Ebola kills thousands in Congo

Scholar power: 30.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Organización Mundial de la Salud	22%	21	30.2%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

59.0%

10.4 h

2

30.2%

Ranking score

0.198

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by John R. Lott

4%

Scholar power: 4%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 John R. Lott	-	50	-

Reposted by Naomi Wolf

2%

Scholar power: 2%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	-	11	-

Reposted by Dunlap, David Darmofal

0%

Scholar power: 0.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dunlap	2%	10	0.6%
🎓 David Darmofal	0%	11	0.0%
Total			0.6%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

51.0%

25.9 h

177

0.6%

Ranking score

0.009

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump asks an African reporter, "how is ebola going?"

September 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Reposted by Julie Novkov

2%

Scholar power: 2%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Julie Novkov	-	15	-

Social Media Lab

@socialmedialab.ca

Fascinating new research: "1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds. Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Researchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC News

New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori

www.cbc.ca

September 29, 2026 at 10:11 AM

Reposted by Naomi Wolf

2%

Scholar power: 2%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	-	11	-

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Fabián Muniesa	0%	34	0.0%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

63.0%

30.9 h

25

0.0%

Ranking score

0.007

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reuters

@reuters.com

Congo politician beaten to death after urging Ebola prevention on radio, party says reut.rs/3Vgim5e

Congo politician beaten to death after urging Ebola prevention on radio, party says

A senior member of Congo's ruling party was beaten to death after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative ‌said on Monday.

reut.rs

September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Reposted by Naomi Wolf

2%

Scholar power: 2%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	-	11	-

Reposted by Smith

2%

Scholar power: 2.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Public Health 41%, Medicine 27%, Biology 18%, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Smith	7%	12	2.4%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

63.0%

23.1 h

7

2.4%

Ranking score

0.005

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Amesh Adalja

@ameshaa.bsky.social

“The continuously high CFR, and especially the continuous high rate of deaths occurring in communities, highlights the seriousness of the disease and the persistent challenges in timely case detection and access to early and adequate patient care,”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/dr-con...

DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases, with 48% death rate

www.cidrap.umn.edu

September 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM

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