Diane G Newell
@dgebn.bsky.social
Retired UK scientist (interested in microbiology, ecology, food safety, climate change, DEI and education) and horrified by what is currently happening in the world.
Excellent Substack from @chrischirp.bsky.social on Trump’s latest attack on child health. There is no evidence that the combined MMR vaccination is harmful and very good evidence that vaccination completion rates drop if separated. christinapagel.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and RFK Jr need to shut up about the MMR vaccine
A reminder of how terrible these diseases used to be
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Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that will require the MMR vaccine to be delivered in separate doses. US policies are making a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases inevitable www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Every parent wants to keep their children safe, and vaccines are among the most powerful tools for doing that, making deadly diseases preventable.
An excellent thread by @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social on how we can #learnfromnature to understand #climatechange Native flowering plants, local invertebrates are adapting. #Habitat #corridors are essential for mobile species. PLEASE SHARE! #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
Claire Laila Dines@freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 2w agoAnother walk along narrow strip of #chalkgrassland between arable fields, road & golf course today showed changing times 4 its wildlife. The plants, as they have done 4 eons, are responding to ongoing #drought by shortening stems, shrinking flower heads, going to seed early. The insects 🧵 1/5
Eliot Jacobson: As of August 5th, global sea-surface temperatures just set a new preliminary record high of 21.20°C. This breaks the previous record high of 21.17°C set on April 24, 2024.
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 15 July: --- DRC: On 14 July, DRC reported a total of 2 011 confirmed cases & 754 deaths. 54 new cases & 28 deaths were reported since the last update. --- EU/EEA: 1 confirmed case reported in France on 24 June. #PublicHealth #Ebola #IDsky
In no small part to the contribution of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social awareness champagne for the proposed rule change and guidance for writing and submitting comments. Thank you @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · last mo.Activism works! A must read. As of last night, there were 53,000 posted public comments on the OMB rule that seeks to codify political interference in all federal grants. An analysis shows that the public overwhelmingly rejects it. IT IS THAT BAD. 🧪 www.techpolicy.press/the-public-r...
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track. n.pr/4wOryvb
Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.
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Getting vaccinated saves lives. New data shows that global immunization coverage has moved forward in 2025. 85% or 110 million infants were immunized in 2025—nearly 1 million more infants than the previous year. Let’s make sure children don’t miss out living healthy & joyful lives: bit.ly/4pvS1uX
In Aug. 2025, we wrote “medical providers should prepare for new food-born outbreaks in a weakened food safety system…Americans as a whole can expect to live in a less healthy country, with less regulated food and medicine, reduced healthcare access and equity, and less resilient emergency response”
Trump's second presidency begins: evaluating effects on the US health system
The first hundred days of the second Trump administration was unprecedented, with the administration taking remarkably aggressive, often questionably legal actions across health policy. This article u...
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
Remember scientists aren’t giving up. After the Trump administration redirected Climate.gov and dismissed many of the federal employees who maintained it, former staff members launched a new independent website called Climate.us to help keep trusted climate information available to the public.
brilliant post by Anthony Costello about the necessity of community engagement and response to manage the latest Ebola outbreak thesocialvaccines.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
How to stop the new Bundibugyo Ebola virus from killing thousands
A social vaccine comes first.
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"No one is safe until Africa is safe. And Africa is safer when the world invests in African health security, trusts African institutions, and works with Africa as a full partner." africacdc.org/news-item/u-...
Statement on US Travel Restrictions Related to the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak – Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 May 2026 – The United States remains a longstanding and valued partner of Africa in disease surveillance, emergency response, workforce development and global health security...
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🧵 1/15 The WHO Emergency Committee just met on Ebola Bundibugyo. This is the first time a WHO Director-General declared a PHEIC before convening the committee a signal of how urgent this is. I listened in and made a few notes which I share here. www.youtube.com/live/vLlbTW5...
LIVE: Media briefing on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda with Dr Tedros
YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)
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Please sign and circulate this parliamentary petition, launched today from the National Emergency Briefing calling for a UK-wide, government-backed public briefing from independent experts on climate risks and also the opportunities from urgent action. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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TAKING SHOTS with Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Jessica Malaty Rivera: Ebola and Hantavirus Update Bundibugyo ebolavirus emerged literally overnight into the toxic hellworld of hantavirus airborne transmission discourse rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/taking-sho... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
TAKING SHOTS with Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Jessica Malaty Rivera: Ebola and Hantavirus Update
Bundibugyo ebolavirus emerged literally overnight into the toxic hellworld of hantavirus airborne transmission discourse and good lord this is tiresome...
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After having consulted the #DRC & #Uganda where the #Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus is known to be currently occurring, I determine that the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as defined in the provisions of IHR. My statement: bit.ly/4wGGiwX
Malaria is still a major concern: since 2015, malaria incidence has risen by 8.5%, reaching 64 cases per 1,000 people at risk. This trend means the world is moving further away from reaching the 2030 target for malaria reduction. World Health Statistics Report 2026🔗 https://bit.ly/4fiNpVV
#Hantavirus update: As of 12 May, no new deaths have been reported since 2 May. Of the 11 total cases reported to @who.int, 8 have been laboratory-confirmed as Andes virus infections. One remaining case is undergoing further testing. WHO continues to assess the risk to the global population as low.
Gastroenteritis can be caused by bugs like norovirus and rotavirus. How to protect yourself from them? Wash your hands with soap & water. 🧼 Hand sanitizer does not work well against bugs like norovirus. More info on how to protect yourself while cruising? CDC’s VSP webpage is a good resource 👇
Tips for Healthy Cruising
Learn how to help limit the spread of illnesses on cruise ships.
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Sheep transmit high loads of H5N1 and H5N5 influenza viruses through their milk—and, by suckling, lambs can spread infection to other udders—according to a new #ScienceAdvances study. https://scim.ag/4w7CJQ5
Mammary and respiratory infection of sheep with H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b viruses with milk-mediated transmission to lambs
In nonlactating sheep, aerosolized H5Nx caused transient respiratory infection, while intramammary inoculation caused mastitis.
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Latest update on what we know, what has been done, WHO’s risk assessment and advice on the #hantavirus cluster linked to MV Hondius https://bit.ly/4d9Moya
Hearing Highlights Opposition to Trump Publishing Fee Plans The Trump administration’s latest budget request proposes canceling federal subscriptions to academic journals and banning the use of federal funds to cover publishing costs. 🧪 www.aip.org/fyi/hearing-...
Hearing Highlights Opposition to Trump Publishing Fee Plans
The Trump administration’s latest budget request proposes canceling federal subscriptions to academic journals and banning the use of federal funds to cover publishing costs.
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𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻: 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/ECDConAir73 📺 YouTube: youtu.be/H80vF7ey41w 🎶 Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/ecdc_eu/ecdc... Episode hosted by Niklas Bergstrand. #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #WastewaterSurveillance #InfectiousDiseases #WeLoveScience
ECDC: on Air - Episode 73 - Enkirch & Riess: Signals Below the Surface - Wastewater Surveillance
YouTube video by ECDC
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