Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases
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CEID improves resilience against epidemics globally.
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CEID improves resilience against epidemics globally.
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A pleasure to talk to Oliver Morgan, head of the
@who.int pandemic hub. We discuss #AI in public health, broadly, and focus on @beaconbio.bsky.social run by
@buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social and @bostonchildrens.bsky.social (see tinyurl.com/bdfhwtuf).
@who.int pandemic hub. We discuss #AI in public health, broadly, and focus on @beaconbio.bsky.social run by
@buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social and @bostonchildrens.bsky.social (see tinyurl.com/bdfhwtuf).
AI-Powered Outbreak Detection: Building Smarter Public Health Systems
I speak with Yannis Paschalidis about how Boston University is using AI to detect disease outbreaks around the world
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December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A pleasure to talk to Oliver Morgan, head of the
@who.int pandemic hub. We discuss #AI in public health, broadly, and focus on @beaconbio.bsky.social run by
@buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social and @bostonchildrens.bsky.social (see tinyurl.com/bdfhwtuf).
@who.int pandemic hub. We discuss #AI in public health, broadly, and focus on @beaconbio.bsky.social run by
@buceid.bsky.social in partnership with @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social and @bostonchildrens.bsky.social (see tinyurl.com/bdfhwtuf).
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The Brink included BEACON in its top 10 inspiring and impactful innovations to come from @bostonu.bsky.social in 2025! Our groundbreaking platform combines AI and human experts to assess potential outbreaks and arm public health officials with the information they need.
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Best of The Brink 2025: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Impactful Ideas from Boston University Researchers
From an exosuit that eases back pain to an algorithm that boosts hearing aid performance, how BU research made a difference this year
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December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Brink included BEACON in its top 10 inspiring and impactful innovations to come from @bostonu.bsky.social in 2025! Our groundbreaking platform combines AI and human experts to assess potential outbreaks and arm public health officials with the information they need.
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On the need for US healthcare reform, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com, "Many Americans who are fortunate enough to have insurance aren’t adequately covered by what they have & end up facing big bills & denials of coverage by insurance companies."
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Record number of Americans say health care system in "state of crisis"—Poll
A new Gallup poll found that Americans' satisfaction with health care prices dropped to a record low.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
On the need for US healthcare reform, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com, "Many Americans who are fortunate enough to have insurance aren’t adequately covered by what they have & end up facing big bills & denials of coverage by insurance companies."
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Discussing his new book, Infected, CEID faculty member Dr. Muhammad Zaman @bu-cfd.bsky.social shares how misuse of science can have long-lasting effects in eroding vulnerable populations' trust, & the responsibility to use research as a force for good.
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How Can We Ensure Science Is a Force for Good?
BU researcher Muhammad Zaman’s new book, Infected, urges scientists to recognize past mistakes and be vigilant in ensuring research is used for good
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December 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Discussing his new book, Infected, CEID faculty member Dr. Muhammad Zaman @bu-cfd.bsky.social shares how misuse of science can have long-lasting effects in eroding vulnerable populations' trust, & the responsibility to use research as a force for good.
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Reflecting on 2025, @cenmag.bsky.social cites stats from @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social, as they call for the new year to be rallying point with opportunities for scientific inquiry to bring meaningful positive societal change.
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Chemistry needs its mission
If we are to build a better future, we should remember that good science can achieve great things
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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reflecting on 2025, @cenmag.bsky.social cites stats from @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social, as they call for the new year to be rallying point with opportunities for scientific inquiry to bring meaningful positive societal change.
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The newly reported increase in global childhood death rates, largely from infectious diseases, can be directly attributed to cuts to foreign aid, CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social) tells @wbur.org.
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Global child mortality projected to rise for the first time in decades
The Gates Foundation and the University of Washington estimate that more than 200,000 more kids will die this year than last.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The newly reported increase in global childhood death rates, largely from infectious diseases, can be directly attributed to cuts to foreign aid, CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social) tells @wbur.org.
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As many high-income countries have scaled back foreign aid, childhood deaths are projected to increase for the first time in decades. @brookeenichols.bsky.social says to remember what's behind the numbers. "It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child." spr.ly/6332977ha3
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As many high-income countries have scaled back foreign aid, childhood deaths are projected to increase for the first time in decades. @brookeenichols.bsky.social says to remember what's behind the numbers. "It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child." spr.ly/6332977ha3
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This did not have to happen “The report noted that the forecast comes as global development assistance for health fell significantly this year, to 26.9 percent, and below 2024 levels.”
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Child deaths set to rise for first time this century, report
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, according to a new report.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This did not have to happen “The report noted that the forecast comes as global development assistance for health fell significantly this year, to 26.9 percent, and below 2024 levels.”
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“You can’t compare the US because many women here don’t have adequate health access,” @bhadeliamd.bsky.social on why vaccine schedules in countries w/ universal healthcare may not work in the US where only 35% of women who test pos for Hep B receive follow-up care
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December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“You can’t compare the US because many women here don’t have adequate health access,” @bhadeliamd.bsky.social on why vaccine schedules in countries w/ universal healthcare may not work in the US where only 35% of women who test pos for Hep B receive follow-up care
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"The idea that the number of kids dying before their 5th birthday could rise for the 1st time this century should shock all of us. What if it were your child?" CEID faculty Dr @brookeenichols.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com in response to new Gates Foundation report.
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Child deaths set to rise for first time this century, report
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, according to a new report.
www.newsweek.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"The idea that the number of kids dying before their 5th birthday could rise for the 1st time this century should shock all of us. What if it were your child?" CEID faculty Dr @brookeenichols.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com in response to new Gates Foundation report.
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This Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to support CEID's work toward strengthening infectious disease policy and research. Your support helps us continue programs like @beaconbio.bsky.social to more rapidly identify emerging infectious disease threats.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to support CEID's work toward strengthening infectious disease policy and research. Your support helps us continue programs like @beaconbio.bsky.social to more rapidly identify emerging infectious disease threats.
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One quote stood out:
“My mother couldn’t stand before. After getting the food, she can move without help.”
This kind of functional recovery rarely makes it into TB nutrition policy conversations, but it should.
“My mother couldn’t stand before. After getting the food, she can move without help.”
This kind of functional recovery rarely makes it into TB nutrition policy conversations, but it should.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One quote stood out:
“My mother couldn’t stand before. After getting the food, she can move without help.”
This kind of functional recovery rarely makes it into TB nutrition policy conversations, but it should.
“My mother couldn’t stand before. After getting the food, she can move without help.”
This kind of functional recovery rarely makes it into TB nutrition policy conversations, but it should.
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Everyone in TB talks about “nutrition matters.”
But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them?
We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India.
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But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them?
We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India.
tinyurl.com/mr42k9k8
Tuberculosis- learning about experience with nutritional supplementation (TB LENS): Perspectives on a nutritional supplementation for persons with TB and their household contacts
Undernutrition is a major driver of the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with one in five TB cases worldwide attributable to undernutrition. Nutritional interventions may reduce TB incidence and mortali...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Everyone in TB talks about “nutrition matters.”
But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them?
We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India.
tinyurl.com/mr42k9k8
But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them?
We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India.
tinyurl.com/mr42k9k8
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Check out the #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon & other platforms podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @buceid.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @who.int @globalhealthde.bsky.social @renusingh.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Social Sciences Podcast · Updated Monthly · Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymaker...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Democratic Republic of the Congo faces continued measles outbreak amidst armed conflict, with Lomami, North and South Kivu being most affected
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9b849e17-e936-473d-a0af-44c8d9bfd829&eventid=c2ae938d-fdc7-43a7-9d3d-bf29cdb917d5&utm_source=bluesky
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9b849e17-e936-473d-a0af-44c8d9bfd829&eventid=c2ae938d-fdc7-43a7-9d3d-bf29cdb917d5&utm_source=bluesky
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Democratic Republic of the Congo faces continued measles outbreak amidst armed conflict, with Lomami, North and South Kivu being most affected
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9b849e17-e936-473d-a0af-44c8d9bfd829&eventid=c2ae938d-fdc7-43a7-9d3d-bf29cdb917d5&utm_source=bluesky
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=9b849e17-e936-473d-a0af-44c8d9bfd829&eventid=c2ae938d-fdc7-43a7-9d3d-bf29cdb917d5&utm_source=bluesky
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Request for information (RFI): Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) cases linked to Arizona State Fair petting zoo with 8 children hospitalized in Phoenix and Mesa
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=75e30fac-03d9-4936-9df2-cda4ec3ef02b&utm_source=bluesky
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=75e30fac-03d9-4936-9df2-cda4ec3ef02b&utm_source=bluesky
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Request for information (RFI): Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) cases linked to Arizona State Fair petting zoo with 8 children hospitalized in Phoenix and Mesa
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=75e30fac-03d9-4936-9df2-cda4ec3ef02b&utm_source=bluesky
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=75e30fac-03d9-4936-9df2-cda4ec3ef02b&utm_source=bluesky
As DOGE is disbanded with 8 months left in its contract, TIME reflects on the changes it made, including major cuts to USAID which has lead to over 600,000 deaths globally, as estimated by CEID faculty Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social.
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DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As DOGE is disbanded with 8 months left in its contract, TIME reflects on the changes it made, including major cuts to USAID which has lead to over 600,000 deaths globally, as estimated by CEID faculty Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social.
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Congratulations to CEID faculty member Dr. Jai Marathe on being awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award as part of @bumedicine.bsky.social Dept. of Medicine's Evans Days Awards! Well done to all the awardees!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Congratulations to CEID faculty member Dr. Jai Marathe on being awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award as part of @bumedicine.bsky.social Dept. of Medicine's Evans Days Awards! Well done to all the awardees!
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Since 1974, routine immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives, making vaccines the single biggest driver of infant survival in the modern era. Vaccine hesitancy threatens this progress, @syramadad.bsky.social writes for the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Vaccines Gave Us Back Our Tomorrows. We’re Squandering Them
More than half a century of vaccine progress is swiftly being undone because of politics and propaganda.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Since 1974, routine immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives, making vaccines the single biggest driver of infant survival in the modern era. Vaccine hesitancy threatens this progress, @syramadad.bsky.social writes for the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Pushing back against claims that diet & exercise alone are sufficient to protect against infectious diseases, experts including CEID Director @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tell @theatlantic.com that these strategies are not a replacement for vaccines and medicines.
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RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pushing back against claims that diet & exercise alone are sufficient to protect against infectious diseases, experts including CEID Director @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tell @theatlantic.com that these strategies are not a replacement for vaccines and medicines.
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Cabo Verde, Mauritius, and Seychelles eliminate measles and rubella
Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e156afe0-5b0e-448c-ac24-76fa847cecae&eventid=87f9a364-86ea-4ec8-978c-63a0c14f6e22&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e156afe0-5b0e-448c-ac24-76fa847cecae&eventid=87f9a364-86ea-4ec8-978c-63a0c14f6e22&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Cabo Verde, Mauritius, and Seychelles eliminate measles and rubella
Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e156afe0-5b0e-448c-ac24-76fa847cecae&eventid=87f9a364-86ea-4ec8-978c-63a0c14f6e22&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e156afe0-5b0e-448c-ac24-76fa847cecae&eventid=87f9a364-86ea-4ec8-978c-63a0c14f6e22&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
In an opinion piece for @thehill.com, CEID faculty Dr. @josephharrisbu.bsky.social explains why Republicans should consider the option of public health insurance as a method to drive market competition to encourage private insurers to offer more competitive pricing.
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How Republicans can rescue the party and do something good for Americans
The Republican Party needs to offer a "public option" in the American health care system to provide relief to Americans facing soaring health care premiums and to avoid a midterm electi...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In an opinion piece for @thehill.com, CEID faculty Dr. @josephharrisbu.bsky.social explains why Republicans should consider the option of public health insurance as a method to drive market competition to encourage private insurers to offer more competitive pricing.
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Thank you to Kevin McCarthy from @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's Institute for Disease Modeling for coming to speak to our audience from CEID & @busph.bsky.social Dept. of Global Health yesterday about his group's work using data modeling to further efforts to eliminate measles and polio.
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thank you to Kevin McCarthy from @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's Institute for Disease Modeling for coming to speak to our audience from CEID & @busph.bsky.social Dept. of Global Health yesterday about his group's work using data modeling to further efforts to eliminate measles and polio.
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Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
In this @thehill.com op-ed, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social (Boston University) argues that offering a “public option” could reduce health care costs for millions of Americans and explains why Republican lawmakers could view the idea as a viable strategy for 2026.
Read the piece:
Read the piece:
How Republicans can rescue the party and do something good for Americans
The Republican Party needs to offer a “public option” in the American health care system to provide relief to Americans facing soaring health care premiums and to avoid a midterm electi…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
"In cases where we cannot prevent pandemic threats from emerging, the second line of defense is to quickly detect and stop them from spreading," @spsaki.bsky.social writes on @vox.com, citing CEID's @beaconbio.bsky.social program as one such early detection system.
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Pandemics are a choice
The end of pandemics is within reach. Why aren’t we acting like it?
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November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"In cases where we cannot prevent pandemic threats from emerging, the second line of defense is to quickly detect and stop them from spreading," @spsaki.bsky.social writes on @vox.com, citing CEID's @beaconbio.bsky.social program as one such early detection system.
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