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Pandemic Center at Brown School of Public Health

@pandemiccenter

Working to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to pandemics and the harms they pose to health, peace, security, and prosperity.

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Amid a growing #measles outbreak, clear public health messaging is critical. RFK Jr. is using doublespeak to try to reach both pro- and anti-vaccine audiences. ā€œIt was fascinating to see how people saw this moment different.ā€ — Craig Spencer MD MPH More here šŸ‘‡

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Our director Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH will be speaking at Rhode Island Department of Health 's Bridging the Gap conference on May 22. Focused on brining together experts to address healthcare-associated infections & transform patient outcomes across the state. More info here: hai25.eventbrite.com

Our director <a href="/JenniferNuzzo/">Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH</a> will be speaking at <a href="/RIHEALTH/">Rhode Island Department of Health</a> 's Bridging the Gap conference on May 22. Focused on brining together experts to address healthcare-associated infections &amp; transform patient outcomes across the state.

More info here:
hai25.eventbrite.com
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This week on A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha our director Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH answered the question on how we can rebuild trust in public health. Dr. Nuzzo's advice: šŸ«‚ Community engagement šŸ‘‚ Listening 😌 Understanding people's values

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Join us today for our webinar: Quo Vadis World Health Organization (WHO)? Hosted by our senior advisor Wilmot James, the discussion will feature panelists Dr. Nahid Bhadelia of Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID), and Dr. Mitchell Wolfe of CSIS. Register now: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us today for our webinar: Quo Vadis World Health Organization (WHO)?
Hosted by our senior advisor Wilmot James, the discussion will feature panelists <a href="/BhadeliaMD/">Dr. Nahid Bhadelia</a>  of <a href="/BUCEID/">Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID)</a>, and Dr. Mitchell Wolfe of <a href="/CSIS/">CSIS</a>.

Register now:
brown.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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"We just don’t know why there haven’t been cases." — Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH Experts warn that #birdflu infections might be going undetected among farmworkers which seems to be pushed by under-testing, fear from farmworkers, and federal cuts from the current admin. Read more ā¤µļø

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For New York Times Opinion I joined a dozen colleagues to offer concrete ways to save health and science at a time of immense change and uncertainty. With timely and important perspectives from Reshma Ramachandran, Maia Szalavitz, Dr. Josh Green, and many others. nytimes.com/2025/05/19/opi…

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ICYMI: Our latest webinar, ā€œQuo Vadis World Health Organization ( #WHO )?ā€ moderated by our senior adviser Wilmot James with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia & Dr Mitchell Wolfe with CSIS and explored the uncertain state of the WHO. šŸŽ„ Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=AaNRj3…

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From Hopkins BloombergPublic Health: #NIH cuts put US science research, careers, & progress at risk. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH shares scientists have to do a lot of work to address public perceptions, but ā€œI will never bet against the US scientific community.ā€ More: magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scientist…

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Currently #COVID-19 is at its lowest point since the pandemic began, but another summer surge could be on the way. The virus has not settled into a predictable seasonal pattern. ā€œThere are still a lot of questions we don’t have answers toā€ says Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH More here ā¤µļø

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published an oped by a team of next-gen biosecurity leaders, including our own Biosecurity Game Changers. The article emphasizes that today’s local & global leaders must create space for the next generation to help shape decisions now. Read here ā¤µļø

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From Apoorva Mandavilli at The New York Times: The US has canceled a $600M contract with #Moderna for a #birdflu vaccine Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH stresses we can’t let politics derail mRNA vaccine progress and "stand in the way of ensuring everyone who wants a pandemic vaccine can get oneā€ More ā¤µļø

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Current #birdflu doesn’t pose a pandemic threat but, investment now could be key when that changes. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH says the rhetoric around #mRNA leans more on politics than science. ā€œIt just feels more like taking advantage of people's fears more than anything.ā€ More here šŸ‘‡

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The latest issue of our Tracking Report is out now, with updates on #Measles, #BirdFlu, and #WhoopingCough. If you haven’t subscribed yet, click the link at the top to get future issues straight to your inbox. mailchi.mp/messages/pande…

The latest issue of our Tracking Report is out now, with updates on #Measles, #BirdFlu, and #WhoopingCough.

If you haven’t subscribed yet, click the link at the top to get future issues straight to your inbox.
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Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled a $766M government contract to develop a new #birdflu vaccine, but Dean Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH told the The Bulwark that claims mRNA vaccines have been under-tested are ā€œabsurd.ā€ thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-kenne…

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In Sept 2024, the Rwandan government worked with CEPI and partners to implement an emergency trial of an experimental Marburg vaccine just 10 days after the outbreak was declared. Read on to understand how this record-breaking response became possible āž”ļøbit.ly/43JiWJ8

In Sept 2024, the Rwandan government worked with CEPI and partners to implement an emergency trial of an experimental Marburg vaccine just 10 days after the outbreak was declared.

Read on to understand how this record-breaking response became possible āž”ļøbit.ly/43JiWJ8
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ā€œWe are on track to have, perhaps, one of the worst #measles years that we've had in the last 25 years since we eliminated measlesā€ — Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH Nuzzo and other experts answers questions about how the respiratory virus spreads in the article for The Washington Post More ā¤µļø

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Really honored to be featured as a guest on the NFID podcast 'Infectious Ideas'. Our episode—'From Shark Dreams to Global Health' was released today! We cover a lot of ground, touching on the current challenges in global health, leadership in times of crisis, the

Really honored to be featured as a guest on the <a href="/NFIDVaccines/">NFID</a> podcast 'Infectious Ideas'.

Our episode—'From Shark Dreams to Global Health' was released today! 

We cover a lot of ground, touching on the current challenges in global health, leadership in times of crisis, the
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#RFKJr talks about freedom of choice but limits it by bypassing norms. Craig Spencer MD MPH told ABC News RFK Jr. identifies problems, but his solutions undermine community health "As the focus shifts from community to individuals, we're losing...a lot of the gains in public health"

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Trump admin’s cancellation of #mRNA vaccine contracts weakens US defense This ā€œ[is] gutting our deterrence from biological threatsā€ says Beth Cameron and it signals we’re changing our posture on pandemic preparedness "...and that is not good for the American peopleā€ More ā¤µļø