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The Global Center for Health Security's mission is to innovate and advance preparedness and response in emerging infectious diseases and catastrophic public health emergencies through research, clinical capabilities, and education and training.

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Read this week's Transmission for the latest on:

▶Ebola Outbreak in the DR Congo
▶"Nightmare Bacteria" cases
▶COVID-19 Vaccines
▶H5N1
▶Mpox
▶Measles
▶Tick Diseases

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

25.09.2025 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🌟 Celebrating #WomenInMedicine Month! 🌟

Meet Rachel Prudhomme, MBA, Program Director at NETEC & Associate Director @unmc-gchs.bsky.social.

Since 2020, Rachel has led NETEC programs in preparedness, training, & COVID-19 response—bringing vision + expertise to protect HCWs & communities.

19.09.2025 18:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Check out this cybersecurity webinar hosted by our friends @r7dhre.bsky.social

19.09.2025 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's time to check out this week's Transmission! 📰

👉Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo
👉H5N1
👉Long COVID
👉Lassa Fever

Read: bit.ly/3OyKVFF
Subscribe: bit.ly/3RfigGe

#ebola #h5n1 #longcovid #lassa #unmc #gchs

18.09.2025 18:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Watch this week's Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing for Dr. James Lawler's updates on:

▪️H5N1 Updates & Data
▪️Measles Statistics
▪️COVID-19 Updates & Variant XFG
▪️Ebola Zaire Outbreak in the DRC

Watch here: bit.ly/3VTKkAG

#h5n1 #ebolaoutbreak #measles #covid19 #unmc

17.09.2025 00:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's Transmission is out!

Read now for the latest on:
✔️Vaccines & Flu Shots
✔️H5N1
✔️COVID-19
✔️Mpox
✔️Measles
✔️Tick Diseases

➡️ Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#h5n1 #measles #mpox #covid19 #vaccines

04.09.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If you missed this week's Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing, watch the recording here for updates on:
▪️ Measles
▪️ COVID-19 Variants
▪️ Vaccines
▪️ STI, HIV & Viral Hepatitis

Watch here: echo360.org/media/be5297...

03.09.2025 00:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Miss this week's Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing? Watch the recording on our website: bit.ly/40n4hRY

👉 Updates from Dr. James Lawler:
▪️ H5N1
▪️ Seasonal Flu
▪️ Measles
▪️ COVID-19

👉 Updates on Vector-Borne diseases from region 7 partners.

#h5n1 #flu #measles #covid19 #tickdiseases

05.08.2025 18:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If you haven't read this week's Transmission, access it now to read more about:

▪️Human cases of H5N1 in Cambodia & more on H5N1
▪️Recent study findings of COVID-19
▪️Mpox outbreak in Gambia
▪️Tick diseases

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#h5n1 #mpox #ticks #covid19 #globalhealth #unmc #gchs

01.08.2025 13:24 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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ACIP Members Show Inexperience, Lack of Understanding at First Meeting, Experts Say To trained ears, meeting sounded like a 'college epidemiology class'

"We have people who are asking questions of the CDC like it's a college epidemiology class, not understanding basic principles." -- James Lawler, MD, MPH, of @unmc-gchs.bsky.social, on the recent meeting of CDC's new #ACIP.
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

07.07.2025 18:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Read this week's Transmission for updates on global health including:

▪️A case of the plague in Arizona
▪️Rise in COVID-19 cases
▪️Measles cases at a record high
▪️Global Mpox cases
▪️H5N1 updates

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#plague #covid19 #measles #mpox #h5n1 #unmc

18.07.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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⭐New Resource Alert⭐

The 90-Day Survival Guide is here! This FREE comprehensive, step-by-step orientation workbook is designed to help new IPs feel confident, organized, and prepared in their first 90 days.

Learn More: bit.ly/44QIMN6

#ipc #infectionprevention #infectionpreventionist

08.07.2025 06:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Last week, our team participated in the Tranquil Passport exercise to test the U.S. HHS' Portable Biocontainment Unit, crucial for safely transporting patients with high-consequence infectious diseases to RESPTCs.

Learn more: bit.ly/3T7MFqv

@asprgov.bsky.social

#tranquilpassport

30.06.2025 13:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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📰Read this week's Transmission 📰

Featured topics:
👉Vaccine news
👉H5N1
👉New COVID-19 variant

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

26.06.2025 12:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Watch this week's Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing as Dr. Lawler provides us with H5N1 and Measles updates, COVID-19 wastewater trends, a study on post-COVID in children, and vaccine news.

Watch here: bit.ly/4eq8ICI

#unmc #h5n1 #measles #covid19

25.06.2025 14:20 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The GCHS recently welcomed our partners from Japan to formalize a partnership agreement. UNMC has strengthened its nearly 10-year collaboration with health security counterparts in Japan by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japan Institute for Health Security.

Read: bit.ly/4kD5b6a

10.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Health Emergencies UNMC's Global Center for Health Security and College of Public Health collaborate on training and resource materials to aid current health emergencies.

Our Health Emergency pages have been updated with the latest information on Measles, H5N1, COVID-19, Mpox, and other outbreaks.

#measles #h5n1 #mpox #covid19

Click here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...

06.06.2025 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📰 👉This week's Transmission 👈 📰

Featured articles:
▪️COVID-19 surge & variant NB.1.8.1
▪️H5N1 updates across the globe
▪️H5N1 new variant
▪️Measles updates

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

05.06.2025 13:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Read this week's Transmission newsletter for updates on:

▪️New COVID-19 Variant NB.1.8.1
▪️H5N1 death in Cambodia
▪️New H5N1 case in China
▪️Updates on COVID-19, H5N1, Mpox, and more!

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#h5n1 #covid19 #birdflu #mpox #globalhealth #covidvariant

30.05.2025 16:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Read this week's Transmission to learn more about:

▪️ Family infection by airborne fungal disease in Costa Rica
▪️ Updates on measles outbreaks
▪️ A promising vaccine for cattle protection
▪️ Mpox cases in Sierra Leone
▪️ And more!

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

22.05.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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👉If you haven't read this week's Transmission, make sure to check it out to stay up to date with the latest on measles, H5N1, and more on global health!

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#measles #h5n1 #birdflu

09.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stay informed with this week's Transmission newsletter, featuring updates on:

✔️ Global & Public Health
✔️ Measles
✔️ H5N1
✔️ Mpox

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFbs

Subscribe to receive the Transmission directly in your inbox each week!

#H5N1 #Measles #Mpox

01.05.2025 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's Transmission is available to read! Take a look to read articles about:

▪️Future pandemic preparedness
▪️Current surge of measles
▪️H5N1 in an 8-year-old
▪️Mpox wastewater testing
▪️More!

Read: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...

#h5n1 #mpox #measles

23.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Visit our website to explore our Measles page for the latest news, situational reports, and resources.

Click here: bit.ly/3LW9VUx

#measles #unmc

10.04.2025 18:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Check out this week's Transmission for the latest on:

✔️Measles
✔️H5N1
✔️COVID-19
✔️Mpox
✔️Tuberculosis
✔️Hantavirus

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

#h5n1 #measles #covid19 #mpox #tuberculosis #hantavirus

10.04.2025 17:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Measles can be fatal. Do you know its symptoms?

🔸 Rash that starts on the face and spreads over the body
🔸 Fever
🔸 Runny nose
🔸 Cough
🔸 Red and watery eyes
🔸 Small white spots inside the cheeks

Seek health care if you suspect you or your child has measles.

03.04.2025 09:33 — 👍 410    🔁 229    💬 11    📌 8
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This week's Transmission is available to read! ✉️

Read more about:
▪️Current situation: Outbreak in dairy cows
▪️H5N1
▪️Measles
▪️Mpox
▪️Long Covid

#h5n1 #measles #mpox #longcovid

Read here: bit.ly/3OyKVFF

02.04.2025 18:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Our partners @r7dhre.bsky.social are now on Bluesky! Learn more below.

28.03.2025 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's Transmission is a must-read! Read more about:

👉DRC outbreak linked to Malaria
👉H5N1 in a sheep
👉Mpox transmission dynamics
👉Texas measles outbreaks

Read here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...

27.03.2025 13:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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