Dr. Kelly O.
@drkfo.bsky.social
Chief Scientist for Next-Generation Sequencing & Bioinformatics at The Utah Public Health Laboratory
🌟 SEQUENCE ALL THE THINGS! 🌟
I oversee all the sequencing and data analysis for infectious disease pathogens for the state. All opinions are my own!
🌟 SEQUENCE ALL THE THINGS! 🌟
I oversee all the sequencing and data analysis for infectious disease pathogens for the state. All opinions are my own!
Great collaboration between the CDC and state public health labs!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in the USA from October, 2013, to March, 2022: a retrospective molecular epidemiological analysis
Most US carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) isolates harbour carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamases. Other carbapenemases, such a…
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November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great collaboration between the CDC and state public health labs!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I’m curious. If an outspoken atheist was to set up tables outside churches on Sunday and on campuses of Christian colleges with a sign that said “God doesn’t exist, prove me wrong,” would that person be hailed as a figure who was trying to engage in good faith debate and heal our divisions?
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I’m curious. If an outspoken atheist was to set up tables outside churches on Sunday and on campuses of Christian colleges with a sign that said “God doesn’t exist, prove me wrong,” would that person be hailed as a figure who was trying to engage in good faith debate and heal our divisions?
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Going forward, what comes out of the CDC “will be a Frankenstein of science and ideology”
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The C.D.C.’s Vaccine Chief on Why Quitting Was His Only Option
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August 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Going forward, what comes out of the CDC “will be a Frankenstein of science and ideology”
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Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.
Opinion | The Public Health Disaster Everyone Saw Coming
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August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Kennedy “is trying to fully dismantle the nation’s vaccination apparatus, regardless of what science says or what most people want. And less than a year into his tenure as health secretary, he is succeeding brilliantly.” We are all at deep risk unless we push Congress to actually act. NOW.
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
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🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉
In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...
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In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉
In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...
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In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...
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“New Jersey health officials are issuing a warning about a possible measles exposure on NJ Transit and PATH trains.
A Hudson County resident who was diagnosed with measles used public transportation while potentially infectious, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Friday.”
A Hudson County resident who was diagnosed with measles used public transportation while potentially infectious, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Friday.”
Warning issued for possible measles exposure on NJ Transit, PATH trains
A Hudson County resident who tested positive for measles used public transit while potentially infectious, health officials say.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“New Jersey health officials are issuing a warning about a possible measles exposure on NJ Transit and PATH trains.
A Hudson County resident who was diagnosed with measles used public transportation while potentially infectious, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Friday.”
A Hudson County resident who was diagnosed with measles used public transportation while potentially infectious, the New Jersey Department of Health announced Friday.”
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August 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
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We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
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I once talked to Ice-T about skiing in the Delta customer service line in Salt Lake City.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I once talked to Ice-T about skiing in the Delta customer service line in Salt Lake City.
A little shameless self-promotion. www.aphlblog.org/how-next-gen...
How Next-Generation Sequencing Is Revolutionizing Food Safety - APHL Blog
By Donna Campisano, specialist, Communications, APHL Last year, 113 people across 23 states were sickened with Salmonella Typhimurium after eating cucumbers. Another 61 people from 19 states developed...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.
Check out some fun foodborne illness investigations! www.aphlblog.org/contaminatio...
Contamination Chronicles: How Laboratory Scientists Cracked Three Unusual Food Safety Cases - APHL Blog
By Donna Campisano, specialist, Communications, APHL What do raw milk, raw pet food and a drug-laced chicken sandwich have in common? They were all subjects of the “Contamination Chronicles” session a...
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May 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Check out some fun foodborne illness investigations! www.aphlblog.org/contaminatio...
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Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
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This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.
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💣The Carpet Bombing of HHS 💥
It's hard to describe how America's health agencies have been bombed and shelled in the past few months, but John Oliver is a good start. 🧵
It's hard to describe how America's health agencies have been bombed and shelled in the past few months, but John Oliver is a good start. 🧵
RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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April 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
💣The Carpet Bombing of HHS 💥
It's hard to describe how America's health agencies have been bombed and shelled in the past few months, but John Oliver is a good start. 🧵
It's hard to describe how America's health agencies have been bombed and shelled in the past few months, but John Oliver is a good start. 🧵
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We agree that CDC needs to be more nimble and efficient. But CDC restructuring should be done by someone who understands the mission and respects science. RFKJ is not that person. He does not understand the work he is destroying and does not care to find out.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We agree that CDC needs to be more nimble and efficient. But CDC restructuring should be done by someone who understands the mission and respects science. RFKJ is not that person. He does not understand the work he is destroying and does not care to find out.
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, undoing decades of science-based public health progress.
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
March 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, undoing decades of science-based public health progress.
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:
Those NAS worked great for almost 9 years. RIP!
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Those NAS worked great for almost 9 years. RIP!
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CDC leadership has not been included in decisions that affect the agency's future. Termination emails will go directly from HHS to CDC staff. The tone from Center directors today: “sorry we don't know anything. Please tell us if you're RIF'd. We'll do a headcount Monday of those still standing".
March 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
CDC leadership has not been included in decisions that affect the agency's future. Termination emails will go directly from HHS to CDC staff. The tone from Center directors today: “sorry we don't know anything. Please tell us if you're RIF'd. We'll do a headcount Monday of those still standing".