Very grateful for the Dept. of Agriculture Dept. of Agriculture_APHIS for sharing 239 new sequences today from the ongoing and widespread outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cows, poultry, domestic cats, wild birds. I’m eager to analyze these data; hope they fully represent multiple species, from many states, over the

Terry Anderson is one of the reasons I became an The Associated Press reporter. His body of work in journalism and his courage during and after his captivity were guiding lights for young journalists. I am proud to be part of the AP generation that followed him. apnews.com/article/terry-…

RIP, Terry.

The CDC says it's using a #OneHealth approach to tackling #H5N1 .

Coming out of twitter semi-retirement here to share this important preprint by Brendan Larsen , Bloom Lab and colleagues.

An absolute tour de force exploring the pandemic potential, and mitigation, of Nipah virus.

Brendan was my PhD student...PROUD!

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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It really shouldn’t be possible to write an article like this without considering gender in the workplace and the backlash women face at work when they are openly confident/competent/ambitious.

American drivers and cyclists are fed up—with getting blinded by LED headlights. “I wasn’t becoming an old curmudgeon. The lights were brighter.” on.wsj.com/3xIXwQh on.wsj.com/3xIXwQh

Ivan Oransky Maggie Fox NEJM MedPage Today 'noting that either all media should be able to access studies under embargo, or no member of the press should receive early access.'

public radio legend Diane Rehm tried to ask WAMU leadership about the shuttering of DCist and their confusing, inconsistent messaging around it. They muted her microphone during an all staff call and then, when asked about it, pretended not to know what the reporter was talking

This is a bad policy, NEJM, as I told MedPage Today. medpagetoday.com/special-report…

If you make it easy to get vaccinated, surprise! People get vaccinated more often. nbcnews.com/health/cold-an…

In states with abortion bans, “They are so scared of a pregnant patient, that the emergency medicine staff won’t even look. They just want these people gone”

1/Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds kffhealthnews.org/MTgzOTA2MA via @kffhealthnews Recall that most of the #Medicaid dis-enrollees lose coverage due to administrative reasons, e.g. lack of updated demographic info.

👇Check out Dr. Gronvall's thread about the paper:

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If you want to know if measures taken at schools can help reduce the spread of Covid, you have to actually study it -- not just say what you think works. This team did an intensive case study. Vaccines, daily testing and ventilation all positives. Cost: $880/yr/student