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⚠️ BREAKING: Local sources in the Democratic Republic of Congo report that the cases in the "mystery outbreak" have increased to 416 with 135 deaths. The number of affected health areas has increased from 7 to 9.

🚨🚨 #H5N1 presumptive case in Marin Co. child. Second CA child to get virus. Details fuzzy/ notification buried in Marin Co newsletter. Story will be updated as info comes. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Tick... Tick... Tick... www.science.org/content/arti...

So roughly 30% of LC Kids are still stuffed at 2 years... Re-infections make this considerably worse. WTAF are we doing to the children of our world? doi.org/10.1038/s438...

Vietnam reports human H5 avian flu case Investigators found hundreds of dead poultry at the patient's family home. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

www.livescience.com/health/virus... A developing story.

The DRC 🇨🇩 is reporting an epidemic caused by an "unknown disease" with people exhibiting flu-like symptoms, first reported by local media, now spread by Reuters, AP etc. There are reports of 143 deaths, with an anonymous source stating that WHO is involved in the investigation.

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Going over to X now feels like having to check the mold infestation in your basement.

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

#H5N1 ⚠️⚠️ 🇨🇦 Update from Bonnie Henry, B.C. Canada's Provincial Health Officer: [Summary by @kinconn.bsky.social] ➡️ Teen with #H5N1 is still in critical care; not breathing on own ➡️ They have seen some improvement over the last few days; is in stable condition

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For everyone new here, this comic (thanks to the talented @davis.social) well explains the unique structure of #bsky bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Hello! So now we are also here - on BlueSky, to talk about #PublicHealth! Hope you will tag along and help us on this interesting adventure! #ECDCisOnBlueSky!

Hello Bluesky! The Internet Archive is a non-profit library with a mission of providing “Universal Access to All Knowledge.” Explore our collection at archive.org.

This will be the first of 6 essays I wrote about RFK Jr. In this first piece, I describe a conversation I had with him about 20 years ago, which marked the beginning of his anti-vaccine activism. Is this the man we want to be in charge of our health? open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...

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www.politico.com/news/2024/11... Please please please don't do this to the public health and research infrastructure in the US.