This is huge!
Being able to differentiate for measles using a rapid test will enable timely vaccination campaigns and public health responses
#globalhealth #IDEpi
Being able to differentiate for measles using a rapid test will enable timely vaccination campaigns and public health responses
#globalhealth #IDEpi
You know what, the world finds a way to keep advancing
Even as measles outbreaks are raging across Global North countries, fueled by disinformation, Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Africa has developed the world’s first rapid test for measles!
Bravo! @pasteur.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
Even as measles outbreaks are raging across Global North countries, fueled by disinformation, Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Africa has developed the world’s first rapid test for measles!
Bravo! @pasteur.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social
April 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This is huge!
Being able to differentiate for measles using a rapid test will enable timely vaccination campaigns and public health responses
#globalhealth #IDEpi
Being able to differentiate for measles using a rapid test will enable timely vaccination campaigns and public health responses
#globalhealth #IDEpi
IDEpi: a dedicated Bluesky feed for Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
This feed collects posts tagged with #IDEpi or keyword combinations like #IDSky + #EpiSky.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Access here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
This feed collects posts tagged with #IDEpi or keyword combinations like #IDSky + #EpiSky.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Access here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
IDEpi: a dedicated Bluesky feed for Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
This feed collects posts tagged with #IDEpi or keyword combinations like #IDSky + #EpiSky.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Access here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
This feed collects posts tagged with #IDEpi or keyword combinations like #IDSky + #EpiSky.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
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"The book blends a sweeping history of public health with a clear examination of our messy present. It delivers a timely, urgent and often deeply personal account of vaccination’s role in our world."
www.croakey.org/review-vacci...
#CroakeyREAD
www.croakey.org/review-vacci...
#CroakeyREAD
A compelling call for science to “reclaim the stage” in an age of misinformation and distrust
A new book, Vaccine Nation: Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress, offers a sweeping account of
www.croakey.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
❓ Would you like to find out about historical epidemiological patterns of infection with different A/H3N2 influenza strains? #IDEpi #IDSky 🧪
🧵 See thread by @jameshay.bsky.social and the associated publication👇
🧵 See thread by @jameshay.bsky.social and the associated publication👇
Hello influenza enthusiasts! You may be interested in our recent publication linked below. We used multi-strain serology to figure out who got infected with which A/H3N2 influenza strain and when, allowing us to reconstruct epidemiological patterns back to 1968 stratified by time, age and location.
Reconstructed influenza A/H3N2 infection histories using multistrain serology, paper out in PLOS Biology plos.io/3YIDQpt! We inferred lifetime infections and antibody levels for 1130 individuals in Guangzhou, China, giving insights into long-term influenza incidence and immunity.
Thread below:
Thread below:
January 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
❓ Would you like to find out about historical epidemiological patterns of infection with different A/H3N2 influenza strains? #IDEpi #IDSky 🧪
🧵 See thread by @jameshay.bsky.social and the associated publication👇
🧵 See thread by @jameshay.bsky.social and the associated publication👇
Thrilled to co-teach Infectious Disease Epidemiology at UTSW SPH this semester!
Grateful to Dr. Evans for her excellent talk on vaccine-preventable diseases, with a timely overview of the measles outbreak in Texas. #IDepi #VaccinesWork
Grateful to Dr. Evans for her excellent talk on vaccine-preventable diseases, with a timely overview of the measles outbreak in Texas. #IDepi #VaccinesWork
February 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thrilled to co-teach Infectious Disease Epidemiology at UTSW SPH this semester!
Grateful to Dr. Evans for her excellent talk on vaccine-preventable diseases, with a timely overview of the measles outbreak in Texas. #IDepi #VaccinesWork
Grateful to Dr. Evans for her excellent talk on vaccine-preventable diseases, with a timely overview of the measles outbreak in Texas. #IDepi #VaccinesWork
What is this new capitalistic hellscape the #academicpublishing industry is now enforcing?!
To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?!
#academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi
To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?!
#academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi
July 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
What is this new capitalistic hellscape the #academicpublishing industry is now enforcing?!
To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?!
#academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi
To be able to read a paper that authors have paid to be published, and needs a subscription to be read, I have to either consent to trackers or pay for my privacy?!
#academicchatter #research #MedSky #IDEpi
Beyond “the gap”: From surveillance to sovereignty in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health data – Croakey Health Media
www.croakey.org/beyond-the-g...
By Keziah Bennett-Brook and Associate Professor Julieann Coombes, from The George Institute for Global Health
www.croakey.org/beyond-the-g...
By Keziah Bennett-Brook and Associate Professor Julieann Coombes, from The George Institute for Global Health
Beyond “the gap”: From surveillance to sovereignty in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health data
Introduction by Croakey: Ahead of National Close the Gap Day on 19 March, the Close the Gap campaign published a
www.croakey.org
March 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This is super important - AMR impacts different ages groups differently and we MUST report age-delimited data in our surveillance reports
#MedSky #IDEpi #PediSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDEpi #PediSky #IDSky
Study: Over 3 million child deaths in 2022 linked to antibiotic-resistant infections. Africa & Southeast Asia hardest hit. AMR a growing global health crisis. #AMR #News
Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance
Antimicrobial resistance - known as AMR - develops when the microbes that cause infections evolve...
www.bbc.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Congratulations to David Foley and the PathWest team for this important publication, especially considering the increase of syphilis in Australia
#MicroSky #IDEpi #IDSky
#MicroSky #IDEpi #IDSky
📣 Foley et al assess #syphilis PCR & serology in >8K Australian patients
#Serology: still essential for first infections & reinfections
#PCR: limited add'l benefit in first infections; w/ serology can improve detection of reinfections
#IDSky #clinmicro #diagnosticstewardship
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#Serology: still essential for first infections & reinfections
#PCR: limited add'l benefit in first infections; w/ serology can improve detection of reinfections
#IDSky #clinmicro #diagnosticstewardship
ow.ly/hh0M50Y5j50
The utility of combined syphilis PCR and serology during an outbreak in Western Australia: A multicentre retrospective diagnostic evaluation
Syphilis has re-emerged as a global public health concern. Although serology is well established, the role of PCR remains unclear. We evaluated the di…
ow.ly
January 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The Journal of Infectious Diseases has just released a special collection of papers devoted to "Contemporary Research on #AMR", covering mechanisms of resistance and virulence, pharmacokinetics, drug development, and wastewater surveillance
@jidjournal.bsky.social
#IDEpi #MedSky #IDSky #AMS
@jidjournal.bsky.social
#IDEpi #MedSky #IDSky #AMS
Validate User
academic.oup.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Today I'm at the Environmental Health Australia WA State Conference
Did you know that with every 1°C increase in temperature, there's an 8.8% increase in foodborne Salmonellosis cases?
#publichealth #IDEpi
Did you know that with every 1°C increase in temperature, there's an 8.8% increase in foodborne Salmonellosis cases?
#publichealth #IDEpi
March 31, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Today I'm at the Environmental Health Australia WA State Conference
Did you know that with every 1°C increase in temperature, there's an 8.8% increase in foodborne Salmonellosis cases?
#publichealth #IDEpi
Did you know that with every 1°C increase in temperature, there's an 8.8% increase in foodborne Salmonellosis cases?
#publichealth #IDEpi
Opinion piece by Peter Hotez on opportunities for vaccine advocation & counter anti-vaccine activism #IDsky #IDEpi 🧪
📊 Granular spatial data to assess regions of vaccine hesitancy & resistance
🤢 Explain illness risks vs vaccine side effects 💉
⚠️ Combat disinformation
🏫 Expand education activities
📊 Granular spatial data to assess regions of vaccine hesitancy & resistance
🤢 Explain illness risks vs vaccine side effects 💉
⚠️ Combat disinformation
🏫 Expand education activities
Just published on PLOS Global Public Health:
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
by Peter Hotez
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
by Peter Hotez
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
journals.plos.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
💉 Two new vaccines against serotype-3 bluetongue virus (BTV3) recommended for approval by European Medicines Agency
🧪 Bluetongue an infectious disease affecting ruminants #IDSky #IDEpi
🇪🇺 BTV3 responsible for recent outbreaks in Europe
🐑🐄 Vaccines to help protect sheep & cattle from BTV3
🧪 Bluetongue an infectious disease affecting ruminants #IDSky #IDEpi
🇪🇺 BTV3 responsible for recent outbreaks in Europe
🐑🐄 Vaccines to help protect sheep & cattle from BTV3
Two new vaccines against bluetongue recommended for approval | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
These vaccines will protect sheep and cattle from disease outbreaks of newly emerged serotype-3
www.ema.europa.eu
January 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#AMR Hotspots is now reporting rates, not just proportions of resistance (that's right people, a % of resistance is NOT A RATE).
Considering the coverage of the system, the representativeness across northern Australia is good 👍
Congratulations Hotspots team
#IDEpi #Microsky #Episky
amr-hotspots.net
Considering the coverage of the system, the representativeness across northern Australia is good 👍
Congratulations Hotspots team
#IDEpi #Microsky #Episky
amr-hotspots.net
July 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#AMR Hotspots is now reporting rates, not just proportions of resistance (that's right people, a % of resistance is NOT A RATE).
Considering the coverage of the system, the representativeness across northern Australia is good 👍
Congratulations Hotspots team
#IDEpi #Microsky #Episky
amr-hotspots.net
Considering the coverage of the system, the representativeness across northern Australia is good 👍
Congratulations Hotspots team
#IDEpi #Microsky #Episky
amr-hotspots.net
My parents were anti-vax. I got all my vaccines when I started work in a lab in my early 20s. I wasn't anti-vax, I just didn't know my vaccine status before that
We should take this opportunity to get young adults to know their vaccination status & catch-up those who missed out
#IDEpi #PublicHealth
We should take this opportunity to get young adults to know their vaccination status & catch-up those who missed out
#IDEpi #PublicHealth
ICYMI latest column on meningitis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meningitis is back – and here is why | Devi Sridhar
After two deaths, it’s right to be concerned and to discuss investment in public health. But our system is good and it’s working, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of ...
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM
My parents were anti-vax. I got all my vaccines when I started work in a lab in my early 20s. I wasn't anti-vax, I just didn't know my vaccine status before that
We should take this opportunity to get young adults to know their vaccination status & catch-up those who missed out
#IDEpi #PublicHealth
We should take this opportunity to get young adults to know their vaccination status & catch-up those who missed out
#IDEpi #PublicHealth
1/ 'Avian influenza vaccination taskforce'
👥 A joint industry, cross government group in the UK
💉🐔 Established to make recommendations for the use of vaccination of poultry as a preventative measure against HPAI in the UK. #OneHealth #IDSky #IDEpi
🔗: www.gov.uk/government/g...
👥 A joint industry, cross government group in the UK
💉🐔 Established to make recommendations for the use of vaccination of poultry as a preventative measure against HPAI in the UK. #OneHealth #IDSky #IDEpi
🔗: www.gov.uk/government/g...
Bird flu (avian influenza) vaccination task force
The task force will explore options and develop recommendations for the use of vaccination of poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu in the UK.
www.gov.uk
March 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
1/ 'Avian influenza vaccination taskforce'
👥 A joint industry, cross government group in the UK
💉🐔 Established to make recommendations for the use of vaccination of poultry as a preventative measure against HPAI in the UK. #OneHealth #IDSky #IDEpi
🔗: www.gov.uk/government/g...
👥 A joint industry, cross government group in the UK
💉🐔 Established to make recommendations for the use of vaccination of poultry as a preventative measure against HPAI in the UK. #OneHealth #IDSky #IDEpi
🔗: www.gov.uk/government/g...
The Causal Inference in #IDEpi Workshop provided great insight and discussion thanks to input from various speakers! @wjchulme.bsky.social of @bennettoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk introduced us to challenges in estimating vaccine effectiveness in routine data #OpenSAFELY (1/3)
December 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
The Causal Inference in #IDEpi Workshop provided great insight and discussion thanks to input from various speakers! @wjchulme.bsky.social of @bennettoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk introduced us to challenges in estimating vaccine effectiveness in routine data #OpenSAFELY (1/3)
A great episode to learn more about the current Ebola outbreak, if nothing else but to learn how to pronounce Bundibugyo
#IDSky #IDEpi
#IDSky #IDEpi
🎙️ Just published Communicable E55: Bonus episode – Bundibugyo Ebolavirus outbreak
Hosted by Angela Huttner and Anne-Grete Märtson with invited guests Daniel Bausch and Martin Grobusch 🌟
Listen on #Communicable: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8750e095
Hosted by Angela Huttner and Anne-Grete Märtson with invited guests Daniel Bausch and Martin Grobusch 🌟
Listen on #Communicable: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8750e095
June 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Parliament just passed into law the independent Australian Centre for Disease Control 🎉
The interim CDC will now move from under the Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability to an independent entity as of 1 Jan 2026!
#auspol #idepi #episky #medsky #idsky
The interim CDC will now move from under the Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability to an independent entity as of 1 Jan 2026!
#auspol #idepi #episky #medsky #idsky
www.cdc.gov.au
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Australian CDC might seem like a minor point for #auspol, but #publichealth affects us all. The Aus CDC will improve and consolidate surveillance systems, increasing the capacity for #IDEpi research, prevention and control.
Your vote matters.
Your vote matters.
For the upcoming #election in #Australia, the @publichealthaus.bsky.social published its Election Scorecard today, rating the #commitments made by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Liberal National Party (LNP) Coalition, and the Greens against seven #priorities put forward by #publichealth experts
April 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Australian CDC might seem like a minor point for #auspol, but #publichealth affects us all. The Aus CDC will improve and consolidate surveillance systems, increasing the capacity for #IDEpi research, prevention and control.
Your vote matters.
Your vote matters.
Happy 1st day of the World AMR Awareness Week!
To start the week off, the 2nd AGAR Kids Biennial report was published
Small increases in the %R of Enterobacterales and Enterococcus spp. isolates highlight the importance of ongoing age-delimited surveillance
#WAAW #IDsky #IDepi #MedSky #Microsky
To start the week off, the 2nd AGAR Kids Biennial report was published
Small increases in the %R of Enterobacterales and Enterococcus spp. isolates highlight the importance of ongoing age-delimited surveillance
#WAAW #IDsky #IDepi #MedSky #Microsky
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Excited to share that Kansas now has a wastewater dashboard for SARS-CoV-2, FluA/B, and RSV!
#IDEpi #Medsky #kansas #PublicHealth
#IDEpi #Medsky #kansas #PublicHealth
datainsights.kdhe.ks.gov
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Excited to share that Kansas now has a wastewater dashboard for SARS-CoV-2, FluA/B, and RSV!
#IDEpi #Medsky #kansas #PublicHealth
#IDEpi #Medsky #kansas #PublicHealth
Yesterday was Day 1 for the Australian Centres for Disease Control!
The Aus CDC operates "as a standalone national agency, strengthening Australia’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to #publichealth threats"
Here's to more consolidated health and surveillance systems!
#episky #idepi
The Aus CDC operates "as a standalone national agency, strengthening Australia’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to #publichealth threats"
Here's to more consolidated health and surveillance systems!
#episky #idepi
www.cdc.gov.au
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Yesterday was Day 1 for the Australian Centres for Disease Control!
The Aus CDC operates "as a standalone national agency, strengthening Australia’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to #publichealth threats"
Here's to more consolidated health and surveillance systems!
#episky #idepi
The Aus CDC operates "as a standalone national agency, strengthening Australia’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to #publichealth threats"
Here's to more consolidated health and surveillance systems!
#episky #idepi
🎉 Excited to announce that the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials – Antimicrobials 2026 – will be held from 26–28 February 2026 at the Adelaide Convention Centre
📅 Save the date and stay tuned for program highlights!
📅 Save the date and stay tuned for program highlights!
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM