Elizabeth H Finley

Sexual health comms pro. STIs and mpox. Comms director @ncsddc. Fmr: @shiftnc (RIP). Raising amazing girls. Morning person. 🌱views = own. she/her

[Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein]

New CDC data shows a drop in STD rates after years of skyrocketing cases. But that progress is fragile and experts fear it could reverse if Trump reimposes the Title X rule, Rs cut public health funding or SCOTUS guts Obamacare's coverage of PrEP https://t.co/ZjV3klsnPX

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

My college roommate lost 90% of her farm just outside of Brevard. Some of my best college memories are our weekly tradition of opening up our suite to watch ER with a giant batch of baked ziti and margaritas. Help her and her sweet family rebuild: https://t.co/ftPdlEhx08

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

@AliceOllstein Yep. It’s the skincare routine videos on YouTube and TikTok. They highlight which brands can fix acne and which brands are cool (or “preppy”).

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

@AlisonFootman NC is one of the first states to allow for Medicaid coverage of extencilline as part of a broader effort to address CS https://t.co/NNqYCahudr.

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

@Theresa_Chapple Yes! Most of the 50 days inpatient we accumulated after the NICU were RSV related. It’s hell when you’re just trapped watching monitors and trying to entertain a crawling toddler for days on end.

[Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc 🏳️‍🌈 (He/They) @JncherabieMD]

I @Pfizer including penicillin in their Super Bowl commercial seems like sleazy propaganda when we know they are the sole reason for a penicillin shortage in the US this year in the midst of a syphilis surge…#STITwitter

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

Cheers to everyone about to tell their children, “I literally just need you to eat one green.”

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

@Exploratorylap All days. Nut pie is a good source of protein.

[Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc 🏳️‍🌈 (He/They) @JncherabieMD]

This is a failure of our public health systems. We need action and we need it now! Increased and sustained funding to local, state, and federal public health systems, investment in multidisciplinary teams to aid patients with syphilis (DIS and Case Managers) and inc awareness!@ID

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

Need something to do this weekend? The public comment period on draft guidelines for doxy as STI PEP close next week. We’ve got a template and instructions to help you do it: https://t.co/Qq2Whp4sAW

[Elizabeth H Finley @lizziefin]

Appreciate Dr. Vanchiere for speaking out about the impact of congenital syphilis on patients and for doing it in his syphilis tie.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

New CDC data showed more than 3,700 babies born with the disease in 2022. That's 10 times the number born in 2012. https://t.co/72bLbB6rsH

[kenya the podcaster ✨ @KenyaTheHunter]

The @CDCgov says congenital syphilis cases are at a 30-year high. They’re suggesting more testing. https://t.co/qdzJ4WoziC

[Bloomberg @business]

Hundreds died last year from congenital syphilis in the US, and an ongoing shortage of the only drug that can prevent the disease is putting more lives at risk https://t.co/TPx7SPC6DY

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert. https://t.co/xsfJwzVE7A

[Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein]

NEW: CDC is sounding the alarm about congenital syphilis (when the infection is passed from parent to infant during birth) increasing tenfold over the last decade.

“We need to do things differently because obviously what we're doing now is not working.”
https://t.co/m30EseOdB8

[drklausner @drklausner]

Would love to see a link to that "Task Force." Apparently not easy to find. We asked @HHSgov @HHS_ASH to declare congenital syphilis a Public Health Emergency...crickets. You get the Public Health you pay for. @NCSDDC

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

The number of babies born with congenital #syphilis has soared in the US, up 10-fold over a decade ago, a new @CDCgov report reveals. Amplifying the tragedy: Most of these cases could have been averted with proper & timely care. https://t.co/nJPPCh09rP

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

The world desperately needs new antibiotics for #gonorrhea. Looks like the first new one in decades may be on the near-term horizon. https://t.co/HYQ0Y1FBow