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Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine | NEJM Influenza remains a major health burden despite the use of licensed vaccines. Nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccines have shown promising immunogenicity against influenza and...

Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine

Yes, safe and effective! mRNA may be able to closely match influenza variant and vaccine.

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Third infant dies from whooping cough in Kentucky within 12 months A third infant has died from pertussis in Kentucky within the past 12 months, state health officials announced Monday.

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The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...

“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”

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The rise of sports betting is a growing public health crisis Sports betting is more addictive than ever, and millions of young Americans are paying the price.

“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”

Headstone of a husband and wife and six year old child, early 20th C.

Reminder that parents outliving their kids was total thing in the pre-vaccine, pre-antibiotics era, making headstones like these common as dirt. Here are three—out of hundreds and hundreds—in my local cemetery…🧵

Six-year-old Edith:

Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

You. Do. Not. Try. To. Prove. Your. Hypothesis.

That is completely backwards.

The proper way to do science is to form a hypothesis, and then do everything you can to try and tear that hypothesis apart.

Any other way is scientifically unsound at the least, and malpractice or outright lies at worst

Beautiful evening in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paul Offit (@offitpa) on Threads Jim O'Neill, acting director of the CDC, just made an irresponsible announcement about the MMR vaccine. This is my 2-minute rebuttal.

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Population-Level Effectiveness and Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine This cross-sectional study investigates population-level effectiveness and herd protection in the first 17 years after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls and young women at ...

A landmark new study in JAMA Pediatrics shows the HPV vaccine is doing exactly what it promised & more. 17yrs after rollout, adolescent vaccination has slashed HPV infxns not only among those vaccinated but also those unvaccinated, showing powerful herd protection.
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Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak is now its worst in 35 years So far this year, Louisiana recorded 368 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, as of August 23, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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page of the census showing columns for children born and children living 2 of 14 1 of 5

page of the census showing columns for children born and children living 0 of 10 3 of 4

Looking up something in the Boston census of 1900, and these are just other families on the same pages.

2 children surviving out of 14
1 child surviving out of 5
0 children surviving out of 10
3 children surviving out of 4

When asked which country is the most important ally to their own, many people around the world name the United States. This is the most common response in 12 of the 24 non-U.S. countries included in a new Pew Research Center survey. It is tied for the top response in three additional countries. But others say the U.S. is their nation’s greatest threat. This is the most common response in six countries and tied for top in two others. In neighboring Canada and Mexico, as well as in Argentina, Brazil and Kenya, the U.S. is the top response on both the ally and threat questions.

Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation Critics say he is undermining trust in vaccines and public health.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation
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The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...

⚡️Less than 24 hrs after #Ebola outbreak declared in #DRC Kasai, we have the genome sequence.

🧬 99.52% similar to 1976 Yambuku strain → points to a new spillover, not linked to 2007 Luebo or 2008–09 Mweka outbreaks

Rapid science guiding response.

🔗 virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

Well, you're the FDA Commissioner, so tell us. What do the data say?

No? Here, I'll help you.

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CDC: deaths within 42 days of mRNA vaccination were below background (expected) rates in every age group, including ages 6 months–17 years

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Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer - Macleans.ca I spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in my home of Alberta, I’m trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids.

She spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in her home of Alberta, she’s trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids. https://macleans.ca/longforms/confessions-of-an-ex-anti-vaxxer/

🚨DRC yesterday reported 7 deaths and 13 suspected cases of Ebola Zaire strain in Mweka territory, according to local news.

Samples have been sent to the National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa for confirmation.

Radio silence from regular US CDC channels.

Kasaï : 6 morts déjà enregistrés sur 10 cas suspects de fièvre hémorragique virale à Bulape Le ministère de la Santé publique, Hygiène et Prévention sociale, à travers le Centre des Opérations d’Urgences de Santé Publique (COUSP), annonce avoir activé le mode alerte suite à la détection de p...

Yesterday the ministry of health in the Dr Congo reported on a suspected outbreak of hemorrhagic fever virus in its Kasai province. so far there have been 10 suspected cases and 6 deaths.
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My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

I’m always surprised how much alarm hand, foot, and mouth causes.

RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians’ group over vaccine recommendations The American Academy of Pediatrics had earlier urged parents to get young children vaccinated against Covid — pushing back against the health secretary’s stance.

These are the sorts of attacks on experts that resulted in a domestic terrorist firing 500 shots at the CDC just over a week ago. If you stand for evidence based public health interventions, you basically get a target placed on your back by DHHS leadership.
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YouTube video by MicrobeTV Beyond the Noise #78: RFK Jr.’s Plan to Eliminate Vaccines

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RFK Jr. is on the verge of eliminating vaccines from the United States. Here is how he is going to do it.

Theater of the absurd.

Yes, throwing the sandwich was wrong.

This is MORE wrong. By magnitudes. He was already arrested and released on bond as I understand. This absurd and totalitarian show of force was to “re-arrest” him on additional charges and was completely unnecessary.

Like when you look at a radiologic study and the radiologist has already placed arrows pointing to the important stuff.

Or you could love a child for who they are & find wonder in the gifts they bring…

but I’m kinda old-fashioned

The main thing - is it not already clear - RFKr Jr is uniquely unqualified to lead the HHS.

All main agencies under his watch - NIH, FDA, CMS - are also headed by incompetent contrarian peddlers of disinformation, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience.

This will, and already does, cost lives.