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- Hotter weather & longer summers mean longer periods of risk from Lyme disease-carrying ticks each year. These shifting conditions have enabled deer ticks to move into new areas, including cities explains CEID faculty Dr. Cassandra Pierre. @bumedicine.bsky.social spr.ly/63321hJauW
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- Building on commitments to maintain public health infrastructure and channels of information, including collaborating with CEID to use information from @beaconbio.bsky.social, @idph.bsky.social announces joining @who.int's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. spr.ly/63323hJgMX
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- The Milan Winter Olympics officially kick off tomorrow, bringing together ~3k athletes from 90 countries, plus ~1M spectators & 1000s of staff & media. At the link below, we provide historic data on disease spread at Olympic games and continue monitoring this years games for related outbreak events.
- Great conversation between CEID faculty @josephharrisbu.bsky.social & NYT Best-Selling author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, discussing what efforts are needed to eradicate tuberculosis, and how close are we to realistically achieving that goal.
- Fan of #FaultInOurStars & @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social? Check out our conversation with him on @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social. He talks about his new @penguinbox1.bsky.social book Everything is #Tuberculosis podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... @unaids.org @stoptb.bsky.social @stoptbusa.bsky.social
- TB often occurs alongside other existing conditions, worsening disease severity & compromising treatment outcomes. Dr. Pranay Sinha (@bumedicine.bsky.social) proposes a phased framework for multimorbidity-centered TB care, including coordination with existing health services. spr.ly/63328hGWxo
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- Australia sees assisting other Pacific nations as imperative to addressing global issues of climate change & disease control. Cuts to USAID, which @brookeenichols.bsky.social estimates has caused 750k deaths globally, limit Australian charities' abilities to help. spr.ly/63328hDJVe
- "We've known how to deal with TB curatively since the 1950s, & here we are, still losing over a million people every year to it. That just says so much about the world in which we find ourselves," says @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. spr.ly/63322h8rxC
- One year since the Trump administration slashed USAID funding, Dr @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social estimates these cuts have caused over 750,000 deaths — over 500,000 of them children —due to diseases including TB, HIV, & malaria, among others. spr.ly/63327h6PUd
- CEID is delighted that our @beaconbio.bsky.social platform is contributing near real-time global surveillance data to the Special Pathogens Biopreparedness Map recently launched by @nychealthsystem.bsky.social, a critical new resource for clinicians. spr.ly/63329h6pmR
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- The US may be weeks from losing its measles elimination status. But what does that mean exactly? Writing for @nyasciences.bsky.social, CEID affiliate @syramadad.bsky.social explains this isn't just a symbolic designation, it's a technical time-bound measurement. www.nyas.org/ideas-insigh...
- Although MA still has a high overall rate of MMR vaccination, CEID Director @bhadeliamd.bsky.social (@bumedicine.bsky.social) tells @bostonglobe.com the concern is when there are pockets of lower coverage, as seen in areas of western Mass. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/23/m...
- 🐾 @bostonu.bsky.social students, today is the last day of the student health services immunization clinic, free for students on the student health insurance plan. www.bu.edu/articles/202...
- A big thank you to our colleagues from Senegal, @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social, & @cepi.net who joined us Tuesday to share their expertise in the multifaceted One Health approach that is needed to address a disease like West Africa's latest Rift Valley Fever outbreak. spr.ly/63325C7HTl
- Ahead of @bostonu.bsky.social's upcoming immunization clinic on Jan. 22 & 23rd, @bhadeliamd.bsky.social reminds BU Today that even if flu shots don't fully prevent infection, they do prevent much more severe disease & the additional burden that puts on emergency rooms. spr.ly/63326CAD4a
- In her recent research, CEID faculty Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social @amsterdamumc.bsky.social) uses mathematical models and global epidemic simulations to determine minimum global capacity for respiratory virus sequencing for global pandemic preparedness. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
- As climate change shifts behaviors around home ventilation & AC use, how does this effect respiratory disease transmission? A team of researchers including @bumedicine.bsky.social student Palak Shah & CEID's Dr. Pranay Sinha have been studying this in the field in South India spr.ly/63320CL2ye
- Rift Valley Fever continues to spread among humans, livestock, & wildlife throughout west Africa. Learn more about the wide-ranging impacts of this disease at an upcoming webinar on Jan 20 hosted by @buceid.bsky.social & @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social VISTA program. bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- The term "bird flu" encompasses several different viruses, including H5N1 & H9N2. H5N1 has increased to infecting dozens of mammal species over the past 2 years which, @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tells @nytimes.com, creates more opportunities for human infections. spr.ly/63323Ca8DZ
- Rift Valley Fever is a true One Health threat, affecting humans, livestock, & wildlife. Join CEID & @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social's VISTA program on Jan. 20th for a webinar with experts from the US & Senegal discussing the current outbreak in West Africa. spr.ly/63327CS0PN
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- With states across the country seeing surges in flu cases, Dr. @syramadad.bsky.social explains how flu vaccine effectiveness always varies by year and subtype, but even when not a perfect match, vaccination provides meaningful protection against hospitalization & death. spr.ly/63321CoorP
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- On the latest episode of his @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, CEID faculty @josephharrisbu.bsky.social speaks with @madhupai.bsky.social on a range of global health concerns including TB, HIV, recent foreign aid cuts, & more. Listen here: spr.ly/63320CmfKa
- Heading back to work or school today after the holidays? @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tells @ms.now it's not too late to protect yourself against the latest flu strain. spr.ly/63329CYvYz
- Out today in @jidjournal.bsky.social, we share our experiences on @beaconbio.bsky.social, based at @buceid.bsky.social w partners @bucds.bsky.social @bostonchildrens.bsky.social w users in 170 countries & reports so far on over 600 outbreaks across 200 countries. academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
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- On the need for US healthcare reform, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com, "Many Americans who are fortunate enough to have insurance aren’t adequately covered by what they have & end up facing big bills & denials of coverage by insurance companies." www.newsweek.com/record-numbe...
- He predicts eventually the country will reach a tipping point when millions of Americans lose healthcare coverage and costs still rise "because no one – Democrat or Republican – wants to be without healthcare that they need."
- Discussing his new book, Infected, CEID faculty member Dr. Muhammad Zaman @bu-cfd.bsky.social shares how misuse of science can have long-lasting effects in eroding vulnerable populations' trust, & the responsibility to use research as a force for good. spr.ly/63328CEsaO
- Reflecting on 2025, @cenmag.bsky.social cites stats from @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social, as they call for the new year to be rallying point with opportunities for scientific inquiry to bring meaningful positive societal change. spr.ly/633267haCg
- The newly reported increase in global childhood death rates, largely from infectious diseases, can be directly attributed to cuts to foreign aid, CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social) tells @wbur.org. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
- As many high-income countries have scaled back foreign aid, childhood deaths are projected to increase for the first time in decades. @brookeenichols.bsky.social says to remember what's behind the numbers. "It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child." spr.ly/6332977ha3
- This did not have to happen “The report noted that the forecast comes as global development assistance for health fell significantly this year, to 26.9 percent, and below 2024 levels.” www.newsweek.com/child-deaths...
- “You can’t compare the US because many women here don’t have adequate health access,” @bhadeliamd.bsky.social on why vaccine schedules in countries w/ universal healthcare may not work in the US where only 35% of women who test pos for Hep B receive follow-up care spr.ly/633237f9Zh
- "The idea that the number of kids dying before their 5th birthday could rise for the 1st time this century should shock all of us. What if it were your child?" CEID faculty Dr @brookeenichols.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com in response to new Gates Foundation report. www.newsweek.com/child-deaths...
- This Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to support CEID's work toward strengthening infectious disease policy and research. Your support helps us continue programs like @beaconbio.bsky.social to more rapidly identify emerging infectious disease threats. give.bu.edu/campaigns/50...
- One quote stood out: “My mother couldn’t stand before. After getting the food, she can move without help.” This kind of functional recovery rarely makes it into TB nutrition policy conversations, but it should.
- Everyone in TB talks about “nutrition matters.” But what happens when you actually ask households with TB what kind of nutritional support works for them? We did exactly that through the TB LENS qualitative study in South India. tinyurl.com/mr42k9k8
- Check out the #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon & other platforms podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @buceid.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @who.int @globalhealthde.bsky.social @renusingh.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social
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- As DOGE is disbanded with 8 months left in its contract, TIME reflects on the changes it made, including major cuts to USAID which has lead to over 600,000 deaths globally, as estimated by CEID faculty Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social. spr.ly/633227W1u2
- Congratulations to CEID faculty member Dr. Jai Marathe on being awarded the Outstanding Citizenship Award as part of @bumedicine.bsky.social Dept. of Medicine's Evans Days Awards! Well done to all the awardees! spr.ly/633207ew94
- Since 1974, routine immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives, making vaccines the single biggest driver of infant survival in the modern era. Vaccine hesitancy threatens this progress, @syramadad.bsky.social writes for the New York Academy of Sciences. spr.ly/633277iNmZ
- Pushing back against claims that diet & exercise alone are sufficient to protect against infectious diseases, experts including CEID Director @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tell @theatlantic.com that these strategies are not a replacement for vaccines and medicines. www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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- In an opinion piece for @thehill.com, CEID faculty Dr. @josephharrisbu.bsky.social explains why Republicans should consider the option of public health insurance as a method to drive market competition to encourage private insurers to offer more competitive pricing. spr.ly/6332075N38
- Thank you to Kevin McCarthy from @gatesfoundation.bsky.social's Institute for Disease Modeling for coming to speak to our audience from CEID & @busph.bsky.social Dept. of Global Health yesterday about his group's work using data modeling to further efforts to eliminate measles and polio.
- Check out my op-ed in @thehill.com on why now is the time for the GOP to embrace the public option @bridgingthegap.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @bucas.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
- In this @thehill.com op-ed, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social (Boston University) argues that offering a “public option” could reduce health care costs for millions of Americans and explains why Republican lawmakers could view the idea as a viable strategy for 2026. Read the piece:
- "In cases where we cannot prevent pandemic threats from emerging, the second line of defense is to quickly detect and stop them from spreading," @spsaki.bsky.social writes on @vox.com, citing CEID's @beaconbio.bsky.social program as one such early detection system. spr.ly/633267wkRE
- When Takeda withdrew its application for FDA approval of their dengue vaccine, Qdenga, in 2023, they did not have enough data at the time on its efficacy against all 4 serotypes, explains CEID faculty Dr. David Hamer (@busph.bsky.social). More at @gohealio.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/infecti...
