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Amesh Adalja

@ameshaa.bsky.social

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Infectious Disease • Critical Care • EM Physician
Independent voice on outbreaks, biosecurity & biothreat preparedness
Pittsburgh • NYC
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@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:25 PM

“When CAR was treated as a categorical variable, patients in the top quartile faced a 45.1 percent higher risk of death compared with those in the lowest quartile”
bioengineer.org/simple-blood...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:44 PM

“primary cause of death was a probable acute cardiac event due to possible complications of the measles.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:44 PM

“In participants w/ ongoing symptoms, there was an overabundance of lactic acid bacteria, which was tied to inflammation & poorer health outcomes..a possible role for lactic acid–producing bacteria & host immune response in more severe long COVID” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:40 PM

“US businesses started using pasteurization, a process in which milk is heated to destroy pathogens and bacteria, in the late 19th century. As more producers adopted the practice..the country saw a dramatic decrease in the infant mortality rate”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:22 PM

“Officials said they have conducted 293 tests since a patient ‌died on October 5 after testing positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus” www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/kenyan...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:00 PM

“only 42% of high-risk patients started oseltamivir”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:59 PM

“Thirteen studies took place in the United States, where 27.1% of pregnant women accepted the maternal RSV vaccine.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:23 PM

“This year, experts have been recommending people get vaccinated sooner (i.e., now) given an early start to the season”— got mine today: Flublok www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 5:46 PM

Russia won't say what killed a 28-year-old lab worker in Siberia. Pennsylvania has hidden nothing: 1,136 measles cases, 6 deaths, a Pittsburgh-area school at 79% vaccine coverage. One blindness is imposed on us. The other is chosen. New Substack and video. ameshadalja.substack.com/p/the-threat...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 4:53 PM

“Compared with the pre-collaborative period, the odds of receiving a prescription of seven days or fewer rose by 22% (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.22) during the intervention and 31% (AOR, 1.31) post-collaborative” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 3:59 PM

“once again created a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It's more window dressing to advance his anti-vaccine agenda and will only serve to create more confusion and doubt in public health” www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:43 PM

“After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.”
www.inquirer.com/health/measl...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:06 PM

“A 39-year-old Franklin County woman has died as a result of contracting measles, according to the county coroner’s office.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the Franklin County Coroner’s office said that the woman had several underlying conditions”
www.pennlive.com/health/2026/...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:50 PM

“Ukraine's HIV response has weathered four and a half years of war, largely on the strength of decisions that its health ministry and civil society organizations made before the war began in 2022.. resilience is not created during crises”
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/ukra...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:46 PM

“1 dose of MMR vaccine is 93% effective.. considered enough protection for most adults, unless they were at higher risk of being exposed..given the recent, dramatic rise of measles across the country.‘it does make a whole lot of sense for adults to go..get that 2nd dose’” www.npr.org/2026/10/12/n...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:41 PM

“But without a clear successor, her exit could leave a leadership vacuum at a time when UNAIDS is grappling not only with deep funding cuts but also questions about its future.” www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:30 PM

“pritelivir would be the first new HSV treatment in over 2 decades.” www.healio.com/news/infecti...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:27 PM

“Measles-related hospitalizations this year stand at 414, or 10% of cases, compared with 244 hospitalizations ⁠in 2025”
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 10:55 AM

“When the medication called PrEP came out to prevent HIV, Scott says officials placed a lot of restrictions on who should get it. It was so hard to access, and the guidelines were so confusing, by 2020, only a quarter of people in the U.S. who needed it were on it” www.npr.org/2026/10/11/n...

@ameshaa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:08 AM

The open questions related to the Russian pneumonia death

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