Steven Pergam, MD, MPH
Transplant ID Doc and IP Director @Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/ Faculty @UWMedicine. #InfectionPrevention #TxID #vaccines #prevention #protection #medtwitter
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHBREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. (1/2 🧵)
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHThe @jimboonya.bsky.social lab at Fred Hutch found the use of sirolimus #GVHD prophylaxis in allo HCT recipients was linked to a higher risk for RSV infection, whereas higher serum neutralizing antibody levels were linked to a lower risk in the first 100 days post-transplant. wb.md/3Zokzua
- 🚨Still time to register for this free webinar from @idsainfo.bsky.social's Immunocompromised Host Community of Practice and @msgerc.bsky.social
- Upcoming @idsainfo.bsky.social Immunocompromised Host COP and @msgerc.bsky.social webinar: Feb 10, 2026 10:00 AM Central "Testing Rationally in Mycology: Using Fungal Diagnostics to Drive Better Antifungal Decisions" Sign up here: societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- When you have severe chest pain or a stroke how does AI help you if the closest hospital is hours away? Or let’s say you need surgery?
- Simple answer - No.
- Do pediatricians make large profits from vaccines? We followed the money. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/p...
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHWith continued uncertainty over federal government support for biomedical research, PhD students are struggling to find labs willing to take on new students, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports. New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
- Upcoming @idsainfo.bsky.social Immunocompromised Host COP and @msgerc.bsky.social webinar: Feb 10, 2026 10:00 AM Central "Testing Rationally in Mycology: Using Fungal Diagnostics to Drive Better Antifungal Decisions" Sign up here: societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHI spoke with the Daily Mail about the #Nipah outbreak in #India “Outbreaks like this underscore the importance of strong relationships with global partners—particularly the WHO—whose role in coordinating response and sharing real-time information is essential” www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
- Bravo Dr Akova!!
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHThe US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
- Think this is Rachael Lee, MD from UAB not Estelle Darcy @sheaepi.bsky.social Maybe need to update that flyer?
- It is coming here too
- UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHSelective silencing of the CDC: ~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates —87% of these were vaccine related www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
- Once met him in person with one of my mentees, and we were both star struck. Few can say they have saved as many as Dr Foege did. #publichealthsaveslives #vaccineswork
- Bill Foege was a public health legend. His loss is profound, particularly at this time. That he died at the end of the week in which the US withdrew from #WHO & the chair of ACIP mused about whether polio & measles vaccination are still needed — no words. www.statnews.com/2026/01/25/w...
- To lose any American to violence is tragic. To lose someone so young is heartbreaking. To lose a mother with young children & a healthcare worker dedicated to saving lives is unthinkable. We are all affected by what is happening in the Twin cities. Stand up, speak up - now. #RIP
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHThe U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization is a shortsighted and misguided abandonment of our global health commitments. Our statement: bit.ly/4jWGJgy
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- US Measles elimination status.... ⏰ tick, tick, tick.... www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/sout...
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHI’m happy to see the new American Cancer Society report showing that the U.S. has reached a historic milestone in cancer survivorship, where 70% of patients live for 5+ years after diagnosis. But I also see it as a requiem, because the systems that made it happen have been destroyed.
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHThat we're in a place, at a time, when someone has to write this headline, this article — it's almost unfathomable. Please do read @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social's take. www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHI don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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- Sad day for children and Americans Let’s not call RFK Jr’s “ACIP” anything other than what it is - an antivaccine coalition Personally, think using the ACIP name for this committee is a disservice to all those who served for decades #vaccinessavelives
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- Thanks to all those watching and reporting on the “ACIP” meeting. No doubt hard to watch. Profound sadness to see what it has become.
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHTwo cases of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a dangerous viral infection, detected in France in travellers from the Arabian Peninsula. Another reminder that our world is deeply interconnected & vigilance for imported infections is essential. tinyurl.com/4mdhwfdz
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- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPH12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHI'll share our other words of thanks at the end to get to the #HCWvsHunger results without further ado!! This year, all of you raised $1,038,289! Prior to 2025, our record was 2024 when we raised $812,662. Incredible! And all of us did this together despite the Twitter exodus! /2 #MedSky
- Way to go #IDsky team!
- In 3rd place, with $80,842, is the #IDSky team, #MEALioidosis. (FYI Melioidosis is due to gram neg Burkholderia pseudomallei, spread via contaminated air/soil/water, may follow weather disasters, & causes pneumonia, fever, etc...& then *MEAL* like #HCWvsHunger, get it? They’d want you to know. 🧠) 5/
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- New preprint! Do you like ocean waves? We found similar waves on bacterial colonies! We found that this collective behavior, known as rippling, is nothing but surface waves on an active nematic. @princeton.edu @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHVaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it? The universal HBV birth dose has prevented more than 90,000 childhood deaths since 1991, but a federal vaccine advisory group may vote to end the practice. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHSix-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples -> "Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact." www.nature.com/articles/s41... HT: Emily Martin
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPHNew York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- Proud to support team meal-ioidosis for this year's annual @hcwvshunger.bsky.social #HCWvsHunger and give to one of my favorite organizations - Hopelink @ www.hopelink.org So much more need than usual this year, so please donate and participate hcwvshunger.org
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- What is the side dish for your next Holiday dinner? Salmonella!
- "The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat." www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
- Reposted by Steven Pergam, MD, MPH5 years ago I started a team competition on Twitter to raise $ to fight hunger. @tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million! Competition starts tomorrow, join us? HCWvsHunger.org
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- Dr. Blumberg reminding Americans that the Transplant Community is fully supportive of the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Efforts 2 weaken recommendations & 2 question vaccine safety lead to 📉 uptake. Community immunity is crucial to protecting these vulnerable pts. #TxID tinyurl.com/3evskx3w
- Step away from my computer and .....😬 Paging Senator Cassidy.....again.....
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- Paul is right. open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
- Got mine!
- Get your own adorable #HCWvsHunger swag at www.bonfire.com/hcwvshunger-...
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- Seems like a recipe for disaster in the midst of national shortage of nurses. Nurses are the lifeblood of any healthcare system. www.statesman.com/news/article...
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