📅 A Week Left! IDC Community Kickoff Webinar — March 5th With Marco Goeijenbier, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Kirsty Short + expert speakers on respiratory infections & NCDs. ✅ No registration: eswi.org/idc-kickoff Subscribe for updates! 🔗 eswi.org/activities/w... #NCDs #IDC #ESWI #IDCNCDs

📩 The #ESWI #Fluzine for #February is live! 💻 #IDC Kick-off | 5 Mar, Online — respiratory viruses & #NCDs 📅 ESWI Summit | 11 Jun, Brussels — vaccines & immunisation policy 🎥 #ESWI2025 Science Policy sessions now available 📍 Explore our #ESWIEducationHub 🔗 mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine...

📅 2 weeks to go! The IDC Community Kickoff Webinar is on March 5th 🥼We're exploring the link between respiratory infections & NCDs — with expert speakers on policy, research & patient perspectives. No registration needed 👉 eswi.org/idc-kickoff #RSV #IDCNCDs #ESWI

📢 ESWI2025 Policy Sessions recordings now available! Access recordings, report, Viral Times & Abstract Book at eswi.org/activities/c... #ESWI2025 #Influenza #Research #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #RSV #SciencesPolicyInterface #SPI

🚀 Join the IDC kickoff webinar March 5th! 🥼With Chairs Marco Goeijenbier, Tor Biering-Sørensen and Kirsty Short + expert speakers exploring respiratory infections & NCDs ✅No registration: eswi.org/idc-kickoff 🔗More on the program here : eswi.org/activities/w... #NCD #IDC #ESWI

🎙️ viroLOGICAL Podcast Now in English! #ESWI member @florian_krammer has launched the English version of his #virology #podcasts Latest episode on all platforms ! Podigee: virological.podigee.io Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2LxUpju... Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/v...

🌟 Save the Date! 🌟 Bridging the Gap: Respiratory Infections & NCDs 📅 Kickoff Webinar: 5 March Join IDC Chairs @goeijenbier, @TorBiering & Kirsty Short to explore how respiratory viruses intersect with chronic diseases #IDCNDC #ESWI

🔔🆕#ESWI #H5N1 Spotlight Bulletin is out!🔔 🔛Explore the latest recommendations, scientific articles, institutional statements, and more on #H5N1: mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine... 📚Visit #ESWIEducationHub for all the details : eswi.org/education-hub

📢 Update: Our Call for Action on Life Course Immunisation is now supported by two new members: 🔹Adult Immunization Board 🔹European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing Stronger voices, greater impact ! 📎 eswi.org/education-hu... 👍 Like & share! #LifeCourseImmunisation #Vaccines #PublicHealth

📢 Call to Action: Life Course Immunisation in Europe! ESWI & partners urge EU decision-makers to adopt a whole-life vaccination strategy. ❤️‍🩹Protect all Europeans, from infants to older adults. 💵 €1 → €13 return 💡 RSV, Flu, COVID-19 & more. more: eswi.org/education-hu...

📣 ESWI has created an Influenza Starter Pack on Bluesky It brings together trusted public health organisations, epidemiologists, and influenza-focused experts Follow all in one click or share with your network 🤝 👉 go.bsky.app/HuMRYtw

📩 The #ESWI #Fluzine Newsletter for #January is live! 📢 #CallForAction: adopt a comprehensive Life Course Immunisation Strategy 📃 ESWI members’ scientific contributions 📅 #RespiratoryVirusSummit date announcement 📍 Explore our #ESWIEducationHub 🔗 mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine...

🫁 The European Commission has designated a new EU Reference Lab for respiratory viruses, boosting EU health preparedness amid high virus circulation 📚 More on this topic in the next #FluZine 🔗For now check our December edition: mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine... #Influenza #ESWI #RSV

📩 The #ESWI #Fluzine #December Newsletter is LIVE! 🎙️ 2 new podcasts hosted by Dr Jane Barratt 📃 Articles on ESWI events 🥼 Meet our New Associate Member & Early Career Scientists Ambassador 📍Explore #Influenza & #RespiratoryViruses #ESWIEducationHub 🔗 mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine...

ESWI attended the #HealthUnionFellowship 🇪🇺 Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi: "Health matters to all of us. We need to know more and do more no matter where we live." 🩺 Key takeaways: New Biotech Act 🧬 & empowering next-gen EU health leaders 🌟 #EUHealth #PublicHealth #ESWI

At #EHS2025, ESWI Vice-Chair Ab Osterhaus : “We didn’t expect the last pandemic — and we won’t predict the next. Europe must build sustainable, coordinated systems.” From H5N1 to future threats, surveillance and unity matter. #ESWI #Influenza #OneHealth

🔴Live #EHS2025 💫 #ESWI is delighted to join the dialogue on #innovation #competitiveness #preparedness 🫂 We echo words of @hadjalahbib.bsky.social Being prepared is not the job of institutions alone. It is our shared responsibility, from Member States & citizens to scientists & industry.

🔔 🆕#ESWI #H5N1 Spotlight Bulletin is out! 🔔 🔛 Explore the latest recommendations, scientific articles, institutional statements, and more on hashtag #H5N1 ➡️ mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine... 📚 Visit #ESWIEducationHub for all the details! eswi.org/education-hub

📩 #ESWI November #Fluzine is LIVE! ✅ #ESWI2025 highlights & pictures 🎙️ IDC → Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections & NCDs 📜 Read the Steering Group on Prevention of Respiratory Infections manifesto 📍 Explore #ESWIEducationHub: mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine...

📣 Heidi Larson Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project shares an important reminder: we need a much broader range of public voices involved in communicating about vaccination.🎧 Dive deeper shorturl.at/kQqKKT #ESWIAirborne #ESWIEducationHub

#RTI2026 🚨Extended Abstract Submission Deadline – 1 December 2025🚨 Share your latest findings by taking part in the Rising Star program or apply to be an Oral or Poster Presenter. Be part of the global conversation on respiratory infections! Submit here: rti-forum.org/2026/?page_i...

💡 Ted van Essen & Sue Saville raised a crucial question: Can chatbots and AI help ensure people receive clear, reliable answers to their health concerns? 🎧 Explore this discussion in the bonus episode of #ESWIAirborne: shorturl.at/kQqKKT #ESWIEducationHub #COVID19 #Influenza #flu #RSV #hMPV

🌍 World AMR Awareness Week📅 #AMR threatens our ability to prevent and treat infectious diseases, affecting preparedness and the clinical management of respiratory infections Read more: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/... Featured in this month’s Fluzine—stay tuned ! #WAAW2025 #AMR #ESWI

💙 It’s #WorldDiabetesDay! People living with diabetes face higher risks from #influenza 🎧 Listen to our podcast episode “Spotlight on the burden of flu for people living with diabetes” to learn more: eswi.org/activities/p... More content on this topic coming soon! #PublicHealth

📣 Heidi Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, highlights a crucial insight: health professionals are among the most trusted voices when it comes to vaccines, but we need to mobilise a broader network of voices! 🎧 Dive deeper: #ESWIAirbornehttps://shorturl.at/D99wL #ESWIEducationHub

#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Closing the week, celebrating progress! 🆕 Read #ESWI2025 press note ➡️ eswi.org/activities/c... 📽️ Watch the Day 4️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap4#artic... 📰 #ESWIViralTimes Headline #ECaS #ESWI2025 ➡️ eswiconference.org

💫 And that’s a wrap on #ESWI2025! In heartfelt closing remarks chaired by Colin Russell, with Ab Osterhaus, Stefania Maggi, and Marco Goeijenbier, the room was filled with gratitude, inspiration, and excitement for what’s next — ✨ See you at #ESWI2027! #PublicHealth #Science

🎓 The final keynote of #ESWI2025 featured Tor Biering-Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, 🇩🇰) presenting the FLUNITY-HD study — a pooled analysis of the DANFLU-2 and GALFLU trials linking influenza vaccination to cardiovascular protection💉❤️ #Vaccines #PublicHealth

🧬 At #ESWI2025 Late Breakers: Novel and Outstanding Discoveries, Rory de Vries highlighted the importance of boosters for pandemic preparedness and immunity His study: Adjuvanted inactivated H5N8 vaccine induces antibody & T-cell responses to emerging H5N1 viruses in HCWs💉

💉 During “Unlocking the Value of Vaccines as a Tool to Support the Management of #NCDs” at #ESWI2025, Stefania Maggi urged action: “It’s very disturbing — and we are not there yet.” A powerful reminder that prevention through vaccination remains unfinished business 💪 #Vaccines

🎉 Congrats to the Early Career Scientist Award winners at #ESWI2025! 🏅 DEI: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa 🏅 Best Body of Work: 🇩🇪 Kevin Ciminski 🏅 Vaccine Innovation: 🇬🇷 Marios Koutsakos

#ESWI2025 | #ESWI #ECaS 🏆 Celebrating the long-standing commitment, curiosity & exceptional teamwork of everyone involved. ✨ Congratulations to 🏅 Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work: Kevin Ciminski 💉 Young Scientist Vaccine Innovation Award: Marios Koutsakos

🏅 At #ESWI2025, five inspiring young researchers received the Early Career Scientist #DEI Awards: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa Their stories reflect resilience and global scientific excellence 🌍 #ECaS

💉 Healthcare workers are key to boosting #VaccinationUptake — yet ECDC data shows low COVID-19 vaccine rates across Europe: 13.6% in 🇧🇪 Belgium to just 0.5% in 🇧🇬 Bulgaria. At #ESWI2025, Michael Moore calls to unlock the full value of vaccines in managing #NCDs. #PublicHealth

📜 At #ESWI2025 Maria Zambon traces the history of how we understand pandemics — from religious interpretations to the rise of rational, evidence-based therapeutics A fascinating look at how science reshaped our view of disease and response🧠 #PublicHealth #Pandemic #History

🌍 Delighted to speak at #ESWI2025 in Valencia on how #infection can decompensate, unmask, or trigger #NCDs — a vital link we see daily in practice. 💡 Time to act: Let's prevent NCDs by preventing infections. #InfectiousDiseases #IDC #PublicHealth #Influenza #Prevention @eswinfluenza.bsky.social

#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Momentum builds on Day 2️⃣ 📽️ Watch the Day 2️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap2#artic... 📰 #ESWIViralTimes Headline #ECaS #ESWI2025 eswiconference.org

Excited to see things being set up for the #ESWI2025 meeting in Valencia

#ESWI2025 | Keynote Address I Day 3️⃣ Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut 🇩🇪 warns that the next #Pandemic could start with a kiss 💋 — highlighting how human activity, including the growing food production and poultry farming, drives the emergence of new influenza viruses.

🔬At #ESWI2025 Gülsah Gabriel presents a project on pandemic-resilient school design, rethinking learning spaces for future crises 🇳🇱 Ron Fouchier introduces the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center in the Netherlands and the rising risks of global pandemics #Preparedness

#ESWI2025 I #ScienceCommunication #Trust #RiskCommunication #PublicHealth Frédéric Bouder @unistavanger.bsky.social 🇳🇴 ✅ Effective communication of benefits and risks is a key factor in building #Trust 🧭 The three pillars of #Trust: Fairness, Competence, Efficiency

What a great session and fantastic advice from the panel on how to navigate your career. With fantastic questions from our ECR/ECaS audience. Choose/find a path that you are passionate about and a career is rarely a straight line

🧬 #ESWI2025 I Insightful Keynotes #ESWI member Gülsah Gabriel on exploring the link between #COVID19 infection and sex hormones @adamjkucharski @lshtm.bsky.social on understanding viral and antibody kinetics to strengthen #Influenza and #COVID19 surveillance and control 💡

✨ #ESWI2025 | #ESWI member Stefania Maggi opens Day 3️⃣ with a moving tribute to John Paget, a world-renowned scholar, epidemiologist, friend, and true gentleman 💙 Marco Del Riccio follows with a special lecture: “Advancing Respiratory Virus Epidemiology in the Spirit of John Paget”

🧪 The first #ESWI2025 poster session — “Test Tubes” — showcased nearly 200 high-quality posters, sparking great discussions and exchange of ideas! 🔬 Today’s session, “Microscopes,” offers another chance to dive deeper and explore even more innovative research.

🎓 #ESWI2025 #ECaS “Life After PhD” session — inspiring insights from Meral Akçay, Debby Van Riel, @goeijenbier , Jane Barratt & @CvandeSandt From balancing life & work to finding motivation and learning from failure — honest advice for the next generation of scientists💡

Good morning from ☀️ Valencia! #ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Day 1️⃣ set the stage for an inspiring week on #AcuteRespiratoryVirus diseases 📽️ Watch the Day 1️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap1 📰 Don’t miss the headlines in the #ESWIViralTimes #ECaS #ESWI2025

It was way past my bedtime (1:30 am Sask time) but I was glad to join this panel moderated by Ab Osterhaus, both to discuss the many challenges facing flu research globally & to loom over my fellow panelists on the conference jumbotron like I'm zooming in from Jötunheimr.

🌍 Proud to be part of the @eswinfluenza.bsky.social Coalition — joining global partners advancing science, collaboration, and prevention. At #ESWI2025 in Valencia, we stand united to strengthen vaccine confidence and improve protection for all. 💛 #VIVI #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention

💡 #ESWI Members Roman Prymula & @florian_krammer updating #ESWI2025 participants on #ESWI #SciencePolicyInterface Roundtables addressing #VaccineUptake: challenges, #misinformation & solutions 🇦🇹 Vienna 2025 eswi.org/education-hu... 🇨🇿 Prague 2024 eswi.org/education-hu...