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Ilan Schwartz

@germhuntermd.bsky.social

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ID doctor and fungal enthusiast. #IDSky community builder. #TxID, global health, MedEd. @idjclub.bsky.social Posts don't represent my employer (obviously)

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our patients persecuted; colleagues and public health institutions under attack. Our field needs to rise up & fight back

Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist

Viewpoint by @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social & me

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Silence=Death Redux: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, and the Imperative to Resist

The second Trump administration has released a torrent of executive policies hostile to public health, science, and marginalized populations. We outline th

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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · 1d

Fancy doing a PhD on #fungi ? 🍄 I'm co-supervising a project on the MIDTP program with Dr Ayesha Rahman - follow the link for project details and how to apply! #FindAPhD #immunosky 🧪
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership - University of Birmingham

MIBTP is a UK-wide doctoral training programme that equips bioscience PhD students with interdisciplinary skills to tackle global challenges in agriculture, health, and sustainability.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 2d

Here its hard to know because almost impossible to get engagement like that

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3d

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 5d

My deepest condolences 💔

Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 5d

#TxID

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16d

Good question to reflect on, as we start the week

Image of Dr Paul Farmer with his quote: "If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?"

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Tom Scriba @tomscriba.bsky.social · 6d

We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad:

idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 7d

AI in ID practice: diagnostics, stewardship, education & surveillance. CID wants papers exploring real-world benefits & risks. Proposals due Nov 2.

Learn more ⬇️

Joint Call for Papers: Leveraging AI Technologies for Discoveries and Solutions in Infectious Diseases

The IDSA journals are seeking papers focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it enhances and impacts infectious diseases. The journals are interested in

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Dr. David Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 7d

Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Nice paper by U of MN MD/PhD student Eli Schwartz on behalf of the ENCORE Team.
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Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Among Ugandan outpatients with advanced HIV, elevated serum CRP (≥10 mg/L) predicted 30-day risk of opportunistic infection, hospitalization, and death. Ea

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 7d

See if you can spot the Chicagoans who have infiltrated the Texas Guard
#DaBears #DaBulls

Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 7d

welcome back! You can find people in your communities using starter packs which users can make to bundle accounts. You can use this directory to find the starter packs blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

For example there are over a dozen IDSky starter packs, at least a couple TBSky SPs etc.

Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory

Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

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Shabaana Khader @khadershabaana.bsky.social · 10d

Dear #microbiology and #immunology community- I took a break from social media after I deleted my Twitter account, but am back here. Please help me rebuild my community by following me and amplifying this message- I will follow you back. Thank you and I look forward to our many interactions!

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University of Minnesota Infectious Diseases @umn-idim.bsky.social · 8d

There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄
Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone.

Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.

Home - Doctor Fungus

Welcome to Doctor Fungus! An Educational Website of theMycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC) [View Legal Information] Where to Start Mycology Case of the Month An Introducti...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 8d

More are united around a simple message: RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. His decisions undermine our public health capacity and put lives and health at risk.

As 6 former Surgeon Generals argue:

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

🎁
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Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Oliver Cornely @olivercornely.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Join Young ISHAM! Connect with peers, explore medical mycology, and grow your career. Bi-monthly virtual meetings start Oct 29, 2025 👩‍🔬🧫
Follow & get involved: youngisham.bsky.social | #YoungISHAM
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Young ISHAM - The International Society for Human & Animal Mycology (ISHAM)

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10d

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 10d

The dismantling of US science continues. RFKJr fired the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, basically for believing in the germ theory of disease.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 11d

I’m so relieved to hear 🙏

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 12d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Young ISHAM @youngisham.bsky.social · 12d

2025 #Candida #Guidelines by ECMM, ISHAM, ASM +

Summary recs here; full evidence, methods + pediatric guidance in appendix.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 13d

Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023

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Risk factors associated with progression to clinical Candida auris infection among adults with previous colonization—Florida, 2019–2023

We investigated factors associated with clinical progression of Candida auris cases following documented colonization among Florida patients. These finding

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Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 13d

More of this please

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I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living.

"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations."

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 14d

Host-directed therapies for infectious disease are here & coming!

Simple equation proposed to consider best interventions:
⭐ Microorganism + immune response = clinical presentation/status ⭐

Will require futuristic-sounding real-time diagnostics = exciting!

#IDSky #MedSky #ImmunoSky #TBSky

The Changing Paradigm in Infectious Diseases - Host-Directed Medicine: Implications for the Next Generation of ID Physicians

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