2 mayoral candidates killed in Mexico, bringing the number slain so far to 17 ⁦The Washington Post⁩ Van 17 candidatos a presidente municipal asesinados a la fecha. Abrazos y no balazos? washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Blockbuster Obesity Drugs Have Potential New Uses jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… JAMA

Increasing Firearm-Related Deaths among U.S. Black Rural Youths NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… In 2022 firearm-related mortality among Black rural youths was 20.0 per 100,000, 4x that among White rural youths (5.0 per 100,000).

INSPIRE Pneumonia: CPOE prompts promoting standard-spectrum antibiotics for patients at low risk of MDROs significantly reduced empiric extended-spectrum antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with pneumonia by 28.4% #SHEASpring2024 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

.ACTG Network Announces Launch of Clinical Trial Evaluating Combination of Three Novel Immune-based Therapies for HIV Cure globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

The Threat of Florida’s New Legislation on Undocumented Individuals jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… “Florida Bill 1718 will only widen preexisting disparities that have been present for decades. The government is instructing us.”

Masterful piano playing by Maria Joao Pires of Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto with ⁦Nathalie Stutzmann⁩ conducting the ⁦Atlanta Symphony⁩

#InMemoriam Barbara E. Murray, MD med.uth.edu/blog/2024/04/1…

🗣️Tell Congress to fund ID & HIV programs!
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Excellent talk on STIs by Dr. Kim Workowski at ⁦IAS–USA⁩ Annual Update on HIV Management in Atlanta. When discussing syphilis Dx the most important point is at the bottom left of this slide: interpret syphilis serologies within the clinical context!

After spending the day at ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine) and hearing the excellent presentations I feel energized and incredibly hopeful about the a future in medicine & healthcare where gender equality is the norm rather than the exception. Lots still to be done but we will do it together!

.⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ well represented at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ this year including incoming Dean ⁦Sandra Wong⁩ We are fortunate to have such wonderful #WomenInMedicine at Emory.

There are so many 💎 and 💣 dropped by George Sakoulas in this fantastic viewpoint on the #futureofID out in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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.⁦Sandra Wong⁩ presenting her project at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ says “Leadership development for mid-career women is my passion”. We are thrilled that she is now the ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ Dean.

.⁦Barbara S. Taylor⁩ presenting her project at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ focused on developing an innovative, sustainable Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit.

“The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.” Napoleon Hill

Thrilled to be at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ supporting ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ faculty ⁦Michelle Lall⁩ ⁦Emory EM⁩ & Carrie Cwiak ⁦Emory Gyn Ob⁩

Spending the day at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ to support our ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ alumna graduating this year ⁦Michelle Lall⁩ & Carrie Cwiak as well as our Dean ⁦Sandra Wong⁩ Wonderful to see a room full of amazing women leaders in academic medicine & healthcare.

Communicable disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally, finds new GBD study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. In 2019, an estimated 704M DALYs were associated with 🦠85 different pathogens🦠, including 309M in children under 5 🔗 ms.spr.ly/6189YB1Fz

HIV crisis in Atlanta made worse by racial disparities in treatment ajc.com/news/health-ne… “If we end HIV for Black people we end HIV in Atlanta.”