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Important new work by Eric Ochomo & team at #KEMRI. Useful findings for understanding the potential impact of the promising #spatialrepellents approach for #mosquito #vector control & what we should be monitoring to assess early signs of resistance. ⬇️ bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Let's face it: Mosquitoes are the ultimate survivors! They've been around for 200+ million years - outlasting dinosaurs and every human attempt to eliminate them. Dinosaurs went extinct, mosquitoes didn't! 🦟 1/2

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 46 days ago • 12 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas shows no sign of slowing down. 🧵

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

So far there have been three measles deaths in under six weeks in the ongoing US measles outbreak. Prior to this year there had only been three measles deaths in the United States in total in the entire last thirty years.

submitted 72 days ago • 23 comments

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

submitted 78 days ago • 973 comments

“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker

submitted 78 days ago • 59 comments

Eight members of CDC’s top management abruptly announce resignation, including 5 stepping down today. The departures were announced at a closed meeting of agency senior leaders this afternoon. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

This will have immediate ramifications for local public health departments across the US

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“Mailbox is full and can’t accept messages now.” That is the message some federal workers received on Monday when they sent their now-routine five accomplishments from the previous week to the Office of Personnel Management, an exercise demanded by Elon Musk, President Trump’s job-cutting adviser.

submitted 85 days ago • 59 comments

This. Is. Huge.

submitted 85 days ago • 32 comments

Every federal employee's ‘five things’ email this week needs to include ‘did not text classified military operational plans to a reporter.’ #nationalsecurity #kakistocracy

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Today make sure to avoid turtle shells 🐢, fireballs ☄️, and disease carrying insects 🦟 #Mar10Day #mosquito

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Happy to be back amongst (most of 🥲) my mosquito people, so of course I need a #mosquitoselfie to kick off my week at #AMCA2025

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First measles death in a decade. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

submitted 112 days ago • 107 comments

‘Every day, they tackled complex issues with life-or-death stakes. They were hired after lawmakers debated and negotiated — sometimes over years — to make those problems someone’s job to solve. Then, this month, they were fired as part of President Trump’s widespread purge of federal workers.’

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Throwback to that time I found a red eye mutant Ae. aegypti while decapitating #mosquitoes for one of my doctoral projects. 🦟❤️ #HappyValentinesDay ❤️🦟

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Courts ordered the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 128 days ago • 166 comments

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

submitted 128 days ago • 58 comments

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 The Women in Chemistry category on the Ci site has a range of graphics on women in chemistry, both historical and present-day! www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪 #WomenInScience

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

The Association of Food and Drug Officials has placed all staff on furlough, effective immediately, due to the unpredictability in federal funding. The AFDO is a non-profit organization that works to simplify public health regulations on food and medical products.

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

GA Dept of Natural Resources has confirmed a deer in Lanier county with Chronic Wasting Disease. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current treatments or preventative vaccines. gadnr.org/first-positi...

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Avian flu identified in second commercial flock in Georgia, also located in Elbert County. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/22/b...

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January marks the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The virus would go on to kill 1.2 million Americans and disrupt countless lives.

submitted 147 days ago • 28 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 148 days ago • 501 comments

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

submitted 149 days ago • 255 comments

As expected, Trump just withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... When he cut U.S. funding to the global partnership in 2020, health leaders warned it would hurt coordination on pandemics & other challenges. www.politico.com/news/2020/04...

submitted 149 days ago • 9 comments

Yesterday, the Georgia Dept. of Ag. confirmed the first positive case of HPAI (H5N1 bird flu) in a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County. As a result, all poultry activities (exhibitions, shows, swaps, and sales) in GA are suspended until further notice. www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAF...

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A question for my #mosquito and #entomology people: what microscope do you use and love? I’m looking to get a binocular stereoscope for the house and need make and model recommendations. I’ve always been partial to Leica and Nikon.

submitted 208 days ago • 2 comments

Nearly half of all employees in state and local #publichealth left between 2017-2021 (3/4 for those under 35)… by 2025 this would represent more than 100,000 leaving their organizations, or as much as half of the governmental public health workforce in total. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

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Yesterday GDA and USDA confirmed the first detection of invasive #SpottedLanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Fulton County, GA. If found, please photograph, note the location, and kill. This pest has the potential to negatively impact the state’s hardwood tree 🪵, grape 🍇, and peach 🍑 industries!

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Today is a sad day for #publichealth, as this pick is an outspoken opponent of evidence-based medicine. HHS and CDC fund a large portion of local, state, and county public health departments. The effects of this cabinet pick may be felt broadly for Americans everywhere. www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...

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