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Family Farmstead Dairy issued a raw cheddar recall over potential contamination with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is happening across 7 states. #foodsafety
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.@IDSAInfo and ESCMID released 7 consensus statements to assist in managing individuals with SAB. This review will focus on the adult patients and additional information on pediatric population statements can be assessed in the guideline. #IDtwitter
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The CHMP adopted a positive opinion on an extension of indication for AstraZeneca's H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine at its October meeting. #AvianInfluenza #avianflu
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The company, Family Farmstead Dairy, issued a raw cheddar recall over potential contamination with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is happening across 7 states. #FoodRecall
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COVID-19 prevention remains a challenge for high-risk and immunocompromised patients.
Join this Oct. 21 session to explore evolving prophylaxis options and emerging clinical evidence.
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The guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been updated with recent, evidence-based consensus of The Panel for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents. #HIV
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As the Bundibugyo virus outbreak surpasses 9300 confirmed cases and 4400 deaths, this FAQ explains how #Ebola spreads and presents, why it is hard to diagnose and treat, which vaccines and therapies are being tested, and the risk to the US. #IDtwitter
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Here are the latest numbers as well as news around a CDC disease detective going to Pennsylvania to aid in the state's outbreak, and the agency reports on a study looking at a rare #measles complication that is uniformly fatal. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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Serial bloodstream isolates from two critically ill London patients showed heteroresistance, CRZ1 escape mutations, and drug-induced polyploidy despite wild-type FKS1 and susceptible MICs. #Medtwitter #IDtwitter #candidaauris
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Dr. Zachary Nelson, the WikiGuidelines lead author cautions that population-level antibiogram data may not reliably reflect an individual patient’s risk. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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Benjamin Lopman, PhD, provides insights on how VaxImpactMap works and the potential long-term disease consequences of decreased immunization rates. @EmoryRollins #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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Approximately 12% of all new cases of cancer worldwide in 2024 were attributable to an infection, with most of the infections preventable or treatable before #cancer develops.#IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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After 2 adults died of #WestNilevirus in the US, this FAQ explains how the mosquito-borne virus spreads, who faces the greatest risk of severe neuroinvasive disease, and how clinicians can diagnose, manage, and help prevent infection.
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North Carolina health officials confirmed two West Nile virus deaths among adults in the central part of the state, where CDC data show 11 human cases this season. #WESTNILEVIRUS
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.@NFIDVaccines released its 2026 Respiratory Diseases survey, which revealed the gap between vaccine support and uptake. @ARAdultImmDoc discusses the survey and the vaccine uptake challenges associated with certain immunizations. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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While questions still remain about the potential pneumonic #plague case in Russia, there is still much we do know about this severe lung infection. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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A 39-year-old unvaccinated Franklin County woman has died after a recent #measles diagnosis. Nationally, numbers continue to increase and the US has passed 4,000 cases. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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Robert Hopkins Jr, MD, medical director of @NFIDVaccines discusses the findings of the survey and the vaccine uptake challenges associated with certain immunizations. @ARAdultImmDoc #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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Dr. Zachary Nelson, the lead author of the WikiGuidelines UTI guideline, explains why the change makes clinical sense and whether providers will embrace the new terminology. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter @zacroBID
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Detection of the virulent neurotropic fungus Cladophialophora bantiana in clinical samples, primarily CNS tissue, increased four-fold in the period from 2023 to 2025. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter
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