New research: Invasive pneumococcal disease 3 years after introduction of a reduced 1 + 1 infant 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation schedule in England: a prospective national observational surveillance study thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Thursday, February 15, 1 PM ET: CCDD's own Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology at HSPH Harvard Epidemiology, will present "Making 'data for good' better". #IDEpi24 Register at hsph.me/idepi24

There've been 35 #measles cases reported so far in 2024 in the US & it's still Feb. Last year at this time there were 2, reported from 2 jurisdictions. There have been +15 cases from the last report, on 2/15; 4 more juris reported cases for a total of 15. cdc.gov/measles/cases-…

THIS THURSDAY, Feb 29, 1 PM ET: Katia Koelle Koelle Lab, Professor of Biology at Emory, will present "Transmission bottlenecks, with implications for disease severity". #IDEpi24 Register at hsph.me/idepi24

There's Japanese data on cherry tree blossoming stretching back to 812. Some commitment.

1. In the first 2 months (plus 1 week) of 2024, the US has racked up 78% as many #measles cases as it recorded in 2023. Last year there were 58 cases in 20 jurisdictions. So far this year, 45 cases in 17 jurisdictions, up 4 cases & 1 jurisdiction (Illinois) from last week.

The bovine H5N1 infections in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico hit the news, but I haven't seen anything on this latest finding from Idaho. This suggests cow to cow transmission, which is significant. agri.idaho.gov/main/hpai-dete…

I saw them on my way to the gym this morning.

Yeah, in April.

Solar eclipse, mystery power from the Universe to help AirBnB. Way to go.

Think about these chemical substances and plastic use everyday. Really hope we all can do sth to stop the pollutions.

Hahahaha precisely

You really need to tell me how many dengue cases have been diagnosed in MA, rather than just saying 50 times.... Do you need some public health expert to review articles? I can volunteer The Boston Globe

I'm looking for TWO postdocs to join my lab Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine If you are interested in disease (re)-emergence, expansion & dynamics have a look at my lab: anabento.io & details of the positions here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27817 Reach out if you have any questions 🤓

My pharmacy texted me today to urge me to book a flu shot appointment. Flu is not circulating at appreciable levels anywhere in the US now, per @CDC's most recent FluView report. For most people, getting a shot this far in advance of flu season is a waste of a flu shot.

Qiu et al. developed a weighting system to adjust pneumococcal invasive disease data to represent the carriage population, allowing the NFDS mechanism to predict strain proportions in carriage in post-PCV13 era. Xueting Qiu Marc Lipsitch Bill Hanage @BillHanage.bsky.social CCDD at Harvard Chan journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

My paper on negative frequency-dependent selection to predict pneumococcal population after PCV13 vaccination!

Tomorrow is the day. Vote! (I cannot yet, but I care).

The 2024 election should be called "damage control".

Join us THIS THURSDAY at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar with Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay at the School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and Director of SPRI. Register at hsph.me/IDEPI25