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Peds Emergency Medicine long time ago; now passionate emergency response and public health preparedness; #ECDC_EU; was addicted to #medtwitter and #epitwitter; now moved on; foodie; cat lover; opinions my own
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There were fears 2025-26 might be a bad #flu year because of a new #H3N2 variant called subclade K. Looks like the jury is in; it is making a lot of people sick. (The timing surely contributes.) NY State has never recorded as many flu cases in 1 week as it has now. www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f...
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There were fears 2025-26 might be a bad #flu year because of a new #H3N2 variant called subclade K. Looks like the jury is in; it is making a lot of people sick. (The timing surely contributes.) NY State has never recorded as many flu cases in 1 week as it has now. www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/f...
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Irish academic appointed chief scientist at the UN www.irishpost.com/news/irish-a...
Professor Charles Spillane will take up the role of Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, it was confirmed this month.
Professor Charles Spillane will take up the role of Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, it was confirmed this month.
December 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Irish academic appointed chief scientist at the UN www.irishpost.com/news/irish-a...
Professor Charles Spillane will take up the role of Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, it was confirmed this month.
Professor Charles Spillane will take up the role of Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, it was confirmed this month.
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Read the key findings of the annual report on foodborne diseases in simple words.
EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu have published the plain-language summary of the One Health Zoonoses Report:
✔ Top findings
✔ Most reported zoonoses in 2024
✔ Number of foodborne outbreaks
🔗 link.europa.eu/jrMdp8
#OneHealth
EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu have published the plain-language summary of the One Health Zoonoses Report:
✔ Top findings
✔ Most reported zoonoses in 2024
✔ Number of foodborne outbreaks
🔗 link.europa.eu/jrMdp8
#OneHealth
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Read the key findings of the annual report on foodborne diseases in simple words.
EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu have published the plain-language summary of the One Health Zoonoses Report:
✔ Top findings
✔ Most reported zoonoses in 2024
✔ Number of foodborne outbreaks
🔗 link.europa.eu/jrMdp8
#OneHealth
EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu have published the plain-language summary of the One Health Zoonoses Report:
✔ Top findings
✔ Most reported zoonoses in 2024
✔ Number of foodborne outbreaks
🔗 link.europa.eu/jrMdp8
#OneHealth
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✅ 2025: New & Improved tools for malaria control! Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to prevent an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths in 2024.
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
✅ 2025: New & Improved tools for malaria control! Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to prevent an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths in 2024.
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When the News talks about a super or new #flu they're trying to keep it simple. But that loses the bigger picture.
Every season we have 3 (it used to be 4) different flu viruses circulating at once. The so-called 'seasonal' flu viruses - not bird, seal or swine flu, they're human adapted.
Let's..
Every season we have 3 (it used to be 4) different flu viruses circulating at once. The so-called 'seasonal' flu viruses - not bird, seal or swine flu, they're human adapted.
Let's..
a man in a leather jacket is standing in front of a rock wall and says `` break it down '' .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is standing in front of a rock wall and says `` break it down '' .
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
When the News talks about a super or new #flu they're trying to keep it simple. But that loses the bigger picture.
Every season we have 3 (it used to be 4) different flu viruses circulating at once. The so-called 'seasonal' flu viruses - not bird, seal or swine flu, they're human adapted.
Let's..
Every season we have 3 (it used to be 4) different flu viruses circulating at once. The so-called 'seasonal' flu viruses - not bird, seal or swine flu, they're human adapted.
Let's..
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Best wishes and thanks to all the healthcare workers, first responders and support staff working on Christmas and during the holiday season. Here's to a happy, healthy 2026.
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Best wishes and thanks to all the healthcare workers, first responders and support staff working on Christmas and during the holiday season. Here's to a happy, healthy 2026.
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AFD Blog `WHO DON: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update (Dec. 24th)' #MERS afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/12/who-...
WHO DON: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update (Dec. 24th)
#18,999 Although the number of MERS-CoV cases reported in 2025 is a small fraction of what we were seeing a decade ago, we've seen a slow,...
afludiary.blogspot.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
AFD Blog `WHO DON: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update (Dec. 24th)' #MERS afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/12/who-...
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The vibrant magnificence of #Earth: 22 breathtaking images from the 2025 #Landscape #Photographer of the Year awards.
#landscapephotography #photography
Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...
#landscapephotography #photography
Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The vibrant magnificence of #Earth: 22 breathtaking images from the 2025 #Landscape #Photographer of the Year awards.
#landscapephotography #photography
Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...
#landscapephotography #photography
Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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From all of us at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - sending warm wishes to our partners, colleagues and followers across Europe and beyond.
May your holidays be safe, restful and your year ahead a healthy one ❤️ 🎅
#ECDC #PublicHealth #SafeHolidays
May your holidays be safe, restful and your year ahead a healthy one ❤️ 🎅
#ECDC #PublicHealth #SafeHolidays
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
From all of us at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - sending warm wishes to our partners, colleagues and followers across Europe and beyond.
May your holidays be safe, restful and your year ahead a healthy one ❤️ 🎅
#ECDC #PublicHealth #SafeHolidays
May your holidays be safe, restful and your year ahead a healthy one ❤️ 🎅
#ECDC #PublicHealth #SafeHolidays
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🙏 We thank our authors, peer reviewers and readers for their trust and support this year and we will be back with our first issue in 2026 on 8 January
🎄 The editorial office is closed until 5 January 2026 and we wish everyone a peaceful and healthy holiday season 💫
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪
🎄 The editorial office is closed until 5 January 2026 and we wish everyone a peaceful and healthy holiday season 💫
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Disease Outbreak News:
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update
"zoonotic spillover remains an important mode of human infection, leading to isolated cases and limited onwards transmission between humans"
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update
"zoonotic spillover remains an important mode of human infection, leading to isolated cases and limited onwards transmission between humans"
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update
Since the beginning of 2025 and as of 21 December 2025, a total of 19 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS- CoV), including four deaths have been reported to WHO globally. Of th...
www.who.int
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Disease Outbreak News:
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update
"zoonotic spillover remains an important mode of human infection, leading to isolated cases and limited onwards transmission between humans"
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - Global update
"zoonotic spillover remains an important mode of human infection, leading to isolated cases and limited onwards transmission between humans"
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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#Outbreak reports from Ireland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo show that #transmission of #mpox clade Ib was also driven by other factors than sexual exposure
Ireland noted the first nosocomial transmission outside of the African continet
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth ⚕️🛟🧪
Ireland noted the first nosocomial transmission outside of the African continet
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth ⚕️🛟🧪
Shifting pathways: Community and healthcare-associated transmission of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Europe
Two studies published in Eurosurveillance highlight that non-sexual mpox transmission requires adjustments in prevention efforts and clinical vigilance depending on the outbreak settings. For example ...
www.eurekalert.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#Outbreak reports from Ireland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo show that #transmission of #mpox clade Ib was also driven by other factors than sexual exposure
Ireland noted the first nosocomial transmission outside of the African continet
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth ⚕️🛟🧪
Ireland noted the first nosocomial transmission outside of the African continet
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PublicHealth ⚕️🛟🧪
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📣 We’re hiring: Scientific Data Officer
Join EFSA and help shape the future of food safety through data. Your work will focus on data curation, validation, and supporting the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC).
🔗 Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/hDkpyT
🕰️ 19/1/26
#EFSACareers #Data
Join EFSA and help shape the future of food safety through data. Your work will focus on data curation, validation, and supporting the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC).
🔗 Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/hDkpyT
🕰️ 19/1/26
#EFSACareers #Data
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📣 We’re hiring: Scientific Data Officer
Join EFSA and help shape the future of food safety through data. Your work will focus on data curation, validation, and supporting the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC).
🔗 Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/hDkpyT
🕰️ 19/1/26
#EFSACareers #Data
Join EFSA and help shape the future of food safety through data. Your work will focus on data curation, validation, and supporting the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC).
🔗 Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/hDkpyT
🕰️ 19/1/26
#EFSACareers #Data
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Who saw this coming..
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who saw this coming..
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I joined colleagues Michael Mina and Rachael Bedard for a wide-ranging conversation about the changes unfolding in public health, and what it means for the future. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...
Opinion | Vaccines, Measles and Kennedy: Three Experts on the Future of Public Health
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I joined colleagues Michael Mina and Rachael Bedard for a wide-ranging conversation about the changes unfolding in public health, and what it means for the future. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/o...
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There's a lot of focus right now on a person's right to choose whether to be vaccinated. But the risks falling vaccination rates pose to individuals — especially young babies, the elderly & the immunocompromised — need to be part of that discussion. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
4 questions to understand the costs of ‘medical freedom’
The choice that one person makes not to vaccinate has real costs — financial and otherwise — for their neighbors.
www.statnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's a lot of focus right now on a person's right to choose whether to be vaccinated. But the risks falling vaccination rates pose to individuals — especially young babies, the elderly & the immunocompromised — need to be part of that discussion. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/v...
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2025 was a miserable year for global health
It’s nice see some hopeful things we can look forward to 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It’s nice see some hopeful things we can look forward to 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseases
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
2025 was a miserable year for global health
It’s nice see some hopeful things we can look forward to 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It’s nice see some hopeful things we can look forward to 👇🏾
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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📢 Save the date!
We will host the 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa:
📍 Bari, Italy
📅 22–26 June 2026
Join researchers & risk managers to discuss latest science and sustainable solutions for plant health.
More at link.europa.eu/WwpXyr
#Xylella #PlantHealth @efsa-plants.bsky.social
We will host the 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa:
📍 Bari, Italy
📅 22–26 June 2026
Join researchers & risk managers to discuss latest science and sustainable solutions for plant health.
More at link.europa.eu/WwpXyr
#Xylella #PlantHealth @efsa-plants.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢 Save the date!
We will host the 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa:
📍 Bari, Italy
📅 22–26 June 2026
Join researchers & risk managers to discuss latest science and sustainable solutions for plant health.
More at link.europa.eu/WwpXyr
#Xylella #PlantHealth @efsa-plants.bsky.social
We will host the 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa:
📍 Bari, Italy
📅 22–26 June 2026
Join researchers & risk managers to discuss latest science and sustainable solutions for plant health.
More at link.europa.eu/WwpXyr
#Xylella #PlantHealth @efsa-plants.bsky.social
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NEW: @annamaria.bsky.social spent time at a maternity ward in Kakuma, Kenya, after the Trump administration cut funding for food rations there.
New mothers told her stories about their pregnancies as they were left to starve.
New mothers told her stories about their pregnancies as they were left to starve.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW: @annamaria.bsky.social spent time at a maternity ward in Kakuma, Kenya, after the Trump administration cut funding for food rations there.
New mothers told her stories about their pregnancies as they were left to starve.
New mothers told her stories about their pregnancies as they were left to starve.
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AFD Blog `HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of #H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland' afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/12/hk-c...
HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland
#18,997 While China has never been particularly verbose in the reporting of novel flu cases, until recently we could count on (often , bel...
afludiary.blogspot.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
AFD Blog `HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of #H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland' afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/12/hk-c...
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La fiesta de la extinción de la anguila.
13.000 euros el kilo en una subasta.
Cómo el deseo humano de exclusividad está llevando a este especie a su desaparición definitiva.
Hilo🧵
13.000 euros el kilo en una subasta.
Cómo el deseo humano de exclusividad está llevando a este especie a su desaparición definitiva.
Hilo🧵
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
La fiesta de la extinción de la anguila.
13.000 euros el kilo en una subasta.
Cómo el deseo humano de exclusividad está llevando a este especie a su desaparición definitiva.
Hilo🧵
13.000 euros el kilo en una subasta.
Cómo el deseo humano de exclusividad está llevando a este especie a su desaparición definitiva.
Hilo🧵
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🌐 Want to strengthen Europe’s food safety expertise?
Since 2017, nearly 150 professionals have graduated from the EFSA Fellowship via EU-FORA.
✍️ Apply to become a fellow sending organization and contribute to Europe’s risk assessment culture:
link.europa.eu/DrRB3J
⏰ 26 Feb 2026
#EFSAFellowship
Since 2017, nearly 150 professionals have graduated from the EFSA Fellowship via EU-FORA.
✍️ Apply to become a fellow sending organization and contribute to Europe’s risk assessment culture:
link.europa.eu/DrRB3J
⏰ 26 Feb 2026
#EFSAFellowship
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🌐 Want to strengthen Europe’s food safety expertise?
Since 2017, nearly 150 professionals have graduated from the EFSA Fellowship via EU-FORA.
✍️ Apply to become a fellow sending organization and contribute to Europe’s risk assessment culture:
link.europa.eu/DrRB3J
⏰ 26 Feb 2026
#EFSAFellowship
Since 2017, nearly 150 professionals have graduated from the EFSA Fellowship via EU-FORA.
✍️ Apply to become a fellow sending organization and contribute to Europe’s risk assessment culture:
link.europa.eu/DrRB3J
⏰ 26 Feb 2026
#EFSAFellowship
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🤧 The 2025/26 flu season has begun earlier than the previous two seasons, driven by the recently-emerged influenza virus A(H3N2) subclade K.
An ECDC study estimated early seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness across the EU/EEA.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#EpiSky #IDSky
An ECDC study estimated early seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness across the EU/EEA.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#EpiSky #IDSky
Early estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza requiring medical attention at primary care level in Europe, week 41 - 49, 2025
The 2025/26 influenza season has begun earlier than the previous two seasons, driven by the recently-emerged influenza virus A(H3N2) subclade K.
www.ecdc.europa.eu
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🤧 The 2025/26 flu season has begun earlier than the previous two seasons, driven by the recently-emerged influenza virus A(H3N2) subclade K.
An ECDC study estimated early seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness across the EU/EEA.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#EpiSky #IDSky
An ECDC study estimated early seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness across the EU/EEA.
Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
#EpiSky #IDSky
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WCK's support for Jamaican families impacted by Hurricane Melissa goes beyond meals. We went to Alligator Pond, a fishing town on the southwest coast of Jamaica, to distribute wire & rope to local fishermen to help them rebuild fishing pots after a lot of their gear was destroyed by the storm. (1/2)
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
WCK's support for Jamaican families impacted by Hurricane Melissa goes beyond meals. We went to Alligator Pond, a fishing town on the southwest coast of Jamaica, to distribute wire & rope to local fishermen to help them rebuild fishing pots after a lot of their gear was destroyed by the storm. (1/2)