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Fiona Callaghan

@fionaepi.bsky.social

Epidemiologist, Science advisor, posts are personal

95 Followers  |  89 Following  |  126 Posts  |  Joined: 16.12.2023  |  2.2741

Latest posts by fionaepi.bsky.social on Bluesky

Wonderfully funny and informative post on how to avoid potluck infamy πŸ˜€πŸ€’

10.11.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An ID Doctor’s Guide to Surviving Holiday Potlucks Food Poisoning Free Because nothing says β€œfestive” like avoiding an impromptu Norovirus outbreak.

It’s officially potluck season withoffice parties galore. πŸ¦ƒπŸ₯˜ If, like me, you harbor an irrational fear of food poisoning, I’ve got you covered. Here’s your ID doctor–approved guide to surviving the season’s buffets w/out ending up in the ER.
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open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...

10.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 15
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Cool data dashboard "What is the Whaitua Mapping Tool?
An online mapping platform designed to visualise detailed information about local communities across Aotearoa." atiawatoaimpb.nz/faqs-whaitua...

08.09.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big pistachio :D

20.08.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Some people and their dogs have been training for it all year. And some of them, one suspects, have not"

18.06.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada has secured 500,000 doses of an updated H5N1 (avian influenza) vaccine.

Here's a Canadian perspective in @CMAJ on what this means, with colleagues from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Link: www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

02.06.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9
ESR Wastewater Surveillance

Latest wastewater dashboard for NZ from the ESR team -- a bit of an uptick. poops.nz

01.06.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Social media community guidelines | Ministry of Health NZ The Ministry engages with the community and provides important safety and public health information through accounts on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.

The Ministry of Health is now posting on Bluesky. Follow us to be alerted to our consultations, news and announcements. We welcome your respectful and relevant comments and reserve the right to take action against posts that violate our community guidelines:

25.05.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 16
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Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop
When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

U.S. NEWS Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

09.05.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 23972    πŸ” 5136    πŸ’¬ 754    πŸ“Œ 841
β€œI expect this sort of behavior out of a squirrel, but a raccoon?”

Jacob Liekki, Cactus Purchaser

β€œI expect this sort of behavior out of a squirrel, but a raccoon?” Jacob Liekki, Cactus Purchaser

Raccoon With Meth Pipe Found In Driver’s Seat Of Car
theonion.com/raccoon...

09.05.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1157    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 13

Big congrats Jemma!

08.05.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weather live: State of emergency as heavy rain, gales hit South Island, Wellington 'The roads are the worst I've seen,' evacuated residents say amid a state of emergency in Selwyn, while flights are being cancelled in Wellington and homes lose power.

Meanwhile: Weather live: State of emergency as heavy rain, gales hit South Island, Wellington www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

30.04.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article) Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ πŸ§ͺ

16.04.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 561    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 69
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Public Health On Call: 880 - β€œThe FDA As We’ve Known It Is Finished” About this episode: Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services abruptly fired around 10,000 employees, 3,500 of which were within the FDA aloneβ€”an organization of around 18,000 total emplo...

An inside perspective on the damage to the FDA that will have implications for global medical regulation and research johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/880-the-fda-...

08.04.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great🧡 re flu in Oz. TLDR πŸ‘‡

03.04.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"a faecal immunochemical test-based programme was non-inferior to a colonoscopy-based programme for colorectal cancer-related mortality"
-so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.

29.03.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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WHO proposes to reduce jobs and cut budget by a fifth, memo shows U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization upon taking office in January

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

29.03.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

#FDA top vaccines regulator Peter Marks is forced out by HHS Secretary Kennedy. Marks didn't mince words in his resignation letter: "It has become clear ... [Kennedy] wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.” www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f...

29.03.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1069    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 22

Some updates on HHS reorg:

- Secy aides want reorg goals fast, often within 10 days
- cuts expected at HRSA include Provider Relief Bureau, could leave >$1B uncollected
- CDC and ASPR have only until Sat to come up with merger plan

www.cbsnews.com/news/job-cut...

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Why is the discovery of Japanese encephalitis virus in mosquitoes collected from suburban Brisbane such a concern? It really upends our understanding of a group of mosquito-borne pathogens with life threatening consequences and how authorities around Australia should respond...

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