Ebola outbreak in DR Congo adds 11 new cases in past week www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/ebola-...

The story behind the discovery of Salt Gully virus www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...

A new bat-borne pathogen dubbed Salt Gully virus has been uncovered in flying-foxes Down Under. While there are no signs of human spillover, it is a relative of Nipah & Hendra – diseases considered ‘priority pathogens’ by WHO www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telglobalhealth.bsky.social

On #ScienceUnderSeige BY @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @latimes.com @hiltzikm.bsky.social www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Underlying disease can make things worse. Poverty creates a number of factors that can poor infection outcomes more likely. But "being healthy" is not a shield to the normal biological functions of a disease causing agent like a virus. A functioning and immunised immune system certainly can be.

Our research describing the isolation and characterisation of a novel henipavirus, Salt Gully virus, discovered in Australian bats has been published in the September edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

✨ #MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight! ✨ Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology. Register👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!

Five things you might not know about working at the CSIRO ACDP high containment lab youtube.com/shorts/GZ398...

IBRC delegates protest visa denials of 8 researchers from Africa and Asia. #ibrc2025 #batresearch www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The unwarranted denial of travel visas for 8 respected international bat researchers was a shameful and embarrassing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns. Well done to the ABS and Guardian for highlighting it @ibrc2025.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That’s a good way to ensure that international research conferences are held somewhere else. What threat could these people possibly be? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

After 11 years, Aaron and I tag teamed a joint seminar on Genotype to Phenotype: Bat immunity at #IBRC2025 @batresearch.bsky.social @ibrc2025.bsky.social

Excited for the Infectious Diseases in Bats symposium today where I will be presenting our research #ibrc2025

Fabulous first day of #ibrc2025. Spent majority of my day in the Bat immunology room 🦇

The bats get fairly large up here in Cairns #ibrc2025

Excited to present our research next week at #ibrc2025

Are you looking for a Postdoc or Research Programmer position? Want to work as part of highly collaborative infectious disease programs that have direct relevance to global health? Well, we got you covered! Learn more 👇 andersen-lab.com/about/

**JOBS ALERT** The Virology Unit at @PasteurCambodia hiring 1 Scientist and 2 Postdocs to join our fast-moving, field-connected, research-driven team on emerging viruses and zoonoses. 🧪🧬🥼🦠🔬🐓💉🦇😷 Limited time to apply — and we need people to start ASAP.**👇

A little peek into the process we go through to work with some of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses in the world youtube.com/shorts/gnt3O...

Great to see this hard work finally published, led by UQ colleagues Ariel Isaacs & Dan Watterson 👏 We assessed the nanobody and engineered bispecific nanobody-MAb at BSL4 with live virus and found superior neutralization capability

Nipah virus infects 2 more in India, one fatally So far, there are no known links between the two new cases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/n... Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc

A little peek into the process we go through to work with some of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses in the world www.facebook.com/share/v/1S6Z...

We’ve had a few good years of winter flowering, and saw no Hendra virus spillovers last year. But here is the first one for 2025: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Hendra virus has caused fatal disease in a horse in QLD, the first case in three years

Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV) thread 🧵.. 6.5% of sick tested flying foxes (genus Pteropus) and 2.7% of sick tested microbats (Saccolaimus flaviventris) had ABLV virus-positive brains by fluorescent staining of their brain tissue in Queensland and New South Wales.

Disease Outbreak News Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Cambodia 11 avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.2.1e cases with 6 deaths (54%) since January 2025; 7 of the cases (64%) from June www.who.int/emergencies/...

Don't try to handle a bat that flies into your house. Turn lights down, open windows & it may exit. Otherwise, google the call number to get help from a licensed, vaccinated bat handler. Lyssavirus is rare, but deadly. What should you do if a bat bites you? theconversation.com/lyssavirus-i...

Sad news to hear of this death from Australian bat lyssavirus (closely related to rabies), particularly after he sought post exposure treatment. A reminder not to touch bats unless vaccinated. Call your local wildlife care organisation if you see a bat needing help www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Sadly, this person has now passed away 7news.com.au/news/nsw-man...

Very rare human case of Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). A man was bitten by a bat several months ago and is now in a critical condition 😢 www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/2...

The Animal Health in Australia Annual Report 2024 is now available. Highlights include: -Wildlife Health Surveillance -National Avian Influenza Wild Bird Surveillance Program -H5 HPAI preparedness -HPAI H7 outbreaks in poultry 👉 animalhealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/u...

11th case of H5N1 in Cambodia has now been reported. Known exposure to sick poultry. This is the 7th case in June, and the 4th in Siem Reap. Continued vigilance, active surveillance, and a strong One Health response remain critical. #BirdFlu 🦠🔬🧪🐓💉😷🥼

Registrations close today! Really looking forward to this meeting 🦇

There are still many unanswered questions that some of us are working hard on. But it’s great to see that the WHO SAGO report considered multiple hypotheses—including “lab leak”. SAGO concluded that the evidence shows zoonotic spillover due to the wildlife trade is most likely.

SAGO Report is out: 1️⃣ No new data in report 2️⃣ Not bioweapon, man-made, or engineered 3️⃣ All scientific evidence points to zoonosis 4️⃣ No evidence for lab leak 5️⃣ New evidence could swing the conclusion In other words, what we concluded in April, 2020. Five years later. share.google/4I8ac1DJMZOM...

Some new henipaviruses from Chinese bats to add to the expanding diversity of known henipaviruses

The sun coming up after the longest night of the year ☀️ #WinterSolstice

Will global sea-surface temperatures return to pre-2023 levels this year? Will Arctic sea ice set a new record low extent? Will Canadian fires burn a record area? Will COP-30 sell out to big oil? Will fascism crush all hope? The Climate 8-ball is drunk again.

NIH terminates network aimed at stopping pandemics before they start www.science.org/content/arti...

I spoke with @nicireland.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social @globalnews.ca about what firing the ACIP means for both Americans and Canadians. Spoiler alert: fewer vaccines for everyone. globalnews.ca/news/1123540...

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Breaking news from the can't-make-this-shit-up desk: The same folks who are certain that Fauci caused COVID by funding people to study bats in a Biosafety Level 4 facility now want to import 400 ostriches with the goddamn bird flu from Canada so they can live on Dr. Oz's ranch.

Measles virus (MeV) detections in Australia. 2025 has identified 77 infections to date surpassing all years from 2015-2024, except 2019. I've left in the last big years of 1991-1994 for context. We've been in a great place re: measles since then. 🧵1/2

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.