So excited to be part of the @buceid.bsky.social team this summer, monitoring infectious disease threats related to the World Cup!

Everything about the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in DRC and now Uganda makes it a complex humanitarian situation which will worsen before improving. I really we hope we learned from West Africa & the international community will flood the region with resources immediately.

If you're looking for a clear timeline of events and #hantavirus cases and exposures, without the media sensationalism, I highly recommend checking out the work @beaconbio.bsky.social is doing.

Follow up on hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius cruise ship: laboratory confirmation of second case reported by news media; timeline of cases https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=8f37c09a-3a79-4896-ac29-8f28f9b76371&eventid=5fd6edf4-ca36-4761-8dc8-cb8632a43977&utm_source=bluesky

Our outbreak reporting program, @beaconbio.bsky.social, is 1! In just 1 year, we’ve reached 226 countries & are utilized by dozens of health agencies globally. By combining AI-driven speed w/ human-verified precision, we’re transforming biothreat surveillance. More at: spr.ly/63327BBGYut

Researchers in China appear to have documented, for the first time, a spillover infection from an aquatic species to humans. How fascinating!

More bad news out of CDC. Mind you we are still in an active mpox situation globally.

"If anything, it appears that Covid has made the public more alert to the danger of infectious disease and the need to contain it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Examining the Intersection of Infectious Disease and Extreme Weather Join this half‑day online event to explore how floods, hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires may amplify infectious disease risks and vulnerabilities. 📅 Mar 31, 12:00–4:00 PM ET 🔗 buff.ly/0baUNI8

Congratulations to my friend Priyanka for joining @busph.bsky.social Public Health Post! Trust that I will be sharing her upcoming articles on here. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

XDR gonorrhea cases in Germany are a reminder that vaccines against GC can't come soon enough. I also reviewed a report today about abx-resistant pertussis. Vaccines really are our firewall against AMR disaster. We need to be funding more research into vaccines against bacterial pathogens.

Great read on considering the knock-on effects of changes in screening programs.

I hate when companies say it will take “a few weeks” to remove you from the email list after unsubscribing. It’s 2026! Surely the technology exists to make removals near-instant, and these companies are just being lazy, cheap, or nefarious.

Seems to be an impressive public health response in Kent menB outbreak, so far. Less than one week after the first case was reported, over 2300 vaccines and 9000 doses antibiotics have been given. Hopefully cases begin to slow soon. Via @beaconbio.bsky.social - beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...

I have friends in the JP area who are without water, due to the burst water main. It’s a good reminder that keeping bottled water at home isn’t just for hurricanes and earthquakes - sometimes, random things happen!

Voting on St. Patrick’s Day should get you a Guinness along with the sticker. #ilpol #il09

Sending scam texts under the guise of a consumer safety notice is a new low. I actually did have an Amazon product be recalled several years ago, and received proper notice and a refund from Amazon. Clearly that data has since somehow made it to ill-intentioned groups.

The Milano Cortina Paralympics officially start today, bringing together 650 athletes from 50 countries, plus 1000s of spectators & staff. Building on coverage of the Olympics, BEACON will share focused reporting on outbreaks related to this global mass gathering. spr.ly/63324h2mug

It’s interesting to hear Trump pitch some democrat-friendly policies: Blocking private equity from buying up single-family homes Government sponsored retirement accounts Stop congress from trading stocks It would be nice to see some bipartisan legislation, for once. #SOTU

States in the Governors Public Health Alliance have been making a coordinated effort w/ CEID to use info from @beaconbio.bsky.social to inform infectious disease responses. Building on these public health efforts, CO is the latest GPHA state pursuing joining GOARN. spr.ly/63320hjP4y

Can’t wait to see the taxpayer bill for Bhattacharya’s travel between Bethesda and Atlanta … apnews.com/article/bhat...

BREAKING: Klobuchar’s entrance into the race shakes up a field that includes a dozen Republicans who want to make the 2026 election a referendum on the state’s fraud crisis.

Funny how that’s the whole point of staffing an emergency preparedness/management agency … Can’t imaging being one of those FEMA employees who will be asked to respond to this storm and then be let go as soon as they’re done. www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...

Great op-ed from a friend of mine! I hope one day we will have clean, safe, public bathrooms in all cities! Where's the restroom? Minneapolis needs more answers www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Some recognition is due for whomever at @nymag.com thought to put this essay on pages 6 and 7

One of my neighbors is playing Christmas music … it’s Nov 1, that’s still Halloween!

Check out the free Northeast Epidemiology Conference, happening online next month! Seems like a great opportunity to hear about what's going on in different health departments and areas of the field. #Episky #publichealth www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-ser...

Really loved this week’s episode of TWiV, covering more research on the risk of dementia and varicella-zoster vaccination. Having had shingles as a teenager, I hope researchers will continue to pursue this question and explore new vaccine dosing strategies —maybe shingrix should start before 50!

Good signal for the Northern flu season. Happy to have just gotten my flu shot this last weekend!

Incredible stuff from the Purdue student paper in solidarity with IU. We love to see it.

Sadly missing the No Kings rally to study for midterms, but it occurred to me that I could just hold up my Epi textbook and it would work fine as a denouncement of this administration.

I’m surprised Minnesota isn’t part of this tbh

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more. The entire operation has been eliminated.

Crazy working on my problem set for class and using NHANES data, knowing that we might not have this resource moving forward :(

Americans collectively have forgotten that yellow fever and malaria were once endemic in our country. To be fair, it’s not something we’re ever taught in school; I had no idea until I started studying public health! And now, especially w/ climate change, there’s little stopping it from coming back.

Really love this plain language breakdown on the reality behind House of Dynamite (no jargon, minimal acronyms). I enjoyed this film, and it's a great reminder of the need for nuclear de-escalation and disarmament. I'd say it's worth seeing on the big screen, if you can.

The administration is trying to finish the job from this spring

I fear my health law & policy class is a psyop to make me go to law school

This was the morsel of hope for the future that I needed today ❤️

The finding that the shingles vax decreased risk of dementia was widely reported last year, but we’ve heard less about similar findings for others (Flu, RSV, TDaP) I imagine we’ll keep seeing this as we study more vaccines, with how much inflammation is averted with a prevented/attenuated disease.

“Playing the long game” is an interesting framing of the reality that protecting other’s speech means protecting your own as well. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

When I little, I thought the military was organized as the Department of War in times of conflict, and the Department of Defense during peacetime. The president’s latest theatrics are really bringing me back to that memory, though it’s interesting rhetoric from an self-proclaimed peacemaker.

New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya

Taking a health law and policy course in 2025 is wild because genuinely every item needs an asterisks.

It seems that many Americans will, likely for the first time, learn who their State’s Secretary of Health is. State’s will need to majorly step up to fill in the gaps left by federal health agencies —both in leadership and in funding.

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I wonder if Secretary Kennedy knew he lacked the authority to fire Dr. Monarez, or if he didn’t care and thought he could get away with it. Genuinely can’t decide which version is worse.

Despite the horrible circumstances, I’m proud to see that Dr. Monarez did not resign, nor intends to. While I expect she will be fired via the proper channels shortly (X being not a government personnel tool), this administration needs to be held accountable for this dismissal.

And this makes it much worse. The CDC is losing a swath of outstanding, senior public servants. These are really terrific people who have served the public health with distinction across administrations. An enormous loss. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...