Enjoyed sharing our Global Landscape of Meningococcal Vaccination Policies (GLo-MVP) with the WHO SAGE Meningococcal Working Group. We aimed to identify, characterize & analyze meningococcal vaccination recommendations for 150+ countries to help guide future policy 🌍💉💕

How can we sustain, strengthen & safeguard immunization programs while focusing on effectiveness & equity? Join us for our new "Innovations in Immunizations" course in the McGill Summer Institutes of Global Health from May 26-29 9am-1pm (EDT-online)! Register here: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Fabulous new course led by @nicolebasta.bsky.social, in our @mcgill.ca Summer Institutes in Global Health! Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity May 26-29, 2026 (online) www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Registration is open for the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social 🎉 I am thrilled to offer a new course "Innovations in Immunizations" - online May 26-29! Join us in building a community dedicated to improving immunization research, practice & policy 🤩 bit.ly/4tgpScV

Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity

Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity | May 26-29, 2026 COURSE FORMAT ONLINE. The course will be live to online participants approximately 9:00 AM - 13:00 PM (Montreal...

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Nicole E. Basta@nicolebasta.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Exciting news! 🚨 My new course: "Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity" will launch online as part of the 2026 McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health! I designed this course to meet the moment - we are facing truly unprecedented times...

Exciting news! 🚨 My new course: "Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity" will launch online as part of the 2026 McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health! I designed this course to meet the moment - we are facing truly unprecedented times...

Great reminder, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social! A friend who wants their friends to stay healthy is a very good friend in my book. Friends definitely don’t let friends face the fall respiratory virus season unvaccinated!! Please get your COVID and Flu shots, ASAP, friends!!

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I am going to be that annoying friend. Get your #COVID & #flu shots. There is little downside to getting immunized and it will spare you from being out sick, having to go to the doctor's office, hospitalization and yes, death. Too many people aren't stepping up to get the shots. Do it this weekend.

Thank you, @cidrap.bsky.social, for covering our new @nejm.org review of Covid-19, RSV, and influenza immunizations. Check it out: cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/meta-analysis-covid-rsv-flu-vaccines-fall-provides-sea-data-showing-efficacy-safety

Meta-analysis of COVID, RSV, flu vaccines for fall provides 'sea of data' showing efficacy, safety

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NEW @nejm.org: We synthesized 511 recent studies on Covid-19, RSV & flu vaccines for 2025-26. With federal advisory processes disrupted, clinicians & the public need rigorous, independent evidence synthesis. Here's what we found: 🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM

Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...

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Check out our new paper @nejm.org. RSV, COVID-19 & Influenza vaccines continue to show consistent effectiveness & safety based on a review & synthesis of 500+ research studies👇! We worked hard to evaluate the evidence so you can be confident about getting vaccinated this fall!

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD@madhupai.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease" www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Congrats to @nicolebasta.bsky.social of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health for renewing her Canada Research Chair in Infectious Disease Prevention!

McGill Medicine and Health Sciences@healthsciences.mcgill.ca · 10mo ago

Canada Research Chairs awarded to FMHS ~ Six new or renewed CRCs have been announced for researchers in the Faculty. ➡️ https://ow.ly/8Lj150XhAw8

Serving on the Vaccine Integrity Project Scientific Team @cidrap.bsky.social alongside so many epidemiology/medicine/public health colleagues is an honor and a daily reminder of the commitment that so many of us have made to shining a light on the rigorous evidence we all need to protect our health.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 11mo ago

A growing contingent of doctors say they are wary of federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—and they are forming a parallel public-health universe.

A growing contingent of doctors say they are wary of federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—and they are forming a parallel public-health universe.

The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government

A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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CLSAFindings💡: Characterizing influenza vaccine coverage and factors associated with missed vaccination among adults from 2018 to 2021: an analysis of the CLSA follow-up 2 Cc: @nicolebasta.bsky.social, @mcgill.ca, @cwolfs1.bsky.social, @uncchapelhill.bsky.social 🔗: ow.ly/iNYm50WYliQ

Our newest issue of the #TrackingReport was posted yesterday, you can read it here for updates on #measles, #mpox, and more! Not subscribed yet? Hit the link at the top to get the next issue in your inbox. mailchi.mp/messages/pan...

Public health practitioners and researchers care about: 🧒People 🤝Communities 🩻 Physical Health 🧠 Mental Health 🌱 Well Being 💟 Equity …and so much more Those working in public health have dedicated their lives to service, so that everyone, everywhere can thrive.

"A week ago, on Aug. 8, a gunman attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, firing nearly 500 rounds, breaking about 150 windows, and killing a police officer." - @colincarlson.bsky.social and @publichealthguy1.bsky.social

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · last yr.

This point isnt being made enough. Last week’s attack on the #CDC could have been a slaughter. www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

This point isnt being made enough. Last week’s attack on the #CDC could have been a slaughter. www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6

“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.

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Even if Congress continues to fund the National Institutes of Health at current levels, the Trump administration “is setting them up to fail,” a former official told Katherine J. Wu:

How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled?

Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate.

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I haven't been very active on here, but would love to connect with colleagues new and old from #epitwitter #episky & beyond. Please come find me on linkedin! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The last month of my sabbatical from McGill University is off to an inspiring start-and inspiration is something all of us working in public health, vaccinology, and infectious disease prevention… | N...

The last month of my sabbatical from McGill University is off to an inspiring start-and inspiration is something all of us working in public health, vaccinology, and infectious disease prevention coul...

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These are not just grants. This is thousands of people who devoted their lives and careers - taking pay cuts, working long hours, living with uncertainty - all for the chance to try to make people's lives a bit better for you and your loved ones. This breaks my heart.

Joshua Tucker@jatucker.bsky.social · last yr.

Cutting NIH or NSF funding sounds abstract. Seeing what research is actually being cut makes it real. Kudos to @nytimes.com for this piece: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New: Evaluating the Test-Negative Design for COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Using Randomized Trial Data #idsky #medsky #openaccess jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Test-Negative Design for COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness From Randomized Trial Data

This secondary cross-protocol analysis assesses 5 phase 3 COVID-19 Prevention Network randomized clinical trials as test-negative design studies to evaluate how various sampling methods, symptom defin...

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🚨 2 WEEKS TO GO! #UKCVN2025 kicks off soon – the UK’s only adult vaccine research conference! 🌍 Hear from top experts like ‪Professor Nicole Basta, Dr Conall Watson & many more 🌟 📍 Cutler's Hall, Sheffield & online 🗓️ 11th–12th June Register now before it's too late 👉 ow.ly/8i2p50VOwF3

Great insight from Kathryn Edwards in @statnews.com The FDA is circumventing key roles and procedures for licensure and use of Covid vaccines www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/f...

The FDA is circumventing key roles and procedures for licensure and use of Covid vaccines

The FDA’s recent activities regarding Covid-19 vaccines stray far from the well-established standards of vaccine regulatory processes.

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📢 Data we've published today shows the positive impact of the #Flu vaccine last winter. The figures are encouraging, but many more could have been protected if more eligible people took up the free flu vaccine. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Great reporting on FDA's plans to strip Americans of the choice to reduce their risk of #COVID19 by restricting vaccine approvals. If you want to reduce your risk, getting vaccinated is still the safest option. @katherinejwu.com @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

COVID Shots for Kids Are Over

The FDA’s new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.

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Looking forward to speaking at the UK Clinical Vaccine Network Conference @ukcvn.bsky.social #UKCVN2025 in June! Stop by and say hello if you'll be there #episky.

UK Clinical Vaccine Network Conference@ukcvn.bsky.social · last yr.

🔈 Our first GLOBAL SPEAKER for #UKCVN2025! Professor Nicole Basta (McGill University, Canada) is a leading voice in infectious disease prevention and vaccinology 💡 Don’t miss her talk on using trials & epidemiology to guide vaccine policy! 🌍 Register now 👉 ow.ly/nZxY50VVpAR

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

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Starting now! Season 2 Episode 1 of @sabinvaccine.bsky.social Getting to Zero on #Malaria #Vaccines 💉! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI... Since we filmed, TWO more countries have introduced malaria vaccines, bringing the total to 20 countries as of this #WorldMalariaDay! 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉

Getting to Zero: The Malaria Endgame

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Nicole E. Basta@nicolebasta.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to be hosting tomorrow’s #Malaria episode of Getting to Zero produced by @sabinvaccine.bsky.social in honor of #WorldMalariaDay! Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control. April 25, 12 noon EST m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...

Thrilled to be hosting tomorrow’s #Malaria episode of Getting to Zero produced by @sabinvaccine.bsky.social in honor of #WorldMalariaDay! Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control. April 25, 12 noon EST m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...

Getting to Zero: The Malaria Endgame

YouTube video by Sabin Vaccine Institute

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