Infectious Disease, Travel Medicine, CBRNE, Mass Gathering and Mass Casualty

Washington DC
Joined February 2014
Join usfor an essential Lunch Symposium on May 13, 1pm CT CISTM 19 at the Hilton New OrleansRiverside Conference Hotelto explore the rising global health risks posed by Chikungunya(CHIKV) and Japanese Encephalitis(JEV) in an era shaped by climate change and global travel. 🌏✈️
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If you are interested in tropical medicine, climate change, and One Health, meet us in Borneo (the land of the orangutans). I will speak on the rise of Mpox and other communicable diseases.
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WHO has declared that the COVID-19 PHEIC is over as of today
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Brief update on #Omicron XBB.1.X👇 XBB sublineages incl XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16, XBB.1.9 are dominant worldwide. Surveillance is so so impt. Be vigilant. Each week millions of people (re)infected, hundreds of thousands are in hospital & thousands are dying from #COVID19. Be safe.
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Join us for #iSEECongress2023 and our luncheon keynote with Dr. Aileen Marty of @FIU, to explore the multidisciplinary approach needed to predict, prepare for, mitigate and resolve future pandemics. 🔷 Congress info: sustainability.illinois.edu/… 🔶 Register: forms.illinois.edu/sec/19157…
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As you watch these amazing creatures, consider what you might be breathing @IDSAInfo #fungi #fungal #infection
Fungal Species Across the Planet.
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On Jan. 26, 2023, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is meeting and will discuss plans for future vaccinations for COVID-19 for those who have already received all the current boosters.
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The planning and changes of plans were clearly less than optimal, so sad
Yesterday I went to a #Shanghai public hospital and it is swamped by patients, the majority of them are elderly in need of oxygen, no room for people. This wave is going to be tough ...
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Vaccination to Prevent #LongCovid. Prior studies considered vaccination’s role on prevalence of future long COVID, this study characterize the link between vaccination & clinical long COVID- shows that vaccines retain protective effects against long COVID medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Buckle up, these new subtypes of #Omicron have some serious #mutations. #itsnotover.
We are seeing multiple variants with convergent evolution that will drive the next wave. All variants with 5+ key RBD mutations can be grouped together, I am referring to this group as "Pentagon" for sharing the 5 mutations. Thank you @CorneliusRoemer for covspectrum collection
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I just registered for IDWeek 2022! Come and join us!! registration.experientevent.…
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#Listeria Outbreak Linked to Brie and Camembert Cheese | CDC, Be careful what you eat! cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/m…
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