Latest Ebola and Hantavirus Updates From Experts
TAKING SHOTS with Dr. Angela Rasmussen & Jessica Malaty Rivera: Ebola and Hantavirus Update https://t.co/248bGuZMda
Kennedy Will Quietly Undermine Vaccination, Not Publicly
As I have been saying since it was first reported that Kennedy needs to stop being obviously anti-vax, he’s not going to. He will just devastate vaccination more quietly. I hate being right about this. https://t.co/WCKW4qW20l
Hantaviruses Counteract Cell Interferon (IFN) Defense
Cells produce interferon when they are infected by viruses. It regulates antiviral responses. Cells produce interferon when infected with hantaviruses. Depending on the hantavirus, it may produce antagonists to counter the defense. And the convention is IFN, not INF. IYKYK
Global Health Systems Unprepared for Unpredictable Cruise Ship Outbreaks
Viruses emerge in all sorts of unpredictable ways. Could be rodents on the ship or human to human transmission enabled by cruise ship environment. Effective responses require functioning health systems that are prepared for anything. We’ve never been less prepared...
Refusing Virus Discussion Harms AI Biosecurity Progress
I could not agree more. I get refusals if I even mention the viruses I work on. That’s why @JumoDr & I are using our reckless virology experience to explain why this is baseless & hinders AI biosecurity & scientific...
Questioning High Drug Prices and Transparency of New Tech
Oh okay. Just like TrumpRx, which charges patients more for many common drugs. Let’s see some data on how well this technology works and how transparent it really is.
Model‑Generated Sequences Don't Prove Viable Bioweapon
None of these guys are getting the real problem here: You can’t identify a “novel bioweapon” by looking at a sequence that some model spit out. You don’t even know if that’s a viable virus. Will it cause disease? Will it...
Trump's Second Term Eviscerated the CDC
Gotta update my tweet again. What was cut from the CDC in the first Trump was but a flesh wound. What happened in Trump’s second term is complete evisceration.
Morens' Records Evasion Sparks False Conspiracy, Political Persecution
David Morens should not have evaded public records laws. There were no records destroyed & all the messages in question were colleagues blowing off steam & talking shit. The “conspiracy” is made up. This is political persecution, not legitimate prosecution for...
RFK Jr’s Vaccine Lies Fuel Anti‑vax Agenda
RFK Jr lied about supporting vaccines last week, just as he lied about it many times before. Whatever anti-vax bullshit Bobby is peddling, holding up GAVI’s budget at the demonstrable expense of thousands of kids lives’ globally is unconscionable and...
Hep B Descheduled Properly; Other Vaccines Restored by Fiat
Lots of curiosity why hep B was descheduled but the other vaccines were restored—it’s because all he others was ruling by fiat. Hep B was descheduled by ACIP and approved by RFKJr, which is the normal process. Despite it being...
Frankfurt Airport's Passport Control Beats Even US Inefficiency
German efficiency, my ass. I’ve been at Frankfurt for 2 hours and still have not gone through passport control. Seriously never been this bad even in maximally inefficient Canada or the failing US. FRA is the YYZ of Europe
CDC Shifts From Public Health to Industry Lobbyists
2025: get rid of tobacco and environmental health offices at CDC. 2026: hire more oil and tobacco lobbyists to run CDC
Trump Leveraged HIV Aid for Rare Mineral Extraction
What he was protesting was Trump using PEPFAR to force countries to give up rare minerals in exchange for HIV drugs. There is no bottom.
Pandemics Kill More Than Wars—Vaccines Are National Security
When I tell people that pandemic/epidemic preparedness & vaccination are critical to national security, people often say “huh”? The 1918 pandemic killed more people than WWI. In WWII flu tore up troops in Europe, so we invented flu vaccines before the...