yes, Shira Doron MD -interesting the media in 2024 is coming around to thinking about ways public health could have increased trust during the pandemic that ID MDs thought about in 2022. I do think pandemic expertise from Infectious Diseases physicians could help next time around.

Today’s hospitalized COVID patients are very different from those we saw in 2020 and 2021. I spoke with Keren Landman Vox to explain. We discussed how I think testing guidelines need to change along with the planned isolation update. vox.com/2024/2/14/2407…

Commissioner Riley fought hard around the clock for all of the children of Massachusetts through very tough times. A true pandemic hero. We are so grateful for your leadership and advocacy. You will be missed! Massachusetts K-12 Charlie Baker Shira Doron MD FreckleDoc

ICYMI: The American Jewish Medical Association is a newly formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit combatting antisemitism in medicine. Yael Halaas MD articulates its ultimate goal: “Medicine free from hate” Join at theajma.org combatantisemitism.org/interview/medi…

It’s been 2 weeks since MA adopted CDC guidance on isolation after COVID, and the numbers look very good. Westyn Branch-Elliman, M.D., MMSc., FSHEA and I write in CommonWealth Beacon: it was high time to make this change. The old way wasn’t working anyway. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/moving…

This was one of the most innovative posters I saw at ⁦SHEA⁩. What’s the carbon impact of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in the US? ⁦Emily Sydnor Spivak 🇺🇦⁩

With Carlos del Rio and Andrew Pavia, I represented IDSA on this symposium on #H5N1 hosted by ASTHO in which CDC, Dept. of Agriculture, U.S. FDA, HHS ASPR and NIH provided a comprehensive update on the current state of #HPAI. youtu.be/aTizSNagjFI?si…

With avian flu, it’s time to prepare, not panic. My piece in Boston Globe Opinion today. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/30/opi…

Turn to ID doctors to help with pathogens of pandemic potential like Shira Doron MD because ID doctors are trained for this. No evidence of efficient human to human transmission of H5N1 so panic unnecessary; preparation needed.

@shiradoronmd; Stefan Baral; Daniel Halperin ;@monicagandhi9; @jeannenoble18: Scientific evidence has failed to support the effectiveness of masks & mask mandates in ⬇️ transmission. Unless that changes, mandates are not warranted for future epidemics bit.ly/4bgVHch

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a looming pandemic and poor health outcomes will not be borne equitably argue Majd Alsoubani, MD, Maya L. Nadimpalli, PhD, MS, and Shira Doron MD: spr.ly/6019wA0St

Proactive rather than reactive

Learning from the mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot destroy people’s livelihoods to stop the spread of a virus. That’s not public health. Glad to see this move.

The federal government and vaccine makers are getting a new COVID-19 vaccine ready for the fall. Shira Doron MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine, spoke with GBH News about what to expect. wgbh.org/news/health/20…

The first of many long term care stewardship papers from my LEAP fellow Kap Sum Foong, funded by IDSA SHEA PIDS CDC and in collaboration with Mass. Public Health. Way to go!

Tackling this controversial issue in hospital infection control. With thanks to Dan Morgan Dan Diekema Shira Doron MD and Joshua Davis and others ... Should We Continue to Use Contact Precautions for Patients with MRSA? blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

Join us Tuesday, Sept 10 at 1 pm Eastern/12 pm Central for a NIAMRRE Member Spotlight on CIMAR's own Shira Doron MD and Claire Fellman, DVM! They will discuss One Health, enhanced infection prevention and control, hospital stewardship initiatives & more: niamrre.org/event/member-s…

New from past CIMAR Scholarship recipients, faculty Alysse Wurcel Shira Doron MD Maureen Campion, and others: Widespread antibiotics prescribing contributes to globally emerging AMR. There is a notable gap between community and carceral healthcare. Learn more: …cglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…