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fionaepi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, Science advisor/ consumer, posts are personal
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a link to the full report proposing for the NZ science research system www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/scien...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

submitted 35 days ago • 509 comments

2025 will be the hottest year on record, and it will hold that title for one year.

submitted 61 days ago • 38 comments

Interesting development from DRC on mystery outbreak. Seem influenza (type/subtype unknown) not malaria is identified the cause on a malnutrition & malaria background Keen to hear updates on this esp flu type from DRC & @who.int

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

Mad props to the New Orleans department of health for not cowering to anti-science, anti-expertise, anti-vaccine bullying. This is called standing on business. #vaccineswork

submitted 67 days ago • 9 comments

Great to see this study based on a ferret challenge model showing that an mRNA-based influenza vaccine targeting highly pathogenic H5N1 protected animals against lethal infection. In the event of a large outbreak in humans we will need scalable vaccine platforms.🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 69 days ago • 4 comments

The mystery illness in the #DRC was revealed to be #Malaria. The world will move on and the epidemics of poverty and inequity to healthcare access will persist. We cannot address the threat of pandemics by ignoring poverty. Check out my latest #substack on this open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

Sounds like finally authorities are awakening from their slumber. Better late than never I guess. Also PH authorities confirmed today the first severe human case of H5N1 in the US. Patient is hospitalized in Louisiana and had contact with sick birds. www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/n....

submitted 69 days ago • 5 comments

A cartoon by Barbara Smaller. #NewYorkerCartoons

submitted 73 days ago • 15 comments

#H5N1 continues to spread and now in a person in #Louisiana. The person had exposure to sick and dead birds suspected to have been infected with H5N1 Important to know 1. The sequence 2. Presenting symptoms 2. Details around hospitalization and treatment

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

New, per source close to probe California child who caught flu after drinking unpasteurized milk in Marin County was not likely infected by H5 flu, initial CDC testing suggests Child had been among 10 reported sick after consuming raw milk in state, after Raw Farm recall

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Massive new study in the BMJ, tons of reporting, very senior authors, showing that chocolate may prevent diabetes. Is it just me or is this more likely proof that food frequency questionnaires are not useful as a way to assess dietary intake 🤔

submitted 78 days ago • 7 comments