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Larry Madoff
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Infectious disease and public health doc.
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Oregon, USA: Pertussis – Record 1475 Cases Surpass 75-Year High, Infant Death Reported

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=823e0972-7836-4708-bc79-d67d10695ee9&eventid=3c76f11b-6228-45ee-b634-92bf6aab599e&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Rift Valley fever outbreak in northern Senegal’s Saint-Louis Region: update on case numbers and genomic sequencing results
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=1eadfd5c-f577-4598-940d-f2151522c0ea&eventid=af4e981f-8dec-4cef-899f-06995b647b0a&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Human cutaneous anthrax case in Jalal-Abad Region Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan highlights endemic risk

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Jalal Abad, Kyrgyzstan
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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beaconbio.bsky.social
Rift Valley fever outbreaks in multiple livestock species in Brakna region, Mauritania

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=76ac0210-ef80-41f4-98ab-706b913bfb3d&eventid=379194ae-83ec-4f1e-b669-428859906352&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Measles, Israel - Seventh measles-related death

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October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Measles outbreak, Mexico - cases increase to more than 4800 with 22 deaths amid spread across 25 states
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=0f60e1a3-3ae4-40fd-840d-49e684dd439d&eventid=969c949e-a3d9-45df-9295-e37d92346030&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Japanese Encephalitis, Nepal - increase in cases and deaths

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October 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Influenza. Thailand - Over 700,000 Cases and 61 Deaths

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Thailand
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Flea-borne typhus cases in Los Angeles County, California, are rising, with 106 cases reported in 2025.
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flea
September 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Cholera outbreak in Birgunj, Nepal: More than 600 cases with three deaths
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chart of cholera hospitalizations in Nepal
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Measles surge in Mexico continues, with 4,140 confirmed cases and at least 15 deaths; heaviest toll in under-vaccinated and indigenous communities.
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measles rash
September 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Chikungunya cases are increasing in Chattogram, Bangladesh with 2,744 cases reported, while national chikungunya statistics remain incomplete.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Foodborne illness affecting more than 150 individuals following a housewarming party in Gia Lai Province, Viet Nam
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September 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Fatal Hendra virus case in a horse in Queensland, Australia, marking first case in three years
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July 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Sudan is facing an escalating cholera crisis driven by conflict-related disruptions and environmental conditions
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July 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Assam, India with 32 hospitalizations and four deaths
BEACON
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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4 members of #CDC's vaccine expert panel have received termination notices — their special gov't employee contracts have expired. Not clear if job cutting has hamstrung the bureaucracy or if more is at play here. But unless they get new SGEs they can't serve on #ACIP www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/c...
With U.S. vaccine policy in flux, four members of CDC advisory panel receive termination notices
Four members of the ACIP, which advises the CDC on vaccination policy, have had their status as special government employees terminated
www.statnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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There's so much more to say, and most of it is in the story: studies proving harms overseas, success in land access here, competing definitions of value and beauty, and what happens when we pay deep attention to something we've always taken for granted.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/look...
Why You Should Look for ‘Slow Flowers’ Grown without Dangerous Chemicals That Dominate the U.S. Market
New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the U.S. flower market
www.scientificamerican.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Let me distract you with some good news for weekend reading:
I have a story in the March @sciam.bsky.social, which I've been working on for a year, about a local US movement that wants to make a major agricultural crop safer and healthier — and is succeeding.
That crop is: Flowers.
Against a backdrop of a close-up of a giant pink, yellow and coral dahlia, white text says: "The Imperfect Bloom: New slow-flower farms are growing beautiful blooms — without the health-harming chemicals used by giant overseas operations that dominate the US flower market." By Maryn McKenna. Photography by Jesse Burke. Image used with permission.
March 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The communications pause for federal health agencies meant that the CDC couldn't publish the MMWR this week -- the first time in the publication's 60+ year history this has happened.

Unhappy about this! Getting good data published on infectious threats is critical, especially as H5N1 looms. #IDSky
Let's Hope the MMWR Resumes Publication Sooner Rather Than Later
To us specialists in Infectious Diseases, there are certain verities we hold near and dear to our hearts: Antibiotics are miracle drugs, but the bugs will become resistant if we don’t use them respons...
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January 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The immediate halting of funding to #PEPFAR places millions of lives in jeopardy. The IAS urgently calls on policy makers and stakeholders to restore the funding lifeline to this pivotal programme.

Lives depend on it, right now.

Read our full statement:
IAS statement: PEPFAR freeze threatens millions of lives
25 January 2025 (
www.iasociety.org
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Go to feeds, search for the science feed and click add :) it will appear at your Bluesky menu ;)
December 16, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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#USDA confirmed another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd in California, the state's 713th. CA says that 147 of those herds have recovered & cleared quarantine.
Cumulative national total is 930 herds in 16 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
January 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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CEID director @bhadeliamd.bsky.social tells @nbcnews.com vaccine manufacturers should be assessing their capability for surge capacity should they need to mass produce vaccines protecting against the growing number of #H5N1 cases.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Trump and Biden officials begin talks on bird flu crisis
The H5N1 virus has killed millions of poultry, driving up the price of eggs and causing some shortages.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Public Health Agency of Canada has increased its risk assessment for H5N1 bird flu, saying, while the risk remains low for the general public, the situation is worsening, according to Ottawa Citizen.
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM