Alma Tostmann

Abstract submission is still open for #ESCMIDGlobal 2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in our annual congress and highlight your original research to the entire ESCMID community.

🗳️Submission: https://ow.ly/TSJp50XkV9S
🗓️Deadline: 26 Nov 2025

#IDSky #clinmicro

🚨 New Epi Alert this week: Record pertussis activity in Japan & Ecuador. Dengue is widespread in the Americas & Asia. New Chagas cases in Brazil, rising Rift Valley fever in West Africa, increasing Q fever in Australia via zoonotic & vector-borne threats. https://ow.ly/GmB150Xfnlt

#IDSky #clinmicro

Hygiene and attractiveness consequences of Speedos versus swimming shorts: results of a cross-over study among male academics Whilst in most northern European countries swimming shorts are the norm, swimming briefs, or Speedos, are compulsory in France and parts of Italy. Hygiene is the main justification for this measure, b...

So the French and Italians with their “wear a speedo in a swimming pool- rule” were right after all. 🧼🏊‍♂️
Sorry to all our European friends who have to trade their swimming boxers 🩳 for tight swimwear 🩲 for their holiday swim
@radboudumc.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

het is belangrijk om #Rijksvaccinatieprogramma continu bij te stellen a.h.v. nieuwe ontwikkelingen, zoals veranderende #epidemiologie en ziektelast van infectiezieken, nieuwe risicogroepen, of nieuwe inzichten in de impact van de #vaccinatie strategie.
Gevolgen ⬇️zullen komende jaren zichtbaar worden

If at #ESCAIDE2025, check our our poster on Regional #AMR surveillance in #Netherlands🦠

💡You can still register for (free!) online attendance: the program is fantastic as always and very relevant
www.escaide.eu/en

#EpiSky @escaide.eu @ecdc.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social @suzanpas.bsky.social

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

📸 The EAN photo contest for ESCAIDE 2025 is now open for submissions!

We're looking for pictures of interesting and memorable moments captured in the work of epidemiology and public health.

📅 Deadline for submissions: 10 November.

Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...

‼️ We hebben geen andere keuze dan onze activiteiten te staken omdat onze klinieken zijn omsingeld door Israëlische troepen. ‼️

#medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters #medicsonthemove #radboudumc | Alma Tostmann Gedood worden omdat je je (medische) werk doet: aanvallen op zorginstellingen zijn tussen 2023 en 2024 verdubbeld en vorig jaar kwamen meer dan 900 zorgmedewerkers om het leven. Nu al overtreft 2025 d...

Voor de geïnteresseerden
“#MedicsOnTheMoveForWhatMatters [https://lnkd.in/e4zN6iiK] organiseert op madg 22 sept 2025 een internationale demo voor de EC in Brussel. Met zorgprofessionals en sympathisanten voor Gaza 🏥🩺💉🩹

@almatostmann.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social

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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health w...

DRC #Ebola is a sobering reminder that no country in Africa is immune to health security threats.

A Rapid Response Team with experts in #epidemiology, #IPC, laboratory and case management has been deployed for #surveillance, #treatment and #IPC health facilities

www.afro.who.int/countries/de...

Practical information for Warsaw Basic information, transportation, attractions and tips for attendees coming to Warsaw.

Making travel plans for ESCAIDE? 🚅

Check the practical information on our website to help you prepare transport, accommodation & more: www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...

Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’ Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed

A #disaster for #PublicHealth and infectious disease prevention and control
+ for all the children who will be at risk of contracting potentially severe diseases. And for all who are not able to be vaccinated or who are immunocompromised and rely on #HerdImmunity

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring

🗣️ 2350 Israëliërs werden geïnterviewd, vergeleken met slechts 1085 Palestijnen.

😰 De BBC gebruikte 4 keer vaker emotionele taal voor Israëliërs dan voor Palestijnen.

Hoe zit dit bij Nederlandse ❤️🤍💙media?

🔗volledige rapport:
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...

BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring

Rapport over vooringenomenheid van BBC bij berichtgeving over de genocide in #Gaza
📢Ondanks 34x meer Palestijnse doden kregen Israëlische slachtoffers 33x meer aandacht per dode
📈38 Palestijnen werd gevraagd geweld te veroordelen; geen enkele Israëliër werd dit gevraagd

cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...

Zijn er nog vragen over hulpverlening in Gaza? En in onze rubriek zijn er nog vragen hebben we het vandaag over de hulpverlening aan Gaza en meer in het bijzonder, wat wij kunnen doen aan wat daar gebeurt.

Hier het item 🔗

Luister naar Zijn er nog vragen over hulpverlening in #Gaza? . Open NPO Radio 1:
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/s...

#Nijmegen neemt het estafettestokje over: Stilte-actie voor veiligheid van zorg en zorgmedewerkers in #Gaza: 📅 Dinsdag 3 juni om 12:15u op het Geert Grooteplein (grasveld tussen ziekenhuis en medische faculteit)

@radboudumc.bsky.social #NFU

#malaria
leading cause of death in young children in more than 20 African countries.
Preventing malaria deaths requires ongoing effort, investment and commitment. #publicHealth

⛔#StopBombingHospitals🏥
Even my 10yo daughter understands that bombing hospitals and kiling children is far beyond the #RedLine
More than 100.000 people joined a protest in The Hague yesterday, urging the Dutch government to take action and call on the Israeli government for the #genocide in #Gaza🍉

Remember, diphtheria was a child-killer before the vaccinations and the toxin were around

“Diphtheria mortality in children fell from 86.4 per 100,000 to only 0.4 per 100,000. All thanks to the diphtheria vaccine.”

“To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the #diphtheria toxin-antitoxin #vaccine as a preventative measure, the sample size was very large, and the participants were closely followed with multiple outcome measures reported. In 1923.”

Plastic Waste and COVID-19 Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE Use This quality improvement study evaluates whether personal protective equipment (PPE) deescalation guidelines in Singapore was associated with staff COVID-19 incidence as well as the environmental sust...

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🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Happy #HandHygieneDay 🙌
#IPC Clean your hands - and save lives 🏥
@who.int

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btw #ESCMIDGlobal2025, I loved the graphic reporters 👨‍🎨 and the Scetch & Smile Area 🎨. Nice way to summarize the plenary sessions of the conference.
@escmid.bsky.social @esgni-escmid.bsky.social

Idea for @escaide.eu ?

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

In een infectieziektenuitbraak communiceer je *altijd*.
Preventieve maatregelen, alertheid op symptomen, of om algemene #preventie in de productieketen te verbeteren.

@fda.gov 🤷‍♀️

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives

#YesToScience
@harvard.edu @hsph.harvard.edu

Indeed - another reason in to invest and not defund scientific research.

@marionkoopmans.bsky.social @teachepi.bsky.social - thanks for your great and inspiring talks. The room was packed ✅

How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak? (Gift Article) An interactive explanation of outbreaks, vaccines and herd immunity.

How fast and far can measles spread?

Excellent data viz here that shows why #vaccines matter. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Great talk @marionkoopmans.bsky.social
and thanks @escmid.bsky.social for organising this session
Room = full, which says enough.
A lot of commitment in the audience and we all have a role to play