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I am just incredibly angry and frustrated: www.linkedin.com/pulse/tragic...

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🌍 Important piece from my colleagues on the importance of small, nutritious fish as a sustainable alternative for the Amazon. These low trophic level species are accessible, rich in nutrients and present a lower risk of mercury contamination, benefitting local communities tinyurl.com/6f5d9au8

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Science is for everyone. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

Der Berliner Virologe Christian Drosten war der wohl bekannteste Erklärer der Pandemie. Genau 5 Jahre nach den ersten Corona-Fällen in Österreich zieht er heute in der ZiB2 ausführlich Bilanz: Was haben wir seither gelernt? Um 22h00 in ORF2 + 3sat.

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Since Friday, measles cases have soared beyond 100 in West Texas. 124 cases, with 15 hospitalizations, mainly in children & teens. All but 5 people with measles were unvaccinated. An unknown number of cases are below the radar.

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🌏🧪 Great piece by my colleague Maricruz Jaramillo looking into how land use change impacts bats, rodents, and the pathogens they carry? The @wcshealth.bsky.social Health program is digging into how these shifts could drive diseases to spread between species. 🦇🐀 #OneHealth #Conservation #Bats

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We simply must move to adopt a legally binding Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Agreement. In this world of incompetent bullies and withdrawals from global commitments and responsibilities now is not the time to go backwards - Infectious diseases know no borders: tinyurl.com/kna76nkw

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here is why systematic surveillance of H5 viruses is crucial, also in wildlife. Circulation of AI viruses in Canada with resistance to oseltamivir, which is one of the few drugs that can be used to prevent and (less well) treat H5N1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Infectious Disease Society of America issues a statement on the political interference with the CDC vaccine information and the advisory committee on immunisation www.idsociety.org/news--public...

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

PLOS statement. Any attempt to restrict knowledge creation or censor its dissemination undermine the core principles of scientific inquiry and obstruct progress. And they stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission and our editorial policies theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

I think people both within science and outside science don’t fully appreciate the miracle that were the Covid-19 vaccines. How much courage it took to get the sequence out, how much work had already gone into figuring out the best viral antigen and how best to present it. 1/

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

submitted 4 days ago • 306 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 5 days ago • 2509 comments

Our article "Mixed-method analysis of published national One Health strategic plans", published in iScience, was featured as one of the Editors' monthly favorites on the Sustainability Hub @cellpress.bsky.social this month! www.cell.com/iscience/ful... With Caroline Wilhelm & @cwalzer.bsky.social

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🌏 Great to see our paper "Mixed-method analysis of published national one health strategic plans" where we assess existing Strategic Plans for alignment with One Health principles "Editors' monthly favourites" on the @cp-iscience.bsky.social Sustainability Hub www.cell.com/sustainability #OneHealth

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

There’s a measles outbreak in Texas and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is completely silent. Not a peep. This is so, so bad.

submitted 7 days ago • 121 comments

To my colleagues, friends, and everybody else in the federal workforce, including from the NIH and the CDC, you are all heroes and deserve so much better than the obtuse insanity you’re all living through at the moment. Rest assured that we are with you in this fight and unafraid 💪!

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

I'm mostly offline this week, but here's a new conservation optimism article from The Revelator. therevelator.org/seagrass-gar...

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This positive result was obtained in 42 animals, including 28 carcasses of species such as crabeater seals, skuas, gulls, snowy sheathbill, Adélie penguins, and Gentoo penguins, as well as 14 live individuals of skuas and Adélie and Gentoo penguins.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

"One USDA bird flu scientist kept a job but had to say goodbye to ... colleagues. “We all work on high pathogenicity avian influenza—seems like an absolutely reckless time to fire qualified scientists...directly involved in monitoring and responding to this virus right now,” the scientist wrote."

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Bird flu spreads to marine mammals in UK : www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Preventing the CDC from effectively communicating about disease risks and mitigation strategies, including vaccination, endangers the health of all of us

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WHO has reported an unidentified illness in Democratic Republic of Congo's Equateur Province, according to Xinhua. 431 cases and 45 deaths (at 15 Feb) across 2 clusters (Bolombo & Basankusu health zones). Rapid disease progression upon symptom onset. Ebola and Marburg apparently ruled out. 1/2

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Every day brings another #measles outbreak. Here an excellent summary from @pkrugman.bsky.social on how this virus is once again on the cusp of a global expansion due to political failure open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Another infectious disease no one is discussing “In Kansas, USA, public health workers are battling one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history. As of Jan 31, 67 patients in the Kansas City metropolitan area had active infections and 79 latent cases have been identified”

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 9 days ago • 127 comments

Was Trump mit der US-Wissenschaft macht, ist nicht ein bisschen "Sparen am System", sondern eine beispiellose Attacke auf die Forschung. Wir müssen klar sagen: Das ist eine Katastrophe. Und dieselbe Katastrophe droht auch bei uns - überall, wo Rechtsextreme regieren. science.orf.at/stories/3228...

submitted 9 days ago • 31 comments

The people who were terminated at HHS & its agencies over the weekend did jobs aimed at improving the lives of Americans and helping to keep them safe from disease threats. These cuts will impact those efforts. www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/t...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Most of the cases are among school-aged children; at least thirteen patients have been hospitalized.

submitted 9 days ago • 111 comments

What is happening in the USA, including U.S. government censorship of research, is unacceptable. The least we can do is to state our opposition publicly. Please have a look at this declaration and--if you agree--put your name to it. docs.google.com/document/u/0...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I know things are rough right now for a lot of people in science, and job hunting isn’t exactly fun—but if you’re a virologist looking for interesting work and want a scenery change, the Virology Unit at Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is hiring. #virosky #idsky tinyurl.com/y62d6tnw

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

submitted 12 days ago • 545 comments

Fabulous news! @ameliedesvars.bsky.social has been nominated by the Austrian Academy of Sciences to the Frontiers Planet Prize! Congratulations, Amél! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/universitaet/infoservice/news/news-detail/frontiers-planet-prize-nominierung-fuer-amelie-desvars-larrive

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 12 days ago • 2698 comments

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

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"The country is less safe. These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...

submitted 11 days ago • 17 comments

Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn

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“I feel ashamed because people agreed to work with me and they’ve been screwed." Researchers hit by the US aid freeze (now temporarily lifted) speak out. www.science.org/content/arti...

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The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting

submitted 12 days ago • 182 comments

Texas measles outbreak doubled, now into 4 counties www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...

submitted 12 days ago • 68 comments

🚨 Urgent CDC analyses on seasonal flu, bird flu in cats & in wastewater have been stalled. And CDC has stopped contributing flu data to global platforms, says WHO. “Delays in data create dangerous situations on the front line.” My latest @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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👇RFKJr. „…Covid-19 might be ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews. Ethnically targeted to spare Jews. He said Lyme disease was a military bioweapon. For years he’s been persuading American families against routine childhood immunizations. He’s compared the work of the CDC to ‘Nazi death camps.’... „

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

The past few weeks have taught me that you do not need darkness to kill democracy. It can die in broad daylight, just because of apathy.

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🚨UPDATE: At least 14 people have been hospitalized in a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated part of Texas. 24 cases so far, mainly children. Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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