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Measles is not a harmless childhood rite of passage. “I've heard patients and parents tell me, ‘No one told me measles was going to be this bad,’” says IDSA spokesperson Andrew Pavia, MD, FAAP, FACP, FIDSA. Watch our new briefing on the current state of #measles in the U.S.: https://bit.ly/4dTEzMd

“Preparedness is a team sport,” says IDSA spokesperson Jay Butler, MD, FIDSA, noting that outbreak response requires multinational collaboration and coordination. Watch our latest press briefing on current infectious disease threats, including the active #Ebola outbreak: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1

“The importance of sustaining these preparedness efforts through funding and support cannot be overstated,” says IDSA spokesperson and medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, Angela Hewlett, MD, FIDSA. Watch our latest briefing on the active #Ebola outbreak: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1

As health care workers respond to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC under extraordinarily difficult conditions, IDSA spokesperson @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social shares a message of support for those on the front lines. Watch our latest press briefing on the active #Ebola outbreak: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1

“Policies that single out individuals, not for any scientific or medical reason, but because of their citizenship, won’t prevent outbreaks from spreading,” says IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA. Watch our latest press briefing on the active Ebola outbreak: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1

“Investing in global health preparedness, supporting international coordination through organizations like WHO and strengthening local health systems are not acts of charity,” stresses IDSA spokesperson krutikakuppalli.bsky.social. Watch our new press briefing: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1

“I worry that as we disinvest in global health, we’re losing our global capacity to deal with diseases,” says IDSA Past President Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA, on the importance of sustained investment in global health infrastructure. Watch our #hantavirus press briefing: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

As infectious diseases spread into new regions, stronger surveillance and research are critical to responding to emerging threats. IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, discusses the bigger picture behind the recent hantavirus outbreak: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, warns that large-scale funding and workforce cuts to public health, global health and for scientific research have left the U.S. unprepared for disease threats. Watch our full media briefing on #hantavirus: https://bit.ly/4da42jN

#STIweek is here! Learn how these three steps can prevent #STIs: https://bit.ly/3OI5amf #TalkTestTreat

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ID fellow Alejandro De La Hoz Gomez, MD, of Mass General Brigham shares three things people don’t realize about a career in infectious diseases. #WhyILoveID

Me, an ID doctor, listening to someone who doesn't understand the value that infectious diseases professionals bring to health care: