NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

You can use this website to look up how much money goes into your state from NIH, how many jobs are supported, and more.

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One health, one flu: the re-emergence of avian influenza As the Northern Hemisphere heads into the winter season, we have an increased risk of catching influenza and other respiratory illnesses. But while the focus is mostly on human viruses, some animal viruses also thrive.

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Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started? Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable

If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while.
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky

How the US National Institutes of Health is confronting health threats in a changing world The overall health and wellbeing of a population serves as a fundamental indicator of whether a society is meeting its people's most important needs. Achieving health for all people is only possible with educational opportunity, economic productivity, effective government, inter­national cooperation, and peace. As the single largest public funder of biomedical, behavioural, and social sciences research worldwide, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a crucial role in promoting healthy societies.

This is a magnificent piece about how the NIH is “confronting health threats in a changing world,” here & worldwide

I fear that the men who Trump wants to lead HHS, which oversees NIH, and NIH will do untold damage; I hope I am wrong

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A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

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Avian flu mortality has been high in humans for over 2 decades. So why are we now seeing only mild cases in US ag industry workers?

Lots of ideas on this but no clear answer yet.

Excellent deep dive by @helenbranswell.bsky.social 👇

Happy to share that I will start my group (Jan 2025) at the Iowa State University Vet school @iastateresearch.bsky.social We will explore molecular aspects of the pathogenesis and viral-host interactions of influenza and coronavirus relevant for animals and humans #NewPI #ISU #Influenza #Coronavirus

California Dept of Public Health confirms that the child tested positive for an #H5 #birdflu virus. Still needs to be confirmed by #CDC.

Immune history shapes human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza viruses Avian H5N1 influenza viruses are circulating widely in cattle and other mammals and pose a risk for a human pandemic. Previous studies suggest that older humans are more resistant to H5N1 infections d...

I’m excited to see our paper posted
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social showing that older folks have higher levels of antibodies that recognize #H5N1 viruses compared to younger individuals. Finally some good news for old people. 1/12
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Job Alert: Florida State University is searching broadly for an Evolutionary Biologist (asst prof / tenure track). The Ecology and Evolution group here is an unusually collegial and supportive group (people matter!). Great facilities and resources.
 
Details: www.bio.fsu.edu/current_facu...

Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life balance. Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work–life...

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Using scholargoogler.com to summarize my research so far 😬😬. Looking forward to connect with more people #virus #influenza #animalmodels #molecularbiology

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Cambodian MoH/CDC just announced a fatal case of #Avian #influenza #H5N1 in a human. For 2023 this is the third case, in addition to two cases in February and the second mortality. #EpiSky #ViroSky