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[BioDoxie @BioDoxie]

Help prevent antimicrobial resistance - take all your prescribed doxy even after you feel better. 🐾💊

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

Variations in uses of disinfectants make a big difference and infection preventionist @saskiapopescu discusses how a recent study might be causing confusion regarding #Cdiff defense.

https://t.co/yOv0yFxA77

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

Why we need to take a deeper look into studies on disinfectants and #Cdiff.

https://t.co/yOv0yFPaYF

[Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen]

Five yrs ago today, Sheikh Umarr Khan, a heroic #Ebola doctor & leading virologist in Sierra Leone, died from Ebola after being denied treatments that his western counterparts were given immediately. It was a defining, depressing episode that will evoke anger for years to come.

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

What Happens When a #CBRN Agent is Released in an Urban Area? Ask HASP. https://t.co/DjEArnx92O MT @RiskawareUK @ESAbusinessapps @cbrnecentral @dstlmod @DoD_HDIAC @JPEOCBRND @dhsscitech

[Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ]

The Shade is strong with this one.

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

How the collapse of a small biotech company sheds light on the perilous #antibiotic pipeline.

https://t.co/MSx8rNUjj9

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

Economic barriers to antimicrobial development is the discussion we need to be having, @SaskiaPopescu reports.

https://t.co/MSx8rNUjj9

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

Are Frontline Hospitals Ready for a Patient With Ebola? https://t.co/iMY2UBJCKO via @SaskiaPopescu @Contagion_Live

[Gregory Koblentz (now at gregkoblentz.bsky.social) @gregkoblentz]

Happy to report that the latest issue of Health Security has 2 articles by @ScharSchool Biodefense students/alum: @SaskiaPopescu and @ckbrownphd
Way to go!
https://t.co/dO4SZJXIrs

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

Antimicrobial stewardship efforts must include telemedicine, according to @SaskiaPopescu and here's why:

https://t.co/twDebVfeAP

[BioDoxie @BioDoxie]

@mcmsharksxx When you pick a dissertation chair, make sure it’s some one who you genuinely like and has the same work style you do (type A, deadline oriented, etc.). Set the dates for your committee for accountability on both sides. Take days off and don’t feel bad :)

[The Pandora Report @PandoraReport]

Day 3/5 - @gregkoblentz discusses the three factors that contributed to bioweapons being a key security issue in the 21st century. https://t.co/1osvrUsSBj

[Dr. Saskia Popescu @SaskiaPopescu]

Plague Inc. dev to add anti-vaxxers to the game after petition goes viral • https://t.co/4TklrtqKZj https://t.co/xS0dfW8Tfk

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

Are state laws for HAI reporting pulling infection preventionists from the frontlines? @SaskiaPopescu, our resident IP, reports.

https://t.co/wexJJHazY8

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

We often save bleach-based disinfectants for #Cdiff rooms, but are we encouraging contamination in other spaces? A new study encourages the use of bleach in non-CDI rooms to cut microbial burden.

https://t.co/jm3Pp8x4n3

[Tom Inglesby, MD @T_Inglesby]

Biologists are trying to make bird flu easier to spread - the decision making process for approving and funding this work should be made public and transparent https://t.co/9tvZUjZYpi

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

How can hospital-based clinicians be sure that patient rooms are being cleaned thoroughly to prevent #infection? @SaskiaPopescu says it’s time to scale up cleansing processes

https://t.co/KrV0TETiBs

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

A nation in crisis: Venezuela battles vaccine-preventable and arthropod-borne diseases as political turmoil continues on.

https://t.co/ORdkMpj2hl

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

How do hacks and leaks of healthcare info impact hesitancy to seek testing and treatment? -- Singapore HIV registry data leaked online in health breach | BBC https://t.co/U45ziiRlVY