We are recruiting a new faculty member in the 'Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security ' cluster. If you have experience working in interdisciplinary teams with Phytophthora and fungal population genomics please apply
N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative NC State: Celebrating #NCStateRedWhite Week 🔴⚪️
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I don't understand why we don't adopt universal precautions😷 for respiratory infections in clinics & hospitals.

HIV got healthcare workers to adopt universal precautions🧤 for blood🩸 & other bodily fluid exposures.

COVID should have done the same for masks😷 & respirators.

Tracking the 2022 #EbolaOutbreakUG with #opendata in real-time.
I activated a new surveillance monitoring by enriching the ECDC with data from bulletins shared by Ministry of Health- Uganda

👉 GitHub repository that I will update and enrich with new data: github.com/fbranda/ebola

Now that many of us have gotten used to testing at home for COVID, I’m curious if pharma companies will realize that there is probably also a market for at-home tests for other infections like flu or rsv.

Sure, not everyone cares to test but many do

ID docs managing patient care, research, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, pandemic preparedness; while being chronically under compensated

How are Japan and the US doing on COVID vaccination?

🔸US had a head start, but Japan overtook on all fronts
🔸Similar population share vaccinated with ≥ 1 dose
🔸Japan did far better job completing the primary cycle
🔸US booster coverage is less than 1/2 that in Japan

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As of 22 October 2022, 75 confirmed cases including 28 deaths have been reported.

Geographical distribution of EVD cases in Uganda, 2022
CC: Sandra Mazzoli Moreno Colaiacovo Irene Tosetti, MD Infectious Diseases Francesco Di Lauro Aureliano Stingi Dr. Deepti Gurdasani Tom Wenseleers Tom Peacock Prof. Christina Pagel 🇺🇦

Current #EbolaOutbreakUG update.

Surges in non-sars respiratory pathogens (flu, rsv, probably pneumococcus later on) are expected after the remarkable reductions in circulation that happened while pandemic measures were in place.

Ebola cases in Kampala rise to 5.

#StaySafe #UBCUpdates

The ministry of Health has announced that so far Kampala has 5 cases of Ebola after two more contacts to the Kassanda case, who are quarantined in Mulago Isolation facility, tested positive of the disease.
#CroozeFMNews

The new #Ebola cases in Kampala show that contact tracing & other critical areas of the response are improving, leading to the detection of more cases. World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to supporting Ministry of Health- Uganda with partners to the Ebola situation in the capital.

Hospitals are full of #RSV right now, peaking a little early and joined by many other viruses, placing strain on Children’s hospitals nationwide. A 🧵on RSV…

Two more contacts to the Kassanda case, who are quarantined in Mulago Isolation facility, tested positive for #Ebola yesterday 22nd October. They have been transfered to the Entebbe ETU.

This brings the total number of #Ebola cases in Kampala to 5.

Be alert and remain vigilant.