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Daniel M. Parker

@dmparker.bsky.social

Assoc. Professor in public health at UC Irvine. I do global health, epidemiology, GIS, earth observation, anthropology, demography. https://parker-group.github.io/

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Daniel M. Parker@dmparker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to see this paper finally out! Congrats to Maia Tarnas, who led this work while completing her PhD. Using case studies from Yemen and Ukraine, we evaluate nighttime lights as a tool for studying armed conflict. Thanks @vmminin.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Nighttime lights as a proxy for conflict intensity and infrastructure recovery in Yemen and Ukraine - Conflict and Health

Introduction Quantifying the impacts of armed conflict on civilians and infrastructure remains a major challenge, particularly where reporting is limited. Most conflict measurement tools require affec...

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BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has now been confirmed as the Bundibugyo strain. This is not good news, there are no licensed or candidate vaccines for this strain. No monoclonal antibodies. I am sure experimental antivirals will be tried. www.afro.who.int/countries/de...

Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak, WHO scales up support

The World Health Organization (WHO) is rapidly scaling up support to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following confirmation of an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo in the country’s n...

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Daniel M. Parker@dmparker.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Where does TB transmission actually occur? Our new paper combines genomic epidemiology and geographic activity spaces to identify potential TB transmission hotspots beyond residential locations in Botswana. #TB @vmminin.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Using genomic epidemiology and geographic activity spaces to investigate tuberculosis outbreaks in Botswana - International Journal of Health Geographics

International Journal of Health Geographics - Our objective was to identify potential ‘hotspots’ of tuberculosis (TB) transmission by integrating pathogen genomic and geospatial data,...

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BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Beautifully done and important trial. An effective mTb test that utilizes tongue swab specimens will be absolutely transformative for Tb diagnosis especially is resource limited settings. Definitely practice modifying. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples | NEJM

Improved diagnostic tools for tuberculosis that are suitable for use in peripheral health centers are essential for reducing the persistent gap between estimated and notified cases. The diagnostic ...

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rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

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Nick Brumfield@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The President of the United States conceives of the political order over which he presides principally as a pyramid of patron-client relations based on personal loyalty and is publicly feuding with the Pope we really are regressing to the 12th century huh

ProPublica@propublica.org · 7mo ago

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases

Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

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Mine Doğucu@minedogucu.com · 7mo ago

I have been babysitting my friend’s (almost) 4 year old lately and here are three things I learned. 1. There is no sitting in babysitting. 2. Cat toys work well with toddlers as well. 3. Sesame Street is even better than I remember.

Daniel M. Parker@dmparker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Malaria posts, Barefoot Doctors, Black Panthers, and more! (its about community based care): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @bipinglobalhealth.bsky.social

Reimagining primary health care: a historical and contemporary scoping review of community-based primary health care models and innovations

Community-based primary health care (CBPHC) has long underpinned health service delivery in resource-limited settings. However, demographic shifts, in…

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Gitta Coaker@gittacoaker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

USDA postdoctoral fellowships are open. If you’re interested in writing a postdoc fellowship with me in plant immunity, spatial defense, or vector-borne disease, please reach out. (US citizens, nationals, permanent residents only; PhD awarded Jan 2023–Jan 2027.) www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/progr...

AFRI Education and Workforce Development

The AFRI Education and Workforce Development Program focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Great article by @drjudystone.bsky.social about the impact cuts to government agencies are having on global health. It was also noted that some international scientists refused to attend this conference because of ICE and racial profiling. I am so deeply ashamed of our government.

Reminders Of What Our Losses From CDC And USAID Mean

With the loss of USAID and much of CDC, our ability to respond to pandemics is at risk. Global health issues are a growing threat.

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Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 10mo ago

A new high resolution digital dataset and map — named Itiner-e — of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase the known length of the Empire’s road system by over 100,000 kilometres. 🏺 🧪

Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire - Scientific Data

The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods and ideas, and sustaining imperial control. Yet, it remains incompletely mapped and poorly integrated across sources despite centuries of research. We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire. It was created by identifying roads from archaeological and historical sources, locating them using modern and historical topographic maps and remote sensing, and digitising them with road segment-level metadata and certainty categories. The dataset nearly doubles the known length of Roman roads through increased coverage and spatial precision, and reveals that the location of only 2.737% are known with certainty. This resource is transformative for understanding how mobility shaped connectivity, administration, and even disease transmission in the ancient world, and for studies of the millennia-long development of terrestrial mobility in the region.

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