Excellent article covering the many ways that climate change can potentially impact fungal diseases.
ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EH…

Safety of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: A definitive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [Dec 29, 2023] Franchini et al. Daniele Focosi, MD PhD MSc Transfusion onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tr… #COVID19CP AABB Arturo Casadevall Jack Senefeld Michael Joyner

Bird flu is ravaging mammals worldwide & the pandemic clock is ticking.
Convalescent plasma will again be our first-line therapy.
H/t Arturo Casadevall Michael Joyner Andrew Pekosz @fabrizi66265683

Tom Peacock Thijs Kuiken Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl Bart Rijnders Tulio de Oliveira

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Observational cohort study provides evidence that administration of vaccine-boosted convalescent plasma is associated with reduced risk of hospitalization among outpatients with immunosuppression and COVID-19. Michael Joyner Elli Theel, PhD #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

“The good news is that this fungal infection is treatable and cats can be cured if a diagnosis is made early,” said Arturo Casadevall, microbiologist and chair of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH.

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Great reporting from Kaitlin Sullivan Kaitlin Sullivan on cases of sporotrichosis in cats, including transmission to vet tech. Quoted that if your cat has an ulcerated lesion that does not heal ask your vet to consider fungal infection.
nbcnews.com/health/health-…

For those following the Michael Joyner vs. Mayo Clinic here is an article covering yesterdays hearing.
thecollegefix.com/mayo-clinic-ar…

How do research teams determine author order within an equal contributors (EC) listing? The answer varies. Analyses in mBio highlight the importance of EC statements to provide clarity on selection metrics for readers, funding agencies & tenure committees.

#mBio Editorial: History shows that science is fragile and vulnerable to theocratic, ideological, and authoritarian forces. In this moment of crisis, it is important for all scientists to become foot soldiers in the defense of science. Arturo Casadevall journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

The case of Michael Joyner vs. Mayo Clinic involving academic freedom is having a court hearing today that can be watched on zoom in the address below. Hearing is at 2 pm central time. Meeting ID: 160 159 5236 Passcode: 091875
courts-state-mn-us.zoomgov.com/j/1601595236?p…

Some points of progress in the past century of 6 pandemics
jci.org/articles/view/… by Arturo Casadevall Journal of Clinical Investigation

Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms into Earth system models for climate change prediction. #mBio Jay T Lennon Rachel Burckhardt, Ph.D.🦠 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

The Freedberg (FDA), Casadevall (JHU) and Oscarson (UC Dublin) research teams reveal the 3D conformations of a glycan antigen from C. neoformans from NMR and MD simulations: the glycan is flexible yet keeps its structural identity. More at doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

100th Anniversary #Viewpoints :
Pandemics past, present, and future: progress and persistent risks: buff.ly/3J27COw

Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Congratulations Arturo Casadevall and Stephanie Desmon on your forthcoming book, What if Fungi Win? Looking forward to how much information is contained in these pages, from the threat of global outbreaks to the beneficial roles of fungi.

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What if Fungi Win?, which I wrote with the esteemed Arturo Casadevall, will be available May 14 from Hopkins Press, but you can order it now. lnkd.in/eDBV-DWt
Could fungal pathogens outsmart us before we find ways to combat them?

Cryptococcus neoformans invades the murine brain by escaping from airways and breaching the blood-brain barrier, followed by engulfment by microglia. Vanessa Francis Darren Thomson Arturo Casadevall Emma Camacho Carolina Coelho #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

As climate change intensifies, fungal pathogens are becoming prevalent and causing widespread concern among experts.

CIFAR's Arturo Casadevall joins USA TODAY’s podcast The Excerpt, to discuss what’s causing this explosion in disease-causing fungi.

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Arturo Casadevall Crypto and TB meningitis are both classic damage-response framework diseases for which current guidelines focus on a one-size fits all approach, where in reality it's much more nuanced & complicated disease state with different subgroups requiring different therapeutic approaches