A clever and unique study documents that much Covid transmission occurred via shopping in retail stores
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… PNASNews Thais Lærkholm Jensen CEBI - Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality

Communicable disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally, finds new GBD study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. In 2019, an estimated 704M DALYs were associated with 🦠85 different pathogens🦠, including 309M in children under 5 🔗 ms.spr.ly/6189YB1Fz

You have been bitten by a #Hognose or another non-front-fanged snake?
Please report your bite in this survey, where I want to learn more about their bite consequences and symptoms.

English: survey.hrz.uni-giessen.de/index.php/3116…
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The devastating flooding in Pakistan in 2022 has led to a mounting risk of deadly snakebites.

Experts warn that #climatechange could increase the danger from venomous snakes and make the threat less predictable: bit.ly/4aOYGrK

⚠️ Emmanuel Macron a annoncé une coupe de 800M d'euros de l'aide publique au développement. Cela aura des conséquences désastreuses sur des millions de vies.

On vous explique tout, avec Oxfam France et Global Citizen ⭕. Agissez en signant notre pétition ➡️ go.one.org/464o6hY

In partnership with FIND, we're launching a £6.2 million project to help eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. The condition mainly affects children and is fatal in over 95% of cases if untreated.

World Health Organization (WHO) are aiming to eliminate the disease by 2030.

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Flatworms have a peculiar characteristic: when sliced in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete flatworm, just like the original one

[📹 PBS Deep Look]

Uniting to Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases aims to mobilise $2Bn for #NTDs over five years... 😀
...but only for 'elimination NTDs', thus excluding NTDs with high burden like #snakebite 😠
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Uniting to Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases aims to mobilise $2Bn for #NTDs over five years... 😀
...but only for 'elimination NTDs', thus excluding NTDs with high burden like #snakebite 😠
#BeatNTDs unitingtocombatntds.org/en/neglected-t…

The  #mpox outbreak across #DRC is very concerning:
- 3,941 cases have been reported in 2024, including 271 deaths;
- 70% of cases and 87% of deaths are in children under 15 years of age;
- 2/3 (18 of 26) of provinces have reported cases in 2024;
- there are more cases reported in

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Consortium INTEGRATE : lancement de la première alliance mondiale dans la lutte contre la fièvre de Lassa. En pleine période de pic de fièvre de Lassa, le Nigeria subit de nouvelles flambées épidémiques.
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US-Expert: 'If the virus begins to infect pigs,that would be cause for worry,he added.'Swine have the ability to mix influenza viruses & they are more similar to humans, so that would be more likely to spill over into humans,'he said.' flutrackers.com/forum/forum/un… h/t Pathfinder #H5N1

Many reasons for concern here— matter of time before wider spread being just one of them. #mpox

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Yes, you heard correctly.
Ozempic could be sold at a profit for just $0.89 per month.

#Diabetes affects 537 million people globally. Our study published today in JAMA Network Open reveals blatant corporate profiteering on newer diabetes medicines & #insulin pens. Here are two key findings of the study: 🧵👇

Excellent review.
The pipeline of 2nd generation treatments for #snakebite envenoming is very rich.
Now comes the most difficult part: prioritize candidates, combine them, bring them to clinical trials, make them both affordable and economically viable.
#BeatNTDs #Antivenom