Carrie Down Johnston
@CDJohnstonMD
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Weill Cornell ID faculty, prior Internal Medicine Chief Resident | tweets and ideas my own
New York, NY
Joined October 2015
Moving over to Blue Sky! Find me with @CDJohnstonMD there ✌🏼
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Did u know your child’s doctor is paid 25% less than adult docs with the same yrs of training and debt? The way we fund care in this country is backwards, leading to a dwindling pool of med grads choosing pediatrics @bvincibmc and I propose a fix here:
statnews.com
A nation with too few pediatricians could see health care costs soar.
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#Measles is highly contagious and can infect 9 out of 10 unprotected contacts of each case. A single case can lead to 12 to 18 infections. The global decrease in vaccination rates led to large-scale outbreaks, risking millions of lives. https://t.co/hh0rT9puga
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Providers: We are excited to share the launch of a new citywide regional antibiogram app and to encourage providers to use the app as a decision-support tool. Please read our letter below for more information⬇
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Physician Scientists have dropped from 4.5% to 1.5% today. Main causes: fundings, clinical demands, disparities in salaries between research track physician scientists and full-time clinicians, inequitable support for women and minorities
jamanetwork.com
With the odds of receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding increasingly daunting, the physician investigator is becoming an endangered species. For instance, the number of principal...
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Today is National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness about #HIV among adults aged 50 & older. We can #StopHIVTogether by reducing HIV stigma & promoting HIV prevention, testing, & treatment for older adults. Learn more: https://t.co/LSvOaP2Ycm
#NHAAD
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An influential expert panel has given its highest endorsement to new forms of H.I.V. prevention, including a long-acting shot.
nytimes.com
The “grade A” endorsement means that two additional drugs should be covered under the Affordable Care Act.
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Do you want a chalk talk to help you teach ID learners about the reasons for antibiotic failure? Check out this Chalk Talk on the @IDSAMedEdCOP Teaching & Learning Resources website. https://t.co/fgoiEopdwB
#IDMedEd
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The evidence is SO CLEAR — reauthorise @PEPFAR to prevent death, orphanhood and suffering @TheLancet @USAmbGHSD @EGPAF @theglobalfight @GappDc @jenkatesdc @ChrisCollins_DC
https://t.co/ADvnAVy0jk
thelancet.com
As researchers on HIV, AIDS, and paediatric health, nothing is more central to our work than preserving children's lives. Considering the current challenge to the 5-year reauthorisation of the US...
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"The child firearm mortality rate has doubled in the U.S. from a recent low of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2013 to 3.7 in 2021." #BanAssaultWeapons #EnoughIsEnough
https://t.co/QOKRTVqgZ9
kff.org
Firearms were responsible for 20 percent of all child and teen deaths in the U.S. for both 2020 and 2021, compared to an average of less than 2 percent in similarly large and wealthy nations. This...
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Prescribing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) A Guide for Health Care Providers 2023 https://t.co/enF5301tk5
@HoustonAETC @UT_Infectious @CDCgov
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Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections ✅ Just Accepted 🆓 Freely Available 🔗 https://t.co/1DC5p1m0CF
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Increase in Meningococcal Disease Among Persons with HIV — United States, 2022
cdc.gov
This report describes an increase in meningococcal disease cases among people with HIV during 2022 compared to previous years.
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Today is National HIV Testing Day, a day to raise awareness about the importance of #HIV testing! Join us as we work to #StopHIVTogether: https://t.co/1GMy1U3SLL
#NHTD
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approach to inducible AmpC beta-lactamase organisms has been revised recently by the IDSA. SPICE bugs are now obsolete😢 this is a big deal, with implications for antibiotic management of commonly encountered organisms new guidelines summarized in IBCC: https://t.co/NxHL96fTVe
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"You can address a perpetual challenge by being perpetually prepared," Dr. Anthony Fauci ('66) told students and faculty in a presentation on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic hosted by @WCMDeptofMed. https://t.co/vbATPwlWww
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What’s right? 10K relocation stipend for each PGY-1. Guaranteed minimum salary of $100K for PGY-1 $110 K for PGY-2 $117K for PGY-3 No fellow should be making less than $125K. Residents and fellows add too much value to the bottom line of the hospital system.
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Do you want a visual teaching resource to use on rounds? Check out the @febrilepodcast library of ID infographics! https://t.co/y9ARsLbpnQ
#IDMedEd
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The only #HIV test that you should be scared of is the the one that you have never had. Any outcome empowers you to take charge of your health. Know your status. Get treated. Use #PrEP. Celebrate your power to know! #statusneutral
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