In this video I discuss the nuances of meningococcal vaccines, commonly known as meningitis vaccines

In this video I discuss the nuances of meningococcal vaccines, commonly known as meningitis vaccines

In this piece I’m quoted about the role of vitamin C and zinc in optimal immune system function. A regular diet is usually sufficient to ensure adequate levels www.prevention.com/health/sleep...

“The WHO estimates that a TB vaccine for adolescents and adults that is at least 50% effective could, over 25 yrs, avert up to 76 million TB cases, 8.5 million deaths, 42 million antibiotic courses, & $42 billion in healthcare costs for affected families” www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis...

“This year’s case-fatality rate (CFR) is 18.4%, compared to 16.6% during the same period in 2024.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/lassa/lassa-...

“Male patients had 14% higher odds of MDR infection (aOR, 1.14) compared w/ females, & age was also a strong predictor, w/ children aged 2-9 yrs & 9 to 16 yrs having significantly lower odds of resistance (aORs of 0.69 & 0.66) compared w/ those under 2 yrs” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

"The current outbreak of RVF in Senegal and Mauritania is unusual in its scale and severity..A high proportion of severe human cases have been reported, potentially reflecting gaps in case detection and limitation in optimized clinical management." www.cidrap.umn.edu/rift-valley-...

"This trial shows that this intranasal, shelf-stable H5N1 vaccine could play a major role in pandemic preparedness, offering a practical and scalable way to help protect people from evolving strains of the virus” www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

“At an estimated 515 older adults needed to be vaccinated with HD-IIV instead of SD-IIV to prevent one all-cause hospitalisation, a simple switch from SD-IIV to HD-IIV could substantially reduce the burden of influenza on health systems.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

“Before any change to a recommendation that has helped virtually eliminate pediatric hepatitis B in the United States, it's essential to understand what the data actually say," www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/ne...

“Dynavax has spotted an opportunity amid the upheaval, bagging rights to the oral COVID-19 vaccine for $25M upfront and a $5M investment in Vaxart. While the deal gives Dynavax global rights to the program” www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/dyna...

“Moderna’s late-stage trial of its trivalent norovirus vaccine, dubbed mRNA-1403, launched in September 2024 as the norovirus season began in the Northern Hemisphere.” www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...

Low vaccine uptake hampers Moderna earnings, including meager RSV sales - endpoints.news/low-vaccine-...

“The goal of the project, which has a total contract value of up to $22.2M, is to develop novel approaches that strengthen and reduce the costs of domestic biomanufacturing of mAbs to protect against and treat infection by filoviruses such EBOV & SUDV” www.genengnews.com/topics/biopr...

“although these conditions were rare, children and young people were more likely to experience heart, vascular or inflammatory problems after a Covid-19 infection than after having the vaccine – and the risks after infection lasted much longer.” www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

“Factoring in both demographic and infection trends, the projected increases ranged from 22.2 per cent (Streptococcus pneumoniae infections among women) to 61.5 per cent (Klebsiella pneumoniae infections among men)” www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

“contributes to our understanding of how ancient societies perceived and addressed widespread diseases—epidemics were a significant part of ancient history, rather than merely sporadic or unusual occurrences” bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.11...

“ In-hospital mortality was significantly associated with MDR coverage (OR, 1.49) and moderate and severe acute organ dysfunction (OR, 2.65 and OR, 6.39) in the conditional logistic regression model” www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/sepsis-...

“Among children with a mixed vaccination history, the VE of the IIV vaccine was 32% (95% CI, 21-41) among older children who were partially vaccinated and 54% (95% CI, 45-62) among older children who were fully vaccinated.” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/two-dos...

“While borealpox has only been identified in Alaska, the small mammal species..have broad geographic distributions..Clinicians in the Circumpolar North should become familiar with borealpox and the potential that it may lead to severe disease” www.healio.com/news/infecti...

“They think, ‘Well, the vaccine didn’t prevent me from getting covid, so the vaccine didn’t work..And what they’re not seeing is that the vaccine prevented them from getting severely ill, which is ultimately the most important thing.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/h...

“Alberta’s top government doctor was stopped from speaking publicly about the problem, according to interviews. Emails obtained through a public records request show the doctor urging the government to ramp up its messaging weeks before the virus arrived” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

In this video I discuss gnathostomiasis, a tropical medicine oddity where ivermectin is actually indicated

“Marketed under the brand name Contepo, the IV antibiotic has a novel mechanism of action, has no known cross-resistance, and is the only IV-administered epoxide antibiotic approved in the United States” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

“Age and sex are still rarely considered in antimicrobial resistance projections, yet they make a real difference to who is most affected," www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

“The most common sequences involved mental illnesses and neurologic, respiratory (eg, asthma), and metabolic or digestive diseases (eg, high blood pressure, obesity).” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ord...

“The outbreak in Washington County has prompted state health officials to recommend that infants aged 6 months to 1 year who live in or are traveling to the county get a dose of the measle, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/more...

“Relative to no diagnosis, COVID-19 diagnosis was associated with higher risks of arterial thromboembolism, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, myocarditis or pericarditis, and inflammatory conditions in the first week after diagnosis.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/dat...

“without an efficient, safe, and coordinated system for transporting samples, it is impossible to ensure rapid diagnosis and therefore an appropriate response,” africacdc.org/news-item/th...

“the stable or declining positivity rates suggest that much of the observed increase in incidence may be driven by intensified screening rather than a true rise in transmission.” www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

“an automated platform that can detect microbial contamination in just four days, according to the company. Traditional sterility testing usually requires a minimum 14-day incubation period.” www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/lonz...

“When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine. And you're going to have less effective vaccines, but also, you're not going to know when these unusual influenza viruses are emerging in other parts of the globe.” www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

“Younger age, recent release, and multiple incarcerations are associated with lower SVS rates among this population.” www.ajmc.com/view/adheren...

“When adjusted using a covariate balancing propensity score model, immunocompromised status was not associated with significantly increased risk of mortality (OR, 2.02)” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/immunoc...

“In contrast, underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma was significantly associated with decreased mortality risk (HR, 0.20; 95% CI, 0.06-0.66; P =.009).” www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/news/bloodst...

“complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease” apnews.com/article/dick...

“At this point, the products that were recalled between June and October are more likely to be in customers' fridges and freezers than on store shelves. Most of them had use-by dates earlier than Oct. 10.” www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

In this piece I’m quoted about COVID vaccination rates falling in high risk groups. This will translate into hospitalizations and deaths apnews.com/article/pfiz...

“this study identified a substantial number of eligible people who are not currently vaccinated against shingles and suggests many ED patients may accept shingles vaccination if they were offered in the ED," www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

“2 of the peptides reduced intestinal colonization at 7 days post-infection, w/ no adverse effects on the microbial community in the intestine..also unaffected by exposure to heat & protease treatment./potentially be incorporated into..feed” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

“Officials say they're working with local and state health departments to determine if the patients contracted the disease on Christ Hospital's main campus. So far the site of exposure is unknown, but the hospital has initiated environmental testing.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/legionella/c...

“In Ottawa County, Michigan, 62,200 birds on a turkey farm were impacted” www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

"The elevated risks for cardiovascular disease risks are lower for HIV, hepatitis C and herpes zoster than the heightened short-term risk following influenza and COVID," www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

“The bat superfamilies Emballonuroidea and Vespertilionoidea, most of which can roost in human-made structures such as houses, may pose a higher risk for viral spillover to people.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/onl...

“In a meta-analysis that compared the efficacy of the 2 antivirals w/ other small-molecule drugs (including remdesivir, molnupiravir, favipiravir, & ivermectin), ensitrelvir & ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir demonstrated the largest antiviral effects” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/tri...

Flu facts thread: Flu shots contain neither aluminum NOR thimerosal. Pediatric vaccines haven't had thimerosal in years. Before recent CDC ban on thimerosal, only 4% of vaccines contained it, and these were vaccines in multi-dose vials, @ameshaa.bsky.social said. www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-... 11/x

Does the flu shot cause Guillain-Barre as a side effect? Research shows 1-2 additional cases for every 1 million flu shots. But you're MORE likely to get Guillain-Barre from the flu itself, says @ameshaa.bsky.social. 4/x www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...

In this video I discuss COVID-19 vaccination benefits and where they are concentrated

“the key to leveraging phage-based vaccines lies in engineering phage DNA to express antigenic epitopes on the phage surface” www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...

“This is a comprehensive snapshot of what every cell in the mosquito is doing as far as expressing genes. It’s a real achievement” interestingengineering.com/science/worl...