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Edyth Parker

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Pathogen Genomic Epidemiologist at the Institute of Genomics and Global Health (ACEGID); I will be tedious and dignified on here. 🇿🇦

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 30/09/2026
Out Now! A generalized lineage nomenclature for viral genomic epidemiology #MicroSky
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A generalized lineage nomenclature for viral genomic epidemiology
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02468-3This study extends the Pango lineage nomenclature system beyond SARS-CoV-2, introducing a dynamic framework for tracking and communicating viral diversity, demonstrated through its application to CHIKV.
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Raphaëlle K @raph-klitting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy to share the final version of our latest study on the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus epidemic on Réunion island published today in @pnas.org 🎉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Unraveling the epidemiological and dispersal dynamics of the 2024–2025 chikungunya virus epidemic on Réunion Island | PNAS
Réunion Island experienced a massive chikungunya virus epidemic in 2024–2025, with >54,000 confirmed cases. This is the second major chikungunya ep...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a wonderful article about my friend and colleague, Bob Garry - about his scientific work, from early HIV discoveries to COVID-19 origins. It is also, however, a reminder of the personal toll and damage caused by endless social media-driven conspiracism. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And the world is just not doing enough to help end this crisis www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says | CBC News
With emergency funds set to run dry within weeks, front-line responders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing escalating violence and conspiracy theories while attempting to contain the Bundi...
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Another massive jump in Ebola cases in DRC (reflecting new cases as well as "data harmonization"). Now 2,905 cases including 1,269 deaths. I find it harder every day to square the size and speed of spread of this outbreak with the lack of attention it is getting. insp.cd/sitrep-n069-...
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New Ebola situation report is out and we are up to 837 confirmed cases now in the DRC (+29 in the last 24 hours) That includes 196 confirmed deaths. Follow-up of contacts is at 64.4%. At this rate we will reach a thousand cases early next week. insp.cd/sitrep-n32-m...
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just horrifying. Modelling predicts USAID funding cuts will result in > 14 MILLION DEATHS. 🧸 1 in 3 are <5 yrs of age -Lancet Global Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Effects of reductions in US foreign assistance on HIV, tuberculosis, family planning, and maternal and child health: a modelling study
Substantial progress has been made in improving global health in the past few decades. This progress has strengthened hope in reaching global development goals. However, the recent funding cuts threat...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is extremely chilling - virologists being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) "offenses". We all know _why_ this is happening, so I'm not going to belabor that point - but I want to provide some context on the technical details. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH scientists plead not guilty to smuggling monkeypox viruses into U.S.
Defendants face prison time for criminal charges but samples may all have been inactivated and used for routine diagnostics
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CEPI @cepi.net · 01/06/2026
🔉 CEPI is urgently accelerating the development of three investigational vaccine candidates towards clinical trials in response to the deeply concerning Bundibugyo ebolavirus epidemic. More in the press release ⬇️
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CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates
CEPI funding will advance vaccine candidates towards clinical trials as quickly as possible.
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ARTIC network @artic.network · 01/06/2026
ARTIC network has published Bundibugyo (BDBV) sequencing resources as the 2026 outbreak continues in DRC & Uganda. We have compiled guidance for labs wishing to sequence, assemble and analyse BDBV genomes: artic.network/viruses/bdbv/bdbv-sequencing-guide.html
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Bundibugyo virus genomic sequencing resources | ARTIC network - pathogen genomics from sample to response
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Moritz Kraemer @mugkraemer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The amazing teams around Dav Ebengo & Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, alongside the Institut National de Santé Publique and AfricaCDC have led an effort to improve understanding of the current #Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Data: github.com/INRB-UMIE/Eb... Dashboard: inrb-umie.github.io/EBOV2026_Epi...
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Our initial work on the potential geographic and ecological origin of the MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak showing the outbreak lineage clusters most closely with some of our new sequences from southern Chile (lead by the brilliant Lissette): virological.org/t/potential-....
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Potential geographical and ecological origin of the MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak
The recent outbreak aboard the MV Hondius caused by Andes virus raises two key questions [1]: (i) where do the outbreak genomes cluster geographically, and (ii) how can the phylogenetic signal be reco...
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Overland Aid Convoy to Gaza Blocked by Military Forces novaramedia.com/2026/05/18/o...
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Overland Aid Convoy to Gaza Blocked by Military Forces
A land convoy delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza has been blocked outside Sirte, in the buffer zone between eastern and western Libya, with reports emerging that eastern Libyan forces nearby are prep...
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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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Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Gotta say it’s a bit on the nose to have a ship full of wealthy white people and an outbreak that’s actually been controlled dominate global media while a major Ebola outbreak in DRC with cross boarder spread is going unnoticed. www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g...
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A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people in Democratic Republic of Congo
Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.
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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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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
... and in case you're interested in learning more about hantaviruses and how diverse they can be, our recent preprint with phenomenal colleagues in Chile just landed: bsky.app/profile/edyt...
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I was recently lucky enough to work with Lissette and the brilliant team at Universidad del Desarrollo's Hantavirus and Zoonosis Program in Chile on Hanta Andes virus genomic surveillance -- Some of our initial work here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Genomic Surveillance of Andes Virus Uncovers Hidden Diversity in Chile
Background: Andes virus (ANDV), part of the Orthohantavirus andesense species, is the principal etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Augustine is still battling PSP, but unfortunately had to be taken to the Kenema Government Hospital yesterday for further supportive care. If you have the means, please consider supporting him this Easter Sunday - we were hoping to reach a goal of $10k. www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
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Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.
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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
👏 Please share widely: Calling for applications in Africa for our new bio threat reduction course and fellowship!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Grand Challenge seeks cost-disruptive tools for diagnosis & screening, defined as devices that amortize capital to near-zero incremental cost, consumable $1-class tests that materially reset the cost curve in LMICs while meeting real-world constraints gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/in...
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Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening
Innovations in Cost-Disruptive Tools for Diagnosis and Screening - Grand Challenges RFP
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Moritz Kraemer @mugkraemer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Biosecurity depends critically on the early identification of novel pathogens. Our international team developed a global multi-scale model of infectious diseases to evaluate the time to detection in aircraft wastewater vs. other surveillance modalities. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ruby Parker @rubyparker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Before I was a teacher, I was a writer. This is a YA fantasy novel I wrote back when spare time was still a thing. Please have a look at the first few chapters on #Libraro for their Reader Engagement Prize and give it a like. Do it for the children. They want a happy teacher. app.libraro.com/feed
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Nature @nature.com · 17/02/2026
The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate go.nature.com/4kDuHZZ
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Squirrels could be a reservoir for the virus that causes mpox
The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate.
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I really enjoyed working on this piece on Riutord-Fe et al, a fantastic piece of work that highlights both the power of comprehensive, longitudinal wildlife surveillance and the challenges of disentangling the roles different hosts play in pathogen maintenance ecology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Squirrels could be a reservoir for the virus that causes mpox
The species in which monkeypox virus naturally circulates is uncertain, but wildlife surveillance data suggest that the fire-footed rope squirrel is a likely candidate.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This is Nathan Wolfe. Nathan is a virus hunter. Nathan has a bit of a reputation. Through the years, I've told multiple journalists stories I've heard, like "Nathan thanks Jeffrey Epstein in his book." Somehow no one ever wrote anything up. Want to see what Nathan was up to in today's Epstein files?
nathan wolfe doing the theranos pinch
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
noting that @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social is collecting donations for on the ground mutual aid orgs here: www.sudansolidarity.com
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Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Global solidarity in genomic surveillance improves early detection of acute respiratory virus threats. "Importantly, these benefits cannot be attained by siloed expansion in countries that already possess strong capacity." Well done to the team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global solidarity in genomic surveillance improves early detection of acute respiratory virus threats - Nature Communications
Respiratory virus genomic surveillance output is unevenly distributed globally. Here, the&nbsp;authors show that addressing this imbalance could&nbsp;substantially reduce the time to first detection o...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A few updates on the deeply unethical study to probe "non-specific" effects of the birth dose HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau by Danish investigators. 1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this. 2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad. Quick 🧵 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Raphaëlle K @raph-klitting.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I am very glad to share the preprint for our latest study on the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island, with primary data produced thanks to the massive efforts performed by Marie-C Jaffar and Etienne Frumence and analyses led by Simon Dellicour. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Unravelling the epidemiological and dispersal dynamics of the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Reunion island
Reunion island just experienced a massive chikungunya virus outbreak in 2024-2025, with more than 54,000 confirmed cases. This is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the fir...
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Simon Dellicour @sdellicour.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Our latest study dedicated to the massive 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island is now available as a preprint on medRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202.... With more than 54,000 confirmed cases this is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the 1° one 20 yrs ago. 1/9
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Unravelling the epidemiological and dispersal dynamics of the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Reunion island
Reunion island just experienced a massive chikungunya virus outbreak in 2024-2025, with more than 54,000 confirmed cases. This is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the fir...
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We find that subclade K viruses are antigenically advanced; however, this year's flu vaccine surprisingly elicited antibodies in many individuals that efficiently recognized these viruses. The implications are clear: go get this year’s vaccine if you haven’t already! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Antibodies elicited by the 2025-2026 influenza vaccine in humans
A new H3N2 variant (named subclade K) possesses several key hemagglutinin substitutions and is circulating widely during the 2025-2026 influenza season. In this report, we completed experiments to det...
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Marc Suchard @msuchard.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Fantastic opportunity!
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I rarely ask for things, but I will make an exception for my colleague and friend, Augustine Goba, who dedicated his life to saving others. Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP. Please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
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Donate to Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, organized by Michelle McGraw
Mr. Augustine Goba is the Emeritus Director of the Kenema Gov… Michelle McGraw needs your support for Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Amazing novel mpox recombination between epidemic clade 1 and 2 in returning traveller detected in UK: virological.org/t/inter-clad...
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Inter-Clade Recombinant Mpox Virus Detected in England in a Traveller Recently Returned from Asia
Inter-Clade Recombinant Mpox Virus Detected in England in a Traveller Recently Returned from Asia Authors: Steven T. Pullan1, Isobel Everall1, Rebecca Doherty1, Lucy Crossman1, Emma Wise1, Hassan Ha...
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Edyth Parker @edythparker.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This #GivingTuesday, become a monthly donor at World Central Kitchen. $50 will be added to your first month’s gift, thanks to a $1 million match. Together, we can ensure WCK is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to crises around the world. bit.ly/3KjB2vD
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Donate to World Central Kitchen
World Central Kitchen https://giving.classy.org/campaign/746963/donate
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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We are in peak French heist season.
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Pathoplexus @pathoplexus.org · 28/11/2025
1/ 🚀 Pathoplexus now supports Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVN) (sister viruses in the same genus). MARV has two main clades and causes severe disease with reported fatality rates of 24–88%. You can read more detail about adding Marburg here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
A screenshot of the front page of Pathoplexus' website, showing the addition of a tile for Marburg Virus.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A nice article, highlighting the important work our collaborators in South Africa are doing using wastewater to surveil a bunch of different vaccine preventable diseases (and finding a lot more of them than other reports would make you believe…). 💪🇿🇦 www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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Wastewater surveillance reveals disease trends in South Africa
From COVID-19 to measles, scientists are showing how wastewater surveillance can expose underreported infections and strengthen national health monitoring.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear: This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited. The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 06/11/2025
GISAID on providing data to @Nextstrain.org: "After consulting with our staff and advisors on the feasibility of keeping your global tree up-to-date, there was a clear consensus that continuing to generate, zip and move big files back and forth is not sustainable and a waste of resources." 🙃
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Nextstrain: Interruption to GISAID-based SARS-CoV-2 sequence analyses
Nextstrain blog post from 2025-11-06; author(s): Trevor Bedford, Richard Neher and the Nextstrain team
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know” Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
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Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Sudan hospital bombing kills 460 patients and healthcare workers buff.ly/SJnIcle
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Sudan hospital bombing kills 460 patients and healthcare workers
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Duncan MacCannell @drm.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/h...
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DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I’m so honored to be a guest on the last episode of Science in Action after a decades-long run. I only wish it were ending on a happier note, but if science were in a better place, it wouldn’t be ending.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The count down to the end of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has officially begun. The last patient in the treatment center has be released. 42 days need to elapsed without any new cases for the end of the outbreak to be official. Fingers crossed. www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/last-e...
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Last Ebola patient in DR Congo discharged; countdown to end of outbreak starts
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