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MD, Health journalist #pandemicpreparedness #scienceandsociety #scicomm On Substack with "Fosforo e miele". Weekly "Si dice in Villa" on Univadis from Medscape "Hope is a duty, not a mood" cit. David Quammen
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Five years ago, we had the first confirmed autoctone case of covid-19 in Italy. On Fosforo e miele, I put down some memories, thoughts and facts about that time, the origin of the virus, the management of the emergency in Italy and somewhere else. You can find it here robertavilla.substack.com

Tra poco a Tutta la città ne parla su Radio RAI Tre per parlare di quel che sta accadendo per scienza e salute in USA

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She's free. And that's all 🤩🤩🤩

Since December 19th, Italian journalist #CeciliaSala is detained by the Iranian regime with no clear accusation. Set her free, now!

Unpopular opinion. Italian government forgives fines to people who refused to vaccinate against covid in 2022. In the beginning, immunization was compulsory for healthcare professionals, teachers, and other workers of public interest, then the mandate was extended to all citizens over 50s. 1)

Last Sunday, Fiorentina soccer player Edoardo Bove had a sudden cardiac arrest on the pitch. Immediately, X was flooded with conspiracy theories blaming anticovid vaccines. He recovered, investigation is still under way, but the record of a 2020 post covid myocarditis tells another possible story

La lezione della #pandemia #covid avrà insegnato a noi medici come comunicare in modo efficace con la popolazione? L'educazione sanitaria deve partire da oggi, ognuno nel proprio setting Ottimo articolo di @robivil.bsky.social per capire di più su #H5N1 robertavilla.substack.com/p/aviaria-h5...

Tra le scelte di #Trump e la minaccia dell'influenza #aviaria, non arrivano buone notizie per la salute pubblica dal Nord America. Ma il mondo si sta preparando alla prossima #pandemia, pur con qualche difficoltà. 😷 Per un aggiornamento, consiglio questo ottimo articolo di @robivil.bsky.social.

My book "Controglossario di medicina" is today one year-old. Happy birthday!

You have Kennedy at HHS, we may have Frajese as expert consultant for covid commission. What a time to be alive!

In Italy, while healthcare workers protest to save the Italian National Health Service, our Parliament approves a new law to introduce "mototherapy" in children's hospitals. No public funding, yet, but we'll see. You never heard of it in literature, because it's just one guy's "amusing" idea.

this feels like a ticking bomb #H5N1 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you, @quammen.bsky.social! "Hope is a duty, not a mood" is a perfect motto to face these hard times, both in Europe and in America, in war zones and in those more affected by climate crisis, emerging diseases and poverty

Two years ago, presenting "Breathless" with @quammen.bsky.social in Turin, when we thought we were out of the woods. Now, breath-holding again for concern about #H5N1 in North America. Am I wrong? Everything's gonna be alright, despite the incoming Administration? Hope so

My last TED talk for TEDx Pavia is online (in Italian). #Butterflyeffect: health impact in an intertwined world youtu.be/BM4CGCBASNk?...

Somehow missing the evil algorithm 🙄 I'm a 60 year-old straight mother of 6, interested in ID, public health, emerging viruses and pandemic preparedness. Why should I see mainly gay explicit content in the "discover" section? Never happened on X or other platforms

I'm not leaving X, but happy to be here! 😍