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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
Our @GHPPodcast conversation w/ @BU_Tweets @BUSPH @BUexperts Prof Monica Wang about her new @BeaconPressBks book The Collective Cure just dropped! @dadakim @CUGHnews @WHO @PHMglobal @BUCEID @BUPardeeCenter @BostonUResearch @tiagottasca @VeroWirtz @si_wu1 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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On the latest @GHPPodcast, @JosephHarrisBU speaks w/ award-winning researcher Dr. Monica Wang about her new book, The Collective Cure: Upstream Solutions for Better Public Health.
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They discuss the political, social, & structural factors shaping our health & well-being, plus politics, misinformation, and her personal motivation for writing this book.
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For over 30 years, @GeoSentinel has been utilizing cases of travel-related infectious diseases as "sentinels" of broader transmission. Dr. David Hamer discusses how GeoSentinel & @beacon_bio now strengthen each other's work by sharing information & alerts.
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Public health interventions around infectious diseases often rely on models estimating the number of social contacts. However, most models don't account for behavior change when people are sick. Researchers at CEID sought to develop more realistic models of patient behavior.
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By surveying patients with acute respiratory infection or acute gastroenteritis, new CEID research found that cases substantially reduced social contacts during peak illness, then returned to a 2-fold increase after recovery.
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
Last week some of our team joined health-tech groups from around the world at @Google's London office for their Antigravity Skills Partner Workshop for Global Health & Bioresilience. There, our team worked on improving verification of signals BEACON finds through webscraping.
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Join this afternoon's Global Health Politics Workshop led by CEID faculty Dr. @JosephHarrisBU for a conversation with Dr. Ashley Fox from @ualbany on factors of vaccine hesitancy in Senegal. Join at the @BUPardeeCenter at 67 Bay State Rd or by Zoom. spr.ly/6013BGrGE7
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On Sept. 21st join the Global Health Politics Workshop led by CEID faculty Dr. @JosephHarrisBU for a conversation with Dr. Ashley Fox from @ualbany on factors of vaccine hesitancy in Senegal. Join at the @BUPardeeCenter at 67 Bay State Rd or by Zoom. spr.ly/6016BGzMSu
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We are looking for veterinary experts to support our BEACON program in our global biothreats reporting. Details on how to apply here: bu.edu/ceid/about-the-center…
BEACON is seeking Veterinary Outbreak Analysts based in Africa, South Asia, & Southeast Asia to provide human oversight & quality control to veterinary disease signals in our biothreats signal pipeline & AI generated reporting. Application details here: spr.ly/6011BGrOR7
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
REMEMBER: Antibiotics do not treat viral infections, like colds and flu
ALWAYS seek the advice of a qualified health care professional before taking antibiotics
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Next Tuesday, CEID Director @BhadeliaMD joins fellow experts & reporter Marin Wolf at @BostonGlobe Future of Medicine Summit to discuss where medicine stands today, lessons learned, & what it will take to stay ahead of the next emerging health threat. spr.ly/6018BGzrR4
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
RFI: Suspected mpox-compatible illnesses in Luebo, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo; laboratory results pending
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
Coming up on The @DeanObeidallah Show:
@AngieNixon
@STRedmond from @AFLCIO
@BhadeliaMD
@glennkirschner2
☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: SiriusXM.us/Dean
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
Now on the @GHPPodcast Brent Kaup & Kelly Austin talk about their incredible new @ucpress book Pathogens of #Finance @ASAnews #globalhealth #vectorborne #Lyme #Zika @AlexandreHandf4 @BUCEID @WHO podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
RFI: Point-source, high-severity foodborne illness cluster in Beni territory, North Kivu, DRC, linked to cassava flour
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CEID’s AY ‘25-’26 Annual Report is now available. From @beacon_bio's global disease surveillance to public health conversations and everything in between, take a look back at our impact over the past year.
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CEID's @BhadeliaMD will be among the heath care leaders speaking at @BostonGlobe's 3rd annual Future of Medicine Summit. This event will explore the breakthroughs reshaping patient outcomes & the innovations, ideas, & partnerships driving medicine forward. spr.ly/6013B1F3yd
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Varicella cases have declined 97% since the vaccine against the virus became available in 1995. However, as CEID affiliate faculty @SalahiLara reports on in @Medscape, its vaccination rates have concerningly continued to drop since 2020.
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
RFI: Suspected foodborne illness cluster reported in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba with 52 cases amid systemic vulnerabilities affecting food safety
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