@rosehoban.bsky.social
NC sees its first #measles case of 2025. Person passed through Forsyth and Guilford counties in these locations, at these times.
Keep in mind measles is exceedingly infectious, just being in the same room with someone with the disease will put you at risk.
Keep in mind measles is exceedingly infectious, just being in the same room with someone with the disease will put you at risk.
June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NC sees its first #measles case of 2025. Person passed through Forsyth and Guilford counties in these locations, at these times.
Keep in mind measles is exceedingly infectious, just being in the same room with someone with the disease will put you at risk.
Keep in mind measles is exceedingly infectious, just being in the same room with someone with the disease will put you at risk.
Duke loses $129 million contract to work on a vaccine for #HIV www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
Researchers were told the administration, instead, wanted to go with "current approaches," effectively abandoning the most potent prevention strategy. #publichealth #vaccines #trumpadministration
Researchers were told the administration, instead, wanted to go with "current approaches," effectively abandoning the most potent prevention strategy. #publichealth #vaccines #trumpadministration
Trump administration ends $129 million in funding for Duke HIV vaccine effort
Researchers were told that the Department of Health and Human Services instead wanted “to go with currently available approaches to eliminate HIV.”
www.dukechronicle.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Duke loses $129 million contract to work on a vaccine for #HIV www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
Researchers were told the administration, instead, wanted to go with "current approaches," effectively abandoning the most potent prevention strategy. #publichealth #vaccines #trumpadministration
Researchers were told the administration, instead, wanted to go with "current approaches," effectively abandoning the most potent prevention strategy. #publichealth #vaccines #trumpadministration
Help NC Health News tell the story of the cuts happening at #DHHS #USDHHS #CDC www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/04/01/a...
Are you in NC and affected by the federal DHHS, CDC cuts and restructuring?
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Help NC Health News tell the story of the cuts happening at #DHHS #USDHHS #CDC www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/04/01/a...
Slava Ukraini.
February 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Slava Ukraini.
@mcuban.bsky.social Here's an interesting question left over from the Hospitalogy Zoom meeting: Will CostPlus still ship items like birth control/ Plan B/ mifepristone/ misoprostol to states if it becomes against the law to acquire it in a woman's home state?
Thanks for a great conversation!
Thanks for a great conversation!
February 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social Here's an interesting question left over from the Hospitalogy Zoom meeting: Will CostPlus still ship items like birth control/ Plan B/ mifepristone/ misoprostol to states if it becomes against the law to acquire it in a woman's home state?
Thanks for a great conversation!
Thanks for a great conversation!
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CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
Many folks reached out about last week's directives from the government to federally-supported scientists. Not everyone is going on record, grateful for public comments by @drstarbird.bsky.social @peiferlabunc.bsky.social @barakrichman.bsky.social www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/01/27/n...
New Trump directive to federal health & research agencies could hit NC in the pocketbook
President Trump issued a directive temporarily halting communications, meetings and purchases related to federal health care research grants.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Many folks reached out about last week's directives from the government to federally-supported scientists. Not everyone is going on record, grateful for public comments by @drstarbird.bsky.social @peiferlabunc.bsky.social @barakrichman.bsky.social www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/01/27/n...
Looking for a #NorthCarolina #NC researcher who is willing to talk on the record about the #NIH #CDC shutdowns. Thanks.
January 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking for a #NorthCarolina #NC researcher who is willing to talk on the record about the #NIH #CDC shutdowns. Thanks.
Hey @astrokatie.com are you still affiliated with NC State? Would love to talk to a NC-based researcher about the NIH work stoppage.
January 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hey @astrokatie.com are you still affiliated with NC State? Would love to talk to a NC-based researcher about the NIH work stoppage.
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Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/h...
Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans, study finds
Study published in Science says a single hemagglutinin mutation, similar to one seen in a Canadian case, could make H5N1 better suited to infect people.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Single mutation in H5N1 bird flu virus may make it more infectious to humans www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/h...