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infectious diseases physician + Prof @Stanford tuberculosis, typhoid, diagnostics, genomic epidemiology, carceral health https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/jason-andrews

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10.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tom Morello leads the crowd in β€˜Killing in the Name’ at First Ave 🎸🎢

πŸŽ₯: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social

30.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 705 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 30
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

β€œIs your heart beating and do you plan to live? Then come this way and we will figure out the rest on the other side.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

26.01.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The invincible resolve and indomitable spirit of a community determined to throw off the yoke of injustice.

Thank you Minneapolis for your strength and nonviolent resistance amidst horrific ongoing tragedy.

26.01.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 602 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 8
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

25.01.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

ICE has been terrorizing our communities and now has murdered two people, on camera, before the world. The agents who committed these murders must be held accountable, and congress must stop funding this scourge on our country.

25.01.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trends in County-Level Childhood Vaccination Exemptions in the US This study examines US county-level trends in nonmedical and medical exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements.

Our latest study in @jama.com on trends in county-level vaccine exemptions, demonstrating geographic pockets of high vaccine exemptions and high susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases. Great collab with @nbcnews.com colleagues and our Stanford team. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

22.01.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Same mistakes. Same arrogance. Same risks. We know where this road leads.

04.01.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 16
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🧡 Essential ID Papers for 2025: A Clinician’s Guide

Each year brings a flood of amazing ID literature.

Here are candidates for some of the most important ID papers of 2025, spanning guidelines, trials, antimicrobials, and vaccines.
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22.12.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: β€œOur story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

22.12.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 6808 πŸ” 2540 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 139
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Exploring transmission dynamics in epidemiologically linked pulmonary tuberculosis cases and household contacts: a WGS-based investigation - BMC Genomics Background The genotyping of the M. tuberculosis complex has significantly enhanced the comprehension of transmission dynamics and is employed to substantiate transmission dynamics among epidemiologic...

FYI new paper just out this week from Ethiopia with 10 pairs (7 discordant by 5 SNP threshold): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

22.12.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring transmission dynamics in epidemiologically linked pulmonary tuberculosis cases and household contacts: a WGS-based investigation - BMC Genomics Background The genotyping of the M. tuberculosis complex has significantly enhanced the comprehension of transmission dynamics and is employed to substantiate transmission dynamics among epidemiologic...

Cool work! Was just thinking that someone needs to do this analysis as we need better quantitative estimates. Reaffirms concern that studies using cross-sectional HH IGRA to investigate determinants of infectiousness (e.g. symptoms) are going to have major limitations.

22.12.2025 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Climate and Health Summit The 2025 Global Climate and Health Summit placed physiology and partnerships at the heart of climate and health. Read more

🚨 The Interim Report of the Global Climate and Health Summit is out!

Please, read, share and connect with us. The second phase is open

Honoured to be a Vice-Chair of this Summit

www.physoc.org/policy/clima...

09.11.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...

NEW @nejm.org: We synthesized 511 recent studies on Covid-19, RSV & flu vaccines for 2025-26. With federal advisory processes disrupted, clinicians & the public need rigorous, independent evidence synthesis.

Here's what we found: 🧡
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

30.10.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Overall,only 50% of PDL released during TB therapy completed treatment successfully within 8 months. These findings highlight the critical need to develop & invest in systems for supportive transitional care. Work w/Yasmine Mabene @yiranliu.bsky.social @juliocroda.bsky.social @josebampi.bsky.social

22.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The risk of unfavorable outcomes was 40% higher among those transferred during treatment and 60% higher among those released during treatment. Those released during the intensive phase (first two months) of therapy had twice the risk of poor outcomes. 4/5

22.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes after transfer or release from incarceration: a retrospective cohort study from Brazil - BMC Global and Public Health Background Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects people deprived of liberty (PDL). Prior studies have shown higher TB treatment completion rates among PDL compared to the general population. Ho...

In this new study, by linking TB notification data with incarceration and mortality databases, we found that one-third of individuals who were treated for TB in prisons were transferred to another prison or released during therapy. 3/5
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22.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gaps in medical care at this transition also threaten the health of PDL. While incarcerated individuals have better TB outcomes than the general population in Brazil, outcomes for individuals who are released while on treatment has been less clear. 2/5

22.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study In a retrospective cohort study, Yiran E Liu and colleagues investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil.

The transition from prison to community is often a socially and medically vulnerable moment for persons deprived of liberty (PDL). Our previous work found that PDL in Brazil have 3x ⬆️ risk of mortality after prison release compared with others in their community 1/5 journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

22.10.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jeanne Marrazzo and Kathy Neuzil are known for their integrity, their selflessness and their scientific rigor. Their voices carry enormous weight in the scientific community. #NIH

04.09.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are heartbroken by the death of Mariam Abu Dagga, a freelance photographer who frequently worked with Doctors Without Borders in #Gaza.

Mariam was one of at least 20 people killed during Israel’s horrendous attacks on the Nasser medical complex on August 25, 2025.

26.08.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
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#BREAKING 🚨 Four journalists, including Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, are among 20 dead in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser hospital

The second strike was captured live on television as rescue crews were seen in the building attempting evacuate the injured

25.08.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Rapid, low-cost colorimetric detection of Salmonella Typhi bacteriophages for environmental surveillance | mBio Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella Typhi, remains a significant global health threat, particularly in low-resource settings with inadequate sanitation. Effective control measures, such as vaccines, r...

We developed a very low-cost, low-complexity approach that leverages colorimetric detection of Salmonella Typhi bacteriophages to monitor its distribution in wastewater, with demonstration data from Nepal, Brazil, Ivory Coast, and Niger. Results now published here:
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

18.08.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wastewater-based epidemiology & surveillance have made enormous strides in recent years, demonstrating utility in characterizing pathogen distributions in populations. However, current methods are too costly to be scalable in LMICs where the need for improved disease surveillance is greatest. (1/2)

18.08.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
What directing the CDC taught me about compassion | Rochelle Walensky | TEDxBerlin
What directing the CDC taught me about compassion | Rochelle Walensky | TEDxBerlin YouTube video by TEDx Talks

Rochelle Walensky's powerful new TED Talk isn't about politics or policy. It's about people and the compassion that drives her.

"In our darkest moments, how we serve one another, how we treat one another, is ultimately what defines us."

Highly recommended:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtkW...

13.08.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Classic tin pot dictator’: inside Trump’s extraordinary assault on Brazil’s democracy US president seems to be weaponizing tariffs to punish Brazil for its coup trial against his ally Bolsonaro

"Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second largest democracy too." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

31.07.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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Opinion | Trump Wants You to Believe Climate Change Isn’t Dangerous

Great piece from Stanford colleagues about the Administration's attempts to overturn the EPA's protections regarding climate change and its impacts on health: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

31.07.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Hits Brazil With Tariffs and Sanctions on Judge, in Sharp Escalation

Our administration is abusing the Magnitsky Act to meddle in Brazil's domestic legal affairs because they hate to see the rule of law be applied for an attempted coup, the precedent that sets...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

30.07.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MS lidera ranking de novos casos de tuberculose em presΓ­dios Boletim epidemiolΓ³gico sobre a tuberculose em pessoas privadas de liberdade, divulgado pelo MinistΓ©rio da SaΓΊde, mostra que foram registrados 7.718 novos ...

🚨 Apenas 50% dos casos de tuberculose nas instituiΓ§Γ΅es penais sΓ£o diagnosticados. Se todos os estados adotassem a triagem em massa com radiografia de tΓ³rax β€” como jΓ‘ fazem MS e MT β€” poderΓ­amos mudar esse cenΓ‘rio.
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27.07.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Projecting the impact and costs of near point-of-care tuberculosis screening assays in community-based active case finding Community-based active case finding (ACF) may reduce tuberculosis incidence and mortality but is not widely implemented due to resource constraints. How novel screening test characteristics would affect the impact and costs of ACF strategies is not clear.

Projecting the impact and costs of near point-of-care tuberculosis screening assays in community-based active case finding

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22.07.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0