Björn Meyer

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#ChooseEurope for Science is live!

With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:

🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects

Europe is where science thrives.

More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

What is the Strategic advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)? Provides independent, evidence-based recommendations on vaccines. Established in 1999.

SAGE recommendations consider public health impact, cost-effectiveness, programmatic feasibility, and equity.They ensure that vaccines work in real-world settings and reach those who need them the most.

Thanks to expert advice from SAGE, WHO’s vaccine policies help give children lasting protection against serious diseases like measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough; giving parents confidence their child is protected.

WHO regularly reviews evidence and ensures vaccine policies reflect the latest science. In fact, SAGE bases its recommendations only on publicly available evidence that is carefully assessed and validated using internationally recognized methods.

Did you know that since 1999 an independent group of global experts called the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has been providing WHO evidence-based recommendations on #vaccines?

The even more burning question for me at the moment? Do you think or know whether this is suitable for IFA protocols as well? I'm curious now

WHO statement on autism-related issues Follow @WHO for the latest updates

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

Bundesgerichtshof: Ärztin muss wegen falscher Corona-Atteste in Haft Eine Hausärztin aus dem sächsischen Moritzburg hatte während der Corona-Pandemie Hunderte falsche Atteste ausgestellt - und dafür Geld kassiert. Der Bundesgerichtshof bestätigte nun ein Urteil gegen s...

Juristischer Laie hier. Aber wenn das Urteil doch rechtskräftig ist, warum dann weiterhin namenlos im Bericht? www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

Yet he claims that the women formerly leading the CDC are lying and untrustworthy. Makes sense

Looking forward to seeing all US-based professionals and expert societies to correct these comments

Oh America. What have you become

What 4B does to one's opinion. A miracle, really

1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk The emergence and global expansion of Aedes aegypti puts more than half of all humans at risk of arbovirus infection, but the origin of this mosquito and the impact of contemporary gene flow on arbovi...

1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!

The "debate me" bros have entered crucial government bodies

Vaccine ‘skeptics’ among new advisers joining CDC committee Some have little to no documented experience with vaccines while others have undermined their safety

Say "anti-vaxxers" when you mean anti-vaxxers. There is no fact-based scepticism about them or this
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Deutschlandticket soll ab Januar 63 Euro kosten Der Preis des Deutschlandtickets im Nahverkehr soll im kommenden Jahr von derzeit 58 Euro auf 63 Euro im Monat steigen. Das haben die Verkehrsminister der Länder auf ihrer Konferenz in München beschlo...

8% mehr. Um wie viel steigen Vorstandsgehälter?
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Maybe they should have sworn in JFK Jr. after all

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children - KFF Health News A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to vote on delaying the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Pediatricians warn that coul...

NEWS: By vaccinating babies at birth, the U.S. nearly eradicated hepatitis-B in children.

Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected.

Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social

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Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome

climate change - it's a thing. and it affects more than just the climate and weather
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oh absolut nicht. aber bei einigen älteren Herrschaften und einigen des "das war immer schon so" oder "das haben wir immer schon so gemacht", habe ich aufgehört, mich zu wundern. Denke die ganze akademische Landschaft in Deutschland könnte mal ein Update vertragen. aber das ist nur meine Meinung

Nein. Und so kannst du deinen Gutachterkreis einschränken

RSV vaccines estimated to be 58% to 83% protective in older adults

www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...

The global return-on-investment of COVID-19 vaccines in the first year of the vaccination programme COVID-19 vaccines played a critical role in reducing global health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their rapid development required extraordinary effort. This study aims to evaluate their glo...

Wow!

Covid vaccine development and delivery cost $79.4 billion, but the health and economic benefits of vaccination were valued between $4.83 trillion–$37.8 trillion.

A return on investment of $59.8–$475 per dollar invested!!

This is why vaccine equity matters!

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Get vaccinated. Nothing changed, RFK Jr nonsense or not

🚨 Apply now - Pandemics: Origins and Response Pasteur Course🌍🦠

This new intensive course explores pandemic origins, dynamics, prevention strategies, and lessons from past outbreaks, through a multidisciplinary approach.

👉 Learn more & apply: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

@pasteur.fr

Great news. The RSV vaccine will be freely available for newborns from October onwards. Effective protection from the most common cause of severe respiratory tract infection in newborns and toddlers.

#WestNileFever update - September.

As of 3.09.2025, a total of 652 human cases of #WestNileVirus have been reported in 9 European countries: AL, BG, FR, EL, HU, IT, RO, RS, ES with 38 deaths.

Italy is currently experiencing the largest outbreak (500 cases, 32 deaths).

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Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."

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Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work?

In @science.org Heidi Larson discusses the global evidence on vaccine mandates & what impact Florida's plan to end all required vaccinations is likely to have.

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“Well I don’t like that study because it doesn't give me the result I want’

Baltimore Classification

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/s...