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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Interesting data shows that the March meningitis outbreak was as a result of a recombinant strain of the bacteria that had picked up microbiome genes. May explain its virulence but also why spread less. Flags that this can happen though and quickly! Greater need for vigilance and preventative vax

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Scientists discover why Kent meningitis outbreak was so severe

The bacteria responsible picked up some new genetic material, say experts.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Buy a book for a kid in memory of Dolly.

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Charlene Rodrigues @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A great collaboration with NHS Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Public Health Scotland and academia @pubmlst.org @shaunkeegan.bsky.social

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Charlene Rodrigues @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Delighted to share our paper-17 years of meningococcal genomic surveillance, looking at changes in diversity, distribution and demographics in Scotland. The positive impact of vaccines and what is now circulating following COVID-19/restrictions period url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/lJN8CM1Gzc...

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Genomic epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in Scotland before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective observational study

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) remains a major global health threat. Despite vaccination, meningococcal genetic diversity means disease, includi…

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

IDSA Statement on decision to send Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya @idsainfo.bsky.social bit.ly/4uGLtvt

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Molecular Diagnostic Tests (RT-PCR) for Ebola Virus Bundibugyo Strain. africacdc.org/download/mol...

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#ALIMA is right to call attention to this. This #Ebola outbreak is extraordinarily complex, and will be impossible to bring it under control if the very places where patients seek care are under attack. Healthcare should never be a target under any circumstance.

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨🧪 Our UK Public Health Rapid Support Team has deployed a fully functioning mobile laboratory to one of the world’s most remote locations to support the hantavirus outbreak response. Read our blog post for the full story 🔗 bit.ly/4wxnlwo

People unload large equipment cases from the back of a vehicle on a roadside near an airport setting, with more cases nearby. Overlaid text reads “Lab in a bag lands in Saint Helena” and explains the challenge of transporting a full laboratory to a remote island, followed by the question “But why did we do it?”

People at an airport stand beside multiple large black flight cases and luggage trolleys, preparing equipment for travel. Overlaid text explains that the government of Saint Helena requested help during the hantavirus outbreak and that UK-PHRST responded within 24 hours, with a prompt asking “Who are UK-PHRST?”

Three team members stand outdoors for a group photo in front of buildings and trees. Overlaid text explains that the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team responds quickly to outbreaks worldwide and introduces team members, including two microbiologists and an infection prevention and control expert, with a prompt asking “What’s the impact?”

A portable glovebox laboratory setup sits on a wooden desk in a clinical room. The unit has sealed arm ports, ventilation tubes, and protective gloves nearby, alongside control equipment and testing supplies. Overlaid text explains that deploying the team helps train laboratory and healthcare staff to manage hantavirus safely and reduce community spread, followed by “That is what rapid response looks like.”

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

First genome sequence from Andes hantavirus strain from ongoing ship outbreak posted on Virological: virological.org/t/complete-s... courtesy Swiss National Reference Centre for Emerging Viral Infections, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Zurich

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Complete sequence of Orthohantavirus andesense virus: Swiss resident 2026

Posted on behalf of the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Geneva University Hospitals and the Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich (Partner Laboratory Natio...

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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Trump administration is considering withholding HIV treatment from Zambia (where 1.3M people rely on it) if Zambia doesn't give the US more access to critical minerals, according to a draft memo prepared by the State Department's Africa Bureau for Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access

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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Research needs to shift from externally driven agendas to locally led initiatives that reflect African needs, values, and perspectives. This approach promotes equity, mutual respect, and shared ownership, while minimising harm." #HBV

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 20/01/2026

Aka decolonising science🥰

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

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Ed Cunningham-Oakes @edcoakes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

We are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬 Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions) (1/7)

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"Last week, the U.S. signed bilateral agreements with Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia and Uganda...which would give the U.S. extensive access to national health data systems and pathogen samples while providing no corresponding commitments on equity, benefit-sharing, technology transfer, pricing or....

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African and Global Civil Society Call on African Heads of State and Government to Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Congrats @efosternyarko.bsky.social and team for this great work building capacity for public health genomics to investigate cholera and other enteric bacteria, across Africa 👏 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Concerning levels of antibiotic resistance detected in cholera-causing bacteria

Concerning levels of antibiotic resistance detected in cholera-causing bacteria across Africa | LSHTM

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Honoured and quite blown-over to receive this award. I have been, and continue to be, very lucky - first with great mentors, and then really prodigious students, postdocs and collaborators. Working with them has been a joy.

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm a very pro-vaccine physician. Last weekend, I went to the biggest gathering of anti-vaxxers. More of my public health colleagues should've been there. I explain why for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...

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I’m a physician who went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. More of my colleagues should too

A pro-vaccine physician went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. He warns that public health must learn what it’s up against.

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Charlene Rodrigues @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Glad to see the cricket bat made it with Bray!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

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The value of public R&D

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Meningitis and septicaemia are rare but serious. Protect children with the MenB vaccine and ensure teens get MenACWY at school when offered. Know the key symptoms and keep a close watch on those who suddenly get sick. Read the full news story: bit.ly/3X606ZQ

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#WHO report shows rising #antibiotic resistance in common bacteria @katholt.bsky.social & @josebengoechea.bsky.social explain resistance worryingly high in #Klebsiella & E.coli as 1 in 6 lab-confirmed #bacterial infections in 2023 shown resistant to antibiotics. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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LSHTM AMR Centre @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🌍🧼 Today on #CleanHospitalDay we shine a spotlight on what’s often unseen: hospital cleanliness and the unsung heroes who keep it safe. 👉Surfaces matter. 💁‍♂️Cleaners matter. 🤝Patient safety matters. Let’s make the invisible visible👍 Read more 👉 bit.ly/3L3ILhn

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Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵

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Fernanda Petersen @amr-twilight.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Across Southeast Asia most newborn infections are now caused #AMR bugs, making standard treatments for neonatal sepsis ineffective. Without updated, locally informed treatment guidelines and new antibiotic development, infant mortality rates will rise. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Pathogen distribution and antimicrobial resistance among neonatal bloodstream infections in Southeast Asia: results from NeoSEAP, a multicentre retrospective study

Neonatal sepsis in tertiary hospitals in Southeast Asia is predominantly caused by gram-negative bacteria, with high rates of non-susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics.

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Zornitza Stark @zornitza.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🤗 Out now @naturemedicine.bsky.social results of our genomic NBS study BabyScreen+ 👶🧬 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1,000 babies WGS using existing cards 600+ conditions 13 day TAT 16 diagnoses (vs 1 in std NBS) High clinical impact High parental acceptability

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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

CDC has been a global leader in public health & played a key role in smallpox eradication. Health depts in red states & blue states rely on CDC expertise & support. The CDC EIS program trains the next generation of public health leaders & disease detectives. They are burning it to the ground.

JAMA Health Forum Oct 9, 2025 by LO Gostin and P Lurie.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has long served as the cornerstone of the US
public health system, combining technical expertise, evidence-based policy recommendations, and high-quality health information. Yet, it is undergoing profound weakening by the Trump administration, including major funding cuts, the dismissal and resignation of experienced senior staff, and the erosion of its scientific independence. With tightening political control, public trust in
the CDC is diminishing. Undermining the agency’s reputation and capacities will reverberate for generations, making the nation less prepared for future health emergencies, including diseases of
pandemic potential. At this perilous moment, we document the current assault on the CDC that will inevitably have serious repercussion

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Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

RIFs at CDC. Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world. Call your Reps about it. Then call them again.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health. Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Don’t become numb to these events

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Eva Heinz @evaheinz7.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Come for the Klebs resistance data, stay for the DataViz! Massive congratulations to @karatsang.bsky.social on juggling such a huge meta-analysis; Ciprofloxacin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: phenotype, genotype, global resistance patterns #MicroSky 💻🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Ciprofloxacin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: phenotype prediction from genotype and global distribution of resistance determinants

BACKGROUND Ciprofloxacin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is common or emerging in many geographies, and knowledge of local resistance rates is important for empirical therapy. Whilst there are known K...

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

MMR vaccines do not cause autism (see my 🧵 of studies) At the same time, one potential cause of autism is rubella, which is *prevented* by MMR vaccines. Which means...vaccines may actually help prevent autism. 🧵 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21592401/

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Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination--United States, 2001-2010 - PubMed

We estimate that rubella vaccination prevented substantial numbers of CRS and ASD cases in the United States from 2001 through 2010. These findings provide additional incentive to maintain high measle...

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The CDC presents the benefits/risks of administering the hepatitis B vaccine and the risk/dangers of revoking the recommendation. Serious side effects like life-threatening allergic reactions occur only one in 1 million doses. #ACIP

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I just saw a patient with liver cancer from hepatitis B that was acquired at birth. Vaccination would’ve prevented it. There’s been a 99% reduction in annual childhood hep B infections since 1991 thanks to universal birth dose vaccination. We can’t afford to roll back that progress.

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Marit Hetland @genomarit.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Thrilled to share this preprint on Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids in a One Health setting 🦠 Fantastic work by @twinkler.bsky.social! 🎉 @irenlohr.bsky.social @margaretlam.bsky.social

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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

“Non-imported cases of Chagas disease have been identified in at least eight U.S. states so far: California, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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‘Kissing bug’ disease is now endemic in the U.S., CDC says. What is it?

The U.S. is seeing a rise in Chagas disease, a life-threatening illness transmitted through “kissing bugs” known to bite human faces. Pets can be carriers.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Vaccinating babies at birth has reduced hepatitis B infections by 99 percent. Is RFK’s new CDC committee about to stop recommending it? share.google/9e3BTpcrGKSY...

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Newborn hepatitis B vaccine under fire as RFK Jr. and GOP Senators question immunization

The CDC's vaccine advisory panel is set to discuss and possibly vote on the vaccine at a meeting next week.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Do NOT allow them to rewrite history with disinformation. #COVID vaccines worked remarkably well and allowed us to come out of a global pandemic. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Really incredible effort by the indefatigable @nurseteria.bsky.social to raise awareness of what we are going to bring back by stripping access to vaccination 👇🏻

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The rabies virus invades the central nervous system and is almost always fatal once symptoms start. Early symptoms, which can begin about a week or up to a year after exposure, may resemble the flu with symptoms progressing quickly followed by death within weeks. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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'They would never have known:' New warnings about rabies outbreaks as cases rise in the U.S.

The CDC's rabies team says it's tracking 15 different likely outbreaks from New York to Oregon.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 01/09/2025

If you’ve ever compared unvaccinated kids to vaccinated kids, you’ve seen the former are more likely to die.

Figures showing deaths from smallpox and polio and cases of measles before and after vaccines were introduced for each respective disease. All three figures show declining rates after vaccine introduction

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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Spain is on fire. Italy, Greece, Portugal — all burning. We have had summer fires before, but never like this. This is climate breakdown in real time. It is killing people, animals, and our future. DAMN the climate deniers. DAMN those who know and could do but do NOTHING www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures pass 40C

The heatwave has led to red alerts being issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans.

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