Terrific reporting from Jon Cohen.

I'm quoted saying testing (only) cows crossing state lines is a 'drop in the bucket'.

But at least it is a start, sampling asymptomatic cattle, which will yield important insights even if it might not stop spread.

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For a second I thought this was a fume hood. ASM would snakes in the hood be a safety violation? 😅

(For real tho v cool Dr. H!)

Today marks the start of #WorldImmunizationWeek , during which we celebrate vaccines as one of humanity's biggest achievements. A world where no child dies of a preventable disease is #HumanlyPossible 💚

💉 Healio caught up with Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD at #SHEAspring for his thoughts on #VaccineHesitancy after his talk on anti-vaccine sentiment in the last 20 years & the politicization of #vaccines since the #COVID19 pandemic.

Click 👇 for what he had to say healio.com/news/infectiou…

John Pavlovitz They have threatened and attempted to intimidate Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD. These two doctors saved millions of lives.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD World Health Organization (WHO) Very cool! 🐍

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.Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, this is a great example of the kind of innovation that we need to fight disease threats.

#WorldMalariaDay 2024
#WorldMalariaDay
#WorldImmu

'A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives ... over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved – 101 million – were those of infants.'

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Josh Trebach, MD Road trip! x.com/PeterHotez/sta…

Another day, another study showing the benefits of childhood Covid vaccination

Good thread from Marc Veldhoen 👇

It's #WorldMalariaDay - In the global effort to control the disease, #TexasChildrensGlobal provides care and treatment to children and families affected by malaria in Botswana, Eswatini, Uganda, Lesotho, Malawi, and Tanzania.
📸: Smiley Pool

This #WorldMalariaDay , we’re celebrating all the progress made in the fight against malaria – and the people who made this progress possible.

But to fully eradicate this disease, we need to invest in the next generation of tools, strengthen coordination and increase funding.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD We here in H-Town are so proud of your pioneering work in developing vaccines against some of the worst scourges facing mankind. Malaria is a killer

Reminder:

If you would like to analyze bovine H5N1 influenza A virus consensus sequences from SRA data shared by USDA APHIS , 👾 Karthik has assembled them and we have shared them here.

Please repost (if willing).

github.com/andersen-lab/a…

Great article on H5N1 👇🏻

And as gross as it is that milk is “kind of yellow and more viscous”, clinical signs occur in only about 10% of cases. Thus there are potentially huge numbers of infected animals with no observable disease at all. Asymptomatic testing is urgently needed.

The discovery of #H5N1 #birdflu in a significant portion of commercially purchased milk suggests the outbreak in cows is much larger than we know, scientists who've been doing this work tell Megan Molteni. statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n…

Congratulations, Dr. K King Katherine King MDPhD, recipient of the Leadership in #Diversity , #Equity , and #Inclusion #Award from the Int. Society for Exp. Hematology ISEH BCMHouston Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center simplyblood.org/2024/04/iseh-2…