Title and abstract for Vadas, András. “Plague in Time of War: The Example of the Seventeenth-Century Hungarian-Ottoman Frontier,” The Seventeenth Century 40, no. 2 (2025), 357-382.

I don't ordinarily include post-1500 studies on my 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography, but I'm making an exception for this study of 17thC outbreaks in the Carpathian Basin b/c it's so innovative in its methodologies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #histmed #EpiSky #EarlyModern #OttomanEmpire

A promotional graphic from EU-WISH announcing new publications on poliovirus wastewater surveillance. The image shows a stack of papers or reports in the background, with a notification bell and exclamation icon highlighting the announcement. The European Union co-funding logo is included.

EU-WISH published two new papers focusing on poliovirus surveillance in wastewater!

See all the information here: lnkd.in/eB3N5azC

#EU_WISH #Episky #Poliovirus #IDsky #science

What can wastewater reveal about diseases - and is it really the “Holy Grail” of epidemic surveillance?

#WastewaterSurveillance can detect signals from viruses, bacteria & parasites circulating in a population - including cases that may never be reported.

#IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #Epidemiology

The call for abstracts for ESCAIDE 2026 is now open!

📣 Take the stage at this year’s conference. Submit your work for a chance to present and inspire the #publichealth community across Europe and beyond.

📅 Deadline: 18 May 2026

#EpiSky #MedSky

Does anyone (ideally in Australia or Singapore) have recommendations for a Delphi method training course? I have to put something into my annual planning for PD and I'd like to learn this method for some upcoming project ideas
#publichealth #globalhealth #episky #academicsky

About | GSIDD

1/ Would you like to input on GSIDD aims and plans?

💬 As we collectively shape the future of GSIDD, we invite the infectious disease dynamics community to review & provide feedback on our proposed mission, values & strategic plan.

🔗: www.gsidd.org/about

#IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

#episky

I will never be able to spell heteroskedasticity on my own without a spell checker, and WHY is that a word?

#EpiSky #AcademicSky

2026 Elections – SPER

Voting for @spercomms.bsky.social Executive Committee members is now open! sper.org/2026-electio... Cast your ballot by 5/1. #EpiSky

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow in Health Data Science The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

🚨 Hiring: Research Fellow in Health Data Science (ML) - 24 Months

Build ML systems deployed in clinical neonatal care: sepsis decision support + real-time outbreak detection.

UK-based, global impact 🇿🇲 🇲🇼

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#neosky #medsky #idsky #phd #episky #amr

Communicable disease threats report, 4-10 April 2026, Week 15 This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 4-10 April 2026, and includes updates on avian influenza, dengue, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology ...

Last week in epidemiology - check our weekly CDTR and find out what active public health threats are being followed by ECDC!

Latest edition of the bulletin focuses on:

▪️respiratory virus epidemiology,
▪️avian influenza,
▪️dengue.

Full report ➡️ bit.ly/3Op6RoO

#IDsky #EpiSky #Influenza #AvianFlu

1/ ❓ Interested in a methodology to estimate the strength of symptom propagation from a relatively small number of primary-secondary case pair data? 🧪 #IDSky #EpiSky

📄 See our preprint “Estimating the strength of symptom propagation from primary-secondary case pair data"

🔗: doi.org/10.64898/202...

NMCR-6, a novel nonmobile colistin resistance gene in Vibrio bacteria: full characterization and global perspective

Researchers identify NMCR-6 as a chromosomal #PolymyxinResistance determinant in #Vibrio species, mapping its global spread and drivers, offering insights to predict emerging #ColistinResistance threats.

#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

#EpiSky #ImmunoSky #Bioinformatics #PublicHealth

Significant results.

Should we move forward?

There's a fundamental asymmetry in how we react to "good" and "bad" results and it might affect how we make decisions.

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#CausalSky #EconSky #EpiSky #StatSky #ABTesting

Weekly respiratory viruses update - week 14:

- RSV activity remains 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗, with early indications of a gradual 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘.
- Influenza and COVID-19 circulation are 𝗟𝗢𝗪 or continuing to 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘.

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

The Post on Log-Transforms Last Week Generated Many Insightful Discussions.

I don't agree with all the points, but I love the discussion!

Most of my favorite comments emphasize the same thing (either implicitly or explicitly): ...

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#CausalSky #StatSky #EpiSky #EconSky

#episky #medsky

pay attention ⬇️

He was already unqualified to lead NIH. His term at CDC has expired.
Bhattacharya needs to go.
#episky #medsky 🧪

Image of a large pink dinosaur that welcomes people to Vernal, Utah. Headline: Measles cases rise across US, with outbreaks in multiple states and concerns about underreporting

Where is measles spreading in the US? What to know about six places where outbreaks and cases are growing. www.healthbeat.org/2026/04/09/w...

#publichealth #episky #IDsky #medsky

Sometimes you lose, evenwhen you're the winner.
#AcademicSky #ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky

Causal by Design – Statistical Thinking Well-controlled randomized experiments when analyzed in a randomization-respecting way are causal by design and need no causal calculus to infer causation. If an observational study has any hope of providing reliable causal inference regarding therapeutic comparisons, it must be prospectively designed. Incorporating target trial emulation in a non-designed retrospective observational study does not enable causal inference.

Causal by Design: new blog article on Statistical Thinking. fharrell.com/post/causal/ #Statistics #StatsSky #EpiSky

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀!
@ecdc.europa.eu, @ec.europa.eu & #WHOEuro invite you to an online event:

"𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸".
📅 Monday, 20 April 2026
🕒 13:30–15:30 CET
Registration: bit.ly/EIW2026ECDC

#EIW2026 #VaccinesSaveLives #IDsky #Immunisation #EpiSky

ECDC and Africa CDC pilot mobile application for event-based surveillance ECDC, in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Health Information Systems Program South Africa (HISP SA), are piloting a mobile application for event-based surveillance to enable the rapid collection and assessment of information about events that may signal a public health threat.

By strengthening how signals are captured and assessed, the pilot supports earlier detection and faster response.

👉 Learn more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

#EpidemicIntelligence #PublicHealth #Surveillance #DigitalHealth #ECDC #IDSky #EpiSky

Diagram showing the current infection rates for influenza viruses in Germany over different seasons. Incidence rates for the age groups 0-14 years: 0.81, 15-59 years: 0.36, 60 and above: 1.44, with an overall incidence of 0.74. In week 14, there were 623 infections, compared to 5,341 in the previous season.

This week's influenza infections for Germany. 🦠
This week, 623 infections per 100,000 citezens were detected.

Created on 2026-04-09.🗓️
CREDIT: Data was obtained from the Robert Koch-Institute under CC BY 4.0 licence. #Influenza #Virology #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Flu #EpiSky #IdSky #FluSky

does anyone have references that talk about authors' willingness to earnestly examine bias when their results confirm their hypotheses, vs. identifying biases in null findings? #episky #academicsky

How do mobile laboratories support outbreak response - directly in the field?

Join the next #GenEpiBioTrain training:
'Mobile labs and field sequencing during outbreaks'

📅 13 & 15 April
⏰ 09:00–12:30 (CEST)
💻 Online - bit.ly/4tx9B2p

#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky #OutbreakResponse #PublicHealth

What are people’s favorite statistics, methods, data science podcasts? Things like @quantitude.bsky.social, @casualinfer.bsky.social, in the interim, etc? #rstats #stasky #episky

Here’s how 5 measles cases grew to 997 in South Carolina South Carolina’s huge measles outbreak may finally be ending. Here's how it happened

South Carolina’s huge measles outbreak may finally be ending. Here’s how it happened. www.healthbeat.org/2026/01/27/s... #IDsky #publichealth #medsky #episky

How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy among comparable countries and spends nearly twice as much as them on healthcare per person, on average.

In 2024, life expectancy in Canada rose slightly.

In USA, it recovered from COVID dip but remained far behind other developed countries.

Expectancy in years:
84.2 Switzerland
82.2 Canada
79.0 USA

#EpiSky
www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

"After 4 years of failed aggressive livestock biosecurity interventions, the US avian influenza #H5N1 epizootic rages onward. For public health, veterinary health, and economic reasons, it is now time to develop a H5N1 vaccination program for dairy cattle."
#EpiSky #IDSky

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