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Ed Hill
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Researcher in mathematical epidemiology & infectious disease modelling.

Affiliations: Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) @livunichil.bsky.social, @thepandemicinst.bsky.social, @livuni-phps.bsky.social‬, @livuni-iph.bsky.social, @liverpooluni.bsky.social.
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1/ 🎙️ New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! #SciComm

❓ How can we use AI and open data to help uncover and prevent harm in healthcare? #DataScience #PublicHealth

👤 Guest: Sam Osian, Doctoral Researcher in Health Data Science at the University of Liverpool!

📹 YouTube: youtu.be/hHEHfuobnB0

🎧 Spotify👇
Health Data Decoded | Health Data Science Doctoral Research – Sam Osian [Ep. 8]
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Reposted by Ed Hill
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1/ A expected, the latest data update from Walgreens shows rising levels of general respiratory infections and also the first signs of influenza activity in the US!

We're also seeing wastewater signals in Georgia rising, in support of what Walgreens is report.
scarpino.bsky.social Sam Scarpino @scarpino.bsky.social · 1d
1/ A concerning flu "variant" may be driving an early rise in cases in the UK.

The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.

We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.

A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade'
Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Ed Hill
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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 UK HPAI H5N1 reported cases: 09 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 Commercial poultry at premises near Welshpool, Wales.

📊 36 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 5
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 3

🔗: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 HPAI H5N1 confirmations in UK on 08 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 Commercial poultry near Hallow, Worcestershire.

📊 35 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 4
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 3

🔗: www.gov.uk/government/n...
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 Multiple HPAI H5N1 confirmations in UK on 07 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth🧪

4️⃣ commercial poultry premises in England

2️⃣ commercial poultry premises in Northern Ireland

📊 34 confirmed cases in poultry & other captive birds from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 27
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 4
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 3
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
1/ 🎙️ New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! #SciComm

❓ How can we use AI and open data to help uncover and prevent harm in healthcare? #DataScience #PublicHealth

👤 Guest: Sam Osian, Doctoral Researcher in Health Data Science at the University of Liverpool!

📹 YouTube: youtu.be/hHEHfuobnB0

🎧 Spotify👇
Health Data Decoded | Health Data Science Doctoral Research – Sam Osian [Ep. 8]
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 UK HPAI H5N1 confirmations on 06 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 Large commercial poultry flock in Pembrokeshire

🐔 Small non-commercial poultry flock in Lancashire

📊 28 confirmed cases in poultry & other captive birds from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 23
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 4
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 1
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
edmhill.bsky.social
1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪

🗓️ Based on data up to week 44 2025 (27 Oct – 02 Nov 2025)

📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Influenza activity at low levels & increasing.

Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 6 November 2025 (week 45)
www.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 UK HPAI H5N1 confirmations on 05 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 Small commercial poultry flock in Lincolnshire

🐦 In captive birds in Lancashire

📊 26 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 22
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 3
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 1
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📣 University of Liverpool Fellowship opportunities

❓ Have AI-focused research ideas in health protection data science, mathematical epidemiology and/or infectious disease modelling? #IDsky #OneHealth

💬 Please contact for further discussion!

⏰ Outline application deadline: 23:59, 01 Dec 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Ed Hill
livuni-phps.bsky.social
1/ 🚨 Publication news!

📄 "The estimated impact of mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling policies on adult obesity prevalence and obesity-related mortality in England: a modelling study"

👥 Joint study between PHPS colleagues &
@livunipsyc.bsky.social.

🔗 to study👇
The estimated impact of mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling policies on adult obesity prevalence and obesity-related mortality in England: a modelling study
This work offers the first modelled estimation of the impact of introducing mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labels on obesity prevalence in the adult population in England. Findings suggest that man...
www.thelancet.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reposted by Ed Hill
jdmunday.bsky.social
New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
Fig 3. (A) Adjusted time trends in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater viral load in seven regions of Switzerland (uncertainty is not shown for clarity). (B) Correlation between adjusted time trends in viral load and laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 hospitalisations in the same region. (C) Adjusted bias in viral load by wastewater treatment plant.
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 04 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth🧪

🐔 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in commercial poultry premises in Norfolk

🏘️ From Thu 06 Nov, mandatory housing measures to be extended to all of England

📊 From 01 Oct 2025, 24 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Ed Hill
livuni-phps.bsky.social
🚨 Publication news!

📄 "Exploring the contribution of risk factors on major illness: a microsimulation study in England, 2023-2043"

👥 Joint study between PHPS colleagues & @healthfoundation.bsky.social.

🛟 Small changes in diet, exercise & smoking could reduce chronic illness over the next 20 yrs.
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 HPAI H5N1 confirmation reports in UK on 03 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 Two commercial poultry units (near Thirsk, North Yorkshire; near Crediton, Devon).

🐦 Captive birds near Danehill, East Sussex.

📊 23 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Reposted by Ed Hill
britishvets.bsky.social
With new #BirdFlu cases detected across the UK & housing measures in force in parts of England, a reminder that strict #biosecurity remains vital.

If you're a poultry keeper, contact your vet if you've any concerns about the health & welfare of your flock.

www.farminguk.com/News/avian-f...
Avian flu impacts 150,000 birds following four new outbreaks
Four new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in commercial poultry units across England and Wales.
www.farminguk.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
1/ Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe - DEFRA outbreak assessment for 28 Oct 2025. #IDsky #IDEpi #OneHealth #H5N1 🧪

🗓️ Report period: 08-28 Oct 2025

🔗 to report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c1...
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Preliminary Outbreak Assessment #2 High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe 28 October 2025 Disease report In our previous outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe). we noted that, although positive reports of HPAI H5 in Great Britain were falling after the summer, there was an increasing infection pressure from Europe with the anticipated arrival of migratory waterbirds. Since our previous outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain and Europe) there have been 9 reports of HPAI H5 clade 2.3.4.4b in domestic poultry in Great Britain (8 in England and 1 in Wales). All 9 reports have been confirmed as HPAI H5N1. Since our previous assessment on 8 October 2025, there have also been 54 more cases of HPAI H5 clade 2.3.4.4b events involving “found-dead” wild birds (number based on laboratory testing date) in Great Britain. The total since the start of the HPAI season on 1 October 2025 is now 62. Of these 62, 60 have been confirmed as HPAI H5N1, 1 as HPAI H5N5 (see our previous assessment) and 1 as HPAI H5Nx (see Map 1 for wild bird cases). The number of wild bird cases (based on laboratory testing date) after falling week on week in September, has increased markedly since the beginning of October increasing over 3-fold in the last week of October. It is notable that most of the cases in found dead wild birds in October are resident wildfowl (Canada geese, greylag geese, mute swans and mallards) mostly inland with just one case in gulls which accounted for half of the wild bird cases over the summer. The wild bird risk level across Great Britain has therefore been elevated to VERY HIGH, noting that there are still more wild migratory waterbirds to enter Great Britain in the coming weeks from Europe where HPAI reports have also increased exponentially in the last few weeks.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 02 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in commercial poultry near Easingwold, North Yorkshire.

📊 20 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 16
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 3
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 1
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 01 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in two large commercial poultry units (near Brandon, Suffolk; near Donington, Lincolnshire)

📊 19 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 HPAI H5N1 confirmations for 31 Oct 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Poultry at premises near Milford Haven

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Three large commercial poultry units

📊 17 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 13
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 3
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 1
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 30 Oct 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐦 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in captive birds near Silloth, Cumbria.

📊 89 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 04 Nov 2024.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 80
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 3
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 2
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 4
Bird flu: near Silloth, Cumberland, Cumbria (AIV2025/73)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in captive birds near Silloth, Cumberland, Cumbria on 30 October 2025.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪

🗓️ Based on data up to week 43 2025 (20-26 Oct 2025)

📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Influenza activity above baseline & particularly increasing among children.
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 30 October 2025 (week 44)
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 29 Oct 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth 🧪

🐔 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in a large commercial poultry unit near Brandon, Suffolk.

📊 88 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK from 04 Nov 2024.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 79
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 3
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 2
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 4
Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.
www.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
edmhill.bsky.social
1/ @juniper-network.bsky.social runs a seminar series Wednesday 14:00-15:00 (UK time) during academic term-time

🎤 Talks on interdisciplinary topics related to interface between modelling, infectious disease control & public policy

🔗 maths.org/juniper/semi...

🧵 summary of talks from Sep/Oct 2025
Seminars | Juniper
We run a virtual weekly seminar series on a Wednesday 14:00-15:00 (UK time) during academic term-time. The aim of the seminars is to provide an informal environment for researchers working at the inte...
maths.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Ed Hill
tah-sci.com
JOB: Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 using a very large dataset of more than 120,000 viral genomes generated as part of the ONS Covid Survey in Prof Katrina Lythgoe's Ecology and Evolution of Viruses Research Group.

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM