Live from IDWeek 2025: Infectious Diseases Hot Takes

About this episode

The hosts reunite live at IDWeek 2025 to discuss their hottest takes on infectious diseases and public health.

Let's Talk ID hosts, Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, FPIDS, Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA and Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA reunite live at IDWeek 2025 to share their hottest takes on infectious diseases and public health. They discuss the controversial dismantling of CDC, exciting breakthroughs in treating staph aureus bacteremia, and shifts that could shape the future of the field.

People in this episode

Hosts: Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, FPIDS, Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA

Topics covered

• infectious diseases
• public health
• CDC
• staph aureus
• medical breakthroughs

Keywords

• infectious diseases
• public health
• CDC
• staph aureus
• IDWeek 2025

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CDC

Products: staph aureus bacteremia

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