RNA: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines: science versus misinformation Jeff Coller et al @jmcoller.bsky.social bit.ly/4ebDj8z

Quelle surprise

For more background on this outbreak, which now includes more than 40 products nationwide, here's a thread I put together a couple weeks ago.

More fall out from salmonella contamination of dry milk powder from California. And another reminder that this group of bacteria are both tough (able to survive the milk drying process) and pathogenic (dangerous). 1/2

A second powdered infant formula recall for botulism highlights the persistent regulatory gap This places stress on new parents, and even more pressure and guilt on new moms struggling to breastfeed when formula should have been safe www.cdc.gov/media/releas...

“Despite millions announced by the international community to support the response to Ebola, these resources are not yet visible on the ground” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Measles resurgence in Bangladesh: a preventable crisis in a transitioning immunisation system - The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Must read account of how people and doctors are experiencing the US measles epidemic. @amymaxmen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

As of 8 June 2026: 736 #measles cases in England this year with 2 deaths Ben Kasstan-Dabush: “The immediate priority now is to ensure timely catch-up of under vaccinated children, and that school-age children are brought up to schedule as efficiently as possible." www.thesun.co.uk/health/39372...

Tetanus is making a comeback. The U.S. just recorded its highest annual death rate in two decades. Experts attribute this 'comeback' to declining vaccination rates and warn that cases could rise further, by @meryldl.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Did you know that men can get HPV-related cancer, too? HPV, the virus that causes cervical cancers, is also the leading cause of head & neck tumors, which have been rising for years. Treatment can be brutal, but the HPV shot can prevent these cancers. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Exclusive: Top UK scientists have lodged a protest with Keir Starmer attacking the government's "unfathomable" and "dangerous" decision to stop donating to the global Pandemic Fund: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

The FDA needs comments telling it to focus on #InfectiousDisease for #DrugRepurposing, not low testosterone, and to support its available platform for doing so, CURE ID www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... Please boost! June 11 deadline

"Ebola can still be contained — but only if the world finds the will to do it." - @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social on why the #Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda could be the worst on record and what needs to be done to stop it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"Prior TPT completion substantially reduced all-cause mortality among PWH who developed drug-susceptible TB disease while on ART."

Effect of prior #TB preventive therapy on all-cause mortality during TB treatment among people with HIV/TB in rural eastern Uganda: an observational causal analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1... (open access) #HIV

NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”

“I wouldn’t read too much into the specific numbers. It’s really hard to make an accurate projection when you have limited data,” apnews.com/article/ebol...

The HPV vaccine was approved 20 years ago this week. In a new series, CIDRAP News looks at what we've learned. In this story, we profile two sisters: Hailey was eligible for vaccination in 2006. Erica was not. 6 yrs later, Erica was diagnosed with cervical cancer. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Armed groups active in Djugu amid Ebola epidemic: www.radiookapi.net/2026/06/07/a...

Great to hear that US doctor Peter Stafford has recovered from #Ebola and has been discharged from care. serge.org/blog/america...

Kennedy said vitamin A cured measles...

Surprise not-everything-is-terrible news: While there is justifiable fear and frustration with the current Ebola response in East Africa, there are also some signs the world has learned some things. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...

The industry group for insurance companies will cover shots through 2027. They "clearly choosing to cover vaccines because they know that they are safe and effective,” @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

While the rest of the world prepares for the #FIFA world cup kick off next week, many of the healthcare workers trying to staunch the flow of #Ebola infections at source, continue to do so without support - apnews.com/article/cong...

"The number ​of confirmed cases recorded in the two provinces demonstrates rapid and continuous community ‌transmission" - www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Lingering symptoms follow chikungunya, dengue, Zika, & malaria infections. A new study finds that people experience symptoms months after travel-related vector-borne infections, but they eventually resolve. Read more: ow.ly/FQuC50Z8eCe 📷: CDC / James Gathany

DeSantis wants to do away with home property taxes. Florida cities are alarmed. But special districts are more so. Mosquito abatement districts which receive all their funding from property taxes. Welcome back malaria!

"each per cent increase in deforestation in Central Africa, as a 2025 analysis found, [means that] the incidence of malaria and Ebola spikes by 20% to 40%" Our increasingly desperate want for ever more stuff continues to bring ever more threats www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Ebola cases are certainly missed in North and South Kivu, areas controlled by M23 (AFC) rebel group, as case fatality is much higher in North Kivu than Ituri. Only 3 cases identified in South Kivu, with 1 death, but also points to undiagnosed cases

New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that eats living flesh of mammals including humans, was considered eradicated in the United States in 1966. Texas discovered two infected livestock last week and declared a state of emergency. “This is likely to spread over the course of the summer.”

"the screwworm is a lesson about the reality of good governance. State capacity is not so different from managing the electricity system or, for that matter, cutting carbon emissions, in that there is little political reward for getting it right." heatmap.news/daily/screww...

How it started (March 2025) / how it's going (June 2026)

Use this link if you want quick access to #Ebola content across the Lancet journals www.thelancet.com/ebola

A confirmed Ebola patient in Uganda had travelled through the United Arab Emirates on his way from DRC to Uganda, according to WHO director Tedros at a briefing today. They are tracing his contacts. www.who.int/news-room/sp...

In 2020, NIH funded a network of 10 centers intended to “expand knowledge on re-emerging and emerging infectious diseases” — the kind of niche work that could be helpful in the face of an Ebola outbreak. In 2025, their federal grants were terminated. www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/n...

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations committing funding to fast track 3 Bundibugyo vaccine candidates: from IAVI, Moderna and Oxford/Serum Institute of India. #Ebola #IDsky #vaccines #globalhealth #mRNA #publichealth

A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.

The U.S. Has Tried to Wall Off Disease Since 1878. It Has Never Worked. From shotgun quarantines in 1905 to airport screening that found 9 cases in 766,044 travelers, the U.S. keeps learning the same lesson and forgetting it. Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/public-hea...

Researchers in France and Spain have diagnosed a number of men who have sex with other men with dermatophilosis, much like early spread of mpox www.statnews.com/2026/05/11/r...

Amidst hantavirus & Ebola outbreaks, the world has not paid much attention to this devastating (and totally preventable) outbreak of measles in Bangladesh Since mid-March, the country has seen more than 60,000 suspected cases and 528 suspected measles-related deaths!! www.npr.org/2026/05/24/g...

The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding? n.pr/4tXsSd3

More than 500 children killed in measles outbreak in Bangladesh https://aje.news/44egrp

'Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access,' said Tedros, the WHO chief.

One glimmer of hope in the Ebola response: Within hours of the outbreak in DRC being declared, researchers convened to prepare drug trials. A lot has changed on that front since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a decade ago. But huge challenges remain 🧪 My story in @science.org (🧵 to come)

WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak

Notable Ebola details in this USA Today op-ed by Céline Gounder, Craig Spencer, Angela Rasmussen, Krutika Kruppalli, Nahid Bhadelia & Megan Coffee "Containing Ebola is a workforce equation. One nurse in full protective equipment can deliver 100 milliliters of IV fluid to one patient in one hour."

"The United States is the country best equipped with the resources and power to tackle the medical and logistical nightmare that the Ebola epidemic has become" - Marco Rubio ... in 2014, mind you. h/t @jessicamalaty.bsky.social for amazing find. www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/o...

"Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories" No wonder, given that media, pundits, politicians and, yes, scientists have reveled for years in conspiracy theories that the last major pandemic was concocted and covered up by evil scientists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Yes, this really happened.