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Meet Fred Meier, who searched for life in the 1930s by flying into the clouds and sticking Petri dishes into the wind. He's one of the pioneers of aerobiology I write about in my new book AIR-BORNE--and the subject of my newsletter this week 🧪 buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...
Can you solve these three vaccine puzzles? New post on the counterintuitive features of vaccine rollouts during dynamic epidemics: blog.kucharski.io?three-vaccin...
“Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst records.” theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
🧪 Nature reports on #Pathoplexuswww.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Pathoplexus database has sequences from Ebola, West Nile virus and another dangerous pathogen. The Pathoplexus database has sequences from Ebola, West Nile virus and another dangerous pathogen.
We've now had over 100 people contribute to Epiverse-TRACE R packages, whether writing code, reporting bugs or participating in GitHub discussions! More on how to get involved: epiverse-trace.github.io/get-involved...
🆕 Our commentary in Lancet ID: “The worsening mpox outbreak in Africa: a call to action.” Urgent action is needed to: 1. Scale up testing/surveillance 2. Study research gaps 3. Invest in vaccines/therapeutics 4. Boost care quality 5. Tailor community outreach www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The escalating incidence of mpox in Africa has led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to declare its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security and prompted WHO to i...
