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Infectious disease epidemiologist @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Assoc prof. Author of Crisis Averted https://t.co/TPwwcotDK7

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I'm thrilled by this great review in the Wall Street Journal! "With a judicious blend of candor, hopefulness and pragmatism, she calls out its mistakes, reminds us of its historic accomplishments and emphasizes the need for the discipline to adjust its strategies if its full promise is to be realized."
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RT @PattyMurray: Trump's proposal is ILLEGAL & amounts to an indiscriminate funding cut for research centers of all sizes, NOT just Ivies.…
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“NIH is accordingly imposing a standard indirect cost rate on all grants of 15%...This policy shall be applied to all current grants for go forward expenses from February 10, 2025 forward as well as for all new grants issued."
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If you feel like everyone is sick right now, you are right. Flu is doing something unusual - outpatient visits just hit 7.0%, surpassing January's peak.
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@paulg An exit strategy for this administration, I assume.
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RT @nycHealthy: Flu season is in full force in NYC. Cases continue to increase, and current reported cases are higher than during peaks in…
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I visited all 50 state health department websites to collect outpatient flu data... and found that activity has rebounded.
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@capitalweather Will schools close for the cold? Does that ever happen?
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RT @bylenasun: NEW: Bird flu almost killed this13-year-old girl. “You can only survive if you’re that sick in a modern pediatric ICU,” one…
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@DShaywitz @EliLake Lot less efficient to go person by person though! I also just finished Morris' Theodore Rex and it was quite the commitment.
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@notthefakeEJP thank you!
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RT @JohnsHopkinsSPH: "Public health has no choice but to adapt," writes @BSPH_CHS's @CMYeaton. "Although new technologies like mRNA vaccin…
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RT @KevinRDickinson: States are passing anti-vax laws despite vaccines saving an estimated 150 million children's lives over the last 50 ye…
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RT @julialmv: COVID wastewater levels are on the rise. The national average is high & the midwest is very high. If you're not already, no…
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Caitlin Rivers
1 month
We're coming up on a year since H5N1 began circulating in dairy cows. Not sure we're any closer to control. There's more to do yet.
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Biden faltered on bird flu. Here’s how Trump can course-correct. Read more from @ScottGottliebMD and @llborio:
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RT @PostOpinions: Biden faltered on bird flu. Here’s how Trump can course-correct. Read more from @ScottGottliebMD and @llborio: https://t…
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RT @bhrenton: "Public health, specifically epidemiology, is beginning to reorient away from bespoke approaches to outbreak response towards…
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RT @matthewherper: A tribute to Carter's public health work: From 3.5 million Guinea Worm cases to just 7 By ⁦@cmyeaton
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@LeslieRadius It's a constraint of the required format. I also wrote on this in Foreign Affairs:
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