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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"In national security terms, mRNA is the equivalent of a missile defense system for biology. The ability to rapidly design, produce and deploy medical countermeasures is as vital to our defense as any military capability." writes @rickabright.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
mRNA is about much more than #COVID. It's the frontline of America’s defense against #pandemics and #biothreats. Turning away now would leave us unprepared and vulnerable. My essay in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We cannot afford to abandon a breakthrough that saved millions. mRNA vaccines were the fastest way out of the pandemic, proving safe, effective, and adaptable for the future. The real risk now is choosing politics over science. Read my @nytimes essay: 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BARDA invested in mRNA technology precisely because it could deliver safe, scalable vaccines in record time, a capability proven during COVID. By dismantling that platform, we’re crippling our front-line defense, just ahead of unknown biological threats. www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨a truly remarkable milestone for the prevention of serious influenza infection. Data appear to be better than any flu vaccine over past decade or more. 🤞additional studies can move quickly, & data remain strong. H/t Cidara Therapeutics team 🙏 www.science.org/content/arti...
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A single shot of a flu drug could outperform vaccines—and protect for an entire season
One injection of a long-lasting drug showed up to 76% efficacy in a large trial
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Huge mistake to kill the only platform able to match speed and scale of a pandemic…as shown in 2020 and will be needed again for #H5N1. Very dangerous decision made to defund progress. Very bad msg sent to industry partners, too. L www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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sunshinydays.bsky.social @sunshinydays.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Prepare now for a potential H5N1 pandemic | Science @rickabright.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Prepare now for a potential H5N1 pandemic
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Daniel Summers @danielrsummers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Posted a longer form summary of recent H5N1 updates yesterday, in short, things are going in the wrong direction: www.reddit.com/r/H5N1_Avian...
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From the H5N1_AvianFlu community on Reddit: US H5N1 Reassortment Risk Dashboard (Feb. 24 Update)
Explore this post and more from the H5N1_AvianFlu community
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Daniel Summers @danielrsummers.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Partial sequence from the Wyoming case (hospitalized with respiratory/non-respiratory symptoms, released) uploaded to GISAID today, w/ PB2 E627K mutation (mammalian adaptation). Outside of the BC case, I don't think this mutation's been ID'd in any US-based human case since Texas (Apr. 2, 2024).
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Daniel Summers @danielrsummers.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
While the APHIS tracking sites are down, going to take the opportunity to plug my H5N1 dashboard, which is not down. Updated through Jan. 12, I recently added the ability to view all dairy herd infections by date on hover. I'll update again as soon as I can access APHIS sites: bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard
H5N1 dashboard with updated reports of outbreaks/detections for H5 wastewater, H5N1 poultry, dairy cattle, wild birds/mammals, seasonal Flu A wastewater, and human H5N1 cases by date/source/state.
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🚨Another person infected with #H5N1, this time in Ohio. Apparently a person working with deceased poultry. No details yet on the condition of the person or virus details. Grateful for Ohio Dept of Health for quick alert. odh.ohio.gov/media-center...
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Ohio Reports First Human Case of Bird Flu
The overall risk to Ohioans is low, but those in close contact with sick or dead poultry or wild birds should take precautions
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BREAKING: VIRUS FROM NEVADA DAIRY WORKER WITH BIRD FLU HAS THE SAME GENETIC MUTATION seen in the Nevada cows – a change of PB2 D701N that has previously been assoc with more efficient virus replication in ppl & mammals. CDC told Fortune that the D1.1 variant in this worker is the same strain of
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
32 days until the government runs out of money Democratic are about to have a lot of leverage Not clear they’ll use it
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
We have never been closer to a pandemic from #H5N1 virus. Yet, we are still not doing enough to prevent it or to reduce the impact when it hits. fortune.com/well/2025/02... @cbarbermd.bsky.social @fortune.com @scottehensley.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: 'We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus'
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
We have never been closer to a pandemic from #H5N1 virus. Yet, we are still not doing enough to prevent it or to reduce the impact when it hits. fortune.com/well/2025/02... @cbarbermd.bsky.social @fortune.com @scottehensley.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: 'We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus'
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.
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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
RFK Jr's confirmation hearings are happening next week - Senate Finance Committee scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 10am; we're told by Senate HELP Committee spokesman that they intend to schedule their hearing for Thursday, Jan. 30 www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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Crapo Announces HHS Secretary Nomination Hearing | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Crapo Announces HHS Secretary Nomination Hearing
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This is a concern. The only way we’re going to be able to prevent or control an outbreak will be through collaboration & transparency. No transparency = no trust, making it impossible to unite against a deadly virus. Now is the time we should focus on collaboration, transparency, & trust.
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Huge concern to see more human cases w/ increasing severity of #H5N1 respiratory infections. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social emergency declaration is the right move to help get in front of the outbreak. The virus is changing, urgent action needed to stop it. @fortune.com @cbarbermd.bsky.social
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California declares a state of emergency as a new severe bird flu case was discovered. What it means for the rest of the country
Whether the rest of the nation is willing to follow California's lead remains to be seen.
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rickabright.bsky.social @rickabright.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hello all. I’ve joined and not sure how to find everyone. I hope to reconnect w/ everyone that followed me & I followed on other site. Let me know you’re here. Let’s work together to save lives.
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