for Aug 11, 2020
No sooner has #Trump named the Hoover Institute's Dr. Scott Atlas to the @WhiteHouse #Coronavirus Task Force than BOOM, he calls for restarting college football. 🏈🏈
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 11, 2020
I always say if you need sound infectious diseases advice, call a retired radiologist.https://t.co/bT61ET4K6b
Scientists ask: Without trial data, how can we trust Russia's COVID vaccine? https://t.co/5aMvl6QbgH Many questions today about the Russian #COVID19 vaccine. Let me be clear, without a phase 3 study there is simply no scientific rationale for its approval or its use.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) August 11, 2020
This is my go-to table for choice of antifungals based on tissue penetration #CMR 2104,
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
✴️CNS/CSF Data updated👇✴️ #IDTwitter #tweetfungi https://t.co/coBKF3yXb2 https://t.co/iUiP7egc1Z pic.twitter.com/Rvzt39L4rv
✴️Interesting point and counterpoint ✴️
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
by @cynth_ID #ofid @IDSAInfo
Automatic ID consultation for inpatients with #COVID19 : a single-center experience.@IDstewardship @PaulSaxMD @BradSpellberg @CarlosdelRio7 @ClancyNeil #IDTwitter https://t.co/U5Z3bZW7R2
Dr. Scott Atlas, the anti-Fauci Stanford doctor, joins the White House Coronavirus Task Force team https://t.co/NYQvlDaCLB. Oh my! Now the Task Force will finally have someone that agrees with Trump strategy. May infections continue!
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) August 11, 2020
🌟Fantastic article🌟 in JOI @biainfection
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
by @MarcBonten et Al
Carbapenem-alternative strategies for complicated urinary tract infections: a systematic review of randomized controlled Trial. #IDTwitter https://t.co/aSqBlykg5u pic.twitter.com/dsqvHvNc6z
Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
— Ilan Schwartz MD PhD (@GermHunterMD) August 11, 2020
In this letter from @zchagla @HotaSusy Khan & @DocDominik, and signed by 315 Infectious Diseases experts, alarmist claims of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 are rebuffedhttps://t.co/6izuUMryE9 pic.twitter.com/1OUEjYcmBy
1/4 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: Vaccination is one of the top #publichealth achievements of all time, providing safe and effective prevention of serious illness, disability and death due to infectious diseases. #VaccinesSaveLives https://t.co/fNedZhc7lD
— Dr. Theresa Tam (@CPHO_Canada) August 11, 2020
Two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can prevent infection by #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus are now enrolling healthy adults at clinical trial sites in the UShttps://t.co/FbQvCROifs #COVID19
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
America's top infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci raised concerns over COVID-19 vaccines being developed by China and Russia.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) August 11, 2020
"Claims of having a vaccine ready to distribute before you do testing, I think, is problematic, at best."https://t.co/9Tc0gkfa8H
"Worldwide, pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children. In 2018, almost half a million children died of bacterial pneumonia in sub-Saharan Africa. Better access to oxygen and antibiotics could have saved many." https://t.co/og59EpWBK3
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) August 11, 2020
Our new commentary @JAM_ASAM calling for syringe exchange programs to be named essential services and the suspension of drug law enforcement to address risks of infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic (👏@LoulouChayama, @CaraNg 👏).https://t.co/lGs5xw5CU9 pic.twitter.com/tApXwvByXr
— Ryan McNeil (@RS_McNeil) August 11, 2020
Up to 40% of bacterial infections in newborns are resistant to standard antibiotic treatments. We caught up with Alexandre Costa from @UNICEF to talk about the reasons why drug-resistant infections pose such a grave threat to the young https://t.co/lYmEntWMlj #StopSuperbugs
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) August 11, 2020
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand the idiot #FBPE lock down crowd shouted. Guess what the virus is back. You cannot hide from infectious disease. Lock downs are pointless and offer no way out unless the entire world erradicatess respiratory diseases. https://t.co/xDVztuge8j
— Wokeman, #KBF (@Wokeman8) August 11, 2020
Three medical imaging techniques — X-rays, CT scans, and ultrasound — are revealing how #COVID19 can affect the body, helping to diagnose patients and uncover new clues about this novel coronavirus. https://t.co/dnmakE9YvB pic.twitter.com/3SJpAI4tpa
— International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) August 11, 2020
⛔Preprint⛔
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
Telmisartan "80mg bid" for treatment of #COVID19 patients: an open RCT. Preliminary Report 78 pts.
Statistically significant lower time to discharge (median time to discharge control grp=15 days telmisartan grp=9 days
Similar to RDV ACTT-1 🤔 https://t.co/sRWtXoA6Mq pic.twitter.com/XPILLrHPS3
Revive Therapeutics Advancing Drug Delivery Technology for Psychedelics Developed Prototypes of Orally Dissolvable Thin Film For Psilocybin | $RVV #healthcare #infectiousdiseases #clinicalstudy #pharma #psilocybin #healthtech #psychedelics #lifesciences https://t.co/1ct1T3CfHz pic.twitter.com/CCKTwZ8eJg
— Revive Therapeutics (@Revive_RVV) August 11, 2020
Russia’s fast-track coronavirus vaccine draws outrage over safety https://t.co/oZcyToZ5Ap The vaccine is made of two adenoviruses that express the coronavirus spike protein. The first dose is an Ad26 virus while the second ‘booster’ dose is made of an Ad5 virus.
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) August 11, 2020
Concocting a COVID-19 vaccine is not the same thing as proving a vaccine is safe and effective, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tells National Geographic. https://t.co/LP1M5sQHsT
— National Geographic Magazine (@NatGeoMag) August 11, 2020
Post-acute covid-19 (“long covid”) seems to be a multisystem disease, sometimes occurring after a relatively mild acute illness affecting 10% of people after #COVID19 #longcovid @bmj_latest https://t.co/DEwUSxW4zU pic.twitter.com/Hf6xepiuXd
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
Antibiotic Stewardship: A New Frontier for Emergency Department Quality Improvement, excited to see our talk from SAEM 2018 now online https://t.co/1UPVXWimOn #IDtwitter #antibiotics @CIDRAP_ASP @LSMayMD @MistryRD @DrKabirYadav
— Michael Pulia (@DrMichaelPulia) August 11, 2020
Our response letter to the concerns around airborne transmission by @sarah_khan_123 @DocDominik @HotaSusy. We need to reconcile the experience clinically of the management of patients in healthcare settings, which have been safely done as droplethttps://t.co/zC8DnN4lcu
— Zain Chagla (@zchagla) August 11, 2020
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Fungi are rapidly evolving resistance to commonly used fungicide drugs resulting in a growing threat to human health and #foodsecurity... So why aren’t we taking them more seriously? @jenmgshe shines a light on #fungalinfections https://t.co/s2arEQy3Y6 #stopsuperbugs
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) August 11, 2020
Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study https://t.co/lSiD46tUi2
— Paul Polman 😷 (@PaulPolman) August 11, 2020
@Evotec SE announced today that the Company has entered into a new partnership with the Biotech company Resolute Therapeutics (“Resolute”) to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance - https://t.co/a7DTVuEL5M | info@evotec.com #researchneverstops pic.twitter.com/J908icS7mm
— Evotec (@Evotec) August 11, 2020
Reading @DaviesSaraE's 2008 @IAJournal_CH article on infectious diseases. Interestingly, it asks how @WHO might "deal with the possibility that a state or group of states may reject the discourse of #securitization and withhold cooperation". #COVID19 🦠 https://t.co/IlRFYJ9PSj
— Paul D Williams (@PDWilliamsGWU) August 11, 2020
Many infectious diseases are seasonal, so it was not unreasonable to hope that #coronavirus would be as well. But as #summer progresses, it has become clear that sunshine and warm weather have little impact on the disease.
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) August 11, 2020
Report by @MaayanJaffe https://t.co/bqlv7QAz7z
Covid-19: Practical guidance on disinfecting
— News24 (@News24) August 11, 2020
This series is co-written by some of South Africa’s leading medical scientists and academics, including some members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19.https://t.co/KVyc2inev6 pic.twitter.com/XhMS3iUkRk
With 3 of 4 infectious #diseases originating in animals, our ever increasing demand for animal #protein means more wild habitat destruction, more animals confined on factory farms, more antibiotic overuse, and a greater risk of pandemics. 😷
— Million Dollar Vegan (@1mDollarVegan) August 11, 2020
Learn More 👉 https://t.co/6wziCqxXN9 pic.twitter.com/WImM61zDQJ
How quickly things change with this #Covid19 #coronavirus: #Auckland in lockdown, rest of #NewZealand in level 2 - Four cases of community transmission with an unknown source at this point in time, via @nzherald https://t.co/IDvdw69doO
— Sanjaya Senanayake (@sanj971) August 11, 2020
This is significant: β-Lactamase–Producing, Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria meningitidis Isolated From a 5-Month-Old Boy in the United States | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society | Oxford Academic https://t.co/tVtYrjudGe
— Patricia Bradford (@P_A_Bradford) August 11, 2020
A study published in @mSystemsJ is the first assessment of monitoring cultivable and viable microorganisms on surfaces within a submerged, closed, analog habitat. https://t.co/qvitXynft0 pic.twitter.com/mWcwoBwdPM
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) August 11, 2020
Our original massive open online course is live!
— BSAC (@BSACandJAC) August 11, 2020
This 6-week course is available in 5 languages and covers all aspects of AMS, with expert teaching from around the globe.
Join thousands of learners from around the world on @FutureLearn today.#AbxStewardhttps://t.co/TfHvjAmd4t pic.twitter.com/YEylS32zYs
New from NCAS: Measuring antimicrobial prescribing quality in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services: development and evaluation of a dedicated national antimicrobial prescribing survey (https://t.co/6A62xmjWMK
— NCAS_Australia (@NCAS_Aus) August 11, 2020
Sll0067 glutathione transferase (GST) of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 plays a prominent role in methylglyoxal tolerance and detoxification, unlike the other five GSTs of this organism. @mBiojournal https://t.co/N0Z67EpER8 pic.twitter.com/SJQd6egWsS
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) August 11, 2020
🏊♂️🏊♀️🏊 Dangers of antibiotic-resistant superbugs living in rivers, seas and lakes where people swim to be studied by researchers https://t.co/tlahOTCQuo #StopSuperbugs
— Antibiotic Action (@TheUrgentNeed) August 11, 2020
⏱48-72 hours on antibiotics? Time Out!!!! 🤔 Do we still need the full coverage we started with? 🤔 Can we use the information we have now to tailor therapy and discontinue unnecessary antibiotics? Make it a ☑️ habit… https://t.co/7gEpzBOc0f
— Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier (@IDstewardship) August 11, 2020
Society thanks you for your antimicrobial stewardship. Patient satisfaction isn't always the most important KPI 😕
— Natalie Anderson (@CerebralNurse) August 11, 2020
A groundbreaking new study from @impact_lab reveals an unequal world, with people in poorer countries at a much higher risk of increased heat-related deaths due to climate change.
— The Third Pole (@third_pole) August 11, 2020
Read @scurve's full report here 👇 https://t.co/4qUN5n3JAw
Integrated #AntimicrobialStewardship and #InfectionPrevention programs can play a critical, much-needed role in US healthcare systems’ continued response to the #COVID19 #pandemic. Visit #biomerieuxconnection to learn more. https://t.co/v6E09Zr2ka
— bioMérieux USA (@bioMerieuxUSA) August 11, 2020
IDSA urges congressional leaders for resources & policies to address antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19 response legislation.
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) August 11, 2020
Read our letter with @ASMicrobiology, @CF_Foundation, @PewTrusts, @HealthyAmerica1: https://t.co/1KUC09EHtR
The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of drug resistance https://t.co/2HoNN40x2k
— Laura Piddock (@LauraPiddock) August 11, 2020
While Covid-19 symptoms are generally milder in children than in adults, the virus can still pose a risk to children's health -- a point stressed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. https://t.co/1r0kUfi9wq
— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) August 11, 2020
Core Recommendations for #AntifungalStewardship : A Statement of the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. Important guidance document by @IDPharmacist et al. @MSG_ERC https://t.co/sefobd9pUO
— Christina Koutsari 🦠💊👩🏻⚕️ (@christinakouts3) August 11, 2020
Russia’s announces fast-track #coronavirus vaccine.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
But Russia hasn’t completed trials to test its safety & efficacy. Scientists say that rolling out an inadequately vetted vaccine could put at risk people who receive it.https://t.co/cij2254RzE #COVID19
More #people will #die of #extreme #heat than of #InfectiousDiseases https://t.co/J1aHTq2dYc @third_pole @isabelhilton @beth_wa @OmairTAhmad @AtikaRehman @Natalie_LTaylor @lizzie_frost @scurve @earthjournalism @CANSouthAsia @a_khosla @SanjayVashist15 @shaibaba @GhoshAmitav
— Joydeep Gupta (@joydeepgupta) August 11, 2020
Fauci ‘seriously doubts’ the Russia vaccine is ready for widespread use
— Algernon Fross (@fxp123) August 11, 2020
Concocting a COVID-19 vaccine is not the same thing as proving a vaccine is safe and effective, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tells https://t.co/PZeMgmPQxS
Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, has studied infectious diseases, and called the current delay in coronavirus test results "insane." https://t.co/ic6HRC4V9A via @HuffPost
— Reelblack (@Reelblack) August 11, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the chances of a coronavirus vaccine being more than 90% effective are “not great.” https://t.co/3oyYgWPwwt
— FOX 7 Austin (@fox7austin) August 11, 2020
‘The steps to develop a Covid-19 vaccine are similar to those we have seen with previous emerging infectious diseases such as Zika and Ebola’, explains @annec_moore https://t.co/SpeghM7mz0
— UCC Ireland (@UCC) August 11, 2020
At Yale, it was not mandatory. However, we do covid stewardship. We adapted the antimicrobial stewardship model . We modified our approach once we hit 400 pt census per day in April. https://t.co/iVAFxudmrv
— Maricar Malinis (@maricar_malinis) August 11, 2020
Early data suggests #COVID19 is accelerating the threat of #antibioticresistance—a growing problem that already claims an estimated 35,000 U.S. lives per year. https://t.co/pFExscQB4t
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) August 11, 2020
There are queues in Border Guard’s phone service. In questions regarding quarantine or coronavirus testing please turn to the health officials. You can find information about travel and the coronavirus pandemic on @THLorg’s website: https://t.co/706uSMVBmT pic.twitter.com/ShDidYkxtW
— Rajavartiolaitos (@rajavartijat) August 11, 2020
Trypanosoma cruzi parasites are frequently located in smooth muscle cells in the circular muscle layer of the colon. Skeletal muscle cells and the skin can also be important reservoirs. @mBiojournal https://t.co/gxKdy1TPEJ pic.twitter.com/pO94SbuxSu
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) August 11, 2020
The situation update on #coronavirus has been updated on our website (11 August at 15:40).
— THL (@THLorg) August 11, 2020
🔹Samples tested: approx. 424,000
🔹Reported cases: 7,623
🔹Recovered: approx. 6,980
Read more 👇 https://t.co/sdGQYvL8Wx
Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination Is Initiated by Rare Cytosine Deamination Events at Switch Regions. #MCBJournal https://t.co/We9wy2zmbT pic.twitter.com/ioRroXuqmj
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) August 11, 2020
Researchers around the world are developing more than 165 vaccines against the new #coronavirus, &30 vaccines are in human trials.https://t.co/TLHuZrOjnV #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
ICYMI: @pewhealth and @AmerMedicalAssn surveyed more than 1,500 primary care providers on their perceptions of #antibioticresistance and #antibiotic prescribing. Findings: https://t.co/A6Ly2ZvJQe
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) August 11, 2020
If we lose our #antibiotic development infrastructure as a result of a failing market, we lose our ability to create new, lifesaving drugs when we need them most, @nabriva CEO Ted Schroeder warns. https://t.co/UmudImiykM
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) August 11, 2020
Of 5,800+ #COVID19 patients hospitalized from March-May at a @MontefioreNYC medical center, 71% received at least one #antibiotic dose. https://t.co/YVglpik1JX
— Save Antibiotics (@saveantibiotics) August 11, 2020
Racial Disproportionality in Covid Clinical Trials | @NEJM A very important perspective. If minorities who are disproportionately impacted by #COVID19 are not adequately represented in clinical trials who have failed as researchers. https://t.co/69QN8xuu7B
— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) August 11, 2020
Ka pai to mahi. 15 yrs ago I was a member of MoH advisory group on antimicrobial stewardship; at that time NZ sprinkled 6 metric tonnes of co-amoxyclav over the population of 4m. Work by GPs about how to do that conversation led to about 50% drop in that amount. Kia kaha e hoa.
— Stephen Streat (@stephen_streat) August 11, 2020
A vaccine that protects against one of the main common cold viruses (respiratory syncytial virus) has been shown to be safe & effective in a clinical trial & could be available by 2024.https://t.co/ujRt6IKWOq https://t.co/fg9INk3q9l
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
New from @mj_robbo @UQMedicine : Transrectal versus transperineal prostate biopsy: clinical, microbiological and cost analysis of 2048 cases over 11 years https://t.co/7n0I5IOBDx
— Patrick Harris (@padstamundo) August 11, 2020
COVID-19 in Canada: Experience and Response | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network https://t.co/O4R46gpWTf
— onisillos sekkides (@onisillos) August 11, 2020
Few genes products have been demonstrated to have genome-preserving functions in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, but a new study @JBacteriology reports that Ogg protein and bypass polymerase Dbh may comprise most of the DNA oxidation defense in this organism https://t.co/2TdzfSSNDG pic.twitter.com/PRlAYgnOnC
— ASM (@ASMicrobiology) August 11, 2020
In a video message for the 33rd International Human Papillomavirus Conference, @DrTedros from @WHO reminds attendees that it is possible to eliminate cervical cancer.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
- YouTubehttps://t.co/BczYRdIhN4 #HPV #cervicalcancer #cancer
#mdpipharmaceutics #Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of #CarbosilaneDendrimers Functionalized with Polyphenolic Moieties https://t.co/VeXUG9kuqb This article belongs to the Special Issue Dendrimers and Dendritic Materials against Infectious Diseases. pic.twitter.com/vIJ9yvleML
— Pharmaceutics (@MDPIpharma) August 11, 2020
Prof @EngEongOoi, Deputy Director of Emerging Infectious Diseases programme @dukenus, stressed: “Between being the first (to develop a #vaccine) and getting it right, it’s more important to get it right.”https://t.co/0f4TFb9Z0p
— Duke-NUS (@dukenus) August 11, 2020
Burden of illness in households with SARS-CoV-2 infected children
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
144 household contacts (HCs): 58 children & 86 adults. 46% of HCs developed symptoms consistent with #COVID19 disease. ✴️Child-to-adult transmission was suspected in 7 cases✴️
@jpidsociety https://t.co/BRCXnmephb
Looking for some facts on children and coronavirus to have a rational discussion about schools? Read this:Opinion | Children get and spread the coronavirus. We have to face that fact if we’re going to safely reopen schools. https://t.co/bYlUUq8O3A
— Andrew Pavia (@AndrewPaviaMD) August 11, 2020
RC hears Newmarch House descended into intense state & federal squabbling. When escalated to Minister Richard Colback he said James Branley, Head of Infectious Diseases at Nepean Hospital, was in charge & who was against hospital transfers. #auspol #nswpol https://t.co/z0JMJwYyaG
— David Marler (@Qldaah) August 11, 2020
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— ReAct Action on ABR (@reactgroup) August 11, 2020
Subscribe to ReAct Newsletter (and read previous newsletters) in link. 👇🏿👇🏽👇🏾
Next send out is end August. #antibioticresistance https://t.co/6E7WqUiIdp pic.twitter.com/AhHvvm7Xwo
RN orientation tomorrow & I get to speak to them about antimicrobial stewardship! RNs serve such an important role since they’re with the patient more than anyone else. 🧫🦠
— Madeline Belk, PharmD (@MadelineBelk) August 11, 2020
What are some things y’all are doing to incorporate RNs into stewardship? #TwitteRx #IDtwitter
6% of HCW COVID+
— Kevin Schwartz (@DrKevinSchwartz) August 11, 2020
75% had no known exposures
Of those with exposure: patients on non-COVID units (unsuspected), co-workers, or outside hospital
None from COVID units
Known exposures as a result of non-adherence to universal masking with colleagues
https://t.co/xyrBAh9Br6
Teachers- we heard yesterday that removing your mask to teach in class is an option if you are 6 ft away from students (in KISD). PLEASE choose to wear it. You could emit aerosols- infectious viral particles that drift around in the air for up to 3 hrs https://t.co/rca94nzmvt
— Elizabeth Mitias (@STEMRockets) August 11, 2020
#InfectiousDiseases: #Herbal #Anise, The Natural #Antibiotic Alternative With No Side Effects, Scientists Found https://t.co/l3bsIorpiM pic.twitter.com/wdAxlQruAB
— Chantel Martiromo (@_Woman_health) August 11, 2020
Imaging if public health experts were as concerned with the "hidden" pandemics. Somethings cannot be measured with an R-value. Public health is far more than infectious diseases. https://t.co/5emWFlnrKt
— Derek Griffin (@DerekGriffin86) August 11, 2020
https://t.co/ns4EafGd2ehttps://t.co/PvCb6GNSvBhttps://t.co/6V4iee6tyV
— ♡caly says stan kirishima♡ (@caly_100) August 11, 2020
these are the top 3 results on if wearing a mask if bad for you when I Googled it. please show me one actual peer reviewed study that was accepted by the majority of the health community.
Interesting.
— Kolisa Yola Sinyanya🇿🇦 (@Kolie_Yola) August 11, 2020
"Your contraceptive pill may be protecting you against the coronavirus, according to a study" https://t.co/vodw6QJGEQ (via )
Russia has become the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine. Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. @BogochIsaac talks about the phases needed before mass administering a vaccine: https://t.co/90zIzb332K pic.twitter.com/e0Zz1I6htm
— CP24 Breakfast (@CP24Breakfast) August 11, 2020
Since the immune responses to vaccination in pregnant women cannot be assumed from that of non-pregnant women&because the assessment of safety of vaccination in pregnancy is unique, pregnant women should be included in appropriately designed vaccine trialshttps://t.co/GUudqEUARE
— Antibiotic Steward🆔 Bassam Ghanem (@ABsteward) August 11, 2020
Although most PCPs in @ISID_org survey express general concern about #AntibioticResistance/inappropriate prescribing, few acknowledged these problems within their own practices https://t.co/EkaquFnb0V #AntimicrobialStewardship
— Selux Diagnostics (@SeluxDX) August 11, 2020
News that Russia registered the 1st vaccine to treat #COVID19 before starting & completing Phase 3 trials was greeted with alarm.
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
"The goal isn’t to be first, it’s to be 1st in a way that gives people faith in a vaccine’s safety," says one experthttps://t.co/69v7L3DowU
This "immunity" thing is BS because some people have been found to have little to zero immunity after having covid PLUS this is a virus & can adapt.
— Tessacate (@Tessacate) August 11, 2020
Best option is to go for elimination before virus has a chance to change into something worse.https://t.co/6vm49pVqWc
Researchers from Mason's National Center for Biodefense & Infectious Diseases worked with Costa Rican colleagues to validate a new #coronavirus equine antibody formulation that would prevent the virus from spreading in infected patients.
— George Mason News (@GeorgeMasonNews) August 11, 2020
Read more >> https://t.co/b7k5yW77wE pic.twitter.com/SM7bbdBWdW
commentary on paper:https://t.co/SpozB68ZCV
— Garry Peterson (@resilienceSci) August 11, 2020
"when we convert natural habitats to our own uses, we inadvertently increase the probability of transmission of zoonotic infectious diseases, which are caused by pathogens that can jump from animals to humans."
https://t.co/HQ1LcVyksm "yes, kids can get infected and can spread the infection," said Dr. Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Colorado and vice chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics." https://t.co/XkseGFqdvV
— Eric Whitney (@MTPRND) August 11, 2020
Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, points to a new study that might explain why some people have a mild Coronavirus infection and others have potentially fatal ones. https://t.co/vtN8GD7BW1 #federalhealth #publichealth pic.twitter.com/tMy711vQOn
— AMSUS (@AMSUS) August 11, 2020
STEWARDSHIP/RESISTANCE SCAN: CARB-X funds for novel antibiotic class; Impact of antibiotic prescribing on future care #AMR https://t.co/P5LH2BHObN
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) August 11, 2020
The open access review is also available https://t.co/SsX1RWXBw6, and the Blog https://t.co/o4FVknUOSA https://t.co/kMFXuJOkLp
— GCU Bio (@GCU_BIO) August 11, 2020
“Biden for President makes no representation or warranty that the masks will prevent infection or transmission of viruses or other infectious diseases. We are not medical experts.” https://t.co/QBdnBKUUh7 pic.twitter.com/jcLu0GKw2h
— Mike Bodge (@mikebodge) August 11, 2020
@Evotec SE announced today that the Company has entered into a new partnership with the Biotech company Resolute Therapeutics (“Resolute”) to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance - https://t.co/tBrPFe7LMD | info@evotec.com #researchneverstops pic.twitter.com/xZiNALrXHY
— cyprotex (@cyprotex) August 11, 2020
Adding a new weapon to fight against insect-borne illnesses like #LymeDisease & #malaria, @EPA approved a new chemical that repels & kills ticks & mosquitoes.#Nootkatone, an oil found in cedar trees & grapefruits, is used by food & perfume industries.https://t.co/csNc27EyOb
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) August 11, 2020
Coronavirus vs AMR - David Shlaes latest blog post https://t.co/0i5JpcDSgo
— Laura Piddock (@LauraPiddock) August 11, 2020
We have released our first Newsletter. Do you want to be updated on the VITAL project, subscribe for our newsletter on the website: https://t.co/DkXiQ1bldo #vaccines #elderly #publichealth #InfectiousDiseases @EU_H2020 pic.twitter.com/TymOah0dr9
— VITAL (@VITAL_Europe) August 11, 2020
New COVID-19 cases among children in the U.S. rose 40% during the last two weeks of July, reports @AmerAcadPeds & @hospitals4kids: https://t.co/jlnsUOiaJz
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) August 11, 2020
Have a poster (or poster idea) of your AMS/AMR work to share? Send it in to the NCAS AAW webinar series event this November!🦹🦠#aaw2020 #waaw #ams #idtwitter #amspharmacist #amspharmacytechnician #AntimicrobialStewardship #antibioticstewardship #ASPChat https://t.co/wUMamFkIu3
— Ron Cheah (@Ron_jch) August 11, 2020
Interesting summary of risk of exposure of HCW in the hospital settings. Interesting in this centre there were no acquisitions of COVID on the COVID ward itself: https://t.co/W764bxKrgQ
— Sumon Chakrabarti (@TorontoIDDoc) August 11, 2020
Tip: Are you reporting on homelessness, protests or global infectious diseases? Then this round-up of the latest journalism studies is right up your street, via @NiemanLab https://t.co/6XArlYsTkr
— Journalism.co.uk (@journalismnews) August 11, 2020
Two-thirds of Americans say they would likely accept a coronavirus vaccine for themselves or for their children. Learn why our #ChildrensMercy research director of pediatric infectious diseases says those numbers are very encouraging: https://t.co/Go3HPru6p2 pic.twitter.com/piSoWLELw1
— Jennifer Schurman (@JennSchurmanPhD) August 11, 2020
Two-thirds of Americans say they would likely accept a coronavirus vaccine for themselves or for their children. Learn why our #ChildrensMercy research director of pediatric infectious diseases says those numbers are very encouraging: https://t.co/IgFC9OFdYn pic.twitter.com/7IeRoWnQWD
— Molly Weaver (@mollyw323) August 11, 2020
.@biotechne releases #SARSCoV1/2 #spike RBD #LlaMABody #antibody for #COVID19 research#Camelid #immunotherapy blocks #infection by disrupting interaction of RBD & host #ACE2 receptorhttps://t.co/Yz1lxOYDbv#InfectiousDiseases @RnDSystems pic.twitter.com/8e6lygcU8m
— DDNews Online (@DDNewsOnline) August 11, 2020
Airborne Transmission of COVID-19:
— Jane Bailey (AcadiaU MtA)🇨🇦🇬🇧 (@peakpilot) August 11, 2020
In this letter from .@zchagla .@HotaSusyKhan &
.@DocDominik, and signed by 315 Infectious Diseases experts, alarmist claims of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 are rebuffed. via .@GermHunterMD https://t.co/EST2FcsXKG
oh shut the front door!
— Gladys Smith🇺🇸🇨🇭🏁🐈🍀⚡✨🌎🌃🏖️ (@GladysSmith_Cat) August 11, 2020
masks impair cognitive abilities. seems the Wisconsin agency should take the mask off and think again.
in case there's even a glimmer of thought that the statement above is an exaggeration, you can start with this: https://t.co/hqwxhhLhYw
Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network https://t.co/OLWLeuKUY3
— Gustavo Zárate (@DrGuxZ) August 11, 2020
Results on Drug Resistance Mutations in Patients with HIV Who Failed First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in a Public Hospital in Lima, Peru, 2008-2018. https://t.co/pzIFuBE5lQ
— AntibioticResistance (@AntibioticResis) August 11, 2020
We are so excited to announce @TeenaTchopra will be leading a #Detroit #Michigan Virtual #cdiff Awareness Walk #cdiffwalk2020 September 12th. To learn more, visit https://t.co/zbChVN7XNz#microbiome #InfectiousDiseases #healthy #family #clinicaltrials #infectionprevention
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