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Sharing our paper @EIDjournal @CDCgov — a case of #Monkeypox in a returned traveler w/ no sexual exposures; no anogenital involvement or prodrome; highest risk exposure was in big outdoor crowd w/ close skin-skin contact although no known sick-contacts https://t.co/GUtAoREl9K pic.twitter.com/c0jaGU28TF
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) August 16, 2022
.@KatherineJWu has an excellent article on the "Pandemic's Soft Closing" & our virtual abandonment of a population health approach 2 pandemic response & control. Many excellent experts feature, incl. @Arrianna_Planey @JasonSalemi, @Lakshmi_RKG etc.
— Daniel S. Goldberg (@prof_goldberg) August 16, 2022
1/https://t.co/LANy3uZeLd
improving ventilation is one of the best strategies we have for reducing COVID-19 risk in schools, yet many are about to reopen with the same air systems they had in 2020.
— betsy ladyzhets 📊 (@betsyladyzhets) August 16, 2022
for @TIME, I explored what schools should be doing and what's holding them back: https://t.co/YlCIKUe2Qa pic.twitter.com/Y3upFqML5M
State-wide vaccination rates can be deceptive, hiding pockets where the rate of protected kids is shockingly low. Eg: 98% of kids in NY State were fully vaxed against #polio in 2020-21. In Rockland Cty, the rate was 60.7%. In a zip code in the county: 37%.https://t.co/9C8NShZ3rj pic.twitter.com/TNvfXMYB8J
— Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 (@HelenBranswell) August 16, 2022
Wow, please read this open letter in @NatureMedicine to world leaders by 23 young people in global health!
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) August 15, 2022
"we will hold the leaders of today accountable to their commitments and keep pushing for changes to our broken global health governance system"https://t.co/ZR6uTCiRlH pic.twitter.com/YduEnGG39H
If this effect size were true, the entire mask debate could have been ended with an RCT of like 400 people. https://t.co/yhQj7rBpoz
— Benjamin Mazer (@BenMazer) August 16, 2022
This article hits on a critical problem facing public health in USA. The brutal quote about @CDCgov being unable to run operations is part of a long trend in public health to focus on policy, assessment, & assurance, but not operations & services.
— Jay Varma (@DrJayVarma) August 16, 2022
/1https://t.co/IqeZbxlZXy pic.twitter.com/iU6yk1FsH3
When Zika failed to cause much damage in the U.S. 7 years ago the world scaled back funding for research and prevention, but fighting #Zika is still as urgent as it was in 2015. https://t.co/4fOrQGoVUE
— Global Health Strategies (@GHS) August 16, 2022
Florida appeals court affirms an order prohibiting a parentless 16-year-old from terminating her pregnancy on the grounds that she has not proved she is mature enough to get an abortion. So the state will force her to have a child instead. https://t.co/1UqnPUErG0 pic.twitter.com/z8uMmAoxub
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) August 16, 2022
Two huge immunization efforts are going to roll out in coming weeks. Figuring out how to optimize delivery of updated Covid booster AND flu shots is no small task. @DrewQJoseph explains. https://t.co/hjUVWfVkNX
— Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 (@HelenBranswell) August 16, 2022
This elementary school in Oklahoma closed two weeks into the school year after about 20 percent of students and half of the staff tested positive. https://t.co/8toRlSU48X
— Melody Schreiber (@m_scribe) August 16, 2022
“If you see the house of your neighbour burning, don’t close your window, go and help him; because if you don’t, it will come to you at some point,” https://t.co/xJctBLxmgY via @torontostar
— Yap Boum (@YapBoum2) August 16, 2022
#Monkeypox virus found in anal samples from asymptomatic men who have sex with men, raising concerns of asymptomatic spread of the virus via anal intercourse.https://t.co/8b0vi4In6J pic.twitter.com/5URTI04XDn
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) August 16, 2022
Sharing technology is the best way to stop pandemics - my joint OpEd with President @PaulKagame, President @CyrilRamaphosa, President @Macky_Sall, President @EmmanuelMacron, Chancellor @OlafScholz ⬇️ https://t.co/5Lr3UDNwBs
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) August 16, 2022
We're recruiting a cohort of six Ph.D. students to start Fall 2023 and participate in a new Institute training program focused on biological integration across scales, from molecular virology up to climate change. Please share widely! Details here: https://t.co/TPoGjhEIhc pic.twitter.com/gYGYMb7YFH
— Verena (@viralemergence) August 16, 2022
Want an approach to implementing new CDC schools guidance aligned with evidence, equity, & inclusion?
— Julia Raifman (@JuliaRaifman) August 15, 2022
➡️ https://t.co/SXLBtiszqY
In support of living & learning as well as possible in the continuing pandemic
Sign to support the Equity Policy Plan here: https://t.co/nHLZEm78Je pic.twitter.com/WDSue6Hkt8
"Boston Children’s Hospital has warned employees about mounting threats and is coordinating with law enforcement after far-right activists on social media began targeting the hospital."https://t.co/hNi7AXQdyK
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 17, 2022
“To @PutrinoLab surprise, it was quite challenging to find people who fully recovered from COVID. Many post–COVID-19 volunteers described themselves as healthy but admitted, for example, their once-normal gym workouts were too exhausting to resume” https://t.co/ainPdJ55Oi
— charlos (@loscharlos) August 16, 2022
Makes sense
— Madhu Pai, MD, PhD (@paimadhu) August 16, 2022
To address Canada’s health care crisis, start by containing COVID-19 /via @globeandmail https://t.co/bJy3bbXiU5
My father suffered from hearing loss and my brother is deaf, so this issue is personal to me. The option of getting an affordable hearing aid without a prescription is a game changer. Thanks to the Biden administration for finally making this happen. https://t.co/jzmw21bxrS
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 16, 2022
Today we welcomed the new U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Dr. David Walton. Our efforts to #EndMalaria faster will benefit from his experience of building partnerships, expanding access to care, and reaching remote populations.
— U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) (@PMIgov) August 16, 2022
LEARN MORE: https://t.co/8PtwhyVOpp pic.twitter.com/TR1e1ZUZyX
So, first. 70% of Americans are not fully immunized against SARSCOV2 (both initial doses, booster series). 1/ pic.twitter.com/wIcmvy2gXW
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) August 17, 2022
It’s a shame that (as far as I'm aware) supporters of the Great Barrington Declaration never properly outlined a conceptual model of what their predicted outcomes would like. This would have revealed several things… 1/
— Adam Kucharski (@adamjkucharski) August 15, 2022
"More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO, from 92 countries and territories, with 12 deaths", says @DrTedros at @WHO presser
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) August 17, 2022
"Almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, a 20% increase over the previous week, which was also 20% more than the week before"
Now that people in the US are concerned about poliovirus again (just 2-3 years ago @alvalesano was asked "polio, is that still a 'thing'")...here are a few references (and some twitter handles) for your paper pile....
— Lauring Lab (@LauringLab) August 17, 2022
🆕 New data on the environmental impacts of food.
— Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) August 17, 2022
For a long time we've had environmental footprints of food commodities on @OurWorldInData: beef, wheat, rice, etc.
I've added lots of new data on specific food products: bread, burgers, pasta, etc.https://t.co/yQYDIi9pVu
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“If we’d taken seriously the healthcare needs of African countries, we wouldn’t be here. How wrong is it that the African continent hasn’t got a single dose of this vaccine, when more people have died there of monkeypox than everywhere else put together?” https://t.co/RBi2Fukr2d
— Shailja Patel (@shailjapatel) August 17, 2022
.@WHO has a new website bringing together its materials on #PostCOVIDcondition #LongCovid with links to:
— Catherine Smallwood (@_katusche) August 17, 2022
📄 global case definition
⚕️clinical case report form
👨👩👧resources for individuals with long COVID
📢links to past and upcoming webinars
👉https://t.co/rh2NXZ2YO0 pic.twitter.com/9cp2Hffg8T
Looking forward to this discussion @HarvardGH happening tomorrow. Will be joining @klts0 @MTamfum moderated by @HelenBranswell - #Monkeypox in the global context racism and intersectional stigma. You can register using the link below.https://t.co/ZS2ZV3zCho
— BK Titanji #IAmAScientist🇨🇲 (@Boghuma) August 17, 2022
Tomorrow, join us for an important conversation on improving inclusion and diversity in health and science.
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) August 17, 2022
At 12 pm UK-time, Angela Saini, @BinitaKane, and @RaoMala will discuss their work in this area and their #SouthAsian heritage.
Register now 👉 https://t.co/SvFJPMGWtA pic.twitter.com/zh7QnLmZ8x
New research article> Emergence of a multidrug-resistant and virulent #Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage mediates serotype replacement after #PCV13: an international whole-genome sequencing study https://t.co/vSriw2aLRD @stephlo_lo @pneumowatch #AMR #pneumococcus
— The Lancet Microbe (@LancetMicrobe) August 17, 2022
#COVID19 vaccination: what are boosters & why do they matter?
— EU Health - #HealthUnion (@EU_Health) August 17, 2022
Vaccines & boosters continue to prevent severe disease, hospitalisation & save lives.
As protection from your primary vaccination may wane over time, these extra doses can help renew protection.
🇪🇺#HealthUnion
Another step towards a pan-sarbecovirus, variant-proof vaccine. There are now >35 antigens (epitopes) that can be used in combination, in & outside of the spike, to induce very broad, potent antibodies. But there's no coordination of efforts or priorityhttps://t.co/vgPP4LIq1X pic.twitter.com/UeKoaXuIhn
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 17, 2022
I had a stroke last Thursday while eating a sandwich. I didn't recognise it, the people I went to dinner with 4 hours later didn't recognise it, the doctor in A&E didn’t recognise it when I went in 6 days afterwards. My face, arm, speech were fine. So here are some extra tips https://t.co/tz9vnMLnx3
— Tabitha McIntosh (@TabitaSurge) August 17, 2022
Spoke to @Cat_Ho @sfchronicle re our #Monkeypox research letter; while the case raises important questions about transmission routes & risk of spread in crowded settings, it’s a single case. We haven’t seen much spillover via non-sexual routes otherwisehttps://t.co/yemP12itJJ
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) August 17, 2022
Heartbroken today.
— Stephen Griffin (@SGriffin_Lab) August 16, 2022
Lost this little guy to some motorist who lacked enough common decency to stop and apologise. A neighbour kindly brought him home. It was right outside. He'd turn 1 next month.
House melancholy, kids distraught. @lucy_prodgers
Brian, RIP💔 pic.twitter.com/ZjyTtgKo7F
Welp, here’s to 47, and officially being in my “late 40s!” pic.twitter.com/eD0mUej2PU
— Daniel Summers, MD (@WFKARS) August 16, 2022
Delighted to see these 2 major outputs of @crypticproject come out in @PLOSBiology! Our core open dataset, 12k M tuberculosis genomes with matched MICS for 13 drugs, and (DNA and amino) kmer GWAS for those drugs, showing improved heritability using MICS. Tremendous collab. https://t.co/5wdXtEzbXc pic.twitter.com/6zsl6GUNXi
— Zamin Iqbal (@ZaminIqbal) August 16, 2022
Thanks, Obama https://t.co/5KZfiXIGgd
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 16, 2022
This paper on Monte Carlo simulations absolutely blows my mind. h/t @inf_0_ pic.twitter.com/qMnJsJ0SrX
— Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) August 16, 2022
Want to learn more about #LongCOVID in #Children
— Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA (@KrutikaKuppalli) August 16, 2022
Please join the @WHO clinical management team for a webinar-expanding our understanding of Post #COVID19 condition (Long COVID) in children & young people
📅 17 August 2022 (tomorrow)
⏱️ 1:30 - 3:30 CEThttps://t.co/EktT9luBGH pic.twitter.com/5jxr99A3iZ