Kamino 🌟

been thinking about my career options lately. a lot of my dream jobs are only possible after getting a lot of other experience and i need to think about how to get that experience. also considering if i actually perhaps want to stay in academia

i genuinely want more unsanitized queer stories within a sea of stories that are scared to show heavy subject matter

Did COVID change the circulation patterns of other viruses? Or does it just feel that way?

Remarkably, flu all but disappeared from circulation for the first two years of the COVID pandemic, & one entire influenza B lineage went extinct.

But did COVID have a lasting impact on patterns of other viruses?

jenndowd.substack.com/p/did-covid-... #episky #idsky #medsky #publichealth

as the kids these days would say, zruh

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

Vaccines are vital. Masks (n95 or p100) are community care.

And we can also clean the air! Quoted post is re hospital air. This article is re school air.

We have the tools.
Make them use them.

Contact local officials, schools, hospitals, etc. Demand health & disability justice. #CleanTheAir

I’m a dentist from India. The fluoride debate in the U.S. horrifies me While debates in the U.S. rage about potential overexposure to fluoride, people worldwide still lack basic access to it.

I’m a dentist from India. The fluoride debate in the U.S. horrifies me www.statnews.com/2025/05/24/f... via @statnews.com ews

The "debate is not only about chemistry — it is about context. The privilege of questioning fluoride’s role exists only where other forms of care are already accessible."

Extract: Covid-19 is distinct from influenza in several ways. First, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has undergone a mutational evolution different from that of influenza; Covid vaccine-induced immunity may not require annual updates for the most clinically meaningful health outcomes but may perhaps be triggered by significant antigenic shift. Second, Covid-19 has summer transmission that can facilitate the conduct of randomized studies that continue to apply in future time periods. Third, natural immunity from Covid-19 against severe disease appears robust.

Let’s dig more into some of the claims about SARS-CoV-2 vs flu evolution in the recent NEJM piece outlining US approach to COVID vaccines: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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I'm really curious to see if anyone has more up-to-date stats on MMR vaccination rates as well as other factors like travel. Also, while the spread has slowed nationwide, we're still in the middle of outbreaks in places like Kansas. #episky

The CDC's confirmed measles cases have only increased by 23 from last week, and there's only been 5 confirmed in Texas since May 1st. Most reporting I've seen emphasizes the sheer number of total cases, but imo we should focus on the slowdown for the past few weeks which is definitely a good sign.

I feel like this is not their primary goal—they are absolutely lowering longevity but this is too indirect to be true. The key is that this decrease in longevity specifically manifests as a disproportionate increase in disease burden for marginalized groups, something they are definitely aware of.

Genomic epidemiology in action, from a great team of scientists 👇🏻

Analyzing structural racism and its health impacts: it’s about time Abstract. It’s about time. Since 2020, new work on structural racism and health has erupted in the United States, with 93% of the 1655 PubMed articles inde

Analyzing structural racism and its health impacts: it’s about time | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic
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The challenges of measuring socioeconomic inequality in pharmacoepidemiology studies Abstract. Social conditions like socioeconomic status (SES) are critical sources of health disparities. In pharmacoepidemiology research, our ability to me

challenges of measuring socioeconomic inequality in pharmacoepidemiology studies
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Ovarian cancer risk prediction: a clinical epidemiology perspective Abstract. Ovarian cancer is a rare and highly heterogeneous disease usually detected at late stages when outcomes are poor. Population-based screening appr

Ovarian cancer risk prediction: a clinical epidemiology perspective
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leave it to the Times to speculate on AI deserving human rights after spending years degrading the rights of pick a marginalized group.

very troubling, hopefully we can pressure them into fixing this.

ever since i was a little girl, i knew i wanted to make graphics with matplotlib

HRT - Harm Reduction Toolkit A white first aid kit icon with a pastel pink cross, overlaid onto a pastel blue background. Distribute Aid Logo Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Steroid hormone levels vary with sex, aging, lifestyle, and genetics

New Milieu Intérieur study describing the causes of steroid hormone variability and associations with health & disease lead by @jamiesugrue.bsky.social Elizabeth Maloney & Léa Deltourbe between teams of @darraghduffy.bsky.social & @immunobladder.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thank you for your service!

ooh, is it the ArcGIS one?

Happy Birthday to JOHN SNOW!
15 March 1813
Founding Father of Epidemiology
(and no connection to Game of Thrones)

Screenshot of Measles Dashboard (linked) showing a histogram of US measles cases from January to present, rising sharply in the week of Feb 16th to Feb 23rd, and staying high until the present. Total measles cases in 2025 listed as 324. Cases within the past 30 days listed as 303. There have been 2 deaths from measles in the US in 2025. Next update expected March 18th, 2025.

#Measles dashboard update:

New states: OK, KS, VT
New counties in CA, TX, NM, NY

Check out the interactive dashboard:

public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

#MeaslesOutbreak #PublicHealth #EpiSky #DataViz #DataVisualization

Plots of SARS-CoV-2 signal across time in Ottawa, Canada;

Plots of IAV, RSV, IBV, MPOX wastewater signal across time in Ottawa, Canada;

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Mar 09. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces