@GlobalBioD

News on pathogens and preparedness for public health emergencies. Health security, rapid diagnostics, CBRN medical countermeasures.

 Seattle, WA
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Joined April 2011
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This is our last tweet. Join us on the Threads or visit our website. So long and thanks for all the fish.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar24 Jul 2023
ELON MUSK: -pushes homophobic disinfo -bans journalists for no reason -promotes bigots & disinformation purveyors -sends lavish payments to right-wingers, including credibly accused human trafficker -wrecks the site -prompts exodus from the platform when he changes Twitter's logo
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3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak in Washington State nyti.ms/3rAEgkN

3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak in Washington State (Published 2023)

Health officials said five cases of listeriosis in Puget Sound were probably caused by the same unidentified food source. All of those infected were older than 60.

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Tom Inglesby, MD@T_Inglesby21 Jul 2023
Deeply concerning House budget bill has major reductions in HHS programs, including huge cuts to programs that prepare the country for epidemics and emergencies at CDC, as well as large cuts to programs at NIH + ARPA-H - important to reconsider these as budget process moves ahead
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Biodefense Headlines: advancements in Ebola and Marburg vaccines; CSU bat research facility fighting misinformation attacks; Biden's NIH leader nomination held up by Sen. Sanders; and a podcast on the goddess of smallpox. bit.ly/3pQnkq9
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Art of the Kill: Designing and Testing Viral Inactivation Procedures for Highly Pathogenic Negative Sense RNA Viruses bit.ly/3DiTH3G
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Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: Advances in the Development of Cell-Penetrating and Antimicrobial Peptides against Leishmaniosis and Chagas Disease bit.ly/44GEEfG
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Immunogenicity of poxvirus-based vaccines against Nipah virus - Scientific Reports go.nature.com/3NY041c
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National Security Memorandum on Strengthening the Security and Resilience of United States Food and Agriculture bit.ly/44IPXnO
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A Novel Triple Reassortment H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus: Characteristics, Pathogenicity, and Transmissibility bit.ly/44golXn

A Novel Triple Reassortment H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus: Characteristics, Pathogenicity, and...

An increasing number of new subtypes of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are reported to be infecting humans, including H3N2, H5N1, H7N9, H10N8, and the recently emerged H3N8 virus in China in 2022....

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NIAID Awards Multiple Contracts for Radiation Medical Countermeasures and Biodosimetry Device bit.ly/3D6lWm6
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FebriDx Diagnostic Receives FDA Clearance: Rapid test can assist emergency care clinicians in differentiation of bacterial vs. viral infections to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory infections. bit.ly/3NHLI54
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UK COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations Down. People aged 85 years and over continue to have the highest hospital admission rates, though these have continued to decline this week to 8.61 per 100,000 from 22.4 per 100,000 bit.ly/44xEI1t

UK COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations Down

While COVID-19 rates continue to be low, the virus is still in circulation. Those who are older or immunosuppressed are still at higher risk of being

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Stephen Goldstein@stgoldst7 Jul 2023
Only thing to say about this is simply that it’s gibberish
Allahpundit
@allahpundit6 Jun 2021
a new oped in the wsj claims that the virus’s genome points to a lab leak, not zoonotic origin wsj.com/articles/the-science…
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on profiles of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria in hospital wastewater bit.ly/3XSkhKF
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Bacterial and fungal superinfections are detected at higher frequency in critically ill patients affected by SARS CoV‐2 infection than negative patients and are associated to a worse outcome | Journal of Medical Virology bit.ly/3Xz1svP
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Where do viruses hide in the human body? | The BMJ bit.ly/3NGnNTH
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Broad Sarbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies Obtained by Computational Design and Synthetic Library Screening | Journal of Virology bit.ly/43fXI3k
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Therapeutic Benefits of Stem Cells and Exosomes for Sulfur-Mustard-Induced Tissue Damage bit.ly/3XDgW1z #CBRNE #MCM

Therapeutic Benefits of Stem Cells and Exosomes for Sulfur-Mustard-Induced Tissue Damage

Sulfur mustard (SM) is a highly toxic chemical agent that causes severe tissue damage, particularly to the eyes, lungs, and skin. Despite advances in treatment, there is a need for more effective...

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Safety and immunogenicity of a purified inactivated Zika virus vaccine candidate in adults primed with a Japanese encephalitis virus or yellow fever virus vaccine in the USA bit.ly/3JFAmgC
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IL-1R2-based biomarker models predict melioidosis mortality independent of clinical data bit.ly/3NVXQR7

Frontiers | IL-1R2-based biomarker models predict melioidosis mortality independent of clinical data

Introduction: Melioidosis is an often-fatal tropical infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, but few studies have ...

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