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Hannah Oros

@HannahROros

Global Health Security. New Media. Science & Technology. Opinions are my own.

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last week of the election
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If you're following the #Marburg outbreak in Rwanda, this thread provides critical context.
Craig Spencer MD MPH (@Craig_A_Spencer) profile pictureCraig Spencer MD MPH
@Craig_A_Spencer30 Sep 2024
As news of the Marburg cases in Rwanda spreads, I want to share some thoughts on where the outbreak stands, what will likely come next, and why this outbreak may (hopefully) end up being unlike other viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in the past 🧵
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H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought, ⁦@HelenBranswell⁩ writes. statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n1…
Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought

Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought

The genetic data point to a single spillover event that probably occurred in late 2023, the analysis by scientists in the U.S. and Europe suggests.

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“ProMED is a fundamentally critical public health surveillance system. It’s provided key insight through major emerging disease events.” And it is near COLLAPSE. By ⁦@HelenBranswell⁩. statnews.com/2023/08/03/prom…
ProMED, an early warning system on disease outbreaks, appears near collapse

ProMED, an early warning system on disease outbreaks, appears near collapse

The early warning disease network that alerted the world to the original SARS outbreak and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be in peril. A

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Apocalyptic view from the office today… #nyc #nofilter #WildfireSmoke
Orange skies in NYC

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Smog in NYC

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Smoggy NYC with a sailboat

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Can’t see the Statue of Liberty
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@statnews24 Apr 2023
Opinion: Small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big. trib.al/qfdGK6T
How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big

How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big

If we can’t get this right for known diseases like Marburg, what hope do we have for unknown pandemic threats?

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@propublica6 Apr 2023
For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show. The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇
Left: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in October 2022. He is seated with his fellow SCOTUS justices {not pictured]. Right: Harlan Crow in October 2015. He is photographed seated in what appears to be a room in his home.

ALT Left: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in October 2022. He is seated with his fellow SCOTUS justices {not pictured]. Right: Harlan Crow in October 2015. He is photographed seated in what appears to be a room in his home.

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After years of little #Marburg activity, there are currently 2 outbreaks underway — in Tanzania & Equatorial Guinea. It is long past time for an update on the latter. statnews.com/2023/03/21/tanz…
Tanzania reports a Marburg outbreak, Africa’s second this year

Tanzania reports a Marburg outbreak, Africa’s second this year

Africa is grappling with not one, but two outbreaks of Marburg fever, a disease that causes symptoms and a death rate comparable to Ebola, its viral cousin.

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It is getting even more impossible to ignore the climate crisis. The fact that people in power still somehow live in denial, and actively move in the wrong direction, will eventually be seen for and understood as the unprecedented betrayal it is. It is just a matter of time.
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#IPCC Synthesis Report is now available via the report microsite at ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ #ClimateChange #AR6
AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023

AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Why poverty persists in America: nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magaz…
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Good news that the other contacts of girl who died of H5N1 tested negative. But continued vigilance around infected animals will be necessary. As Malik Peiris says the current H5N1 outbreaks are “a continuum of the same outbreak that started back in 1996” nytimes.com/explain/2023/bir…
Cambodia Investigates After Father and Daughter Infected With Bird Flu (Published 2023)

Cambodia Investigates After Father and Daughter Infected With Bird Flu (Published 2023)

Two family members were infected with H5N1; the daughter died. Eleven contacts, some with symptoms, have tested negative, according to the W.H.O.

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Tracking the bird flu, experts see a familiar threat — and a virus whose course is hard to predict statnews.com/2023/02/08/trac… via @statnews
Tracking the bird flu, experts see a familiar threat — and a virus whose course is hard to predict

Tracking the bird flu, experts see a familiar threat — and a virus whose course is hard to predict

While scientists who have been studying H5N1 bird flu for a couple of decades have a very healthy respect for it, a number are hedging their bets about what the virus's future path will look like.

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H5N1 bird flu is very scary. @zeynep argues for immediate action. "This time, we have not just the warning, but also many of the tools we need to fend it off. We should not wait until it’s too late." nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opini…
Opinion | An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here (Published 2023)

Opinion | An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here (Published 2023)

Bird flu has spread widely among animals. Unless we act now, it soon could do the same among humans.

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@cmyeaton2 Feb 2023
Avian H5N1 looking increasingly concerning, with outbreaks in every state (and around the world), spillover and limited transmission in mammals. Again, the problem is not surveillance but action.
Caitlin Rivers (@cmyeaton) profile pictureCaitlin Rivers
@cmyeaton31 Jan 2023
I am begging everyone to stop equating "finding the next pandemic" with "stopping it." If we want to do something more than watch it go by, we need to spend just as much time strengthening response capabilities as surveillance & detection.
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👇👇Exactly @JenniferNuzzo We must not let the cycle of panic and neglect repeat itself. That's why we created @PandemicAction We've seen some impt advocacy wins but we must redouble our efforts ahead to convince policymakers to do what's needed to #PandemicProof 🇺🇸 🌎😱
Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH (@JenniferNuzzo) profile pictureJennifer Nuzzo, DrPH@JenniferNuzzo2 Oct 2022
In 2020, I was nearly convinced that the effects of COVID were so devastating and far-reaching that we’d finally commit—for good—to end our pandemic vulnerabilities. I’m now worried that against all sense we’ll let ourselves forget the costs of our lack of preparedness.
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This outbreak is caused by Sudan virus (a different species of ebolavirus from Ebola virus, which caused all the outbreaks in the last decade), which the approved vaccines don’t protect against. Containing this now is absolutely critical to mitigating the scale of this outbreak
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@WBC24News24 Sep 2022
Uganda reports 8 new Ebola deaths, raising total to 19
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„As an infectious disease reporter and a gay man, I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with the global public health response to monkeypox and the communication around it.“ I write about why that is in the @nytimes nytimes.com/2022/08/04/opini…
Opinion | We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia (Published 2022)

Opinion | We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia (Published 2022)

I have seen how deadly stigma can be. Communication should be clear.

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Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out theguardian.com/global-devel…
Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out

Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out

World Health Organization calls for worldwide equity as case numbers grow and countries compete for 16.4 million doses

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