Reemergence of Oropouche virus between 2023 and 2024 in Brazil medrxiv.org/content/10.110… And some additional reporting here: science.org/content/articl…

First documented locally transmitted case of Chikungunya in France in 2024. Case found in the Paris region. france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-f…

1/ Mobility matters more than political borders during pandemics. Our international team's analysis (co-led by Brennan Klein, Dr. en C. José Alberto Díaz Quiñonez, me, & Moritz Kraemer) on high-res #COVID19 case and mobility data in Mexico is out in PNAS Nexus. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…

More diagnoses of Oropouche virus in Europe in returning travellers. How can we strengthen communication and preparedness globally. thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

How can we address the nexus of climate change, migration, and infectious diseases? ox.ac.uk/news/2024-08-1…

A study has found low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, that have made the least contribution to the global emission of greenhouse gasses, continue to experience the greatest burden from infectious diseases and the highest vulnerability towards climate change.

Today, we declare #Mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. With 2,863 confirmed cases and 517 deaths across 13 African countries in 2024 alone, Mpox is a crisis demanding our collective action. Africa CDC is activating resources, partnerships, and leading

Great reporting: Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped? science.org/content/articl…

Great overview of evolving situation of #mpox globally. worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/

1/ We’re live with data on >20k Mpox cases! Data are updated every 24 hours and have been validated by our curators through 8/25. Follow us for updates as the situation unfolds. global.health

Excited to announce this partnership between Fiocruz, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, global.health and ISARIC on the secure and distributed analysis of clinical outbreak data isaric.org/towards-rapid-… More soon!

21 locally transmitted dengue cases so far in France in 2024: santepubliquefrance.fr/maladies-et-tr…

With the spread of Mpox to 13 countries in Africa, Africa CDC has developed an #Mpox surveillance reporting protocol to enhance detection, monitoring, and response across communities, health facilities, and borders. The protocol emphasizes data standardization, genomic

Title inflation is real: I've been promoted to Full Professor of Epidemiology & Data Science at the University of Oxford, effective as of mid-August. Big thanks to all my mentors, collaborators, and the evaluation panel.

Climate change is already forcing millions of people to migrate – and it will only get worse telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…