Stuart Ray

"Knees or trees, either way you're still lynchin' me..." Powerful all the way through. Thank you @AfricanaCarr. Thank you @NickCannon. I'm listening, humbly.

@johnrich I was in a plane today, and I was wearing a mask when not disruptive (to sipping, etc) - didn't bother me a bit. People around me were coughing and sniffling, and I don't need to come down to something when I have meetings to attend and can protect my own health.

Am I the only one starting to see people wearing masks? Saw two yesterday...I will not play that stupid game again.

@mbiojournal @andrewpekosz Yes, but not always - the landscape is more complicated when (e.g.) data come from medical records where research consent has been waived by an IRB. There, person-level data sharing might not be allowed and summary measures may be used to protect confidentiality.

Showing the data is the first rule of figures. So it's good news that biologists increasingly show the data in their figures--but there is still room for improvement. doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0… #mBio

@KrutikaKuppalli @andrewpekosz I've repeatedly declined and suggested real experts.

Amazing how many #AndesVirus experts appeared overnight — many likely had never heard of it a week ago. Outbreaks are humbling. It’s important to be honest about what we know, what we don’t know, and to remain humble. Working in outbreaks has taught me that repeatedly.

Congenital syphilis is preventable & treatable. Learn more in this video created by Elise Butler, a graduate student in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. youtu.be/m9CQeOKvBOw?si… via @YouTube

ID in the News: @HopkinsMedicine News Release: @DrCindySears “Understanding how bacterial toxins work can open doors to new approaches for detection & therapy for associated diseases, including diarrhea, colorectal cancer & bloodstream infections.” t.jh.edu/kGqrc6

I've had a lot of questions about Hantavirus recently - and some alarmism in some places. It's been a while since I wore this hat - but let's chat! 💬 Top Line: Am I worried? No, not really. I don't see evidence this is something that will spread widely. 1/N

Congratulations to @ChidaNatasha, among the 2026 honorees of the Institute for Excellence in Education's Outstanding Educator Award! Dr. Chida is on faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases, & Director of @HopkinsMedicine @OslerResidency Program …ine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2026/04/2026-i…

30 years after their internship year on the Osler medical service, these wonderful doctors give their old ACS great joy! #OslerPride #JanewayGiants

The problem with some of our best ideas in infectious diseases? They’re also the most frustrating. Six love-hates in ID (and bonus @IDSAInfo podcast). Link in reply ...

Podcast Alert: Host @EileenScully9 welcomes Dr. Joel Blankson to review the case of 28-year-old man who is an elite controller. They discuss elite control characteristics, monitoring, treatment, patient education & shared ART decision-making.🎙️ viremic.org/episodes/case-…

Me: I had PFTs today, and my FEV1 was 5.5 L (119% of predicted), my FEF25-75 was 5.7 L/s (184% pred). Daughter (resident physician): so you're officially a blowhard? Me: . . .

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Durand, recently elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation! Her work on solid organ transplantation has changed policy and the lives of patients. 😎

Celebrating the amazing @AndreaCoxMDPhD, SARS-Co-V-2, HIV, HBV, and HCV researcher and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, honored by @HopkinsMedicine with the Distinguished Medical Alumna Award!

@MichaelJHarrop1 @PaulSaxMD @NEJM Starting and continuing ad hominem attack rather than providing specific evidence undermines your argument. Bye bye.

@soupvector @PaulSaxMD @NEJM Wow, you're incredibly lazy and wilfully ignorant. A professor of medicine and infectious disease... I should not be the one educating you. Disturbing. maximiliankohler.blogspot.com/2021/06/idiocr…

For-profit companies want you to send them your poop. For a fee, you’ll get a “bespoke” report and suggestions for how to fix your microbiome. Here’s why this burgeoning market is right now not worth s—t. @NEJM voices.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Join us June 1-3 in Washington, DC, for Frontiers in Clinical Infectious Diseases! This CME course covers the latest developments in clinical research and practice for a variety of bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases. Learn More & Register: hopkinsmedicine.org/infectious-dis…

@MichaelJHarrop1 @PaulSaxMD @NEJM Just point to one of those studies that clearly shows convincing evidence that a human phenotype outside the gut is meaningfully changed by FMT. I'm not denying the potential, nor that I lack deficits, I'm just asking you to point to specific evidence.

@soupvector @PaulSaxMD @NEJM "I have yet to see convincing report that a fecal transplant has resulted in cure or cause of diabetes, change in mental health, or any of the other phenotypes attributed to the gut microbiome" is your deficit. So I linked you to that evidence.

@MichaelJHarrop1 @PaulSaxMD @NEJM I'm not sure you read what I wrote. The potential is very exciting, and there's much to learn. What, specifically, is my deficit?

@soupvector @PaulSaxMD @NEJM That's a deficit on your end. See away: humanmicrobiome.info

ID in the News: Dr. Seun Falade's recent study "findings support policy reform and expanded resources to support HCV treatment integration into OTPs [opioid treatment programs] to advance progress towards HCV elimination” medscape.com/viewarticle/si…

Thankful for Fiona's voice! @JHMed_ID #IDTwitter “This is definitely an escalation of this administration’s undermining of CDC science,” said Dr Fiona Havers, a former senior adviser on vaccine policy at the CDC. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…