Joël Mossong
@joelmossong.bsky.social
Epidemiologist in a small country.
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"It's as if it stopped raining, so why fix the roof?https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-dismantling-efforts-fight-next-pandemic
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"It's as if it stopped raining, so why fix the roof?https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-dismantling-efforts-fight-next-pandemic
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Join the #ESCAIDE2025 session exploring:
⚕️ What #AI really means for #publichealth
💡 Real-world applications & expert insights
🎤 Speakers: Mary-Anne Hartley, Yannis Paschalidis (@ypaschalidis.bsky.social), and Sergio Consoli
📅 19 November, 12:35-13:35
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/programme...
⚕️ What #AI really means for #publichealth
💡 Real-world applications & expert insights
🎤 Speakers: Mary-Anne Hartley, Yannis Paschalidis (@ypaschalidis.bsky.social), and Sergio Consoli
📅 19 November, 12:35-13:35
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/programme...
Thematic sessions at ESCAIDE 2025
View the thematic sessions for this year's ESCAIDE.
www.escaide.eu
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Join the #ESCAIDE2025 session exploring:
⚕️ What #AI really means for #publichealth
💡 Real-world applications & expert insights
🎤 Speakers: Mary-Anne Hartley, Yannis Paschalidis (@ypaschalidis.bsky.social), and Sergio Consoli
📅 19 November, 12:35-13:35
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/programme...
⚕️ What #AI really means for #publichealth
💡 Real-world applications & expert insights
🎤 Speakers: Mary-Anne Hartley, Yannis Paschalidis (@ypaschalidis.bsky.social), and Sergio Consoli
📅 19 November, 12:35-13:35
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/programme...
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Phylodynamic analysis of Slovenia’s 2022 #Mpox outbreak:
🔬 19 introductions, 2 major clusters → importation was the main driver.
Real-time inference can guide targeted control.
Read more: https://cup.org/3Lg7EXg
#Genomics #OutbreakControl
🔬 19 introductions, 2 major clusters → importation was the main driver.
Real-time inference can guide targeted control.
Read more: https://cup.org/3Lg7EXg
#Genomics #OutbreakControl
Phylodynamic inference suggests introductions as main driver of Mpox Clade II outbreak in 2022 in Slovenia | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
Phylodynamic inference suggests introductions as main driver of Mpox Clade II outbreak in 2022 in Slovenia - Volume 153
cup.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Phylodynamic analysis of Slovenia’s 2022 #Mpox outbreak:
🔬 19 introductions, 2 major clusters → importation was the main driver.
Real-time inference can guide targeted control.
Read more: https://cup.org/3Lg7EXg
#Genomics #OutbreakControl
🔬 19 introductions, 2 major clusters → importation was the main driver.
Real-time inference can guide targeted control.
Read more: https://cup.org/3Lg7EXg
#Genomics #OutbreakControl
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🧬 Did you know Epidemiology & Infection has been publishing since 1901?
Celebrate 125 years of infectious disease research with us at #EPH2025.
Watch the anniversary video trailer – full video soon to be released!
🔗 https://cup.org/4nMlw9f
#Epidemiology125 #InfectiousDisease
Celebrate 125 years of infectious disease research with us at #EPH2025.
Watch the anniversary video trailer – full video soon to be released!
🔗 https://cup.org/4nMlw9f
#Epidemiology125 #InfectiousDisease
Coming soon: Celebrating 125 years of Epidemiology & Infection
YouTube video by Cambridge University Press
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧬 Did you know Epidemiology & Infection has been publishing since 1901?
Celebrate 125 years of infectious disease research with us at #EPH2025.
Watch the anniversary video trailer – full video soon to be released!
🔗 https://cup.org/4nMlw9f
#Epidemiology125 #InfectiousDisease
Celebrate 125 years of infectious disease research with us at #EPH2025.
Watch the anniversary video trailer – full video soon to be released!
🔗 https://cup.org/4nMlw9f
#Epidemiology125 #InfectiousDisease
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My new plan for encouraging resident colleagues to document in the electronic patient record appropriately...
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
My new plan for encouraging resident colleagues to document in the electronic patient record appropriately...
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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In praise of being a football fan, by my colleague Simon Kuper: as.ft.com/r/349446da-4...
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
How sport unites us
[FREE TO READ] In a divided world, fandom is a social superpower
as.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In praise of being a football fan, by my colleague Simon Kuper: as.ft.com/r/349446da-4...
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
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Be part of a legacy in infectious disease research! 📚✨
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
July 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Be part of a legacy in infectious disease research! 📚✨
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
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📢 Call for Papers!
Read about our updated Call for Papers, 'Using generative AI in epidemiological studies, infectious disease surveillance or outbreak response' and submit today ⬇️
🔗 https://cup.org/4nb4diI
Read about our updated Call for Papers, 'Using generative AI in epidemiological studies, infectious disease surveillance or outbreak response' and submit today ⬇️
🔗 https://cup.org/4nb4diI
Using generative AI in epidemiological studies, infectious disease surveillance
Epidemiology & Infection
cup.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📢 Call for Papers!
Read about our updated Call for Papers, 'Using generative AI in epidemiological studies, infectious disease surveillance or outbreak response' and submit today ⬇️
🔗 https://cup.org/4nb4diI
Read about our updated Call for Papers, 'Using generative AI in epidemiological studies, infectious disease surveillance or outbreak response' and submit today ⬇️
🔗 https://cup.org/4nb4diI
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Very please to say that for the first time in nearly a year, I have a new Substack post coming on Monday!
Looking at the successes and tribulations of novel therapeutics to protect infants from RSV
Looking forward to sharing ✍️
open.substack.com/pub/alasdair...
Looking at the successes and tribulations of novel therapeutics to protect infants from RSV
Looking forward to sharing ✍️
open.substack.com/pub/alasdair...
The Munro Report | Alasdair Munro | Substack
A newsletter with analysis on issues affecting science, medical research, child health and infectious diseases. Click to read The Munro Report, by Alasdair Munro, a Substack publication with thousands...
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Very please to say that for the first time in nearly a year, I have a new Substack post coming on Monday!
Looking at the successes and tribulations of novel therapeutics to protect infants from RSV
Looking forward to sharing ✍️
open.substack.com/pub/alasdair...
Looking at the successes and tribulations of novel therapeutics to protect infants from RSV
Looking forward to sharing ✍️
open.substack.com/pub/alasdair...
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For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Researchers: Live #H5N1 avian flu can survive in raw-milk cheese for up to 6 months
Infectious virus persisted throughout the cheese-making process and aging in cheeses made with raw milk at pH levels above 5.0.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Infectious virus persisted throughout the cheese-making process and aging in cheeses made with raw milk at pH levels above 5.0.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Researchers: Live #H5N1 avian flu can survive in raw-milk cheese for up to 6 months
Infectious virus persisted throughout the cheese-making process and aging in cheeses made with raw milk at pH levels above 5.0.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Infectious virus persisted throughout the cheese-making process and aging in cheeses made with raw milk at pH levels above 5.0.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Dream job this.
Fancy a fancy drink? Then come with me as I take you on a tour of three classic London hotel bars for @ftweekend.com and @financialtimes.com, part a new series. You want edgy? You want hip? You’ve come to the wrong place. I’m bringing you classy and seriously bloody comfortable.
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dream job this.
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"...in many fields, productivity declines, in part because workers have to be deployed to double-check AI outputs, lest their mistakes or fabrications find their way into mission-critical applications..."
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: Say farewell to the AI bubble, and get ready for the crash
The AI frenzy has been fueled by relentless hype, but the dud launched by OpenAI has its former enthusiasts wondering if they've been taken.
www.latimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"...in many fields, productivity declines, in part because workers have to be deployed to double-check AI outputs, lest their mistakes or fabrications find their way into mission-critical applications..."
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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I am 7 to 10. I thought I was being non-confrontational 😲
The most passive-aggressive phrases:
1 Polite notice
2 Gentle/friendly reminder
3 As per my last email
4 Thanks in advance
5 For the avoidance of doubt
6 With all due respect
7 I may have missed it, but
8 Maybe I didn’t explain it clearly enough
9 Not sure if you read my email
10 Hope this helps!
1 Polite notice
2 Gentle/friendly reminder
3 As per my last email
4 Thanks in advance
5 For the avoidance of doubt
6 With all due respect
7 I may have missed it, but
8 Maybe I didn’t explain it clearly enough
9 Not sure if you read my email
10 Hope this helps!
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I am 7 to 10. I thought I was being non-confrontational 😲
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We are really happy to share Epidemiology & Infection's #keymetrics from 2024!
Thank you to all our #authors, #editors and #peerreviewers 🌟
Thank you to all our #authors, #editors and #peerreviewers 🌟
July 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are really happy to share Epidemiology & Infection's #keymetrics from 2024!
Thank you to all our #authors, #editors and #peerreviewers 🌟
Thank you to all our #authors, #editors and #peerreviewers 🌟
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🦟 West Nile virus in Europe
As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.
📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.
As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.
📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.
Monthly updates: Seasonal surveillance in humans and animals in 2025 for West Nile virus
Monthly updates with the latest reports on West Nile virus cases in Europe.
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🦟 West Nile virus in Europe
As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.
📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.
As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year.
📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.
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There is a broad scientific consensus that significant challenges remain before reliable estimates of community prevalence of disease can be made from wastewater RNA monitoring.
It's a laudable goal, but the science is not there yet.
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nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2751...
It's a laudable goal, but the science is not there yet.
1/
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2751...
August 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
There is a broad scientific consensus that significant challenges remain before reliable estimates of community prevalence of disease can be made from wastewater RNA monitoring.
It's a laudable goal, but the science is not there yet.
1/
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2751...
It's a laudable goal, but the science is not there yet.
1/
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2751...
Come join us!
Be part of a legacy in infectious disease research! 📚✨
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
Epidemiology & Infection is looking for Associate Editors to join the editorial board. If you're passionate about epidemiology, this role is for you.
Apply today! https://cup.org/46U2mJQ
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Come join us!
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How might AS01 work? It contains MPL (a TLR4 agonist) and QS-21, which activate dendritic cells and trigger IFN-γ responses, factors implicated in reducing amyloid pathology and slowing cognitive decline in prior studies.
An intriguing immunologic pathway for neuro-protection worth exploring.
An intriguing immunologic pathway for neuro-protection worth exploring.
July 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How might AS01 work? It contains MPL (a TLR4 agonist) and QS-21, which activate dendritic cells and trigger IFN-γ responses, factors implicated in reducing amyloid pathology and slowing cognitive decline in prior studies.
An intriguing immunologic pathway for neuro-protection worth exploring.
An intriguing immunologic pathway for neuro-protection worth exploring.
Nice!
It’s been a few weeks since posting, but delighted to share this updated preprint for anyone interested www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Seasonal forcing and waning immunity drive the sub-annual periodicity of the COVID-19 epidemic
Seasonal trends in infectious diseases are shaped by climatic and social factors, with many respiratory viruses peaking in winter. However, the seasonality of COVID-19 remains in dispute, with signifi...
www.medrxiv.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Nice!
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It’s been a few weeks since posting, but delighted to share this updated preprint for anyone interested www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Seasonal forcing and waning immunity drive the sub-annual periodicity of the COVID-19 epidemic
Seasonal trends in infectious diseases are shaped by climatic and social factors, with many respiratory viruses peaking in winter. However, the seasonality of COVID-19 remains in dispute, with signifi...
www.medrxiv.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s been a few weeks since posting, but delighted to share this updated preprint for anyone interested www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...