Final #IDSky crossword up. Environmental infections!

Answers coming tomorrow. #MedSky #EpiSky

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#GenderEquity & #Academia: Women in academia have almost five times the amount of childcare-related responsibilities that men have.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bug Detectives: The Epipocalypse, A Medical Education Game Play cards. Learn infectious diseases. Symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, and more!

⌛ Final 48 hours!

Get Bug Detectives: The Epipocalypse for cheap & the End of the Road expansion for free!

Check out the Kickstarter. Learn infectious disease by playing cards. Support indie games. Be the first to get something nerdy.

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Communicable disease threats report, 21 – 27 March 2026, Week 13 This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 14-20 March 2026 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, chikungunya, dengue, avian in...

Last week in epidemiology - check our weekly Communicable Disease Threats Report - CDTR.

Latest edition focuses on:
- respiratory virus epidemiology
- #chikungunya
- #AvianInfluenza
- #dengue
- invasive meningococcal disease
- #AedesAegypti in Luxembourg
- #measles.

➡️ bit.ly/4uYDqur
#IDSky #EpiSky

📢 #episky #mortality
Weekly death series #STMF revised and updated ☑️

#opendata ➡️ mortality.org/Data/STMF

Country-specific details in the 📰 metadata mortality.org/File/GetDocument/Public/STMF/DOC/STMFmetadata.pdf

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Microsky #neurosky #episky #pedsky #immunonosky #vaccine are matters #Meningitis remains the leading infectious cause of neurological disabilities globally, disproportionately affecting children younger than 5 years & populations in the African meningitis belt.

Next #IDSky crossword up. Foodborne infections!

Answers coming tomorrow. #MedSky #EpiSky

Environmental Health Perspectives : Read current and featured research from the Environmental Health Perspectives on ACS Publications, a trusted source for peer-reviewed journals.

#EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 🫁🧪 🌍⚖️
Environmental Health Perspectives journal, originally published by NIEHS, is now back online @acs.org.

Who Died of What in the American Revolutionary War? Disease, Battle, and Survival in the Late 18th Century The Dead of the Jersey

My attempt at an epidemiological look at US Revolutionary War deaths. Thankfully I had the work of giants like Ken Burns and PBS with great data to work off!
#EpiSky #HistoricalEpi #IDSky #WarHistory

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What If We Reversed Bayes to Test How Robust Our Findings Are to Skepticism?

In this week's issue of Causal Python Weekly:

- Lu Qian's new blog post on Reverse Bayes and evidence

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#CausalSky #EconSky #EpiSky #MLSky #StatSky

IFSAC 2023 Annual Report Report attributing illnesses to specific food categories based on 1998–2023 outbreak data.

We’ve released our 2023 annual attribution reports for three major foodborne pathogens, if interested.

#EpiSky 🧪 #FoodSafety #PublicHealth

Next #IDSky crossword up. Vaccine-preventable infections!

Answers coming tomorrow. #MedSky #EpiSky

Epidemiologist in March 2026 to Epidemiologist in March 2020. #EpiSky #PublicHealth

The White Plague Returns?: Tuberculosis and the Fragility of Public Health First for the headline question.

After 30 years of decline, tuberculosis cases started rising again in the U.S. post-COVID and globally. One of the biggest lessons from epi history is simple: Diseases don’t disappear all that often, but the infrastructure keeping them at bay does.
#IDSky #EpiSky
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📹 The recording of IDD Connect: Oceania event is available on the GSIDD YouTube channel! #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪

🔗: youtu.be/-yRQtPrKtgg

📧 Sign up to the GSIDD mailing list to receive IDD Connect Series information & other GSIDD news: www.gsidd.org/join-us

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Weekly respiratory viruses update - week 12:

- RSV circulation remains 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, with children < five years the most affected.
- Influenza circulation and hospitalisations are 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.
- SARS CoV 2 activity remains 𝗹𝗼𝘄.

More info: erviss.org
#IDsky #EpiSky #ERVISS #RespiratoryDiseases #COVID19

South Carolina has gone a full week without a new measles case Health officials are optimistic the huge outbreak could be over soon. CDC report warns of the possibility of unreported cases.

A CDC outbreak forecast warned of unreported measles cases in South Carolina. With no new cases reported in a week, is the nation’s largest outbreak in decades about to be over, or are measles cases being hidden? www.healthbeat.org/2026/03/27/s... #publichealth #medsky #episky #idsky

Is the effect heterogeneity in your data real?

Testing effect homogeneity and confounding with mixed data

In their new working paper, Ana Paula Armendariz and Martin Huber propose a framework for testing the...

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#CausalSky #EconSky #EpiSky #StatSky #MLSky

Our latest issue is out!

This issue features a rapid communication examining the local spread of the monkeypox virus clade Ib in Berlin between the end of 2025 and early 2026.

Read the issue here: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...

#EpiSky #MedSky

Article quotes @tom.medsky.social quite a bit! #medsky #idsky #episky #virosky

Pasteurization is actually rad as hell. It’s saved so many lives.

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#EpiSky
#IDSky

Next #IDSky crossword up. Vector-borne infections!

Answers coming tomorrow. #MedSky #EpiSky

#SubstanceUse #RecoveryResearch #HealthEconomics #PeerSupport #Telehealth #PublicHealth #PsychSciSky #DrugSky #PharmSky #MedSky #AddictionSci #NeuroSky #EpiSky #StatsSky #HealthPolicy @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Research Fellow (111466-0326) - University of Warwick Title: Research Fellow (111466-0326). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

1/ 🚨 Hiring: Postdoctoral researcher at Uni of Warwick working with Matt Keeling & Mike Tildesley #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪

❓ Use modelling approaches to study historic spread of H5N1 in US dairy industry. Consider future outbreak dynamics for US & UK cattle industry.

📅 Apply by 23:55 UK time, 15 Apr 2026👇

Call for experts for Scientific Expert Panel on RSV vaccination in adults ECDC has launched a call for experts to join a new Scientific Expert Panel (SEP) to support the development of an EU/EEA technical guidance on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination to protect ...

𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹:

➡️ Review and assess scientific evidence.
➡️ Contribute to discussions on benefits, risks & evidence certainty.
➡️ Provide input to future evidence-based outputs.

📅 Application deadline: 5 April
Info: bit.ly/48abeuB

#PublicHealth #Vaccination #RSV #Epidemiology #IDsky #EpiSky

Am curious--for those of you who work in academic departments, is the typical format for your departmental seminars these days: 1) in-person only; 2) online only; or 3) hybrid?

#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedSky #EconSky #AcademicSky #Science

How prepared are we for the next public health crisis?

At ECDC this week, EU/EEA countries came together to reflect on progress in public health emergency preparedness - and what still needs to be strengthened.

#Preparedness #PHEPA #PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

Public health is at turning point. Why what happens next matters. "We know that the public health system wasn't perfect before," says Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO of the Trust for America's Health. Now we have an opportunity to bolster the system.

What’s at risk – and what is the opportunity – for public health right now? New Q&A with @tfah.bsky.social CEO J. Nadine Gracia. www.healthbeat.org/2026/03/26/n... #publichealth #episky #medsky

Tuberculosis in Europe: progress - but not fast enough.

While rates have declined over time, current trends show we are not on track to meet the 2030 global tuberculosis targets.

#TB #Tuberculosis #IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky