Our new paper is out nature We report that fibrin drives toxic inflammation, impaired viral clearance & neuropathology in #SARSCoV2 infection treated by #fibrin antibody #LongCovid #Coagulation #Immunotherapy #fibrinogen #COVID19 nature.com/articles/s4158…

~1/40 people have an active #COVID19 infection right now I easily encounter >40 people in a workday No one should leave a healthcare facility with a new covid infection- and I don’t want to be the reason they do That’s why when working in the hospital, I wear an N95 mask. 😷👍🏽

Officials detail H5N1 clusters in Colorado poultry cullers cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…

An impossible fix, or an essential one? We need to do a better job of protecting patients and health care workers form hospital-acquired infections like #COVID19, by 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… via @CalgaryHerald Dennis Kendel

‘The cold war-era eradication of #smallpox demonstrated that countries can work together and muster the political will to sustainably support WHO in the non-proliferation of infectious diseases.’

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

CORRECTION: California confirms 3 #birdflu infected dairy herds, news pushed out late Friday going into a long weekend. The release doesn't say #H5N1; it says high path bird flu. There are only 2 HP bird flus, H5 & H7. Either would be big news but it's H5.

HKU5 in minks! 😣 ‘We identified a MERS-like coronavirus—Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5—in two mink from a single farm associated with an outbreak of pneumonia, as well as the first report, to our knowledge, of a coronavirus in nutria.’ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Using EPIWATCH® open‐source surveillance to describe the epidemiology of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia (2022–2023) - Hutchinson - Australian Veterinary Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/av…

This is the story of 16-year-old Cara who stopped wearing a mask after being bullied at school, bringing COVID home to her immunocompromised mother, who tragically died as a result. These stories must be told and we must learn from them. independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Very welcomed news that vaccines for #mpox have arrived in the #DRC. World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the DRC and partners on their use in at risk populations in combination with other interventions. Thanks to those coming forward & working with us, partners and countries to donate vaccines.

🚨 Africa CDC, in partnership with EU HERA and Bavarian Nordic, has achieved a historic milestone for public health in Africa 🇨🇩. The Democratic Republic of Congo has received its first shipment of #Mpox vaccines, with nearly 100,000 doses now in hand. This pivotal moment

Offices, long-distance shared transport, some activities tied to #COVID spread Higher-risk activities included carpooling with relatives and attending concerts. cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/offic…

CDC confirmed a human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri in a person who has fully recovered. This is the 14th case in the United States in 2024. An investigation into the potential exposure is ongoing, but the public risk assessment remains low at this time. Read more:

BREAKING: #H5 bird flu detected in Missouri individual with no reported contact with animals. It's not yet clear if this the same version of the virus that has been circulating in dairy cows. More questions than answers at this point. statnews.com/2024/09/06/mis…

DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak theguardian.com/global-develop…

Poliovirus that infected a Chinese child in 2014 may have leaked from a lab | Science | AAAS #polio #lableak science.org/content/articl…