.social @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social

Normal urine is not sterile!
Urine microbiome being introduced by @nicoledenisco.bsky.social
#ESCMIDGlobal2026 #UTISky

Always gets me. Gown, gloves, N95 for patient COVID + 8 days ago. Go in the doctors lounge, 6 people coughing and no one wearing a mask

Thanks!

Anyone in #idsky have experience with Gentamicin bladder irrigation for recurrent UTI?

Rural Minnesota economies under threat as feds cut safety net programs Small, outstate communities tend to rely more on funding from programs like Medicaid that face deep cuts under the 2025 federal budget.

Over the past 50 years, money from Medicaid and other federal programs such as Medicare, Social Security and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has become a bigger share of American incomes, according to research from the bipartisan Economic Innovation Group.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks like the one in South Carolina, which is the largest the U.S. has seen in decades.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become ‘sitting ducks’ in measles outbreaks

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For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Answers are for information only, NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc April 2026 edition.

For 8 years, I’ve been calling the disposable stethoscope in contact rooms a “fisher price stethoscope.” The neighbor gave us their old one and the comparison isn’t fair to the toy

My paperbacks from before 2012 still happen to exist

Infectious diseases experts call on Secretary Kennedy to maintain the scientific integrity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices charter as he undertakes his review.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/3PX8BWW

Do I want to expand the surveillance state? No, but y’all need to Not Do That!

Saw 2 cars run hard red lights (came to a full stop before going) and now I would like red light cameras everywhere, please

One (1) person has ever asked to see my collection

Yeah, but also no one ever asks to see my vinyl collection

Wishing Samuel Alito a swift return to health

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Like, are they too small for light microscopy? Do they not stain well? Legitimately curious

If microplastics are in all our organs, why isn’t there a mention on pathology reports?

March done. Finished a book I’ve been ready for 4 years

*St. Paul

*St Paul

*St. Paul

Realizing today that something like 95% of people on BlueSky don’t know that St. Paul is its own city

A $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts — NPR States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.

A $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts - NPR
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And yet somehow the positive predictive value of this technique is greater for influenza A than Hantavirus. Curious.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s good to have secret police using intimidation tactics against elected officials

There is a surveillance state gap and we must not let other nations surpass us