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🇪🇺 Scientific Working group on #Influenza & other Respiratory Viruses #RSV #COVID19 #ESWI2025 #ESWIAirborne #ESWIEducationHub #InfluenzaDiabetesCommunity
📩 #ESWI November #Fluzine is LIVE!
#ESWI2025 highlights & pictures
🎙️ IDC → Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections & NCDs
📜 Read the Steering Group on Prevention of Respiratory Infections manifesto
📍 Explore #ESWIEducationHub: mailchi.mp/eswi/fluzine...
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📣 Heidi Larson Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project shares an important reminder: we need a much broader range of public voices involved in communicating about vaccination.🎧 Dive deeper shorturl.at/kQqKKT
#ESWIAirborne #ESWIEducationHub
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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#RTI2026
🚨Extended Abstract Submission Deadline – 1 December 2025🚨

Share your latest findings by taking part in the Rising Star program or apply to be an Oral or Poster Presenter.

Be part of the global conversation on respiratory infections!

Submit here: rti-forum.org/2026/?page_i...
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
💡 Ted van Essen & Sue Saville raised a crucial question: Can chatbots and AI help ensure people receive clear, reliable answers to their health concerns? 🎧 Explore this discussion in the bonus episode of #ESWIAirborne: shorturl.at/kQqKKT

#ESWIEducationHub #COVID19 #Influenza #flu #RSV #hMPV
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🌍 World AMR Awareness Week📅
#AMR threatens our ability to prevent and treat infectious diseases, affecting preparedness and the clinical management of respiratory infections
Read more: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
Featured in this month’s Fluzine—stay tuned !
#WAAW2025 #AMR #ESWI
Europe-wide monitoring for antimicrobial resistance in surface waters can help improve data on health risks
Monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to better protect public health, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) study published today, which identifies priorities for setting ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
💙 It’s #WorldDiabetesDay!
People living with diabetes face higher risks from #influenza
🎧 Listen to our podcast episode “Spotlight on the burden of flu for people living with diabetes” to learn more: eswi.org/activities/p...
More content on this topic coming soon!
#PublicHealth
Spotlight on the burden of flu for people living with diabetes | ESWI
Why are people with diabetes more at risk from flu? What are the options for reducing the risk? What are the challenges and solutions to increase awareness across health care professionals, researcher...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣 Heidi Larson, Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, highlights a crucial insight: health professionals are among the most trusted voices when it comes to vaccines, but we need to mobilise a broader network of voices! 🎧 Dive deeper: #ESWIAirbornehttps://shorturl.at/D99wL

#ESWIEducationHub
Intervention Strategies: Bonus Episode - Busting myths and restoring trust in vaccines | ESWI
What are the causes for the steady and at times dramatic decline in vaccine confidence seen since the mid-90’s across certain age-groups and communities? Why has the public discourse changed?
shorturl.at
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Closing the week, celebrating progress!
🆕 Read #ESWI2025 press note ➡️
eswi.org/activities/c...
📽️ Watch the Day 4️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap4#artic...
📰 #ESWIViralTimes Headline #ECaS #ESWI2025 ➡️ eswiconference.org
International acute respiratory virus experts gather for the 10th ESWI Conference in Valencia despite global pressures on health systems | ESWI
Close to 700 leading scientists, public health experts, policymakers and industry representatives gathered for four days to discuss the latest advances in influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and hMPV.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
💫 And that’s a wrap on #ESWI2025!
In heartfelt closing remarks chaired by Colin Russell, with Ab Osterhaus, Stefania Maggi, and Marco Goeijenbier, the room was filled with gratitude, inspiration, and excitement for what’s next —
✨ See you at #ESWI2027!
#PublicHealth #Science
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎓 The final keynote of #ESWI2025 featured Tor Biering-Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, 🇩🇰) presenting the FLUNITY-HD study — a pooled analysis of the DANFLU-2 and GALFLU trials linking influenza vaccination to cardiovascular protection💉❤️
#Vaccines #PublicHealth
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🧬 At #ESWI2025 Late Breakers: Novel and Outstanding Discoveries, Rory de Vries highlighted the importance of boosters for pandemic preparedness and immunity
His study: Adjuvanted inactivated H5N8 vaccine induces antibody & T-cell responses to emerging H5N1 viruses in HCWs💉
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
💉 During “Unlocking the Value of Vaccines as a Tool to Support the Management of #NCDs” at #ESWI2025, Stefania Maggi urged action:
“It’s very disturbing — and we are not there yet.”
A powerful reminder that prevention through vaccination remains unfinished business 💪
#Vaccines
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🎉 Congrats to the Early Career Scientist Award winners at #ESWI2025!
🏅 DEI: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa
🏅 Best Body of Work: 🇩🇪 Kevin Ciminski
🏅 Vaccine Innovation: 🇬🇷 Marios Koutsakos
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#ESWI2025 | #ESWI #ECaS
🏆 Celebrating the long-standing commitment, curiosity & exceptional teamwork of everyone involved.
✨ Congratulations to
🏅 Claude Hannoun Prize for Best Body of Work: Kevin Ciminski
💉 Young Scientist Vaccine Innovation Award: Marios Koutsakos
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🏅 At #ESWI2025, five inspiring young researchers received the Early Career Scientist #DEI Awards: 🇪🇹 Wadilo Wada Fiseha 🇱🇰 Shiyamalee Arunasalam 🇮🇷 Aida Abbasi 🇧🇯 Kissira Islamiath 🇲🇬 Razanajatovo Norosoa
Their stories reflect resilience and global scientific excellence 🌍
#ECaS
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
💉 Healthcare workers are key to boosting #VaccinationUptake — yet ECDC data shows low COVID-19 vaccine rates across Europe: 13.6% in 🇧🇪 Belgium to just 0.5% in 🇧🇬 Bulgaria.
At #ESWI2025, Michael Moore calls to unlock the full value of vaccines in managing #NCDs.
#PublicHealth
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📜 At #ESWI2025 Maria Zambon traces the history of how we understand pandemics — from religious interpretations to the rise of rational, evidence-based therapeutics
A fascinating look at how science reshaped our view of disease and response🧠
#PublicHealth #Pandemic #History
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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🌍 Delighted to speak at #ESWI2025 in Valencia on how #infection can decompensate, unmask, or trigger #NCDs — a vital link we see daily in practice.

💡 Time to act: Let's prevent NCDs by preventing infections.

#InfectiousDiseases #IDC #PublicHealth #Influenza #Prevention
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October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#ESWI2025 Conference Daily: Momentum builds on Day 2️⃣
📽️ Watch the Day 2️⃣ recap video ➡️ eswiconference.org/recap2#artic...
📰 #ESWIViralTimes Headline #ECaS #ESWI2025 eswiconference.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Excited to see things being set up for the #ESWI2025 meeting in Valencia
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#ESWI2025 | Keynote Address I Day 3️⃣
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut 🇩🇪 warns that the next #Pandemic could start with a kiss 💋 — highlighting how human activity, including the growing food production and poultry farming, drives the emergence of new influenza viruses.
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🔬At #ESWI2025 Gülsah Gabriel presents a project on pandemic-resilient school design, rethinking learning spaces for future crises
🇳🇱 Ron Fouchier introduces the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center in the Netherlands and the rising risks of global pandemics
#Preparedness
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#ESWI2025 I #ScienceCommunication #Trust #RiskCommunication #PublicHealth
Frédéric Bouder @unistavanger.bsky.social 🇳🇴
✅ Effective communication of benefits and risks is a key factor in building #Trust
🧭 The three pillars of #Trust: Fairness, Competence, Efficiency
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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What a great session and fantastic advice from the panel on how to navigate your career. With fantastic questions from our ECR/ECaS audience.

Choose/find a path that you are passionate about and a career is rarely a straight line
🎓 #ESWI2025 #ECaS “Life After PhD” session — inspiring insights from Meral Akçay, Debby Van Riel,
@goeijenbier
, Jane Barratt &
@CvandeSandt

From balancing life & work to finding motivation and learning from failure — honest advice for the next generation of scientists💡
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🧬 #ESWI2025 I Insightful Keynotes
#ESWI member Gülsah Gabriel on exploring the link between #COVID19 infection and sex hormones
@adamjkucharski @lshtm.bsky.social on understanding viral and antibody kinetics to strengthen #Influenza and #COVID19 surveillance and control 💡
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM