. World Health Organization (WHO) urges rapid access to #mpox diagnostic tests, invites manufacturers to emergency review who.int/news/item/29-0…

“The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is investigating the possible introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at three dairy farms in the Central Valley. Should HPAI be confirmed, it is important to note that pasteurization is fully effective at

The public health communications around #covid19 boosters needs to be far more nuanced from CDC & local/state health. If the benefit for younger people is reduction of #LongCovid—> needs to be communicated clearly & with robust data references. Esp taking into account

This is the problem right here. Read it. Read it again. “No rapid tests are available for mpox. When the spread of the virus caused the global emergency in 2022, diagnostics companies began to develop new tests — but they shelved the effort when the high-income market

MEDIA UPDATE ON THE MPOX DISEASE OUTBREAK IN KENYA: The Ministry reports a third confirmed Mpox case in Nairobi, involving a 30-year-old female who recently traveled to Uganda. She is in stable condition in an isolation unit. This case brings the total to three in Kenya, with

A woman became infected with #Naegleria fowleri from an indoor surfing center in Taiwan. She was hospitalized with fever and generalized tonic-clonic seizures and died 3 days later. bit.ly/4dGee2x

.U.S. FDA has cleared the Novavax #Covid vaccine for use.

We have a 4th MPOX case in the country… The most recently confirmed case of MPOX is a truck driver who was traveling from Mombasa en route to Rwanda. He felt unwell on 28th August 2024 while passing through Gilgil (Kikopey area) and was unable to continue his journey. The

Very strong surveillance by @moh_kenya 4th #mpox case confirmed - cases spread across multiple counties

We call on manufacturers to work with UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Africa CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure rapid access to #mpox vaccines to those who need them the most.

The #mpox story isn’t new. Panic-neglect cycles dominate. When the risk seems broader than the impoverished/marginalized groups, then $/resources move fast. Time in between these peaks are troughs/deserts where poor people suffer. Not sure how we change this.

The threat of disease has always been used as a political tool to scare & divide people throughout history.

Our lab at Cornell is hiring a postdoc to lead investigations of viral #zoonoses in #Bats and develop strategies for pandemic prevention. Background in #DiseaseEcology, #OneHealth, #EEID, or epidemiology. More details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28001

Important piece by Dr. Pinsky Stanford Medicine on the state of diagnostics for #H5N1 "In this review, we detail the origins of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b outbreak as well as the existing capacity to identify HPAI H5N1 as influenza A virus by commercially available assays. Furthermore,

Did you miss our live release of "H5N1 #BirdFlu: Key Insights & Current Global Impact"? It's now available to stream on YouTube! Dive into an eye-opening discussion w/ Dr. Abraar Karan on the latest developments, public health risks & global implications. buff.ly/3z8TDoH

Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA Knowing Macenta - which was devastated by Ebola 10 years ago - if this is 1a suggesting (in the absence of a highly unlikely close contact transmission chain linking to DRC/Burundi) separate zoonotic infection, it would raise concern of an uptick & possible wide geographic

The first phase of #polio vaccination in central #Gaza is complete. Over 187,000 children under the age of ten were vaccinated, well over the target of 156,500. The numbers are being finalised. Four fixed sites will continue to offer polio vaccination for the next three days in

We expect the first delivery of #mpox vaccines to arrive in #DRC tomorrow, donated by the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority. I thank the European Union for its donation, and we call on countries with stockpiles of vaccines to work with us and

I joined my fellow former CDC directors to share why weakening the agency that leads our health protection would cost lives and damage the economy. Read our new op-ed in STAT: statnews.com/2024/09/05/cdc…