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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/08/2025

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Help! We need your help NOW. Flood the public record with pro-science, pro-vaccine voices. We have to speak up and out now to drown out the anti-vax sentiments. Spread the word! See comment below with writing tips. #ACIP #publichealth #vaccines

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appliedepi.bsky.social @appliedepi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🚨 Rare opportunity! Our advanced R courses start end of July: 📈 Time series & outbreak detection in R 📊 Intro to Stats in R 🗺️ Intro to GIS in R 🖥️ Shiny in R 📝 Advanced R Markdown Plus: Lots of Intro to R courses running all summer! 🌞 Taught live by experienced epidemiologists. 🌍 🔗 appliedepi.org

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Mechanical herpesvirus reactivation from latency triggers aberrant inflammatory responses similar to those occurring in Alzheimer’s. Viruses continue to amaze and terrify. www.statnews.com/2025/01/07/a...

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Using lab-grown human mini-brains, scientists find links between head trauma, herpes, and Alzheimer’s

Research published Tuesday is the first to connect the dots between a common herpes virus, head injury, and Alzheimer's.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Could seasonal influenza vaccines offer protection against H5N1 (Bird flu)?. Here is a study in just published in mBio that attempts to answer that question.TLDR - Seasonal flu vaccines, could serve as a useful primer for subsequent boost w an H5N1 specific vaccine.🧪 journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....

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Are we serologically prepared against an avian influenza pandemic and could seasonal flu vaccines help us?

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Updated CDC technical report on the Louisiana case is out. There are low frequency mutations in HA that indicate adaptation in a human host—specifically this human host. But this doesn’t really change much in terms of estimating pandemic risk. www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...

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Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana

CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This study published in Nature Medicine earlier this week describes the genomic and transmission dynamics of the outbreak, marking Rwanda's first encounter with Marburg virus disease. 🧪 #IDSky #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Genomic and transmission dynamics of the 2024 Marburg Virus Outbreak in Rwanda - Nature Medicine

Genomic analyses from the ongoing outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda point to a single zoonotic origin of the outbreak.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🌍Infectious Disease Outbreaks That Marked 2024: 🦠 2024 brought significant infectious disease challenges, reminding us of the ongoing need for vigilance. At a time when disease prevention is under attack we need to remember that these threats are ever present and can't be ignored. #MedSky #IDSky A 🧵

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

.@capublichealth.bsky.social reports finding #H5N1 #birdflu virus in raw milk. The producer, Raw Farm LLC of Fresno County, has agreed to recall a batch of a whole milk product called "cream top." Milk from infected cows contains staggering levels of virus. www.statnews.com/2024/04/29/b...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?

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Long COVID: a clinical update

Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to sever...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My friend texted me to ask if it's still worth wearing a 😷 while traveling this holiday week. My answer was an emphatic YES. The weather is colder, we are seeing flu, rsv and covid seasonal uptick. Airports will be crowded and poorly ventilated. PS - Get you flu/rsv/covid shots if you qualify.

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

For parents who may be scared or vaccine hesitant, my go-to resource to direct them for further reading is the Oxford Vaccine Knowedge project It is an invaluable, comprehensive source of trustworthy information for families I highly recommend it #MedSky #IDSky #PedSky 🧪

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