Chris Dall

Reporter for CIDRAP News. Former radio guy. New York Mets fan. [email protected]

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

#DanielDennett on “black box science” and #AI: It's so easy to do black box science by pushing a few buttons to get an output generated by an artificial system... But are we starting to abandon our fundamental capacity to understand how things work?

[New York Mets @Mets]

A message from @HowieRose:

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

“Until antibiotic discovery is funded at a scale that matches the threat posed by AMR, efforts will be reactive instead of proactive, costing money and lives,” https://t.co/2JBICQHnmf

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Dentists still write millions of prescriptions a year for an antibiotic with life-threatening risks

Dentists wrote more than 27 million antibiotic prescriptions last year, many of them unnecessary. Part 1 of a 3-part series by @lizszabo.bsky.social

https://t.co/wNcZi5C0Lw

[Chris Dall @cvdall]

@MyLittLeBLOGgie @ChristopherHine I like Finch, and I think he’s been a good coach, but if this team loses in the first round of the playoffs, he’s likely gone.

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

In this video I discuss antibiotic resistant bacteria and how people acquire these infections

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

In this @cvdall @CIDRAP piece I’m quoted about E.coli infections, their burden, and antibiotic resistant versions. https://t.co/gOtc3XQflG

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

In this @CIDRAP @cvdall piece I’m quoted about drug resistant gonorrhea and the potential of zoliflodacin, a novel and promising antibiotic developed using an innovative partnership https://t.co/78VRdGUWBY

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

Aaron Siri is misrepresenting flu vaccine evidence by selectively citing studies.

Doing this after the deadliest non-pandemic pediatric flu season on record — 280 children dead, 89% of whom were not fully vaccinated — is unconscionable.
Here’s what the data actually show. 🧵

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

In this video I give a brief overview of Long COVID

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

There are two different KFF numbers about the ACA out there. Both are accurate, but mean different things.

114%: The average increase in out-of-pocket premiums if enhanced tax credits expire.

26%: The average increase in what insurers are charging for benchmark ACA plans.

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

“they had received care at the veterinary teaching hospital when it was experiencing its CPE outbreak. They likely became colonized with the bacteria at the hospital and then spread it to their owners.” https://t.co/us4wN59DQQ

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

Unlike MMRV (which carries a small, well-documented increase in febrile-seizure risk for the 1st dose), there’s no new safety signal to justify changing hepatitis B policy. Today’s ACIP briefs show hep B birth-dose safety and highlight risks of rescinding it. The birth dose reduces failure points in real-world care and serves as a safety net when screening or documentation is missed.

We know what happens without the birth dose:
- Maternal screening misses cases
- Babies get infected from household contacts
- ~90% of infected infants develop chronic infection leading to lifelong liver disease, cancer, and premature death

Before universal infant vaccination, thousands of U.S. infants and young children were infected each year despite targeted strategies.

The graph shows 30 years of uninterrupted success.
Tomorrow they vote to reverse it.
For what — to appease “public concerns”? To score political points?

This is how diseases return: by undoing proven prevention without scientific cause.

Watch tomorrow’s vote closely. This is bigger than one vaccine — it’s about whether evidence or ideology drives U.S. health policy.

[Greg Folkers 🇺🇦☮️🇺🇸 @greg_folkers]

.@CIDRAP : Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB

https://t.co/J4yULmvt2G

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

"TB has always been smarter than us, but we're giving it good conditions to continue to do its damage," https://t.co/yhoBZ5MWPn

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Are you a driven science journalist with a passion for infectious diseases? Join the CIDRAP News team and a great work environment.

We are hiring a general-assignment writer/editor and an investigative reporter. Apply today

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[Chris Dall @cvdall]

For my latest CIDRAP News long-read, I spoke with several tuberculosis experts and NGO officials about the impact from the loss of USAID funding. Here's what they told me.

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB

In high-burden countries around the world, the loss of USAID funding has had a devastating impact on critical TB intervention and treatment efforts.

https://t.co/259kl3wrj2

[Chris Dall @cvdall]

@DannyAbriano I don't think this team is making the playoffs, and that's fine, because they don't deserve to be there.

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

This claim that @SecKennedy continues to make about childhood vaccines not being tested in placebo-controlled trials is total BS. As I told @cvdall last June, "essentially every childhood vaccine has been tested in placebo-controlled trials of some sort."
https://t.co/JStPqqVUBs

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

@RandPaul is wrong about hepatitis B vaccination. Here's why universal birth dosing matters:
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