Happy to share our latest collaborative effort: "An intramuscular prime and mucosal boost vaccine regimen protects against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 challenge in cynomolgus macaques". It is open-access, so anyone can access it anywhere on any device. (1/4) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Chicken wings smoking while writing some papers.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but you can’t have an effective “biothreat radar system” (pathogen early warning system aka biosurveillance) if you decimate the CDC (capacity for detection, data analysis/dissemination, and response). Sincerely, a biosurveillance nerd/epi

To those claiming that scientists are part of some conspiracy for group think and agreement on issues... Have y'all ever tried writing a paper with a just a few co-authors?

This decision is objectively pro-disease. The mRNA vaccine platform allows for rapid deployment and continuous updates. The development of the COVID-19 vaccines, several of which were mRNA-based, saved millions of lives and many more hospitalizations. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Our latest open access manuscript has been published! In this article, we find that a single-dose, combinatorial Adenovector + soluble RSV Fusion Glycoprotein vaccination approach yields a persistent, functional antibody response against RSV-A and RSV-B in adults > 60 years.

Our latest collaborative effort has been published. It's open-access, so anyone can read it anytime on any device. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check out our latest study, led by grad student Ryan McCool @rmccool.bsky.social‬, in collaboration with Vaccine Company. We were able to stabilize EBV gB in the prefusion conformation, determine its cryo-EM structure to 3.1 A, and assess its immunogenicity in mice. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Happy to share our latest publication "Acute infectious mononucleosis generates persistent, functional EBNA-1 antibodies with high cross-reactivity to alpha-crystalline beta" in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. It's open-access! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Our department chair, Dr. Sarah Fortune, and her lab are at the forefront of life-saving research on tuberculosis. Read the latest article featuring #SarahFortune, along with links to her insightful recent interviews: hsph.harvard.edu/news/tubercu....

The McNamara Lab website is up! Many thanks to @harvard-iid.bsky.social! We will continue prioritizing publishing in open-access journals, and links are on the website. Lots of work on ongoing!

Always love going to the finish line the weekend before the race. #BostonStrong 💪

Happy to have contributed to this large collaborative effort "Preclinical development of a replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based Lassa virus vaccine candidate advanced into human clinical trials" that was just published. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

A child in Texas passed away today due to measles, a virus declared eliminated from the US in 2000.

I think people both within science and outside science don’t fully appreciate the miracle that were the Covid-19 vaccines. How much courage it took to get the sequence out, how much work had already gone into figuring out the best viral antigen and how best to present it. 1/

We’re experiencing perhaps the worst flu season in 25 years, with severe cases also rising, and young children and seniors faring the worst. One in six of all ER visits in the 0-17 age groups are now for influenza. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv... h/t @cmyeaton.bsky.social

Good morni... No.

The Fenway Bowl was an incredible experience. #GoHeels!

"Why'd he let go of the football before crossing the plane to the endzone?! That's crazy!" Many of the people saying this are now trying to get rid of the polio vaccine. And they cannot see the parallels.

Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have jumped 14-fold since 2023, alarming state health officials. As of Dec. 8, there were 1,578 confirmed cases of pertussis in Michigan, compared to 110 for the full year of 2023. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...

Introducing the new hsph.harvard.edu! Teams at #HarvardChan have created a new website experience to showcase our outstanding research, world-class educational programs, and commitment to implementation + impact while centering our vision of a world with health, dignity, and justice for every human.

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Simply amazing to think how much has happened in 5 years. Five years ago, #COVID changed the world. We remember the lives lost, the resilience shown, and the lessons learned. Here’s to continued progress, health, and unity as we move forward. 🌍

Umm, can’t believe that I have to say this in (checks phone) 2024, but no we do not need to run a “natural experiment” on raw milk consumption. We did. It was called the 1800s. Anyway, the IRR in this paper is so high if a student turned it in to me, I’d have them re-run the data. #IDSky #EpiSky

Tried making a cranberry tart for the first time and the horror show I just created could be cast in the next Alien sequel.

I wanted to share a new paper that we just published regarding an international outbreak of #Listeriosis linked to imported enoki mushrooms. This is another example of a sample initiated retrospective #outbreak investigation, a method that we have described previously. #EpiSky #IDSky

"Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study" via The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Got the lab an espresso maker. And I just cracked a "that's that me espresso" joke. There were audible groans. My power only grows!!!

I got friends in blue places