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Meagan Fitzpatrick

@meagancfitz.bsky.social
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Infectious disease epidemiologist and mathematical modeler

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 19/09/2026
📢 In DRC, we and Epicentre, our epidemiology arm, have launched BRAVO, a study following 20,000 frontline workers to assess whether an existing Ebola vaccine can offer protection against the Bundibugyo virus.
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MSF launches Ebola vaccination study among DRC frontline workers | MSF
In Ebola-hit DRC, MSF and partners, including the Ministry of Health, are launching a study vaccinating frontline workers against Ebola disease.
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Nora Verlaine @noraverlaine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
DON’T TOUCH BATS
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From a former United States District Judge and the former president of Central European University. Both Yale grads. yaledailynews.com/articles/the...
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Good to see some improvements in contact tracing over time
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The more that folks outside of science hear of this, the more they should ask: why? open.substack.com/pub/joshuasw...
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Déjà vu All Over Again: The White House's Diminished Vision for Science in FY 2027
A first look into the proposed FY 2027 budget reveals an ideological commitment to reduce the size, scope, and capacity of American leadership in R&D.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Compelling story from KFF News/CNN Listen to the sound clips to get a clear sense of what has been happening at NIH. www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...
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Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone | CNN
Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people — more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for chroni...
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
But this study shows us that YES in fact pathogens circulate throughout the airspace. Let's keep working on improving indoor air quality, 🫁 especially in schools! 🏫
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
It feels vindicating to see this! Talking to schools during COVID, I would suggest simplifying the definition of contact to be shared classroom: no tedious review of seating charts, notify and test at the classroom level. The definition of 6 feet for 15+ minutes was hard to unstick. 1/2
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
3/3 the preprint is here. The work was in collaboration with #CIDMA and #ABM-Lab and others I can't yet find on BlueSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... @medschool.umaryland.edu @umaryland.edu @yalesph.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
2/3 This is partly because falling coverage would be happening in the context of heightened global risk. As we learn over and over, what happens *out there* also comes to us. Around the world, and right next door in Canada, measles cases are rising. Why? Once again -- falling global vax coverage
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
1/3 Our recent preprint is getting a lot of attention! We found that if MMR coverage drops by even 1% annually, then increasing outbreak risk could incur economic losses of ~$1.5 billion in 2030. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
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Measles outbreaks are costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted.
As vaccination rates decline, the economic consequences will increase, research suggests.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Another possibility is that RCTs achieve low population-level coverage, lower than seasonal vax in the US, and even good protection against infection isn't powerful enough to protect unvaccinated w/ low coverage: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22944629/ Other possibilities explored in our discussion! 3/3
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We found strong evidence for direct vaccine protection, and decent evidence of modest indirect protection. Why? it's likely that current vaccines don't protect well against infection and onward transmission. Colleagues at CVD are working hard to fix that: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2/3
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An intranasal adjuvanted, recombinant influenza A/H5 vaccine primes against diverse H5N1 clades: a phase I trial - Nature Communications
Mucosal influenza vaccines promise enhanced protection but lack defined immune correlates of protection. Here, the authors conduct a phase I trial of an intranasal recombinant influenza A/H5 vaccine w...
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our new study looks at evidence for indirect protection against flu, exclusively from RCTs. ⬇️ 1/3 Indirect Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Under Randomized Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: academic.oup.com/cid/article-... @medschool.umaryland.edu #EpiSky #IDEpi
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Indirect Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Under Randomized Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
We identified randomized controlled trials that evaluated indirect influenza vaccine effectiveness. While direct vaccination conferred moderate protection,
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Oh no! Godspeed!
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spookily scarily pitt girl 👻🎃👻 @opg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We also cancelled our Post subscription earlier this year, sadly. So we're reading more of the Baltimore Sun and also followed @petridishes.bsky.social over to The Atlantic
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Multi-year funding is a dirty trick by #RussellVought. This way the #Trump administration can say they're spending what Congress appropriated for research, BUT they'll only fund 1/5 the number of grants. Call your Senators/Reps now. Science hangs in the balance. H/T @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The LARGEST measles outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... #medsky #idsky
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'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I had not! So interesting. Thank you.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I would love to see more studies on this relationship between infection and cancer outcomes. For instance, does it matter whether the person developed symptoms of the infection, or does asymptomatic infection have the same harm?
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Do others remember this headline? According to this new JAMA study, the US reaches this incalculable loss annually. I think most of the public doesn't realize it. #IDEpi #EpiSky
New York Times headline from May 2020 proclaiming "U.S. deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss" followed by a list of names and hometowns of the deceased.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
These studies of off-target vaccine effects are so interesting. To me, they highlight how interlinked chronic and infectious diseases really are, despite their traditional silos. COVID illuminated this, and I hope we as scientists keep a spotlight on the inflammatory process and all its effects.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions. These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists. I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
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CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
Ensures that all the diseases covered by the previous immunization schedule will still be available to anyone who wants them through Affordable Care Act insurance plans and federal insurance programs, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program. Families will not have to purchase them out of pocket. Among peer nations, the U.S. will continue to offer the most childhood vaccines for free to those who want them.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
"Bhattacharya and Memoli appear unperturbed by these dramatic abandonments, which are likely to do great harm to Americans."
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🛟🫁💊 Today, California starts selling insulin at $11 per injection pen, the second drug sold under the CalRX label after naloxone. Albuterol inhalers and vaccines are next.
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California Will Offer Deeply Discounted Insulin in January | KQED
Californians will be able to purchase an insulin pen for $11 under the state-run drug label, CalRx, bypassing pharmaceutical companies that sell it for far more.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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Gavi @gavi.org · 14/12/2025
When a small study cast doubt on the measles vaccine in 1998, scientists didn’t dismiss autism concerns. They tested them. From Denmark to global meta-analyses, studies tracking millions of children all reached the same conclusion: MMR vaccines don’t cause autism: bit.ly/4m971vk
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Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
For some context, it's really cold in Minneapolis this weekend. My phone said it was -13 (without windchill) when I got up this morning. If you haven't felt that, it actually feels way colder than you might imagine, esp if you aren't moving and are exposed. It's very quickly dangerous.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
So proud to see this gift from another Western New York native to my current hospital, both the workplace and the hospital that treats my family. Thank you Golisano!
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Big big thanks to all the program officers and scientific review officers coming back online and managing to instill positivity and we-can-do-this attitudes in emails out to applicants & reviewers who might have wondered: What will happen to all of this good work? Answer: let's do this.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
NSF is open again! A few comments: *Please be patient. During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails. *Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th. *POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Pen--- err, nickel for your thoughts on this? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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The Penny Dies at 232
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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Sadly, but as expected, Canada has lost its measles elimination status. >5000 cases, two deaths in babies born prematurely due to in utero exposure… #IDSky #measles apple.news/AxhnKifpYSre...
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Canada no longer measles-free as outbreaks spread — Guardian US
Canada has lost its measles elimination status as vaccination rates have slipped below the 95% coverage rate needed to stop outbreaks
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Wait wait, sharks are playful and manta rays have emoji faces??? I need to get back to the @nationalaquarium.bsky.social ASAP
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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/11/2025
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Well that's chilling
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Very cool work! -- pun intentional
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Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
For the 2nd week in a row, the federal shutdown has blocked disease surveillance reporting. So Team Force of Infection again visited all 50 state websites to track COVID, flu & RSV. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o...
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Outbreak Outlook: Week 2 of DIY Surveillance
State by state disease surveillance of COVID-19, influenza and RSV amid federal public health cuts
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“Really, what’s the alternative?..You’ve got a CDC that has been hijacked by people who are obscuring or denying facts, and you have life-and-death decisions that have to be made.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.
The Governors Public Health Alliance would counter federal health agencies under President Donald Trump as an independent hub to monitor diseases and prepare for emergencies.
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
When measles erupted this year, we noticed that county MMR coverage seemed low -- but suspected school coverage in outbreak zone might be even lower. We were right. The school level reveals alarmingly low coverage that is masked at county level: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #IDEpi #EpiSky
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Gavi @gavi.org · 16/10/2025
What are combination vaccines and why do they matter now more than ever? Let's sketch it out! ✍️
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Pharmageddon @pharmageddon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New Plagdle's up. 🦠 A fun infectious disease one. #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky www.plagdle.com
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Plagdle - Daily Infectious Disease Puzzle Game
Test your medical knowledge! Guess the daily infectious disease based on symptoms, treatment, and characteristics. A new puzzle every day!
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We can't even make a vaccine that works well against every strain of influenza virus! JUST INFLUENZA
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Meagan Fitzpatrick @meagancfitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Please add me!
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