People most at risk to become infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 are dairy workers. 51 % of labor on dairy farms in USA is by immigants without permanent legal status, with all uncertainties that entails. #vogelgriep
nmpf.org/issues/labor-r…

Heart breaking! His courage saved million of lives and he is punished for sharing data that was used to characterised SARS-CoV-2 and develop vaccines and diagnostics. When the world will stop punishing scientists for sharing crucial data? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Climate change fuels the global spread of disease! From mosquito-borne illnesses to 'zombie' pathogens emerging from thawing permafrost, Jason Gale explores the sobering health impacts. #ClimateChange #PublicHealth

bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

A new name as the successful and captivating musical about the antibiotic emergency prepares to head to New York this year.

Elon Musk

Please read this urgent plea for help.  You have the opportunity to save the lives of millions of profoundly suffering people and lead the way to the biggest medical breakthrough of the century.  

My name is Whitney Dafoe and I have severe ME/CFS, short for Myalgic…

Out of 33 dairy farms in 8 U.S. states (+1 dairy farm in Colorado), 23 people have been tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by states. Less than 1 person per farm. This seems a clear answer to the question: “Are we testing enough for H5N1?”
medpagetoday.com/special-report…

Important story about the emergence of #H5N1 avian flu in dairy cows and the amazing work of the vets trying to respond

1/ Are you struggling to keep track of all the #H5N1 developments in the US?

Together w/ Brennan Klein & Moritz Kraemer, we started an open-access timeline of key events related to the outbreak.

As you can see, the situation is rapidly progressing, so we will keep updating.

nytimes.com/2024/04/24/hea…

Michael Worobey - give me a shout. We have been developing metagenomic #sequencing in environmental samples at high-risk interfaces for #EarlyWarning . Lets get something started. The future is #NOW . #avianinfluenza The New York Times Jurre Y Siegers, PhD

Deforestation pushes animals in Uganda forest to eat virus-laden bat poo bbc.com/news/world-afr…

Top health experts who initially (despite profound uncertainty) overconfidently mis-overstated that COVID wasn't airborne later earnestly 'explained' that science evolves, new info arises -- and then often accused the public of being confused because of media mis-reporting. 3/5

Scientists have long linked a species of mouth-dwelling germs to colorectal cancer. In research published in nature, microbiologists Susan Bullman & Chris Johnston went further, implicating a specific strain that’s in about half of these malignancies. em7o.short.gy/e0rgMr

Neutralisation antibody trajectory throughout the pandemic. A 🧵 1- In 2020 one of there were two therapeutics that were rapidly developed and tested. The first was convalescent plasma from those who recovered from infection and then there was a concentrated version called IVIG.

Coming out of twitter semi-retirement here to share this important preprint by Brendan Larsen , Bloom Lab and colleagues.

An absolute tour de force exploring the pandemic potential, and mitigation, of Nipah virus.

Brendan was my PhD student...PROUD!

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Been following this for a while. It's the most remarkable, well-documented case of a long-term chronic infection on the record (excepting some of Marc Johnson's Cryptics), & we know about it thanks to Matthijs Welkers's dedicated efforts & the patient's selfless cooperation.

I just want to point out that the missteps and potential mistakes being made by the CDC and Biden Admin at moment were, under Trump and for COVID, ridiculed as a failing of the Trump administration.

So… let’s not repeat those identical mistakes for H5N1 in a different admin

Inappropriate prescribing contributes to high antibiotic exposure in young children in Australia:
bit.ly/3U3X2vA

'At least two-thirds of children were prescribed antibiotics in the first 2y of life, and more than a quarter of these exposures may have been unnecessary.'

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Can definitely see ⁦Arabella⁩ signing up for ⁦Taylor Swift⁩ summer school 😆 newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/tortur…

I am feeling awful as it dawns on me that @who and other global public health organizations have officially gaslighted the world regarding an airborne infectious virus that has harmed millions of people. The virus travels in the air and can be inhaled. We knew this since SAR-1.