What the heck, GA… it’s November! Why is it snowing?!? 🌨️🥶

Thrilled that this paper is finally out and that I was able to contribute specimens from the metro Atlanta area. Congrats @yukihaba.bsky.social! 🦟🧬🔬

🗞️ Exciting news - our Belgian house #mosquitoes (Culex pipiens) made it into #Science! Honoured to be part of this amazing research consortium! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

TFW your sentient mops sit together and judge you for daring to give them routine medication without smothering it in peanut butter 🐶🐶 #YouCantSitWithUs #FloofsInNeedOfGrooming #SillyPuppers

Important new work by Eric Ochomo & team at #KEMRI. Useful findings for understanding the potential impact of the promising #spatialrepellents approach for #mosquito #vector control & what we should be monitoring to assess early signs of resistance. ⬇️ bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Let's face it: Mosquitoes are the ultimate survivors! They've been around for 200+ million years - outlasting dinosaurs and every human attempt to eliminate them. Dinosaurs went extinct, mosquitoes didn't! 🦟 1/2

I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...

The measles outbreak in Texas shows no sign of slowing down. 🧵

So far there have been three measles deaths in under six weeks in the ongoing US measles outbreak. Prior to this year there had only been three measles deaths in the United States in total in the entire last thirty years.

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble. For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity. What will you do?

“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker

Eight members of CDC’s top management abruptly announce resignation, including 5 stepping down today. The departures were announced at a closed meeting of agency senior leaders this afternoon. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

This will have immediate ramifications for local public health departments across the US

“Mailbox is full and can’t accept messages now.” That is the message some federal workers received on Monday when they sent their now-routine five accomplishments from the previous week to the Office of Personnel Management, an exercise demanded by Elon Musk, President Trump’s job-cutting adviser.

This. Is. Huge.

Every federal employee's ‘five things’ email this week needs to include ‘did not text classified military operational plans to a reporter.’ #nationalsecurity #kakistocracy

Today make sure to avoid turtle shells 🐢, fireballs ☄️, and disease carrying insects 🦟 #Mar10Day #mosquito

Happy to be back amongst (most of 🥲) my mosquito people, so of course I need a #mosquitoselfie to kick off my week at #AMCA2025

Sharing these numbers because I wasn't aware of them myself. In the US: * 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized * 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia * 1 to 3 in 1000 die If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time

First measles death in a decade. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

‘Every day, they tackled complex issues with life-or-death stakes. They were hired after lawmakers debated and negotiated — sometimes over years — to make those problems someone’s job to solve. Then, this month, they were fired as part of President Trump’s widespread purge of federal workers.’

Throwback to that time I found a red eye mutant Ae. aegypti while decapitating #mosquitoes for one of my doctoral projects. 🦟❤️ #HappyValentinesDay ❤️🦟

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 The Women in Chemistry category on the Ci site has a range of graphics on women in chemistry, both historical and present-day! www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪 #WomenInScience

The Association of Food and Drug Officials has placed all staff on furlough, effective immediately, due to the unpredictability in federal funding. The AFDO is a non-profit organization that works to simplify public health regulations on food and medical products.

GA Dept of Natural Resources has confirmed a deer in Lanier county with Chronic Wasting Disease. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk, and moose caused by infectious, misfolded proteins called prions. There are no current treatments or preventative vaccines. gadnr.org/first-positi...

Avian flu identified in second commercial flock in Georgia, also located in Elbert County. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/22/b...

January marks the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The virus would go on to kill 1.2 million Americans and disrupt countless lives.

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

As expected, Trump just withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... When he cut U.S. funding to the global partnership in 2020, health leaders warned it would hurt coordination on pandemics & other challenges. www.politico.com/news/2020/04...

Yesterday, the Georgia Dept. of Ag. confirmed the first positive case of HPAI (H5N1 bird flu) in a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County. As a result, all poultry activities (exhibitions, shows, swaps, and sales) in GA are suspended until further notice. www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAF...

A question for my #mosquito and #entomology people: what microscope do you use and love? I’m looking to get a binocular stereoscope for the house and need make and model recommendations. I’ve always been partial to Leica and Nikon.

Nearly half of all employees in state and local #publichealth left between 2017-2021 (3/4 for those under 35)… by 2025 this would represent more than 100,000 leaving their organizations, or as much as half of the governmental public health workforce in total. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Yesterday GDA and USDA confirmed the first detection of invasive #SpottedLanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Fulton County, GA. If found, please photograph, note the location, and kill. This pest has the potential to negatively impact the state’s hardwood tree 🪵, grape 🍇, and peach 🍑 industries!

Today is a sad day for #publichealth, as this pick is an outspoken opponent of evidence-based medicine. HHS and CDC fund a large portion of local, state, and county public health departments. The effects of this cabinet pick may be felt broadly for Americans everywhere. www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...

Our intro entomology class does three entire lectures on the history of insect-transmitted diseases, covering some of the incredible statistics (yes, disease kills far more soldiers than combat!), and the pivotal role of the U.S. military in vanquishing Malaria, Yellow Fever, and Typhus.

One thing I love about my scientific field is how it stresses the importance of #sciencecommunication. We as entomologists and scientists are called on to, not only, do good science, but to share that science with others. #ESA2024 entomologytoday.org/2024/11/11/e...

With cases and the death toll increasing from mosquito-borne diseases this summer, here is a short summary featuring Dr. Peter Hotez. Remember to support your local #mosquito control agencies that do the important work of mosquito surveillance! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Currently, there are 6 confirmed human cases of West Nile in GA with several counties also reporting WNv positive mosquitoes in surveillance traps. #mosquito #publichealth #georgia www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/08/30/g...

A well written article that summarizes the current status of #mosquito research. www.ft.com/content/816c...

First EEE positive mosquitoes of 2024 detected in South GA last week, and this week a EEE positive horse was diagnosed in neighboring Berrien County #mosquito 🦟 #EEE www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_n...

I’ve investigated severe #bedbug infestations before, but an aggregation this heavy was a first. This was all on a single headboard. #publichealth #entomologist

Very amused to walk into my local #Aldi store this week and find them selling this known #mosquito repellent as #aromatherapy 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🦟 #WhateverWorks

TFW you forget you larval sample in your car overnight in sub-freezing temps 🥶🦟🥶 #MosquitoesOnIce

Just when I thought we were done with unusual #local transmission cases this year… #dengue #mosquito

The last study from my dissertation is #published! Check out ‘Differences in excito‐repellent behavior between susceptible and permethrin‐resistant strains of Ae. #aegypti upon exposure to insecticide‐treated fabric’. Thanks to @UF_EPI and @USDA_ARS -CMAVE for the support! doi.org/10.1002/ps.7...