Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...

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“Contact tracing is not working. We don’t like the trajectory of this outbreak, and it’s already the second largest outbreak (ever) in the world.” www.statnews.com/2026/08/04/e...

Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

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Excellent news for global health. Canada has authorized a Phase I trial of Moderna's mRNA vaccine against #Bundibugyo ebolavirus, building on the ongoing Oxford University Phase I trial of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine. Congratulations to everyone who made this possible. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Health Canada authorizes vaccine clinical trial for Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus

On July 30, 2026, Health Canada authorized Moderna to move forward with a Phase I clinical trial for its candidate mRNA vaccine for Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus.

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1/ Over the weekend, RFK Jr. was interviewed on CNN, and as I'm sure many of you have seen, he made a number of inaccurate statements. The conversation covered Covid-19, RSV, measles, vaccines, and autism. Let's fact-check some of the biggest claims.

I often come back to the idea that this also stems from an inability or unwillingness to conceive that the counterfactual isn’t that there was no pandemic. It was unmitigated transmission and compounding illness and death. It’s like the gravity was never comprehended or the post-hoc denial too high.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

America’s concentration camps must be shut down now They are sites of horror: torture, rampant spread of infectious diseases, inadequate sanitation, hygiene, & medical care, & a mounting death toll Just as “better training of guards” wasn’t the answer to Auschwitz, you can’t “reform” these camps

Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social · 2d ago

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The federal New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

Blanche’s remarks “go far beyond the actions on abortion he promised during his confirmation hearing. They also conflict with promises President Donald Trump made on the campaign trail to keep the federal government from enforcing restrictions on the pills.”

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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New RCT from @nejm.org Evidence: PO Vanc x10 d VS PO Vanc Taper/Pulse VS Fidaxomicin for 1st or 2nd Recurrence of CDiff (n=308) Day 59 sustained clinical response: Vanc TP: 58.6% vs Vanc x10: 44.1% vs Fidaxo: 44.1% (p>0.0255 = not significant) #IDSky #CDiff evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Once in a rare while, you run across truly incisive brilliance.

Seth Trueger@mdaware.org · 2d ago

The NIH has quietly dropped its loan repayment program for researchers doing health disparities research and for researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds. As an LRP awardee who had six figures in medical schools loans, I know how transformative this funding can be. Losing this funding will…

Apparently businesses that make money off alcohol want us to focus less on alcohol’s health risks Next, is @nytimes.com sending a cub reporter to “reframe” the health risks of smoking? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...

What Else Do We Lose When People Give Up Booze?

Yes, there are many benefits of cutting back. But bars are closing. Jobs are going away. And a way of being together can feel harder to find.

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RFK Jr. likes to claim that he is “restoring trust” in public health, so let’s gaze at the glory of what he’s achieved. In March of 2025, 77% of adults trusted CDC recommendations. In March of 2026, it’s only 50%. Trust in public health in the U.S. has cratered since he took office.

The embodiment of too little, too late www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/h...

U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme

The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.

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More progress toward intermittent patient-directed ART www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Phase 3 Trial of Weekly Oral Islatravir–Lenacapavir for HIV-1 Treatment | NEJM

Once-daily, single-tablet regimens have transformed care for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1); however, challenges to adherence continue to limit effective treatment....

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🎯 Thank you @kkjetelina.bsky.social & @kmpanthagani.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/does-publi...

Does public health *need* MAHA?

It’s a little more complicated than that

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Their business model is,”Gosh I guess AI is gonna ruin things for you while we get rich and there’s nothing we can do” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/t...

Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations

The disclosure followed OpenAI’s report last week that its own artificial intelligence had hacked into the network of an online library.

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Rolling global embarrassment www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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“It’s sending signals to ... our scientists, our doctors, our healthcare professionals, our researchers, trying to show to them that if you don’t get in line with the politics, that you will also potentially be subject to attacks" www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/f...

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel

At a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci evoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and its origins.

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Gift link to read what the “Fauci Diary” actually said The money quote: “The far right is really amazing in their distortion of reality”. And they persecute anyone who challenges their delusions, which is why the 2nd-rate eye doctor senator is holding yet another kangaroo court. wapo.st/44O4jFB

Fauci’s diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame

Diary entries written by the National Institutes of Health scientist who helped lead the U.S. response to the coronavirus, released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), reveal a contentious internal battle...

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Should we avoid using ertapenem in patients with low albumin? academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Absence of Significant Interaction Between Serum Albumin Level and Carbapenem Type on 30-Day Mortality in ESBL-positive E. coli and K. pneumoniae Bacteremia: A Multicenter Cohort Study with Inverse Pr...

In this multicenter study, IPTW analysis revealed no significant interaction between serum albumin and carbapenem type regarding 14-day and 30-day mortalit

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🔥🔥Just published 🔥🔥 IDSA AMR Guidance 2026 IDSA 2026 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections 🔺ESBL , AmpC Enterobacterales 🔺CRE 🔺DTR P. aeruginosa 🔺CRAB 🔺Stenotrophomonas maltophilia #idsky www.idsociety.org/practice-gui...

Such tough cases. I cringe when politicians get involved. It’s like bringing gasoline to a forest fire #bioethics www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

A 2-Year-Old’s Drowning and a Fight Over the Line Between Life and Death

A Texas family sued to stop a hospital from testing whether their child was brain-dead. Opposition to the test has been gaining support from anti-abortion activists.

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Ancestral plague killed mid-Holocene humans long before big cities formed www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago - Nature

Analyses of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia around 5,500 years ago indicate that highly virulent Yersinia pestis emerged earlier than previously estimated, far&...

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Amen, @dereklowe.bsky.social www.science.org/content/blog...

"It is very rare to see this level of uptake for any TB technology that has only recently been endorsed by WHO." communities.springernature.com/posts/tuberc...

Tuberculosis testing gets a massive boost

At a recent Global Implementation Workshop on Near Point of Care (NPOC) TB Diagnostics in Bangkok, several country leaders presented impressive plans for implementing these new, affordable and decentr...

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“Optimism in infectious diseases is not naive; it is practical.”

Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social · 2w ago

So proud of our @cmicomms.bsky.social editorial fellow Victor Dahl for his gorgeous essay in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social The Optimism in Front of Us. #IDSky #clinmicro @hoferu.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The MAGA/MAHA Administration’s extreme violence & cruelty takes an even more sickening turn

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w ago

The use of extremely online memetic aesthetics to support far-right political goals is like something out of Walter Benjamin’s nightmares.

The MAHA article by @craigspencer.bsky.social generates controversy in the #PublicHealth community because we often see MAHA as monolithic when instead it’s heterogenous (1/3) @colincarlson.bsky.social @annesosin.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social apple.news/AKlPLBe1oRFC...

Public Health Needs MAHA — The Atlantic

The field must swallow its pride and admit where the insurgent movement is right.

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NYT: A Thin Rope Holds the Line Against Ebola on Uganda’s Border By Matthew Mpoke Bigg nyti.ms/4fiux9e

20 Years After Its Own Outbreak, an Ugandan Town Beats Back Ebola

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus takes its name from this small town, where it was first discovered in 2007. Now, the species has returned to eastern Congo, halting life on a busy border.

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How to destabilize both science and patient safety www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s...

Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.

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