Dr. Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP, CHEP
@syramadad.bsky.social
Epidemiologist 🦠 Biosecurity Advisor ☣️ Chief Biopreparedness Officer NYC Health + Hospital 🏥 Faculty Boston Uni CEID & NETEC 🧬 Fellow Harvard Belfer Center 🎥On Netflix, Discovery & History Channel 📝Write for NY Academy of Sciences
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With her experience in hospital readiness for pathogens, Dr. @syramadad.bsky.social shares new trainings that she and @nychealthsystem.bsky.social are developing for healthcare providers about how to address climate change impacts further straining their patients' health.
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
With her experience in hospital readiness for pathogens, Dr. @syramadad.bsky.social shares new trainings that she and @nychealthsystem.bsky.social are developing for healthcare providers about how to address climate change impacts further straining their patients' health.
An unexpected reunion at the World Health Organization in Geneva with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security!
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
An unexpected reunion at the World Health Organization in Geneva with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security!
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After a locally transmitted case of mosquito-borne disease chikungunya was confirmed on Long Island, NY, CEID affiliate faculty Dr. @syramadad.bsky.social shares more background about the disease and why this case is significant even as risk to New Yorkers remains low.
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A Warning Sign of Our Changing Climate
The recent suspected case of Chikungunya virus on Long Island marks a significant public health moment for NY.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
After a locally transmitted case of mosquito-borne disease chikungunya was confirmed on Long Island, NY, CEID affiliate faculty Dr. @syramadad.bsky.social shares more background about the disease and why this case is significant even as risk to New Yorkers remains low.
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As we warned in our 2024 op-ed, the dangerous clade I mpox strain spreading in DRC wouldn’t stay contained.
Now, California confirms local clade I cases—with no travel links.
Global inaction has local consequences.
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Now, California confirms local clade I cases—with no travel links.
Global inaction has local consequences.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
As we warned in our 2024 op-ed, the dangerous clade I mpox strain spreading in DRC wouldn’t stay contained.
Now, California confirms local clade I cases—with no travel links.
Global inaction has local consequences.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Now, California confirms local clade I cases—with no travel links.
Global inaction has local consequences.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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“Now is the time to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 — both viruses continue to circulate, and we know immunity can fade over time,” says CEID affiliate faculty @syramadad.bsky.social in a message to New Yorkers from @nychealthsystem.bsky.social.
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NYC Health + Hospitals Advises New Yorkers to Receive Their Annual Flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations - NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that the 2025–2026 updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are now available for patients at its hospitals and
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October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Now is the time to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 — both viruses continue to circulate, and we know immunity can fade over time,” says CEID affiliate faculty @syramadad.bsky.social in a message to New Yorkers from @nychealthsystem.bsky.social.
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“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
“A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.”
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Vaccine poll asks parents what they think about RFK Jr. and their pediatricians
A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.”
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Last night, hundreds of CDC staff lost their jobs, roughly a third of the agency’s workforce, with no warning or transition.
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Last night, hundreds of CDC staff lost their jobs, roughly a third of the agency’s workforce, with no warning or transition.
Last month @NYCHealthSystem led a MERS simulation @SouthBklynHealth — testing rapid setup of a portable isolation unit for airborne pathogens.
Exercises like this strengthen frontline readiness, teamwork & infection control for future outbreaks. 🦠
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Exercises like this strengthen frontline readiness, teamwork & infection control for future outbreaks. 🦠
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NYC Health + Hospitals Leads Simulation for MERS, a Viral Respiratory Illness - NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals recently conducted a simulation exercise to evaluate a portable isolation unit designed for rapid deployment during infectious
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October 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Last month @NYCHealthSystem led a MERS simulation @SouthBklynHealth — testing rapid setup of a portable isolation unit for airborne pathogens.
Exercises like this strengthen frontline readiness, teamwork & infection control for future outbreaks. 🦠
www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease...
Exercises like this strengthen frontline readiness, teamwork & infection control for future outbreaks. 🦠
www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease...
Spoke to @todayshow.com about what to know for this respiratory season
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When's the Best Time to Get a Flu Shot? 2025 Flu Season Explained
As flu season nears, experts encourage people to get their annual flu vaccine. Here's the best time to get the flu shot, how long it lasts, side effects and more.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Spoke to @todayshow.com about what to know for this respiratory season
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During the 2025 Southern Hemisphere flu season, vaccination reduced influenza-associated outpatient visits by 50.4% and hospitalizations by 49.7%.
CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.
CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
During the 2025 Southern Hemisphere flu season, vaccination reduced influenza-associated outpatient visits by 50.4% and hospitalizations by 49.7%.
CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.
CDC recommends flu vaccination for everyone ≥6 months.
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State-level efforts to provide vaccine guidelines are "a great way to make sure that the access is still there," said CEID affiliate faculty Dr. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfmbzkmas4tqf24vbitgqyz3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@syramadad.bsky.social, but "I am worried about the patchwork that it's causing across the United States."
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US vaccine panel to hold high-stakes policy meeting
A US panel stacked with figures sympathetic to the anti-vaccine movement will on Thursday take on federal immunization recommendations in a highly politicized meeting that could upend longstanding medical ...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
State-level efforts to provide vaccine guidelines are "a great way to make sure that the access is still there," said CEID affiliate faculty Dr. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfmbzkmas4tqf24vbitgqyz3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@syramadad.bsky.social, but "I am worried about the patchwork that it's causing across the United States."
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Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
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Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
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Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
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September 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Turning Against Vaccines, America Is a Global Outlier
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/w...
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/w...
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As climate change brings new challenges like wider spread of vector-borne diseases, @nychealthsystem.bsky.social has developed climate health training to better equip healthcare workers, writes CEID affiliate @syramadad.bsky.social in @thinkglobalhealth.org.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As climate change brings new challenges like wider spread of vector-borne diseases, @nychealthsystem.bsky.social has developed climate health training to better equip healthcare workers, writes CEID affiliate @syramadad.bsky.social in @thinkglobalhealth.org.
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Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All
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Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All
Syra Madad writes that the departure of five top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a seismic blow to public health credibility, and a rebuke of political interferenc...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All
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