Melissa DeSantiago
@thisismelissa.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Environmental Health & Engineering. Working to reduce toxic env. & occupational exposures in vulnerable communities. Views = mine.
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Today is #WorldKidneyDay
Read our latest Editorial: Kidney disease at the forefront of the global health agenda thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#AreYourKidneysOK
#FREE to read
#MedSky #EndoSky #RenalSky
Read our latest Editorial: Kidney disease at the forefront of the global health agenda thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#AreYourKidneysOK
#FREE to read
#MedSky #EndoSky #RenalSky
Kidney disease at the forefront of the global health agenda
World Kidney Day, observed this year on March 13, is a crucial reminder of the vital
role kidneys play in health. The 2025 campaign theme, Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect
Early, Protect Kidney Health, hig...
thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Today is #WorldKidneyDay
Read our latest Editorial: Kidney disease at the forefront of the global health agenda thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#AreYourKidneysOK
#FREE to read
#MedSky #EndoSky #RenalSky
Read our latest Editorial: Kidney disease at the forefront of the global health agenda thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#AreYourKidneysOK
#FREE to read
#MedSky #EndoSky #RenalSky
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Beyond Crying over Spilled Milk and Broken Eggs: What we need to do now to help contain new bird flu spillover events into dairy cows -- @andrewpekosz.bsky.social @ggronvall.bsky.social and Erin Sorrell and I have some ideas www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/time...
New Bird Flu Spillovers Threaten U.S. Milk and Eggs | Think Global Health
A strategic and biosecurity overview of what could protect U.S. agriculture and people from H5N1 infections
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Beyond Crying over Spilled Milk and Broken Eggs: What we need to do now to help contain new bird flu spillover events into dairy cows -- @andrewpekosz.bsky.social @ggronvall.bsky.social and Erin Sorrell and I have some ideas www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/time...
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Some of my former advisees have been employees of CDC and WHO. There is no benefits to preventing these scientists from jointly conducting research and publishing their findings. This decision will only hinder discovery, transparency, and health promotion.
NEW:
“CDC staff should not be co-authors on manuscripts/abstracts with WHO staff,” nor publish papers on work "funded by WHO."
From an interim guidance shared yesterday with the Influenza Division of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-wh...
“CDC staff should not be co-authors on manuscripts/abstracts with WHO staff,” nor publish papers on work "funded by WHO."
From an interim guidance shared yesterday with the Influenza Division of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-wh...
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Some of my former advisees have been employees of CDC and WHO. There is no benefits to preventing these scientists from jointly conducting research and publishing their findings. This decision will only hinder discovery, transparency, and health promotion.
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Bird flu cases in cats connected to farm workers were recently reported by @cdcofficial.bsky.social, but farm workers declined testing. Prof @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social says they must feel safe to be tested.
"People should not fear that testing positive will cause financial distress.”
"People should not fear that testing positive will cause financial distress.”
Dairy Workers May Have Passed Bird Flu to Pet Cats, CDC Study Suggests
But the study, whose publication was delayed by a pause in public communications by the agency, leaves key questions unanswered.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bird flu cases in cats connected to farm workers were recently reported by @cdcofficial.bsky.social, but farm workers declined testing. Prof @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social says they must feel safe to be tested.
"People should not fear that testing positive will cause financial distress.”
"People should not fear that testing positive will cause financial distress.”
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I was a guest on NPR's 1A today to talk about bird flu, how it's getting worse, what the new developments might mean, and how we need to be investing more--not less--in response and research efforts. the1a.org/segments/the...
The possibility of a bird flu pandemic
The CDC has confirmed 68 cases among people in the U.S. since March of last year.
the1a.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I was a guest on NPR's 1A today to talk about bird flu, how it's getting worse, what the new developments might mean, and how we need to be investing more--not less--in response and research efforts. the1a.org/segments/the...
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The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
buff.ly
February 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
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📣🗓️ Save the Date: Joint ISES and ISEE Conference August 17-20, 2025!
The 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the Int'l Society for Exposure Science & Int'l Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE 2025) will be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA August 2025!
https://www.isesisee2025.org/
The 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the Int'l Society for Exposure Science & Int'l Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE 2025) will be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA August 2025!
https://www.isesisee2025.org/
November 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM
📣🗓️ Save the Date: Joint ISES and ISEE Conference August 17-20, 2025!
The 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the Int'l Society for Exposure Science & Int'l Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE 2025) will be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA August 2025!
https://www.isesisee2025.org/
The 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of the Int'l Society for Exposure Science & Int'l Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE 2025) will be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA August 2025!
https://www.isesisee2025.org/
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With the citrus harvest at peak, farm workers are hard at work in the Bakersfield, CA orchards.
Claims that farm workers are staying home simply are not true. There is anxiety around chaotic immigration sweeps, but they continue to feed America. #WeFeedYou
Claims that farm workers are staying home simply are not true. There is anxiety around chaotic immigration sweeps, but they continue to feed America. #WeFeedYou
January 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
With the citrus harvest at peak, farm workers are hard at work in the Bakersfield, CA orchards.
Claims that farm workers are staying home simply are not true. There is anxiety around chaotic immigration sweeps, but they continue to feed America. #WeFeedYou
Claims that farm workers are staying home simply are not true. There is anxiety around chaotic immigration sweeps, but they continue to feed America. #WeFeedYou