My cat just sneezed right in my eye, so if I happen to die of some brand new zoonotic disease in the next couple of days, you know what happened.
September 27, 2026 at 11:48 PM
My cat just sneezed right in my eye, so if I happen to die of some brand new zoonotic disease in the next couple of days, you know what happened.
NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The one thing stupider than inviting zoonotic disease is inviting zoonotic disease and rejecting vaccination. Surely no one would be *that* stupid? 🧪
I don’t think it’s misleading at all.
Pandemic preparedness is not waiting until it hits but seeing the writing on the wall.
Avian influenza is a real and imminent threat. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
But doing stupid things like drinking raw milk doesn’t help
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Pandemic preparedness is not waiting until it hits but seeing the writing on the wall.
Avian influenza is a real and imminent threat. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
But doing stupid things like drinking raw milk doesn’t help
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Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY Pandemic influenza virus has its origins in avian influenza viruses. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 is already panzootic in poultry, with attendant economic consequences. It continues to cross species barriers to infect ...
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November 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
The one thing stupider than inviting zoonotic disease is inviting zoonotic disease and rejecting vaccination. Surely no one would be *that* stupid? 🧪
A ZOONOTIC vector is a disease spread by animals. These are often referred to as spillover diseases once they get into the human population. H5N1 is a zoonotic spillover disease.
September 13, 2024 at 8:09 PM
A ZOONOTIC vector is a disease spread by animals. These are often referred to as spillover diseases once they get into the human population. H5N1 is a zoonotic spillover disease.
If you get a heretofore unknown zoonotic disease, insist they name it after you!
April 25, 2024 at 7:10 PM
If you get a heretofore unknown zoonotic disease, insist they name it after you!
IF YOU GET A NEW ZOONOTIC DISEASE WILL YOU SEND ME A DEAD BAT
April 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
IF YOU GET A NEW ZOONOTIC DISEASE WILL YOU SEND ME A DEAD BAT
And the veteran CDC employee Dan Jernigan who ran the emerging and zoonotic infectious disease unit.
August 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And the veteran CDC employee Dan Jernigan who ran the emerging and zoonotic infectious disease unit.
“Penn Vet Announces Third Annual Symposium on Zoonotic Disease Research” | Register for the Peter Hotez’s lecture moderated by me on March 19 #ScienceUnderSiege
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February 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Penn Vet Announces Third Annual Symposium on Zoonotic Disease Research” | Register for the Peter Hotez’s lecture moderated by me on March 19 #ScienceUnderSiege
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Today, class, we're going to discuss the weird and unexpected history of zoonotic disease and how some diseases end up crossing species barriers. 😬
May 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Today, class, we're going to discuss the weird and unexpected history of zoonotic disease and how some diseases end up crossing species barriers. 😬
Bats are the spookiest animal because of their role as a vector in zoonotic disease.
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bats are the spookiest animal because of their role as a vector in zoonotic disease.
⚠️ BREAKING:
Local Health Expert Warns "Mystery Disease" in DRC May Be Zoonotic in Origin
A local health expert, speaking to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, expressed concern that the "mystery disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have a zoonotic origin.
Local Health Expert Warns "Mystery Disease" in DRC May Be Zoonotic in Origin
A local health expert, speaking to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, expressed concern that the "mystery disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have a zoonotic origin.
December 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Local Health Expert Warns "Mystery Disease" in DRC May Be Zoonotic in Origin
A local health expert, speaking to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, expressed concern that the "mystery disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have a zoonotic origin.
Local Health Expert Warns "Mystery Disease" in DRC May Be Zoonotic in Origin
A local health expert, speaking to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, expressed concern that the "mystery disease" in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have a zoonotic origin.
More pheasants equates to an increase in #LymeDisease carrying ticks.
Paper:
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
@lymediseaseuk.bsky.social
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
Paper:
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
@lymediseaseuk.bsky.social
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
Spillback is potentially an important mechanism by which non-natives contribute to zoonotic disease emergence. We capitalise on quasi-experimental releases of non-native pheasants (Phasianus colchicu....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
More pheasants equates to an increase in #LymeDisease carrying ticks.
Paper:
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
@lymediseaseuk.bsky.social
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
Paper:
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
@lymediseaseuk.bsky.social
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
This is so cool. A new R implementation of our 2003 work on the role of evolution in emerging infectious diseases makes it easy to explore how beneficial mutations can drive the emergence of novel zoonotic disease.
A pathogen that has R<1 could still cause 'stuttering chains' of transmission and mutate to become more transmissible.
New vignette by @jwlambert.bsky.social in {superspreading} R package includes functions to explore this process: epiverse-trace.github.io/superspreadi...
New vignette by @jwlambert.bsky.social in {superspreading} R package includes functions to explore this process: epiverse-trace.github.io/superspreadi...
July 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is so cool. A new R implementation of our 2003 work on the role of evolution in emerging infectious diseases makes it easy to explore how beneficial mutations can drive the emergence of novel zoonotic disease.
Atm its pretty vague actually! :') We don't really have proper job titles for my specality. I study zoonotic disease (paleopathology, disease ecology, bioarch) but I also conserve biological museum objects (and paintings, and other stuff)
October 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Atm its pretty vague actually! :') We don't really have proper job titles for my specality. I study zoonotic disease (paleopathology, disease ecology, bioarch) but I also conserve biological museum objects (and paintings, and other stuff)
zoonotic disease should not exist. i should be able to give any animal a kiss
April 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
zoonotic disease should not exist. i should be able to give any animal a kiss
Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
Spillback is potentially an important mechanism by which non-natives contribute to zoonotic disease emergence. We capitalise on quasi-experimental releases of non-native pheasants (Phasianus colchicu...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If you get alpha-gal from a tick bite, caused by climate catastrophe, and become allergic to red meat & dairy, well, there's always shrimp, which, certainly also thanks to climate catastrophe increasing oceanic temperatures forcing new zoonotic disease pathways to form, can now make you go blind
April 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
If you get alpha-gal from a tick bite, caused by climate catastrophe, and become allergic to red meat & dairy, well, there's always shrimp, which, certainly also thanks to climate catastrophe increasing oceanic temperatures forcing new zoonotic disease pathways to form, can now make you go blind
the synthesis between the zoonotic disease and lab leak theories is "covid was the result of a sinister experiment to create biological weapons, conducted by a bat", and I don't think we've thought about that possibility to enough
March 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
the synthesis between the zoonotic disease and lab leak theories is "covid was the result of a sinister experiment to create biological weapons, conducted by a bat", and I don't think we've thought about that possibility to enough
How worried should you be about bird flu, lyme disease, rabies?
We asked the BC Centre for Disease Control about staying safe from zoonotic diseases. 🦇🦟🐓
We asked the BC Centre for Disease Control about staying safe from zoonotic diseases. 🦇🦟🐓
How Worried Should We Be about Bird Flu, Lyme Disease and Rabies? | The Tyee
We asked the BC Centre for Disease Control about staying safe from zoonotic diseases.
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December 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
How worried should you be about bird flu, lyme disease, rabies?
We asked the BC Centre for Disease Control about staying safe from zoonotic diseases. 🦇🦟🐓
We asked the BC Centre for Disease Control about staying safe from zoonotic diseases. 🦇🦟🐓
Sampling bias is universal, but otherwise, every unhappy disease is emerging in its own way. Heterogeneity makes biological sense: flu spillovers happen on farms; biodiversity loss drives Lyme disease. But effects of, e.g., deforestation are not universal - **especially for zoonotic spillover**.
September 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Sampling bias is universal, but otherwise, every unhappy disease is emerging in its own way. Heterogeneity makes biological sense: flu spillovers happen on farms; biodiversity loss drives Lyme disease. But effects of, e.g., deforestation are not universal - **especially for zoonotic spillover**.
Foods that aren't vectors of zoonotic disease are counter-inflationary.
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Foods that aren't vectors of zoonotic disease are counter-inflationary.
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk | doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology 🪶 🧪
April 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk | doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology 🪶 🧪