#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth #vaccineswork #mRNA vaccines are safe with low risk of complications and negative reactions based on safety surveillance www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and public health perspective

mRNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing, and strong immunogenicity with a favourable safety profile. Global deplo...

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LSHTM Vaccine Centre @lshtm-vaccines.bsky.social · 2w ago

🗣️Yes, mRNA vaccine are safe & effective. VaC Co-Directors comment on the findings of a Lancet Review into the vaccine type, co-authored by @profheidilarson.bsky.social and others💉 Read the full story 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Tularemia aka "Rabbit fever" : "People can become infected in several different ways, including tick and deer fly bites, and contact with infected animals (especially rodents, rabbits, and hares)." You can read more about the illness here: www.cdc.gov/tularemia/ab...

About Tularemia

Tularemia is a potentially serious illness caused by the bacterium <em>Francisella tularensis.</em>

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NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2d ago

Health officials warn residents about rabbit fever, a rare tick-borne illness, after three cases were reported on Long Island.

The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) protects you against rubella virus. If you are infected with rubella while pregnant, the virus can cause serious birth defects in your baby. #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth

No one in the United States should die from severe diarrhea and dehydration caused by a feco–orally transmitted pathogen. Sad!! #cyclospora #medsky #idsky #medsky #publichealth #episky apnews.com/article/mich... reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite

Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.

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For healthy, full-term newborns stop: 1. treating early milk as insufficient and rushing to formula; 2. discouraging pacifiers; and 3. pushing breast pumps too soon. Their message: colostrum is enough, the pacifier isn’t the enemy, and the pump can wait. doi.org/10.1080/1476...

Colostrum is enough, the pacifier is not the enemy, and the pump can wait: a narrative review of common misconceptions affecting early breastfeeding in healthy term neonates

Background: Despite strong evidence supporting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life, global and national rates remain suboptimal. In the critical first 48–72 hours after b...

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@eu-health.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hospitals Should Stop Doing 3 Things To New Moms About Breastfeeding https://www.europesays.com/health/21059/ In modern times, breastfeeding has become more culture war than health epidemiology. Activists have created nearly as much…

Most-recent common ancestor of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease was about 60,000 years ago, well before there were people in the Americas. I don't think the chipmunks were doing gain-of-function experiments. Figure 3 from Walter et al. (2017): doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK told Dana Bash that Lyme disease “almost certainly” came from gain of function research. Which is utterly false. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Climate warming could shift Africa’s malaria burden. In already-hot West and Central Africa, it may make some areas less suitable for transmission. But in high-elevation East- and southern-Africa, warming could make cooler areas more suitable, increasing cases. #idsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The past and future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa - Nature

Climate and econometric&nbsp;modelling reveal that human-induced climate change is shifting the burden of childhood&nbsp;malaria in Africa.

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@celinegounder.com fact-checks and contextualizes several claims made during the Fauci hearing, showing where accurate details were presented in potentially misleading ways. We need more of this so the historical record remains accurate! #publichealth #medsky #idsky #episky #fauci #senatehearing

Dr. Céline Gounder@celinegounder.com · 4d ago

80,000 animals at Wuhan market? Nationwide data. At the market: 457 specimens. Removed Jan 1, before sampling. No testing of raccoon dogs, palm civets, bamboo rats—the likely intermediate hosts. https://www.celinegounder.com/p/fauci-senate-hearing-fact-check Read & subscribe: celinegounder.com

Healthcare staffing shortages are driving a patient care quality crisis www.axios.com/sponsored/he... #medsky #publichealth

Healthcare staffing shortages are driving a patient care quality crisis

From hospitals and clinics to doctors' offices and urgent care centers, healthcare executives and clinicians agree: staffing shortages directly compromise their ability to provide high-quality care to...

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"Malaria and cancer: common features and interactions" Intersting Review article published in Trends in Parasitology #idsky #episky #medsky www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Malaria and cancer: common features and interactions

Malaria and cancer are major global health burdens, causing high mortality. While often considered distinct, the two conditions share common features, including continuous cell replication within the ...

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“Fauci is practicing epidemiology. His critics are practicing idiocy. Both are very good at their chosen work.” -- Michael Gerson, April 2021

Excellent reporting by Laura Martín Agudelo on why Cyclospora outbreaks are so hard to trace. One key epi point: case reporting lags of up to 6 weeks significantly impairs outbreak investigation and response. #EpiSky #Cyclospora #idsky @martinenserink.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Why is tracing the source of cyclosporiasis outbreaks so difficult?

Parasite’s biology, combined with logistical issues and budget cuts, make tracking it a major challenge

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CDC’s July 24 Cyclospora Outbreak epi curve has prompted many interpretations, this is my preliminary take, which I’ll update as more data become available. Source: lnkd.in/eyJncA-f @altcdc.altgov.info @fda.gov #publichealth #cyclospora #episky #idsky #medsky #TaylorFarms #TacoBell #Lettuce

A defense of MAHA that begins by conceding its political champions wrecked scientific infrastructure, promoted antivaccine views, and undermined expertise doesn’t rebut the critics, it summarizes them. Public health doesn’t need MAHA. MAHA needs public health’s credibility!!

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH@rmcarpiano.medsky.social · last wk.

Friends don't defend friends' horribly argued Atlantic pieces. Another reason why I don't trust the "Why Should I Trust You?" podcast. 🛟😷 sociology idsky health policy

@bethmariem.bsky.social Thank you for correctly describing FoodNet’s objective. It is essential for tracking trends and burden of foodborne illnesses, not real-time outbreak detection or response. The cuts matter, but so does precision, and too many accounts have blurred that distinction.

Beth Marie Mole@bethmariem.bsky.social · 3w ago

There's been a lot of pointing to cuts to CDC's FoodNet amid the cyclosporiasis surge, suggesting the cuts hurt responses. They didn't. The cuts are bad for other reasons, but FoodNet is not for real-time detection/response. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

What’s in a name? A Neisseria by any other name may not smell as sweet but do audit your freezer!

Katy Stephenson@kstephensonmd.bsky.social · last wk.

This whole story is nightmare-inducing

On #WorldHepatitisDay: Hepatitis E Virus causes 20 M infections/3.3 M symptomatic cases annually. A hepatitis E vaccine was 95.5% effective in a 2007 trial, yet was never developed further. Why? www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @worldhepalliance.bsky.social #idsky #episky #medsky #publichealth

Apparently these funding opportunities include relocation grants for entire countries. Up to $80 million for data, surveys, and surveillance but apparently not a dollar for cartography!! #Africa #GlobalHealth #Cartography #DataVisualization #MapFail

Alt USAID/ USAID Forever@altusaid.altgov.info · last wk.

We can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...

Mitch McConnell and other members of Congress deserve paid sick leave So does everyone working in every other job

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

The point is that members of Congress have de facto unlimited paid sick leave, even when members of the public are asking why they aren't turning up for work. Its a benefit that he, and other Republicans like Tom Kean, oppose for the rest of us.

Absolutely agree with Dr. Hammer @epihammer.bsky.social . Data and hypotheses generated through #Fieldepi inform academic research in many ways. That’s why funding for shoe-leather epidemiology must be preserved, it strengthens both public health practice and the sciences. #EpiSky #PublicHealth

Dr Charlotte Hammer@epihammer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Even better, shoe leather epidemiology and academic excellence are not mutually exclusive! Interactions between #Fieldepi and academia can be mutually extremely enriching. I am a field epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor @cser.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk and fellow @downingcollege.bsky.social.

Child dies from complications of measles years after infection #publicHealth #Medsky🧪 #IDsky www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Child dies from complications of measles years after infection – SSPE explained

Why falling vaccination rates put vulnerable children at risk.

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📢 Now accepting applications: 2027 JAMA Health Forum editorial Fellowship. Scholars with a doctoral degree interested in the policies that shape health are encouraged to apply for this fellowship to receive hands on training. Applications due September 1, 2026. 🔗 ja.ma/3T1W71O

Same rationale RFK Jr uses (“only sick kids should die of measles,” he said). Congress appropriated $600M for Gavi, which supports vaccines for half the world’s kids—but RFK Jr has halted payment, so an estimated 600,000 kids will die. These are kids in low income nations, so why would he care? 😢

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

Taylor farms calls white house to delay recall ! what's next? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Not standard’ for Taylor Farms to ask White House to delay cyclospora recall, ex-FDA head says

Scott Gottlieb responds to report that company contacted the White House seeking to delay a recall announcement

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