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IPC lead nurse with an interest in Public Health. All views are my own
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Multiple sclerosis requires Epstein-Barr virus infection as an underpinning, exhibits self-directed antibodies to EBNA1, the virus's nuclear antigen, representing molecular mimicry. This combines with/ genetic risk factors (Figure, compared w/healthy controls)
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March 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Multiple sclerosis requires Epstein-Barr virus infection as an underpinning, exhibits self-directed antibodies to EBNA1, the virus's nuclear antigen, representing molecular mimicry. This combines with/ genetic risk factors (Figure, compared w/healthy controls)
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Yes, for all those who played Oregon Trail:
Oregon has dysentery
Shigella cases have risen, largely person-to-person
(fecal-oral spread w/intimate contact account for 1 in 2 to 2 in 3)
Public toilets could help, but a recent cluster at a wedding due to lapses in handwashing in food preparation
Oregon has dysentery
Shigella cases have risen, largely person-to-person
(fecal-oral spread w/intimate contact account for 1 in 2 to 2 in 3)
Public toilets could help, but a recent cluster at a wedding due to lapses in handwashing in food preparation
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yes, for all those who played Oregon Trail:
Oregon has dysentery
Shigella cases have risen, largely person-to-person
(fecal-oral spread w/intimate contact account for 1 in 2 to 2 in 3)
Public toilets could help, but a recent cluster at a wedding due to lapses in handwashing in food preparation
Oregon has dysentery
Shigella cases have risen, largely person-to-person
(fecal-oral spread w/intimate contact account for 1 in 2 to 2 in 3)
Public toilets could help, but a recent cluster at a wedding due to lapses in handwashing in food preparation
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🚨 Measles outbreak in Texas: 48 cases reported in the last 3 weeks, with 13 hospitalizations - all unvaccinated or unknown vax status.
Measles is highly contagious (R₀: 12-18) and can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
💉 Vaccination is crucial!
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
Measles is highly contagious (R₀: 12-18) and can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
💉 Vaccination is crucial!
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
February 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨 Measles outbreak in Texas: 48 cases reported in the last 3 weeks, with 13 hospitalizations - all unvaccinated or unknown vax status.
Measles is highly contagious (R₀: 12-18) and can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
💉 Vaccination is crucial!
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
Measles is highly contagious (R₀: 12-18) and can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
💉 Vaccination is crucial!
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
JUST IN: The United States will import 15,000 tons of eggs from Turkey due to the rapid outbreak of bird flu in the country.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
JUST IN: The United States will import 15,000 tons of eggs from Turkey due to the rapid outbreak of bird flu in the country.
Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope.
XEC.* variants have been declining slightly, while LP.8.1.* variants grew steadily to around 16%.
XEC.* variants have been declining slightly, while LP.8.1.* variants grew steadily to around 16%.
February 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope.
XEC.* variants have been declining slightly, while LP.8.1.* variants grew steadily to around 16%.
XEC.* variants have been declining slightly, while LP.8.1.* variants grew steadily to around 16%.
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#USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
February 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#USDA has confirmed that the discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in Arizona — found through bulk milk testing — does indeed represent a new spillover from wild birds into cows. This is the third time this has been observed to have happened. www.aphis.usda.gov/news/program...
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We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social
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Interesting.
Not the first virus to show possible long distance wind borne transmission.
#Airborne
#H5N1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Not the first virus to show possible long distance wind borne transmission.
#Airborne
#H5N1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Genetic data and meteorological conditions: unravelling the windborne transmission of H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza between commercial poultry outbreaks
Understanding the transmission routes of high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) is crucial for developing effective control measures to prevent its spread. In this context, windborne transmission, ...
www.biorxiv.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Interesting.
Not the first virus to show possible long distance wind borne transmission.
#Airborne
#H5N1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Not the first virus to show possible long distance wind borne transmission.
#Airborne
#H5N1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Surprisingly, CDC updated Covid genomic surveillance today.
The LP8.1 variant is rising, now accounting for about 1/3rd of new cases. The lack of any substantial increase in Covid for months is, in part, attributable to only nominal changes in the #SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. So far.......
The LP8.1 variant is rising, now accounting for about 1/3rd of new cases. The lack of any substantial increase in Covid for months is, in part, attributable to only nominal changes in the #SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. So far.......
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Surprisingly, CDC updated Covid genomic surveillance today.
The LP8.1 variant is rising, now accounting for about 1/3rd of new cases. The lack of any substantial increase in Covid for months is, in part, attributable to only nominal changes in the #SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. So far.......
The LP8.1 variant is rising, now accounting for about 1/3rd of new cases. The lack of any substantial increase in Covid for months is, in part, attributable to only nominal changes in the #SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. So far.......
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Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as US health secretary despite concerns over anti-vaccine views – live
Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as US health secretary despite concerns over anti-vaccine views – live
Vaccine sceptic confirmed after tense debates; Senate judiciary committee advances Kash Patel for FBI director, despite concerns from Democrats
* Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate
Donald Trump said he plans to unveil…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as US health secretary despite concerns over anti-vaccine views – live
JUST IN: RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS Secretary
February 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
JUST IN: RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS Secretary
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TL;DR I think it will be another XEC like wave…. maybe slightly faster?
Thank you Sato Lab.
Thank you Sato Lab.
BREAKING🔔 The 50th🎉 paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases
@TheLancetInfDis. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1. Please repost🔥
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@TheLancetInfDis. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1. Please repost🔥
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1 variant
After the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 (BA.2.86.1.1) variant,1 several descendant
lineages of JN.1, including KP.2 (JN.1.11.1.2),2 KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3),2 and KP.3.1.1
(JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),3 have eme...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
TL;DR I think it will be another XEC like wave…. maybe slightly faster?
Thank you Sato Lab.
Thank you Sato Lab.
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Important discovery related to LongCovid: Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 virus can reassemble into "zombie" complexes (XenoAMP-dsDNA) and induce a major and sustained immune response, affecting healthy, uninfected cells, not seen with common cold coronaviruses
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 2, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Important discovery related to LongCovid: Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 virus can reassemble into "zombie" complexes (XenoAMP-dsDNA) and induce a major and sustained immune response, affecting healthy, uninfected cells, not seen with common cold coronaviruses
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the CDC says.
CDC confirms Nevada dairy worker infected with different bird flu strain
The strain, long circulating in wild birds, was detected last week for the first time in dairy cows.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the CDC says.
NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 9 February 2025)
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Old article
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
#H5N1
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
#H5N1
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Old article
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
#H5N1
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
#H5N1
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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There is a lot of bad public health information out there and it's only getting worse.
So I'm starting a newsletter to help you distinguish the bad from the good.
E is for Epi: coming soon!
Link: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
So I'm starting a newsletter to help you distinguish the bad from the good.
E is for Epi: coming soon!
Link: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
E is for Epi: coming soon!
How to make sense of scientific research and all things public health!
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There is a lot of bad public health information out there and it's only getting worse.
So I'm starting a newsletter to help you distinguish the bad from the good.
E is for Epi: coming soon!
Link: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
So I'm starting a newsletter to help you distinguish the bad from the good.
E is for Epi: coming soon!
Link: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...