Nathan Lo
@nathanlo.bsky.social
Stanford physician-scientist | Infectious diseases, epidemiology, modeling, and public health | Views mine | Lo Lab: http://profiles.stanford.edu/nathan-lo
New World screwworm has returned to the U.S. after more than 40 years, threatening livestock & wildlife (including potentially billions in economic losses). This is a solvable "one health" issue. Link: tinyurl.com/y3k8hc7p, with Jason Andrews and J. Scott Weese.
There was just a locally acquired case of dengue fever reported in Virginia, USA. The climate is becoming more suitable, the compatible mosquito species (Aedes) is already there, and we’ll likely see more cases across a wider area. Link: tinyurl.com/2pu4xrc5
🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to have a photo quiz published in CID on a topic near and dear to my heart. You can try you hand at the diagnosis here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
A Lung Transplant Recipient With Unusual Cells on a Biopsy From a Pulmonary Nodule
A 59-year-old man who underwent a bilateral orthotopic lung transplant 13 years prior presented with cough and chest pain. His transplant history was remar
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On the 25th anniversary of @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social, I am thrilled to join the International Advisory Board. I've always appreciated the journal's breadth of topics and methodologies, along with its focus on impactful research from across the globe. Congratulations to the editorial team!
Our twenty-five year journey
This August issue marks the 25th anniversary of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The journal was created in 2001 by our late Editor-in-Chief John McConnell whose vision for a journal for specialists in...
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US measles cases have officially surpassed last year's count and it's only *checks calendar* July. 2026 to date: 2,318 2025 full year: 2,289 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
NBC News is tracking measles case counts, which as of today's CDC release have hit a new, 35-year high. [no paywall] STORY: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... TRACKER: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high in 2026, surpassing last year’s total
The sharp rise in cases comes amid a decadeslong decline in childhood vaccination rates.
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Our new perspective article in @plosmedicine.org on re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases, led by Chirag Kumar @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
PLOS Medicine@plosmedicine.org · 3w ago#Measles and other #vaccine -preventable diseases are re-emerging worldwide. In this Perspective, Chirag Kumar & Nathan Lo (@nathanlo.bsky.social) outline how targeted policy interventions in locations at greatest risk may be an effective strategy to curb this public health threat🧪💉 plos.io/4vUmchb
A new four-paper Lancet series, co-led by our very own Dr. Amy Sturt, spotlights schistosomiasis in women and girls, a long-overlooked burden, and lays out a path toward integrated diagnosis, treatment, and policy change. Read the full article here: tr.ee/lancetseries.
Looking for a postdoc? Interested in infectious disease modeling? Love causal inference? Want to work with @mlipsitch.bsky.social? Come do a postdoc with us at Stanford! postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Marc Lipsitch | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Global Health Seed Grant Awardees! These grants were chosen to enable multidisciplinary Stanford teams to develop novel, low-cost, and creative solutions alongside local healthcare providers. Learn more: globalhealth.stanford.edu/news/seeding...
This #Ebola outbreak has quickly become alarmingly large & will be very hard to contain. But only the 3rd outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, it presents a rare opportunity to study this virus, @kakape.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...
Big Ebola outbreak puts spotlight on little-known virus
The Bundibugyo virus only emerged twice before. Now, scientists see a chance to get to know it better
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"...most introductions end in rapid stochastic extinction, making sustained transmission unlikely despite the risk of localised superspreading events in higher-risk environments, such as crowded indoor spaces." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Transmission dynamics of Andes virus and implications for outbreak monitoring
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a severe respiratory disease with a case-fatality rate historically exceeding 30%.1 Although most hantaviruses are primarily transmitted via the inhalation of aerosoli...
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After weeks of NIAID, the NIH's second largest institute, being in a leadership vacuum following Jeffrey Taubenberger stepping down, it has a new director: John H. Powers III www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/n...
NIAID appoints new acting director after weeks-long questions over leadership
The NIH has appointed researcher John Powers III to lead its infectious disease institute on an acting basis, after weeks of being in leadership limbo.
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ID fellows: Join us for the next virtual Fellows Case Conference on Monday, June 15 at 2pm ET. Explore a unique ID case alongside presenters Jonathan Huang, MD, and Melissa Kerkelis, MD, with faculty discussants Alex Zimmet, MD, and Courtney Harris, MD. Register: https://bit.ly/3RQmozx
Thrilled to receive the Rosenkranz Prize for our work in neglected tropical diseases and global health! healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/news/rosenkr...
Rosenkranz Prize Winner Nathan Lo Develops New Methods to Tackle a
Strongyloidiasis: a widely ignored yet dangerous tropical disease that can kill when immunity fails.
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Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern by WHO www.who.int/news/item/17...
Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...
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Thrilled to be elected as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America!
IDSA@idsainfo.bsky.social · 3mo agoIDSA is pleased to welcome the 166 individuals chosen to receive a FIDSA designation, a prestigious honor recognizing distinguished infectious diseases clinicians and scientists from around the world. View our web release and this year’s inductees: https://bit.ly/42RzzlR
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has never been documented—the virus does not usually spread from person to person—and the incident has raised a series of challenges that researchers from around the world are teaming up to solve. https://scim.ag/4tSGaIP
Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers
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Stanford Medicine researchers are rethinking how to fight viruses by targeting the human cells they rely on. This “home turf” approach could lead to treatments that work against a wide range of viral threats. med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
Behind the science: Why it pays to fight a virus on the home turf
The emergence of a nasty new virus or even an unexpected flu strain can pose a big public-health headache. Meanwhile, antiviral drug development moves at an agonizingly slow pace and cringingly high c...
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Thrilled for the Weldy lab, great news for @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social and now is the time to join!
Chad Weldy, MD, PhD@chadweldy.bsky.social · 4mo agoI am thrilled to say that I have accepted a position as Assistant Prof at @stanforduniversity.bsky.social CV Medicine and am launching the Weldy Lab at Stanford! My work integrates genetics, epigenetics, RNA biology, and cardiovascular disease. Check it out: weldylab.org Recruiting!
I am thrilled to say that I have accepted a position as Assistant Prof at @stanforduniversity.bsky.social CV Medicine and am launching the Weldy Lab at Stanford! My work integrates genetics, epigenetics, RNA biology, and cardiovascular disease. Check it out: weldylab.org Recruiting!
Analysis of publicly reported data identified 272 deaths in #ICEDetention from fiscal year 2004 through January 2026, with mortality rates declining early in the period and increasing again in recent fiscal years. ja.ma/42cHNVo
SCOOP: The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ED visits + hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half. My latest. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Since I'm getting a questions about the new data - a few _preliminary_ comments: 1️⃣ Are the outbreaks in the US connected? 👉 Very likely. 2️⃣ Does this mean US will lose elimination status? 👉 Yes, but that's been clear for a while. Data: nextstrain.org/measles/geno... A few details + caveats 🧵👇
Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen.bsky.social · 4mo ago🔔Exclusive: CDC just posted a tranche of genomic data from measles. 1,000 genomes have been sequenced, so researchers expect an answer to the elimination question within the month. "That we're even talking about this is nuts," said @kgandersen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
In a report from Singapore, the release of wolbachia-infected, irradiated male 𝘈𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘪 mosquitoes resulted in a reduction in the vector population and in the risk of dengue infection. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4atd2iN
Barry Bloom, former dean of @hsph.harvard.edu & a leading immunologist, recently died at the age of 88. Two colleagues, @mlipsitch.bsky.social & @yhgrad.bsky.social, have written a lovely tribute of the man and his work. www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/b...
Remembering public health pioneer Barry Bloom: a scientist, a mentor, a mensch
Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad pay tribute to their former colleague and mentor Barry R. Bloom.
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NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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