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🇪🇺 Scientific Working group on #Influenza & other Respiratory Viruses #RSV #COVID19 #ESWI2025 #ESWIAirborne #ESWIEducationHub #InfluenzaDiabetesCommunity
💡 Ted van Essen & Sue Saville raised a crucial question: Can chatbots and AI help ensure people receive clear, reliable answers to their health concerns? 🎧 Explore this discussion in the bonus episode of #ESWIAirborne: shorturl.at/kQqKKT

#ESWIEducationHub #COVID19 #Influenza #flu #RSV #hMPV
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
💫 And that’s a wrap on #ESWI2025!
In heartfelt closing remarks chaired by Colin Russell, with Ab Osterhaus, Stefania Maggi, and Marco Goeijenbier, the room was filled with gratitude, inspiration, and excitement for what’s next —
✨ See you at #ESWI2027!
#PublicHealth #Science
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎓 The final keynote of #ESWI2025 featured Tor Biering-Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, 🇩🇰) presenting the FLUNITY-HD study — a pooled analysis of the DANFLU-2 and GALFLU trials linking influenza vaccination to cardiovascular protection💉❤️
#Vaccines #PublicHealth
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🧬 At #ESWI2025 Late Breakers: Novel and Outstanding Discoveries, Rory de Vries highlighted the importance of boosters for pandemic preparedness and immunity
His study: Adjuvanted inactivated H5N8 vaccine induces antibody & T-cell responses to emerging H5N1 viruses in HCWs💉
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
💉 During “Unlocking the Value of Vaccines as a Tool to Support the Management of #NCDs” at #ESWI2025, Stefania Maggi urged action:
“It’s very disturbing — and we are not there yet.”
A powerful reminder that prevention through vaccination remains unfinished business 💪
#Vaccines
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🎉 Congrats to the Early Career Scientist Award winners at #ESWI2025!
🏅 DEI: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa
🏅 Best Body of Work: 🇩🇪 Kevin Ciminski
🏅 Vaccine Innovation: 🇬🇷 Marios Koutsakos
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#ESWI2025 | #ESWI #ECaS
🏆 Celebrating the long-standing commitment, curiosity & exceptional teamwork of everyone involved.
✨ Congratulations to
🏅 Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work: Kevin Ciminski
💉 Young Scientist Vaccine Innovation Award: Marios Koutsakos
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🏅 At #ESWI2025, five inspiring young researchers received the Early Career Scientist #DEI Awards: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa
Their stories reflect resilience and global scientific excellence 🌍
#ECaS
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
💉 Healthcare workers are key to boosting #VaccinationUptake — yet ECDC data shows low COVID-19 vaccine rates across Europe: 13.6% in 🇧🇪 Belgium to just 0.5% in 🇧🇬 Bulgaria.
At #ESWI2025, Michael Moore calls to unlock the full value of vaccines in managing #NCDs.
#PublicHealth
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📜 At #ESWI2025 Maria Zambon traces the history of how we understand pandemics — from religious interpretations to the rise of rational, evidence-based therapeutics
A fascinating look at how science reshaped our view of disease and response🧠
#PublicHealth #Pandemic #History
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Momentum builds on Day 2️⃣
📽️ Watch the Day 2️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap2#artic...
📰 #ESWIViralTimes Headline #ECaS #ESWI2025 eswiconference.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#ESWI2025 | Keynote Address I Day 3️⃣
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut 🇩🇪 warns that the next #Pandemic could start with a kiss 💋 — highlighting how human activity, including the growing food production and poultry farming, drives the emergence of new influenza viruses.
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🔬At #ESWI2025 Gülsah Gabriel presents a project on pandemic-resilient school design, rethinking learning spaces for future crises
🇳🇱 Ron Fouchier introduces the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center in the Netherlands and the rising risks of global pandemics
#Preparedness
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#ESWI2025 I #ScienceCommunication #Trust #RiskCommunication #PublicHealth
Frédéric Bouder @unistavanger.bsky.social 🇳🇴
✅ Effective communication of benefits and risks is a key factor in building #Trust
🧭 The three pillars of #Trust: Fairness, Competence, Efficiency
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🧬 #ESWI2025 I Insightful Keynotes
#ESWI member Gülsah Gabriel on exploring the link between #COVID19 infection and sex hormones
@adamjkucharski @lshtm.bsky.social on understanding viral and antibody kinetics to strengthen #Influenza and #COVID19 surveillance and control 💡
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#ESWI2025 | #ESWI member Stefania Maggi opens Day 3️⃣ with a moving tribute to John Paget, a world-renowned scholar, epidemiologist, friend, and true gentleman 💙 Marco Del Riccio follows with a special lecture: “Advancing Respiratory Virus Epidemiology in the Spirit of John Paget”
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🧪 The first #ESWI2025 poster session — “Test Tubes” — showcased nearly 200 high-quality posters, sparking great discussions and exchange of ideas!

🔬 Today’s session, “Microscopes,” offers another chance to dive deeper and explore even more innovative research.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🎓 #ESWI2025 #ECaS “Life After PhD” session — inspiring insights from Meral Akçay, Debby Van Riel,
@goeijenbier
, Jane Barratt &
@CvandeSandt

From balancing life & work to finding motivation and learning from failure — honest advice for the next generation of scientists💡
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good morning from ☀️ Valencia!
#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Day 1️⃣ set the stage for an inspiring week on #AcuteRespiratoryVirus diseases
📽️ Watch the Day 1️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap1
📰 Don’t miss the headlines in the #ESWIViralTimes #ECaS #ESWI2025
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
💡 #ESWI Members Roman Prymula &
@florian_krammer updating #ESWI2025
participants on #ESWI #SciencePolicyInterface Roundtables addressing #VaccineUptake: challenges, #misinformation & solutions
🇦🇹 Vienna 2025
eswi.org/education-hu...
🇨🇿 Prague 2024
eswi.org/education-hu...
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#ESWI2025💡Strengthening #Immunisation for #Equity and Resilience
Benes Oleg @who.int
✅ Vaccine hesitancy declared global threat by WHO
✅ An immunisation decision is also an investment decision
✅ WHO Europe on a celebration of 50➕ years since WHO introduced immunisation programmes
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
At #ESWI2025 Science policy interface Ignacio Esteban highlights that
GAVI
now provides 20 vaccines in LMICs using a co-financing model, helping close the vaccine accessibility gap between high- and low-income countries 💉
#Vaccines #GlobalHealth #Immunisation
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
💡 How Scientific Evidence Guides Policy: Lessons Learned at #ESWI2025
Martinón-Torres highlights a revolution in RSV prophylaxis — #Galicia becomes the first region in the world to introduce #RSV prophylaxis in its national #immunisation programme 🌍
#Vaccines #PublicHealth
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🔬 Starting #ESWI2025 Day 2
At the #Science #PublicHealth & #Funding session, 🇪🇺 Nick Bundle (
ECDC
) highlighted that the EU has announced a call for new EU reference laboratories for public health in the field of respiratory viruses
#RespiratoryViruses #Flu #Research
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Key takeaways from today’s #ESWI2025 plenary:
🇺🇸 Shifting US priorities reshape global research
🇪🇺🇨🇦 EU & Canada face widening funding gaps
👩‍🔬Early-career scientists struggle to find stable paths need support from established scientists
🔄 Collaboration & support are essential
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM