Alison Farrell

Now out in @plosmedicine.org, an important new Perspective on #mpox from @who.int
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@plosmedicine.bsky.social is setting the standard for health dataset studies dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study In a retrospective cohort study, Yiran E Liu and colleagues investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil.

The transition from prison to community is often a socially and medically vulnerable moment for persons deprived of liberty (PDL). Our previous work found that PDL in Brazil have 3x ⬆️ risk of mortality after prison release compared with others in their community 1/5 journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Middle-income countries graduating from health aid: Transforming daunting challenges into smooth transitions Gavin Yamey and co-authors discuss approaches to providing support for middle-income countries transitioning away from health aid.

In a previous article that we published in 2019, we showed evidence that:

"Donor exits can create shocks to a country’s health system—affecting human resources for health, service delivery, medicines and technologies, and health financing"

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Association between cigarette smoking status, intensity, and cessation duration with long-term incidence of nine cardiovascular and mortality outcomes: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration (CCC) Using data from 22 prospective cohort studies, Erfan Tasdighi and colleagues investigate the relationships among smoking burden, intensity, and cessation duration across multiple cardiovascular outcom...

🚬 Une nouvelle étude, sur 22 cohortes et plus de 300.000 personnes, vient confirmer les risques du tabagisme et la nécessité de l'arrêt complet (et non pas la simple diminution)

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In this Perspective, Petra Heitkamp, Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro & @madhupai.bsky.social discuss why abrupt international funding cuts, while threatening #tuberculosis services, also present an opportunity for a more self-reliant response led by high-burden countries🧪
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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...

In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers & Anthony Fauci reflects on progress made in #antiretroviral treatments & prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promising therapeutic developments and looking ahead to what is needed to end the #AIDS epidemic 🧪
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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...

Thrilled to see the Perspective by Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. Greg Folkers in @plosmedicine.bsky.social on #WorldAIDSDay commemorating progress achieved against #AIDS and the critical challenge to sustain it.
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Exciting first day at #ERSCongress in Amsterdam and hearing all the updates in #respiratorymedicine. Can you see your study in #PLOSMedicine? If so, please reach out! #ERS2025 @plos.org

The potential impact of declining development assistance for health on population health in Malawi: A modelling study Author summary Why was this study done? Development assistance for health (DAH) is an important source of funding for public healthcare services in Malawi. Its contribution is expected to decline...

As well as the modelling study by Molaro and colleagues that looks specifically at the effects of #health #aid reductions in #Malawi
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Check out this new Perspective by #PLOSMedicine academic editor @petermacp.bsky.social and colleagues on the devastating effects on progress of health funding cuts in Africa:
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This is extraordinarily shortsighted and limits the US' ability to respond to a pandemic:
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PLOS Medicine has a new team and is setting priorities to help address global health challenges. Read the editorial here: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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SPIRIT 2025 statement: Updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials A complete, transparent, and accessible protocol is critical for the planning, conduct, reporting, and external review of randomised trials The SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for I...

SPIRIT 2025 is now live at PLOS Medicine! doi.org/10.1371/jour... Hot on the heels of the CONSORT 2025 statement, these updates aim to improve transparency and reporting quality of clinical protocols and randomized trials, respectively. See our accompanying editorial here doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.

Massive loss to #FDA, #vaccine research and safety and #science
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Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C. The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, officials said.

See the last sentence of this article, a quote from MItchell Warren. So important!

Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

#CROI2025 starts this Sunday in San Francisco, the best #HIV conference! I am super excited to attend & hope to see you there!
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sadly relevant all over again
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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…

Statement from PLOS in response to the EOs:
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Trump singled me out for ruining women’s sport. This is my response to him | Austin Killips The president talks about trans athletes ‘invading’ women’s sports, while doing nothing at all to elevate, fund or support women athletes

very powerful piece
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As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA Drugmakers — major beneficiaries of NIH-backed university research — have been largely silence on the Trump administration's cuts to agency research payments.

Staying silent is tacit endorsement and helps no-one.

As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/n... via @statnews.com

Anthony Fauci Stripped of Government Security Protection Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who was one of the nation’s top health officials for decades, had received death threats during the coronavirus pandemic. He has hired his own security detail.

This is unconscionable. Dr. Fauci has served the American population for far longer than any president, and far better than so many. I am speechless with the pettiness of these actions.

Trump Terminates Fauci’s Government Security Protection www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

how do you maintain supremacy as a world leader in #science and #medicine with actions like this? #NIH

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

But thankfully Quebecers can still order from Amazon in ON! :)

U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from infected chickens and wild birds in a backyard flock.

This is an important and worrisome development

U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/b... via @statnews.com

A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

Interesting results in @science.org & important to understand prevalence of this and other affinity-enhancing HA mutations from other human cases of #H5N1 #avianinfluenza
A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Opinion | If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us? A bereaved mother’s case against our grief-phobic culture.

Incredibly moving Opinion in @nytimes.com and commentary on the disconnect between medicine and palliative care. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

Intravenous and intracranial GD2-CAR T cells for H3K27M+ diffuse midline gliomas - Nature We evaluated the use of chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells targeting GD2 (GD2-CART) for H3K27M+ diffuse midline glioma (DMG), finding that intravenous administration of GD2-CART, followed by i...

Exciting step forward with #CARTs for a devastating childhood cancer from Michelle Monje's and Crystal Mackall's labs #StanfordMedicine @mackall-lab.bsky.social
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Panel - Part 2: A Conversation with CDC Director Mandy Cohen | Milken Institute

We need this on repeat: #CDC Director Mandy Cohen to #CNN Meg Tirrell, " I don't want to have to see us go backwards in order to remind ourselves that
#vaccines work"
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