There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a doubling) survival results @nejm.org and @ascocancer.bsky.social published today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA-approved early access program nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Nearly 90% of daily smokers first tried tobacco before they were 18. Every time nicotine feels like it's calming you down, it's actually tightening its grip. Tobacco companies design their products to get young people stuck in a cycle of manipulation and addiction. Quitting is possible. Start now!

Good. I want every country to have successful drug development research programs. The more, the better. It's a sign of pathological xenophobia that one country's success in producing products to improve global public health is regarded here in the US as a grave danger.

Great to see reports of more recoveries from treatment centers set up for Ebola patients. The road is long in the gight against this outbreak. Every step forward in the right direction matters. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Celine Gounder: The Doctors Are Farming Cassava Ebola bit.ly/4vooc1i 💥 @celinegounder.com

"He urged the public and healthcare workers not to dismiss early symptoms such as vomiting and headaches, warning that misinformation leads many people to believe they have been poisoned rather than seeking hospital care." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Cluster of five people with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome registered in Penza Oblast, Russia Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0cf1f19e-be53-4119-ad25-9af1e611f600&eventid=acc88852-9f37-4dfb-bbc5-b84b70e1a1a9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

Read the joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus. www.who.int/news/item/30...

#Ebola with new sequences uploaded to @pathoplexus.org a new TMRCA analysis has been published on Virological.org placing it between the end of March and the start of April most likely Note that this is valid for the Bunia outbreak, new genomes from other places could eventually push back the date

I refreshed the data in the “Archive” version of my variant dashboard. It goes all the way back to the start of the pandemic, over 5 years ago. The Archive now contains over 17.5 million samples, and the Power BI file size is approaching 2GB. 🧵

"Approximately one in five persons with confirmed measles in this outbreak required hospitalization for pneumonia, dehydration, or other complications, including rare cases of serious illness or death."

Important #Ebola terminology: “Bundibugyo” is not a strain of Ebola virus—it is a distinct Ebolavirus species, separate from Zaire & Sudan. A species is a major genetic grouping with differences in virology, epi & medical countermeasure effectiveness; a strain is a genetic variant in a species.

An Iranian Fateh-110 ballistic missile was fired at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted the missile, but falling debris struck the base. This caused minor injuries to several Americans and seriously damaged two MQ-9 Reaper strike drones.

🇧🇾🇺🇦 “If Belarus attacks Ukraine, it will be the end of Lukashenko,” said Keith Kellogg at the Black Sea Security Forum.

US military warnings to vessels were continuing despite Trump’s remarks that the naval blockade affecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz “will now be lifted.”-Tasnim

💈 Da Basile a Travaglio: la propaganda russa contro l’Ucraina oggi prende di mira i paesi baltici www.valigiablu.it/basile-trava...

🕷️🦠 Researchers have identified a rare #tick-borne #virus in New York, highlighting the importance of surveillance for emerging vector-borne #diseases. #Virus #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Microbiology via hudsonvalleypost .com

A local batch confirms complete dominance of RW.1.1 in Dominican Republi with 9/10 samples collected in May

But possible that's because of a rarity of studies. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

Maybe I should re-read my own blog🙄 virologydownunder.com/home-its-whe...

We had a group of three well nourished women in our Ebola tx unit in 2015 who were washing their clothes, brushing their teeth and walking around with Ebola . Otherwise everyone else was very sick. Zaire is worse but I think baseline nutrition and ability to do IVs and lytes matters a lot.

Interestingly the remaining XFG (around 10% prevalence considering the whole month of May in which NB.1.8.1+420N lineages are together at 51%) have all at least one of 335F 435S 446N 529T. Confirming that very few spikes will survive this prolonged period of low circulation.

NB.1.8.1+ S:D420N up to 21/33 in Singapore after May 15. with PQ.16.1.1 being nearly dominant there with 15/33 . RF.5 down to 5/33 BA.3.2 down to 4/33

Pretty clear signals of a new COVID-19 wave in NSW, with reported cases growing in recent weeks to the highest level in ~9 months. From the detailed variant data, it looks like "Nimbus" sub-lineage RK.1 is driving. RK.1 adds the Spike D420N mutation to PQ.17.7.2.

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 28 May 2026 Week ending 23 May 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 4.2% (+0.1%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 1 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,174 (+7.5%) 🔹Influenza: 523 (+20.2%) 🔹RSV: 2,184 (+20.3%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

PHFS respiratory dashboard updated to the 28th yesterday. Amid the normal seasonal Auckland SARI hospitalisations, very, very little influenza and covid.

Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 25 May 2026 Published: 29 May 2026 🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 248 diphtheria cases 🔹Over the past fortnight 40 total cases were notified 🔹NT: 146 cases, WA: 92 cases, SA: 7 cases, QLD: 3 cases Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

❤️this Perspective from @jennifergarrison.bsky.social strongly advocating that: 🥚 ovarian biology has systemic effects in women ❌has been neglected long enough thank you very much 👩‍🦳 ovarian aging should be at the center of female geroscience  Hear her roar indeed (Blsky profile)! plos.io/4dOqcZw 🧪

Well there's your problem.

Ebola is a terrible disease because you often catch it while caring for someone you love – a husband, a child, a mother. Stopping transmission means helping communities recognize symptoms early, access testing quickly and get timely care. Learn more about ebola disease: www.who.int/health-topic...

An important point here, is that this is *not* yet enacted law - it is proposed rule making, hence now is the time to speak out and put focus on this. So if you're a federally funded scientist or institution, now is the time. Expect, 🦗.

The full proposal is now available: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf Some comments / highlights here: bsky.app/profile/kgan... TL:DR - It's exactly as expected. And that's not good, in case that wasn't clear.

Sounds of explosions caused by air defense systems have been heard in the Iranian province of Bushehr, according to the country's state television.

A few minutes ago, Ukrainian medium-range kamikaze drones destroyed a Russian army fuel tanker truck on the highway leading toward Simferopol.

May see a U.S. retaliatory strike later tonight in response.

Link to my interview on the current state of the war… A little deeper than just a few posts… www.editorialboard.com/trump-is-too...

🇺🇲🇮🇷 A few minutes ago, the missile forces of the IRGC launched missiles toward 4 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz that were reportedly passing through without coordination with Iran — including 1 vessel believed to be a U.S. military ship.

Latest Bundibugyo virus disease numbers on the WHO alert and response site (sorry about earlier mislabel)

Valencia-Cárdenas et al. assembled nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the amphibious fish Istiblennius linneatus, obtaining 24 pseudochromosomes and a highly complete nuclear assembly. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 📷 David Burdick #genome #evolution

Abbiamo il coraggio di chiamare chi fa la guerra con il suo nome: IMBECILLE.

"WHO member states should negotiate a dedicated maritime outbreak protocol under the IHR, clarifying responsibilities for port entry, quarantine, repatriation, and data sharing during multinational health emergencies" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The amazing teams around Dav Ebengo & Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, alongside the Institut National de Santé Publique and AfricaCDC have led an effort to improve understanding of the current #Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Data: github.com/INRB-UMIE/Eb... Dashboard: inrb-umie.github.io/EBOV2026_Epi...

This is absolutely maddening. Americans potentially exposed to #Ebola are being sent to Kenya for monitoring and care instead of being brought home to the U.S. This raises serious ethical issues and a Americans should be outraged www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Question for @ukhsa.bsky.social folks: Is ENA the only place that UK SARS-2 genomes are available? If so, how does one go about finding recent sequences? There's no way to search. Zero seqs from UK since Feb 1. Hoping they'll be released via @pathoplexus.org & this prompts mass exodus from GISAID.

#Covid 1 Sentinella SARS2 detection within 9 weeks, up to the end of week 21. This constitutes the lowest signal since the start of the data series in October 2020. The second lowest stretch was in June July 2021, 3 detections within 9 weeks. The data correlate with wastewater prevalences.

8 hours ago, while I was asleep, massive missile strikes were carried out on an IRGC Air Force base near the port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. According to preliminary reports, the missile strikes on the airbase caused powerful explosions and large fires.

🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden is reportedly preparing to supply Ukraine with JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets (C/D variants). The exact number is still unknown, but Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson is expected to officially announce the military aid tomorrow.

🇺🇦🇧🇦 The SBU has placed Bosnian Serb Davor Savičić on a wanted list for allegedly taking part in the torture of Ukrainians during the occupation of Bucha.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister states that claims about the U.S. Embassy leaving are not true and do not correspond to reality. bsky.app/profile/osin...