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Virologist & epidemiologist based at the University of Bristol 🧬🔬🦠🌍
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Anna McNaughton
The Guardian
about 9 hours ago
Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African health officials race to coordinate and contain the infection An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to African health officials. There have been 246 suspected cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever reported so far in Ituri province, which shares borders with Uganda and South Sudan. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Kai Kupferschmidt
about 12 hours ago
While everyone is watching hantavirus I'm actually much more eager to learn more about the Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri Province that Africa CDC has confirmed. Early information makes it sound very large for an outbreak that has just been reported: "about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths"
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Kristian G. Andersen
7 days ago
The title says it all. I'll add that this is entirely self-inflicted and will get much worse as the consequences compound in the years to come. "Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare"
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare
But the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/08/hantavirus-global-heath-scare
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Scientific American
8 days ago
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but the National Institutes of Health in 2025 said the work wouldn't continue
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Trump administration cut funding to study hantavirus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but the National Institutes of Health in 2025 said...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-cut-funding-to-study-hantavirus-behind-deadly-cruise-ship-outbreak/
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
7 days ago
Looking for verified information on the
#AndesHantavirus
outbreak linked to
#MVHondius
? Latest updates, FAQs &
#PublicHealth
information on our dedicated outbreak page:
bit.ly/4uB7eMC
The page will be updated daily, or when new verified information becomes available.
#Hantavirus
#OutbreakResponse
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Andes Hantavirus outbreak in cruise ship, May 2026
Seven people on a South Atlantic cruise ship have fallen ill with a rare hantavirus, and three of them have died, with one more in critical condition and others still showing symptoms.
https://bit.ly/4uB7eMC
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Kai Kupferschmidt
10 days ago
I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in
@science.org
is here (and some threaded thoughts coming):
www.science.org/content/arti...
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#IDsky
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Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers
https://www.science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory
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Anna McNaughton
The Lancet
16 days ago
Nearly 780 people die every day in Europe from liver disease—a largely preventable crisis. A new report from the EASL–Lancet Commission calls for urgent policy action to tackle Europe’s rising liver disease burden:
spkl.io/63326AfOqr
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Great to see this published with
@thelancet.com
+
@easlnews.bsky.social
: we developed a
#HBV
/
#HDV
coinfection model to look at the burden of HBV-related liver disease in five countries within Europe 👉🏼 Link to text:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1n0hWV-4XW...
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Enjoying the conference in Bangkok! ⬇️
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Launch of the EASL–Lancet Commission 2.0 tomorrow - excited to have our contribution published! ⬇️
easl.eu/event/liver-...
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Launch of the EASL–Lancet Commission 2.0 From Evidence to Impact: Implementing Sustainable Liver Health in Europe
https://easl.eu/event/liver-commision-from-evidence-to-impact/
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At the
@who.int
launch of the Global Hepatitis Report 2026 at
#WHS2026
- lots of progress but
#HBV
mortality still continuing to increase. Striking when compared with progress for
#HCV
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Anna McNaughton
The BMJ
about 2 months ago
As the meningitis outbreak in Kent continues, with 29 cases and two deaths reported, experts look at what might be behind this “unprecedented event”
https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s549?utm_campaign=Usage&utm_content=1774025223&utm_id=BMJ208&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Meningitis: MenB strain may have evolved to be more transmissible, say experts
As the meningitis outbreak in Kent continues, with 29 cases and two deaths reported, experts look at what might be behind this “unprecedented event” “This is the most fascinating question that has ar...
https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s549?utm_campaign=Usage&utm_content=1774025223&utm_id=BMJ208&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Melody Schreiber
2 months ago
“We are fearful that this is a prototype for other studies,” said
@cdelawalla.bsky.social
. My latest on the unlikely researchers at the heart of US vaccine policy:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr
Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/rfk-vaccine-trials-guinea-bissau
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
2 months ago
"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm"
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Matthew Hodson
2 months ago
More than half of participants in a small HIV cure trial maintained a low enough viral load to stay off treatment for 20 weeks. One participant remains undetectable after a year. Note: while this is encouraging, the different responses indicate the prospect of a cure for all remains distant.
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Half the participants from placebo arm of HIV cure trial have prolonged viral load remission when given broadly neutralising antibodies
In the second phase of the RIO HIV cure trial, participants originally given a placebo were offered the experimental therapy, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) he...
https://www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-2026/half-participants-placebo-arm-hiv-cure-trial-have-prolonged-viral-load-remission-when
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Dirty Water on
@channel4.bsky.social
⬇️ should be compulsory viewing. What’s happening to our rivers and seas is unacceptable. Clearly extremely well researched but please, please stop calling E.Coli 0:157 a virus!!! 🤦🏼♀️
#DirtyWater
#CleanUpBritain
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Matthew Hodson
3 months ago
France cuts its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria by 58%. After years of slow but steady progress towards ending the global HIV epidemic, recent cuts in international aid will almost certainly result in more HIV infections and AIDS deaths.
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France cuts funding for Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria by more than half
France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations warn will cost lives...
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260213-france-cuts-funding-for-global-fund-to-fight-aids-tb-and-malaria-by-more-than-half
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Philippa Matthews
3 months ago
Lots of focus on the impact of
#funding
cuts on
#HIV
but there are wider repercussions. Here we report 'Voices from the frontline: how global funding cuts are reshaping the viral
#hepatitis
response' 🧪
@lancetgastrohep.bsky.social
@worldhepalliance.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Voices from the frontline: how global funding cuts are reshaping the viral hepatitis response
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are among the world's leading infectious threats, together responsible for over a million deaths each year, but these infections remain neglected by...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253%2826%2900014-2/fulltext
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Faine Greenwood
3 months ago
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
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One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl
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Anna McNaughton
The Guardian
3 months ago
Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study
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Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study
Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal. The research also found that reporting by the Gaza health ministry about the proportion of women, children and elderly people among those killed was accurate. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/gaza-death-toll-higher-than-reported-lancet-study?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Anna Holmes
3 months ago
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
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Kai Kupferschmidt
3 months ago
“Resource constraints cannot be used to justify withholding proven care in a research study involving people.”
@who.int
with a much clearer and clearly argued statement than most of what I’ve seen on this. 🧪
www.who.int/news/item/13...
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Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau
WHO is aware of the proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. Based on questions raised in publicly available information and consultation with...
https://www.who.int/news/item/13-02-2026-statement-on-the-planned-hepatitis-b-birth-dose-vaccine-trial-in-guinea-bissau
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Anna McNaughton
Nature
3 months ago
Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.
go.nature.com
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
https://go.nature.com/4twztMV
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
3 months ago
Director-General
@drtedros.who.int
minced no words today when asked about the proposal to run a trial of a hepatitis B vaccine birth dose in Guinea-Bissau. It would be "unethical to proceed with this study," he said. "Maybe it's better to say it bluntly & straight."
www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/h...
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WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’
The director-general of the WHO said a U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau would be “unethical” if it proceeds as planned.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/hepatitis-b-vaccine-trial-guinea-bissau-ethics-questioned/
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Indian authorities are rushing to contain a
#Nipah
virus outbreak after five cases were reported and nearly 100 people quarantined in the eastern state of West Bengal
www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/i...
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India rushes to contain deadly Nipah virus outbreak after five cases confirmed
Nearly 100 people have been asked to quarantine in their homes
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-nipah-virus-outbreak-kolkata-cases-b2905473.html
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Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdfunding ever
https://denmarkification.com/?utm=.share.bluesky
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Anna McNaughton
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
4 months ago
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled. $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease. | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel
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Anna McNaughton
Melody Schreiber
5 months ago
The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with
@katlay.bsky.social
on this story:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/19/hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-guinea-bissau-rfk
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Angie Rasmussen
5 months ago
On the same day he stripped AAP of millions in grant funding in retaliation, RFK Jr awarded $1.6M to Tracy Høeg's Danish friends for a grossly unethical study that will expose African babies to hep B for no reason than it's politically expedient. Steal from American taxpayers, give to MAHA cronies.
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Ed Hutchinson
6 months ago
Feeling festive? Why not deck the halls with
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
's papercraft
#VirusSnowflakes
and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases. Download for free:
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm
#sciart
#decorations
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Jake Scott, MD
5 months ago
“Delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose beyond the newborn period introduces risks that have lifelong detrimental consequences and no measurable health benefit.” Important and timely piece by an amazing team - Mike Abers, Angela Ulrich, & Rochelle Walensky. 👏👏
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Risks of Revising Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination Recommendation
This Viewpoint from infectious disease experts cautions about the consequences of rescinding the ACIP policy to immunize all newborns against hepatitis B.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2842435
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
6 months ago
Not good at all
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Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Africa CDC says at least nine cases have been detected of Ebola-like illness, which kills up to 80% of those infected
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/ethiopia-confirms-outbreak-of-deadly-marburg-virus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Kai Kupferschmidt
6 months ago
The deadly fever in Ethiopia has been identified as Marburg disease. It’s the first time a Marburg outbreak has been identified in Ethiopia.
#IDsky
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www.afro.who.int/countries/et...
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Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a clus...
https://www.afro.who.int/countries/ethiopia/news/ethiopia-confirms-first-outbreak-marburg-virus-disease
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Gabriel Aughey
6 months ago
Always shocking to see these kinds of data collected together. "[publishers made]US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024" - That's $12 billion diverted away from actual research or materially supporting the community - these are disgusting numbers.
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The Guardian
7 months ago
UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?
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UNAids is set to close in 2026 – four years early. Are experts right to be alarmed?
The move to shut the agency comes as aid budgets are being slashed, leading to fears that global progress on HIV may be reversed
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/20/unaids-hiv-closing-2026-experts-right-to-be-alarmed?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1760933667
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Kevin Ault
7 months ago
“The notion that hepatitis B is only confined to transmission for prostitutes, drug users, etc., is such an ignorant and uninformed way of approaching infectious disease” - Dr. Jason Goldman of
@acpimphysicians.bsky.social
. Bingo...
#MedSky
+
#IDSky
www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...
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CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk in Hep B Vax Debate
The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children.
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/hepatitis-b-vaccine-debate-cdc-panel-sidesteps-key-exposure-2025a1000q9o?ecd=WNL_OMS_all_en_etid7775487_251006_1&uac=256586SJ&impID=7775487
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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science
8 months ago
Our new study shows HIV infections look set to significantly increase in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of funding for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being halted under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Published in Lancet
#HIV
hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
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New paper from colleagues
@bristoluni.bsky.social
@hpruebs.bsky.social
estimating the increase in
#HIV
infections across sub-Sahahran
#Africa
as a result of
#PEPFAR
cuts - showing key populations hardest hit
#LancetHIV
#PrEP
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2352-3018(25)00192-4
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Ian Weissman, DO
8 months ago
A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds. WHO says 57 cases and 35 deaths have been reported since outbreak was announced this month.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/e...
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A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds
As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health officials are warning that they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/ebola-outbreak-congo-officials-warn-funding-lack/
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The lack of oversight from regulatory bodies on diagnostic tests was shocking during
#COVID19
- and put many lives at risk. Those in charge at the time should be held accountable.
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Philippa Matthews
8 months ago
Funding crisis for
#HBV
in
#WHO
#Africa
region… A survey shows ⚠️0%⚠️ have sufficient funding to enact priority interventions for agreed international targets for
#elimination
. Presented by Dr Akudo Ikpeazu
#COLDA2025
#SOLDA
#NoHep
#PublicHealth
#hepatitis
@who.int
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EASL
8 months ago
The authors in today’s
#readoftheweek📚
ran a survey on HDV infection in Africa and found that awareness of HDV prevalence & access to diagnostic tests is limited and suboptimal, though there is substantial regional variability. Read on JHEP Reports:
www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258...
#LiverSky
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Hepatitis D epidemiology and access to diagnostic testing among healthcare providers in Africa: A multi-country survey
Reliable data on the prevalence of chronic HDV infection in Africa are limited. To address this, a multi-country survey was conducted across Africa to assess healthcare providers’ knowledge of HDV pre...
https://www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S2589-5559(25)00173-9/fulltext
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Kai Kupferschmidt
8 months ago
Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover. And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky
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virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
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The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host
Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...
https://virological.org/t/the-16th-ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-in-bulape-health-zone-kasai-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-a-new-spillover-event-from-an-unknown-reservoir-host/1003
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Bill Hanage
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New ebola outbreak in DRC. According to this 4 health care workers among the 16 already dead.
actualite.cd/2025/09/04/r...
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RDC : l’épidémie d’Ebola officiellement déclarée à Bulape au Kasaï, 16 décès déjà enregistrés
Le ministère de la santé a confirmé ce jeudi 4 septembre l’épidémie de la maladie à virus Ebola dans la zone de santé de Bulape, au Kasaï.
https://actualite.cd/2025/09/04/rdc-lepidemie-debola-officiellement-declaree-bulape-au-kasai-16-deces-deja-enregistres
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www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction
Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made those choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a disease
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/04/bank-robber-scholar-knoxville-change-addiction
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
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Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/28/health-malawi-tuberculosis-tb-drugs-shortages-poverty-aid-cuts-who?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1756361562
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Matthew Hodson
9 months ago
Botswana declares public health emergency, partly due to Trump’s International aid cuts leading to shortages of vital HIV medicines. HIV treatment not only prevents AIDS, it also prevents transmission. Without treatment, people will die and more people will acquire HIV.
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Botswana declares national public health emergency
The country is facing a shortage of medical equipment and medicines, President Duma Boko says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78zg67x38zo
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Anger, fear and a total rejection of politics: the Palestine Action protest was a snapshot of Britain today | Andy Beckett
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Anger, fear and a total rejection of politics: the Palestine Action protest was a snapshot of Britain today | Andy Beckett
Keir Starmer’s government is treating voters with contempt. With the arrest of hundreds of protesters in London, for many, the feeling is mutual, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/11/palestine-action-protest-britain-government?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754929110
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Mark D. Levine
9 months ago
The Legionnaire's Disease cluster in Central Harlem has now grown to 58 cases. 21 hospitalized. Tragically there has been a 2nd death. If you live or work in zip codes 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037 or 10039 and you develop flu-like symptoms, contact a health care provider immediately.
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