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bbc.com/news/articles/… Important to read interviews with mpox-experienced healthcare workers, like this one with Dr Ngadjole, who is responding to mpox outbreaks in DRC & observing who is affected, how mpox is spreading, & how transmission can be stopped. More resources needed.

Last Friday, we presented the #mpox Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to Member States, after consultation with partners. Today, we publish. World Health Organization (WHO) continues to work with many to stop these outbreaks on mpox in Africa more info ⬇️ OMS RDC WHO African Region Africa CDC

Updated #mpox fact sheet from World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ ⬇️ Will be updated as we learn more. We are working with affected countries, partners, CSOs and communities to prevent infections and stop the spread ⁦Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus⁩ ⁦Mike Ryan⁩ ⁦Rosamund Lewis⁩ who.int/news-room/fact…

Very excited to see this work get posted from an exceptional PhD candidate and an amazing collaboration with co-corresponding author Dr. Jia Kangbai. Great to have such esteemed colleagues together here Dr. Anne Rimoin @Boghuma Souradet Shaw

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Confirmed: at least 3 dairy herds in CA infected w/ #H5N1 virus. Not surprising, but sad to see the virus still not under control. H/t vets & Calif Food and Ag for reporting quickly. Let’s hope sequence data are shared w/ public very quickly, too. Imp to protect all workers exposed

Doctors in Kinshasa carry out treatment for patients suffering from mpox as hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fight a surge in cases reut.rs/4g8z7Fu

My interview on BBC News (World) discussing the path to ending the #mpox outbreak in DRC and limiting global spread. instagram.com/reel/C_YQ6bdsa…

Excellent news that #mpox vaccines have been delivered to #DRC. 👇🏼

Mh, not great.

Important article in MMWR on risk of #mpox and air travel. BLUF: Data collected on 113 travelers w/#Mpox (Clade II) on 221 commercial flights and follow-up on 1000+ contacts. ZERO instances of transmission. tinyurl.com/yuerfmah

.World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first vaccine against #mpox, the MVA-BN vaccine: bit.ly/3TrwK71 This is an important step in our fight against the disease, both in the context of the current outbreaks in Africa, and in future. We now need urgent scale up in production,

Of the 36 confirmed #Marburg cases in Rwanda so far, 29 are healthcare workers, says Rwanda's minister of health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana. Good reminder that nurses and doctors are on the frontlines every day all over the world - and often without access to adequate protection.

New work from a fantastic team led by our UCLA and INRB colleagues: A Peer-Educator Driven Approach for Sampling Populations at Increased Mpox Risk in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:  Implications for Surveillance and Response medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great work from the MBOTE consortium (mbote-mpox.com) under the lead of Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) Placide Mbala , togher with Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Jason Kindrachuk, PhD Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE LUSAMAKI KINGANDA Dr. Anne Rimoin Tony Wawina B. Jean Claude Makangara UCLA Fielding School of Public Health University of Manitoba

My perspective on the unknown pathogen currently causing a severe respiratory outbreak in #DRCongo in this article by ⁦NBC News⁩: Good news is that there are experienced local teams on the ground investigating. Lab analyses are a critical next step. nbcnews.com/health/health-…

My interview on KTLA with cher calvin and Rick Chambers discussing avian influenza. youtu.be/Sd08VWL4J_U?si… via YouTube

Perspectives on Clade I mpox preparedness in the US (which likely translate well to other high income regions) Thanks to my esteemed colleagues Drs. Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Syra Madad for including me here 🙏 medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

Flu season is hitting hard across the U.S. 🦠📈 I joined CBS News to talk about what’s driving the surge and what you can do to avoid getting sick.

Cole Haddon Dr. Anne Rimoin Highly rec this episode. I found the new ideas about art’s relationship, and failures, to the pandemic really interesting.