Chris Walzer
@cwalzer.bsky.social
Austrian 🇦🇹 in New York 🇺🇸
Exec. Director of Health | One Health Veterinarian | Univ. Prof Conservation Medicine | Opinions are my own.
Exec. Director of Health | One Health Veterinarian | Univ. Prof Conservation Medicine | Opinions are my own.
🌏 Great piece
@janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
@janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
June 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🌏 Great piece
@janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
@janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
Our latest commentary piece in @mongabay.com with my colleagues Susan Lieberman and Christine Franklin delves into the @who.int 's recent consensus on a pandemic agreement text emphasising a nature-centric, #OneHealth approach. tinyurl.com/5c22cvh4
May 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our latest commentary piece in @mongabay.com with my colleagues Susan Lieberman and Christine Franklin delves into the @who.int 's recent consensus on a pandemic agreement text emphasising a nature-centric, #OneHealth approach. tinyurl.com/5c22cvh4
New evidence underscores the role of #Wildlifetrade in SARS emergence. Direct ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 and -2 likely traveled too far, too fast for natural bat dispersal—pointing to infected intermediate hosts in wildlife trade as key vectors.
📄 [Cell, 2025] doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#OneHealth
📄 [Cell, 2025] doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#OneHealth
May 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New evidence underscores the role of #Wildlifetrade in SARS emergence. Direct ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 and -2 likely traveled too far, too fast for natural bat dispersal—pointing to infected intermediate hosts in wildlife trade as key vectors.
📄 [Cell, 2025] doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#OneHealth
📄 [Cell, 2025] doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
#OneHealth
Deep gratitude to the #INB delegates and co-chairs and most importantly my colleagues for many days and hours together to get the #PandemicAgreement over the finish line: Nina Jamal 🙌 Nelson Dordelly Rosales, Teresa Pegger-Baur, Esme Wheeler, Ellie Parravani, Marisa Peyre Masika Jerusa. Y'all rock!!
April 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Deep gratitude to the #INB delegates and co-chairs and most importantly my colleagues for many days and hours together to get the #PandemicAgreement over the finish line: Nina Jamal 🙌 Nelson Dordelly Rosales, Teresa Pegger-Baur, Esme Wheeler, Ellie Parravani, Marisa Peyre Masika Jerusa. Y'all rock!!
Echoing the words of @drtedros.who.int pathogen emergence does not pause for economic downturn divisive times of conflict, socio-economic turmoil and geo-political brinkmanship so finalising the #PandemicAgreement offers hope for collaborative multilateralism and is critical for #GlobalHealth
April 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Echoing the words of @drtedros.who.int pathogen emergence does not pause for economic downturn divisive times of conflict, socio-economic turmoil and geo-political brinkmanship so finalising the #PandemicAgreement offers hope for collaborative multilateralism and is critical for #GlobalHealth
Join us Mon, 7 April at 13:00 CEST in Geneva or online to tackle consensus on the Pandemic Agreement. Don’t miss it!
#INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
#INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
April 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Join us Mon, 7 April at 13:00 CEST in Geneva or online to tackle consensus on the Pandemic Agreement. Don’t miss it!
#INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
#INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
Upcoming Webinar – April 3, 2:00–3:00 PM CEST
I’m excited to join this important discussion ahead of INB13 Resumed (April 7–11, 2025) — the final negotiation round for the WHO pandemic accord before it heads to the 78th World Health Assembly.
👉 Register [https://tinyurl.com/yj4dpv3s]
I’m excited to join this important discussion ahead of INB13 Resumed (April 7–11, 2025) — the final negotiation round for the WHO pandemic accord before it heads to the 78th World Health Assembly.
👉 Register [https://tinyurl.com/yj4dpv3s]
April 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Upcoming Webinar – April 3, 2:00–3:00 PM CEST
I’m excited to join this important discussion ahead of INB13 Resumed (April 7–11, 2025) — the final negotiation round for the WHO pandemic accord before it heads to the 78th World Health Assembly.
👉 Register [https://tinyurl.com/yj4dpv3s]
I’m excited to join this important discussion ahead of INB13 Resumed (April 7–11, 2025) — the final negotiation round for the WHO pandemic accord before it heads to the 78th World Health Assembly.
👉 Register [https://tinyurl.com/yj4dpv3s]
Calling all Counter Wildlife Trafficking professionals! 🌍
Don't miss this exciting webinar on a groundbreaking conservation litigation case. This promising model is creating waves and couldn't be more relevant right now!
Learn more and join the conversation. Register now 👉 shorturl.at/rZTxa
Don't miss this exciting webinar on a groundbreaking conservation litigation case. This promising model is creating waves and couldn't be more relevant right now!
Learn more and join the conversation. Register now 👉 shorturl.at/rZTxa
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Calling all Counter Wildlife Trafficking professionals! 🌍
Don't miss this exciting webinar on a groundbreaking conservation litigation case. This promising model is creating waves and couldn't be more relevant right now!
Learn more and join the conversation. Register now 👉 shorturl.at/rZTxa
Don't miss this exciting webinar on a groundbreaking conservation litigation case. This promising model is creating waves and couldn't be more relevant right now!
Learn more and join the conversation. Register now 👉 shorturl.at/rZTxa
Thanks to the organisers and inspirational speakers @standupforscience.bsky.social in D.C. on Friday
March 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thanks to the organisers and inspirational speakers @standupforscience.bsky.social in D.C. on Friday
🧪 Wow, not something I was expecting in my morning feed: an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Brandenburg, Germany. Three water buffaloes have died of the disease.
Photo Djambalawa (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)
Photo Djambalawa (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)
January 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🧪 Wow, not something I was expecting in my morning feed: an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Brandenburg, Germany. Three water buffaloes have died of the disease.
Photo Djambalawa (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)
Photo Djambalawa (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license)
🌎🧪 #INB12resumed “Traditional public health responses are too little too late when facing zoonotic-origin outbreaks Only #OneHealth approach as outlined in Article 5 that bridges the human-animal and environmental health sectors will improve health outcomes for all”
December 3, 2024 at 12:12 PM
🌎🧪 #INB12resumed “Traditional public health responses are too little too late when facing zoonotic-origin outbreaks Only #OneHealth approach as outlined in Article 5 that bridges the human-animal and environmental health sectors will improve health outcomes for all”
December 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Important read from @sciam.bsky.social now more than ever if you are in the USA 🇺🇸 www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
November 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Important read from @sciam.bsky.social now more than ever if you are in the USA 🇺🇸 www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
Join us on December 5th! 🌎🧪The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Dr. Diego Montecino and Dr. Martin Wikelski of the ICARUS initiative will discuss tools and technologies for monitoring wildlife health and the early detection of disease threats: alliance-health-wildlife.org/event/specia...
November 13, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Join us on December 5th! 🌎🧪The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Dr. Diego Montecino and Dr. Martin Wikelski of the ICARUS initiative will discuss tools and technologies for monitoring wildlife health and the early detection of disease threats: alliance-health-wildlife.org/event/specia...
Inspiring kick-off to the #PandemicPrevention Leadership Initiative led by The Wildlife Conservation Society with 16 fellows from 14 ASEAN countries working together to address zoonotic risks in wildlife trade. #OneHealth #ASEAN
November 12, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Inspiring kick-off to the #PandemicPrevention Leadership Initiative led by The Wildlife Conservation Society with 16 fellows from 14 ASEAN countries working together to address zoonotic risks in wildlife trade. #OneHealth #ASEAN