H5N1 detected in a sheep in the UK after milk testing. Makes me wonder how many livestock cases we are missing. In the US, we thought the B3.13 intro was a one-off until there were 2 new D1.1 spillovers found in Jan 2025. Maybe we should look harder. gov.uk/government/new…

New in Nature Comms: We applied metagenomic and targeted NGS to serum samples from undiagnosed febrile patients across Uganda. This work highlights how NGS can transform viral surveillance in LMICs—especially with infrastructure now in place post-COVID. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Michelle Wille Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl Ranu Dhillon Been having ongoing discussion with Abraar Karan, Ranu Dhillon & Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna about view that rare few papers that cover pandemic POLICY really should - as matter of principle- not be paywalled, which was why I tagged Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl for possibility of free LINK on Twitter.

Superb review. Still major gap treatment including avian flu that infect humans & could cause pandemic. Options for drugs very limited & little known on PK/PD, Route, Doses, Duration, Combinations, Drug Resistance, Immune-modulation & from community to ITU journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Medical students are asking me what AI means for their career. Let’s discuss tonight. x.com/i/spaces/1yoJM…

Fwiw, Ranu Dhillon and I called airborne in Feb 2020 in HBR but technically we were scientists not journalists, “new respiratory coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, is rapidly spreading” hbr.org/2020/01/what-w…

So bird flu is being overlooked, what with the trade war & authoritarianism & such. Is that because it went away? I doubt it! We don’t have the capacity to detect & report & a bunch of flu people were fired. H5N1 is still there, we just can’t see it anymore. Grateful to my

Opinion | Medical Training Lags in Developing Countries. Technology Can Change the Game. medpagetoday.com/opinion/second… Shreenik Kundu Ranu Dhillon @danpoenaru MedPage Today Genevieve Friedman

Hot off the press! 📰 Opinion | Medical Training Lags in Developing Countries. #Technology Can Change the Game MedPage Today medpagetoday.com/opinion/second… By our PhD student & #JMLFellow Shreenik Kundu w/ Dr. Robert Glatter Ranu Dhillon & Dr. Dan Poenaru

Many low/middle-income countries struggle to train enough health workers New tech - VR, AR, haptics, AI - could help address this gap In MedPage Today, Shreenik Kundu Dan Poenaru McGill University Dr. Robert Glatter & I describe the possibilities & early examples medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

“This is reality; it’s not science fiction. We’re actually doing it. I’ve had patients of mine in the trial receive this one-and-done treatment, and it’s going to change the face of cholesterol management going forward.” sciencefocus.com/news/new-chole…

Especially if we won’t have vaccines, these steps we outline Nature Medicine are even more important for preventing & responding to a potential bird flu pandemic rdcu.be/ea153

2 YEARS UPDATE on DIY: This week I tested 10 DIY purifiers in 4 classrooms (160 in use). Still working great!! ✅ CDC & CDPH say we need 5+ air changes per hour (ACH). 🌪️ When I tested $1000+ district-supplied HEPA only 2.5 ACH (sp 2) vs 6.3 ACH for $400 DIY (sp 1) 👀 (1/4)

Atul Butte died yesterday. The world lost a giant. A big bear of a man. With a huge smile. With love for everyone. With energy that could power a room. I loved everything about Atul. I loved how he was always happy. I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

There are few in this world who were such forces for good as Atul Butte. His dazzling intellect, relentless curiosity, generosity of spirit, boundless charisma, and infinite optimism left a mark on everything he touched and everyone lucky enough to know him. An enormous loss.

Depending heavily on vaccines for #H5N1 epidemic mitigation is risky. In our e-letter in Science Magazine we outline reasons why Ranu Dhillon Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

It remains unclear if #H5N1 bird flu will ever cause a pandemic If it does, vaccines may not be enough to stop it In a Science Magazine eLetter, Abraar Karan Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna Robert Garry & I explain why science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Post 16 – H5N1 Vaccines: Where We Stand and What Still Needs to Be Done Despite the severity of the situation, there are still critical gaps in H5N1 vaccination. If sustained human transmission occurs, producing vaccines at scale would take months—potentially triggering a (1/16)