Steven Pergam, MD, MPH

Webinar next Monday! For more information on ICHS Affiliated societies and registration information please visit www.ichs.org/TID-of-TTS

💉ESCMID reaffirms its support for MMR vaccination and policies grounded in scientific evidence. Read the statement authored by the ESCMID EC and Vaccines Subcommittee, endorsed by SAS, EVASG, IDSA. Published in CMI & CMI Comms 💡CMI: https://ow.ly/b7fO5100RhP 💡CMI Comms: https://ow.ly/BHfa5100RhQ

HHS wants a new Medicare code that pays doctors extra only when they attribute a patient’s symptoms to a vaccine. Vaccine critics say doctors are paid to push vaccines. We aren’t. Under this code, we’d be paid to blame them. My new piece in @cidrap.bsky.social: www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

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Amazing to see one of our own win this award named for of former chair Dr Stamm - particularly someone who helped lift me up throughout my career. So well deserved. To be clear, of any award - a mentorship award would be the most valuable to her. Take a bow Dr Wald

👉Tomorrow (10/23), Denise Francisco and Zach Yetmar will co-lead our Transplant and Immunocompromised Host ID poster walk 🔥Come join us at noon, to learn about cutting-edge research and showcase work done within our Transplant and ICH ID community 📍Hall B and C, Poster Info Counter (Red arrow)

One the most brilliant clinicians and researchers around. To boot, the most humble and thoughtful physicians around. Everyone who knows her would agree. Congrats Robin

Ok - this is awesome

Absolutely a devastating loss of one the best medical and Infectious Disease reporters around. RIP www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

Wow

This is a great piece from @emilymullin.bsky.social. Hospitals are forced to adapt to measles -- a disease many health workers had never even seen before. www.wired.com/story/measle...

Expect to see more of this - truly heartbreaking

Terrible news apple.news/ALoKYqyQIQwi...

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$3.5M NIH grant supports a Fred Hutch-led clinical trial to find the optimal dose of PTCy, a drug used to help prevent #GVHD after bone marrow #transplant. Researchers will test whether lower doses can reduce side effects while maintaining benefits. https://bit.ly/4hd8MZu

States can now access covid vaccines for low-income children, after delay wapo.st/4xLxLI5 via @lenasun.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com

Tragic and preventable.

Another measles death. 18 years old. Unvaccinated. See also: www.pa.gov/agencies/hea... H/T @melodyschreiber.com @tom.medsky.social

Congratulations to our very own Catherine Liu (the committee chair) on the publication of the new IDSA Staph aureus bacteremia guidelines. This work reflects years of leadership and is the culmination of a *ton* of thoughtful consideration! 👏 www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...

Reposting this ongoing search (any discipline of biology) for an Assistant to Associate level colleague in the Division of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutch. Great city, great colleagues, great core facilities, great trainees.

Marked benefit of Covid updated or booster vaccination in people with autoimmune conditions Real world evidence for over 60,000 individuals with major (40-70%) reduction of hospitalization acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“Maternal vaccination protects infants from serious illness and hospitalization in their first few months of life when they are unable to be vaccinated." That quote is from me, our ACOG President @cclaremdmph.bsky.social is also quoted - #ObGynSky + #MedSky.

On Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. ET, join ASM and the CDC to discuss new approaches to interpreting susceptibility results and leveraging diagnostic tools to support effective antifungal stewardship. Register for free: asm.social/34h #ASMClinMicro #ThinkFungus26

Bravo - congrats @kakape.bsky.social So richly deserved

🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm

Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak. Tragic and preventable. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Where we're headed......

Salmonella outbreak linked to tainted jalapeños isn’t over The CDC reported more than 400 cases in 32 states, although the number of illnesses is likely to be much higher. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Fun! I have a new publication!! Truth be told, it’s my first ID publication :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NEW: Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs. In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.

Foodborne illnesses tied to outbreaks have exploded in 2026, with federal data showing roughly four times as many reported illnesses as recent years.

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Vaccine benefit in children "Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The most striking benefit was for vaccination vs measles (Figure)

The opposite of protecting our children and the most vulnerable in our communities. Full stop. #vaccinessavelives #vaccineswork www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/p...

At a time when measles outbreaks are already threatening communities across the country, making vaccination more complicated and burdensome risks leaving more children vulnerable. Our response to the vaccine executive order: www.idsociety.org/news--public...

Take a bow @helenbranswell.bsky.social ! Bravo!!

Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.

Mail in ballots 💙 Seattle #Vote

The vilification of someone who served the American people with compassion & integrity lays bare the viciousness of politics and of this current administration. Tragic to see a leader attacked to score political points. We as Americans must expect better, and continue to #standupforscience

We're grateful for the wonderful feedback and thank you to everyone who made #ICHS2026 a success! "The event was outstanding, and each session was both engaging and insightful." For more information on ICHS Educational opportunities please visit ichs.wildapricot.org/upcoming-and...

After public outcry following their vote to delay a universal school meal program, several Seattle councilmembers had a change of heart and proposed to start the program this fall after all using unspecified general fund dollars. Story: www.theurbanist.org/councilmembe...

One of the lasting legacies of this current health administration - the loss of measles elimination status. Tragic and preventable. www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/h...

Doctors in Utah pull back the curtain on what's happening in America. You can read (and listen!) to my piece for WIRED/KFFHN without a paywall, here: kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

What a photo.

Depressing. Frustrating. Infuriating. U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026 wapo.st/4pDO5Zm "As vaccination rates decline and measles spreads wider, those outbreaks are becoming harder to extinguish..." Dark Age 2.0.

🚿🦠 A third person has died in New York City's #Legionnaires Disease #outbreak as health officials continue investigating the environmental source. #PublicHealth #Bacteria #Infections #Microsky via abcnews .com