Small clarification/addition to the hantavirus episode: After listening back, I realized one phrase in the Andes virus section didn’t fully capture the nuance I was trying to convey, so I added a brief clarification to the audio & blog post. 🧵 #InfectiousDose #Andes

The Canary Islands refusing to let the hantavirus cruise ship dock is a modern echo of the lazarettos I talked about in my plague doctor episode. “Quarantine” comes from quaranta giorni — 40 days ships were required to wait during plague outbreaks. ⬇️ news.sky.com/video/i-cann...

Reminder that I also write a free weekly newsletter called Field Notes. It’s where I take one idea from each episode and follow it a little further. Going forward, I’ll also be using it to provide measured updates on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Investigation. 👇 #FieldNotes

Now live! Because the hantavirus cruise outbreak is generating a lot of fear & confusion, I've pivoted for this week's episode. What we know What we don’t & What honest outbreak communication sounds like while evidence is still evolving. 🎧 or read here www.infectiousdose.com/post/hantavi...

Have you donated to an abortion fund this fundathon? Abortion funds are getting more requests for help, and fewer donations. I’m on a team raising money for KHJN, who help fund abortions AND gender affirming care for people in KY. Because it’s all bodily autonomy y’all. fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/7...

Breaking: Three cruise passengers have died from a virus you’re more likely to encounter cleaning out a shed than traveling across the Atlantic. And investigators are still trying to figure out how it happened. 🧵

It’s live. 🔥 #OutbreakAfterDark Before germ theory, medicine got… creative. Sometimes brilliant. Often horrifying. We’re talking blood, poison, smoke—and the long road to getting it right. Listen or read and let me know... which would you choose? www.infectiousdose.com/post/remedie...

Tonight at midnight, the grossest infection treatments you’ve ever heard of. You’ll want snacks for this one. Salty, sweet, and drinks (cocktail + mocktail) to make it all a little easier to swallow. #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark

The Australian Institute of Marine Science and Charles Darwin University are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. 🎣 Crimson Snapper Biology and Stock Structure 🗓️ 3 yrs 💰$100,862 to $110,957 p/a 🚨22 May 👀 careers.aims.gov.au/page.php?pag...

Insecticide resistance in South American mosquitoes signals trouble for malaria control. 🦟 New research warns of growing insecticide resistance among mosquitoes, the primary vector of malaria in South America. Read more: ow.ly/K3BK50YFgWN 📷: AirmanMagazine / Flickr.

... What if we rebranded pasteurization as a classic French culinary tradition from the Second Empire?

This week, #InfectiousDose brings you a new #OutbreakAfterDark: This time on the worst (& grossest) infection treatments in history. With a menu that’s significantly safer & cocktails you’ll actually want. Tuesday at midnight (CST)

Too perfect 🤦🏻‍♂️

“Mono” isn’t the end of the story. Epstein–Barr virus stays with you for life—inside your immune system. 🎧 New episode now live infectiousdose.com/post/call-ca... #InfectiousDose #EBV

Post a pic you took, no context, bring zen to this hellscape of a timeline.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Field Notes Issue #2 comes out tomorrow (it's free). Remember to confirm sign-up via the email or you won't be signed up. And if you have questions or topic requests, send em my way by replying to the newsletter email. I read them all even if it takes me a minute to respond.

Health officials in Burundi are investigating a cluster of severe illness— several people have died. At first, it looked like a hemorrhagic fever. But it's not Ebola. or Marburg. or Rift Valley fever, yellow fever, or Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. 🧵

There’s a virus you probably already have. Not a rare one. Not one you were warned about. By adulthood, about 95% of people carry it. Most think it’s gone. It isn’t. 🎧 New episode drops Tuesday at midnight CST. #InfectiousDose #EpsteinBarr

Each week, after I finish an episode, there’s always at least one idea I can’t let go of. Not the headline. Not the story. Something underneath it. So I started a short, free weekly newsletter to follow that thread a little further. It’s called Field Notes. #InfectiousDose

New Episode: Scratching the Surface, is live. This week: a look at a disease ticking up in LA. All about murine typhus and how we miss it. 🎧 Listen here → www.infectiousdose.com/post/murine-... #InfectiousDose #Typhus

🎙️A new episode of #InfectiousDose drops Tuesday at midnight. This one looks at why typhus is showing up again—and why the story has changed. There’s also something new coming with it. 👇

I’m no expert on this shit, but I’ve been advised not to go on the Wh website. It appears they may have the same shit as in China. A CIA friend told me to get a cheap used computer and not to put anything on it that is at all personal or confidential bcz they download it all within seconds of

Public health is a process of researching and implementing strategies. The body of knowledge that has been built up over decades—even centuries—has been blithely tossed aside by a delusional lawyer with a famous name. When you discard science in favor of beliefs, it’s garbage in, garbage out.

I can't. Made an appt w/ gyn for well-woman exam & consult on meno. Was told (today) can't get a WW exam bc "a WW exam states you are well" 🤦 😶 I know what she meant... can't combine visits... But JFC that "logic". & it's now 6 & 8 more months to wait. At least I typed & deleted my angry responses

I've just been asked to share this petition to UCSF, which asks them not to put Vinay Prasad back in his old position, now that HHS has given him the boot. It seems a good ask, so here you go (the guy is awful): form.jotform.com/260836126659...

What she said. 😁

🎧 Anniversary episode is live!! 1 year ago, I re-launched my podcast to make sense of infectious disease in a misinformation hellscape. Today’s episode celebrates this milestone w/ listeners, looks at how it's evolved, & peeks at what's next. www.infectiousdose.com/post/anniver...

There are moments...late, when everything’s quiet and I'm recording or editing... and I think about my listeners and how the #InfectiousDose podcast evolves and grows... What a year. 🙏 The anniversary episode Tuesday at midnight (CST)

LOOK AT THE BABY.

A 54-year-old man nearly died from a bacterial infection most doctors will never see. He didn’t get it traveling. He didn’t get it from a bite. He likely got it while renovating his home. This is tularemia—and it’s a reminder of how infection actually works. 🧵

Well there we have it. It's official. "It was awesome!" Yay! Never know how something will land and this one was a risk...thrilled at least someone loved my immersive BSL4 walkthrough. Check it out! www.infectiousdose.com/post/inside-...

Yeah there's a lot of that around. Sorry to hear it but glad you have found your bridge. If you're up for a podcast interview in that general area, this may be of interest. @infectdosepodcast.bsky.social did a great job laying it out, including summaries in a couple of levels of detail.

Please don't let this one blow up. 2026 has been a long enough decade already.

Humanity is heading back to the Moon — why aren’t more scientists thrilled? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What does it actually feel like to step inside a BSL-4 lab? My new episode puts you inside the suit, on air, moving through the space. No interviews. No narration breaks. Just the experience. 🎧Now Live! Headphones recommended infectiousdose.com/post/inside-... #InfectiousDose #BSL4

You’re about to walk into a BSL-4 lab. Not a tour. Not an explanation. An experience. You’ll suit up. Step inside. Let's go. Tomorrow night. Midnight CST. 🎧New Episode Drops. #InfectiousDose #BSL4

As the author of an upcoming history of vaccines and their opponents, I'll be traveling a bit once it comes out, overseas as well as around these United States. It would be pretty embarrassing if I picked up a vaccine preventable disease if I did. Boosters all round! PS: preorders are resistance!

i'm just filled with loathing and rage

Hi! Your friendly neighborhood 82nd Airborne vet here to tell you 1,000 paratroopers is a command group+advance party and it makes no sense to send this element unless the plan is to send a fuck ton more ground troops relatively soon!

Why? What’s the point in platforming covid disinformation agents and MAHA sycophants? These people have nothing to teach us about “scientific integrity” except as cautionary tales of unbridled hubris and arrogance.

A mask filled with herbs. A cane to keep distance. A figure that meant… something had gone very wrong. The plague doctor wasn’t a hero or villain. Behind the beak was failed science, early public health, and a system trying to control the uncontrollable. ⬇️

The fire’s almost lit. We’re stepping into the world of plague doctors...Tues Midnight CST If you want the full experience: 🥃 Mix The Miasma 🌿 Pour The Beaked Apothecary 🥖 Bake the hand pies 🍎 Finish with pomander cakes Then press play. We’ll meet you after dark. #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth theconversation.com/a-million-ne...

#Tick-borne #infections are on the rise in West #Michigan ... | #Lymedisease | #Anaplasmosis | #MicroSky | #Ehrlichiosis | #babesiosis | Via grandhaventribune .com

If you’ve ever looked at the childhood vaccine schedule and thought “that feels like…a lot” You’re not alone. I've added a new lens to tackling this issue in my updated episode: “Too Many Vaccines Too Soon?” 🧵

New #OutbreakAfterDark Drops Tues midnight CST: Boots on stone. A red cross on your door. And a figure in black arrives. 🕯️ Plague Doctors The Bell. The Beak. The Mark. Science, Myth, and the System Behind the Mask. #InfectiousDose

Malaysia: Sarawak reports 3rd human rabies case of 2026 open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

I updated my Wakefield episode. Not the facts—the explanation.

Re: my episode on Vaccines & Autism. I get why this fear took hold, still persists, & why parents keep asking. The data are clear: vaccines don’t cause autism. The harder work is explaining why the data deserve trust & how the systems failed to earn it. So I revised the episode.