Great updates and plan for multisectorial response for a Global Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance focusing on a one health approach.

Develop Global, National & Regional AMR governance, coordination & collaboration.

Pandemic prevention needs good sepsis and antimicrobial resistance strategies embedded in policies and protocols to ensure better outcomes

@sepsisstiftung.bsky.social @pandemiccenter.bsky.social
@yalesph.bsky.social
@ghs.bsky.social @who.int

The best way we can ensure that we provide good sepsis care even during a public health emergency, when we are operating in crisis mode, is to embed sepsis care into our pandemic preparedness plans.

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🎉 Congratulations #Niger for eliminating Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, the first country in the African Region to do so bit.ly/40Ur7lV

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Evidence of link between environmental azole fungicide exposure, azole resistance selection in Aspergillus spp. and cross-resistance to medical azoles.
#AMR #fungalResistance #fungalamr #IDbluesky
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plain-lan...

Report from RIGov shares a #measles case was confirmed by Rhode Island Department of Health. This was an unvaccinated child who recently traveled internationally. They were hospitalized and have now recovered.

This marks the first case in RI since 2013.

More here:
www.ri.gov/press/view/4...

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A year ago, the idea of a human case of #H5N1 seemed almost unimaginable in the United States.

Today, we are witnessing a widespread outbreak in dairy herds, multiple human infections, and the virus’s presence in the food supply.

This situation is deeply concerning and requires urgent attention.

CA's Dept of Food & Ag recalls raw milk products from a second supplier, Valley Milk Simply Bottled, after its bulk tank tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu.
& ICYMI coz I did: #CDC slipped Delaware onto the list of states that found a probable human case. (CDC couldn't confirm.) Source unknown.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
As of Dec. 13, 60 confirmed human cases of H5N1 have been reported in US, majority linked to exposure to infected poultry or dairy cows.
no person-to-person spread associated with any of the H5N1 bird flu cases reported.
#avianinfluenza
#birflu

Louisiana reports its first probable human #H5N1 case as California logs another

The Louisiana patient, who was exposed to sick and dead birds with suspected infection, has been hospitalized.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

The many risks and danger of raw milk!

I shared my thoughts with @newyorkpost.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/environment/...

RAW milk consumption and it's risks

#rawmilk #infectiousdiseases
#pasteurization

Officials continue probe on DR Congo mystery illness

31 people have died and 406 people have been sickened by the illness, which causes fever, headache, cough, runny nose, and body aches.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Photo courtesy of MONUSCO/Flickr cc

Study shows global decline in antimicrobial use during COVID pandemic was short-lived

Researchers suggest the decline was linked to countries implementing movement restrictions, which resulted in fewer medical consultations.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Article from @latimes.com possible #H5N1 case in a 2nd California child.

@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social: "Given the proximity of this case to the last, it may be prudent to conduct a broader investigation, including a serologic study to check for other infections in the area"

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Splash pads found in public parks linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases
Over “10,000 children became ill from 1997 to 2022 after using splash pads, and most of those outbreaks were attributed to cryptosporidium, a parasite that causes diarrhea and spreads through contaminated water.”

"Unknown disease kills 143 people in south-west DRC, local authorities say"
"Infected people had flu-like symptoms including high fever and severe headaches"

#drc

amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Hi there 👋
New here
Trying to find my old friends
Thank you @kakape.bsky.social for this excellent piece www.science.org/content/arti...
& @boghuma.bsky.social for the share
I've finally jumped on the bandwagon
Excited to re-connect with #science!