Our Royal Society meeting on the 'indirect effects of CMV infection' is less than 2 weeks away Free to attend, in person or online If you are willing to act as a microphone runner, you can have a FREE LUNCH! Contact me directly if interested in this bsky.app/profile/toma...#IDSky#EpiSky
Rwanda is reporting cases of Marburg virus disease in "a few patients in health facilities". Very worrying news, here, hopefully we receive more details soon and that the number of cases is low. MedSky IDSky www.ktpress.rw/2024/09/rwan...
Rwanda has confirmed the presence of the Marburg virus disease (MVD), after several cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever were recorded in the country, amid claims of infections among health workers. ...
I struggle to understand why the US are permitting H5N1 to persist in herds of cattle for months at a time Cull and compensate farmers, as happens with poultry, don't allow serial passage of a virus with pandemic potential through a mammalian host #IDSky#EpiSky
More from Missouri: #CDC reports that Missouri has found 4 more health workers who developed mild illness after caring for the confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu case hospitalized in August. None were tested while ill. www.statnews.com/2024/09/27/b...
The CDC said an investigation into a human H5N1 bird flu infection in Missouri has found four additional health care workers who fell ill after caring for the patient.
My last systematic review (nearing completion following second search update) worked through 3 tools, as each became propriatory or my uni stopped subscribing: EPPI-Reviewer -> Covidence -> Rayyan Happily, good #openscience tools now exist for all steps, so hoping my next review will avoid this
Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip. youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
YouTube video by Christina Pagel
Green energy folk! Triple glazed Velux are really expensive If you have two 114 x 118cm loft windows, how much saving on gas/electricity bill are you likely to get if you opt for the various triple glazed options vs double glazing (the default)? Hope to switch to heat pump soon
Planning a fellowship application Funder encourages up to 12m at second institution Where would be good to learn causal inference methods, survival analysis, quantitative bias analysis, etc, for applied health research? Ideally somewhere in UK/Europe, as I prefer to avoid flying #episky#statsky
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing on a beach near the ocean .
Enver Solomon on effective and ethical ways to curb dangerous asylum journeys www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Costly and lethal efforts at deterrence will not stem migration. Keir Starmer should look to human rights and the nation’s ‘bonds of affection’, not be supporting authoritarian regimes
'Guardiola’s team have won the league on the final day or by a point three times while, it is alleged and denied, enjoying the benefits of breaking rules their immediate opponents obeyed. European leagues have been depleted, talent and expertise lured away.' www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal clash is part Super Sunday but more importantly Tribunal Day Seven and the stakes could scarcely be higher
Yes - I've used ASreview and I love it (asreview.nl). It uses ML to present you with more relevant papers earlier on, and then you only screen until a stopping role. You train the model yourself. Free! Open Source!