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💡 Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the symposium "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research" hosted by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research.
#AI #PublicHealth

📆 14-15 May 2025
📍 Berlin, Germany
🚨 Register until 25 April

🔗 https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/ZKI-PH/AI-in-Public-Health-Research_2025.html
Last chance to register: "AI in Public Health Research" Symposium. 14th-15th May in Berlin. Register until 25th April.


Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.

Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.

Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PublicHealth #WhoopingCough #Vaccines #Disease #Health #RFKJr #Trump
Text: Amid a measles outbreak, whooping cough cases have soared as vaccine rates decline. Graph: Bar chart with year on the x-axis (2014-2024) and number of whooping cough cases on the y-axis (0 through 30,000). The chart shows that cases of pertussis were over 30,000 in 2014, but remained at or below 20,000 from 2015 through 2023. In 2020 and 2021, cases dropped below 10,000 because most schools closed due to COVID-19. Cases stayed low in 2022 and 2023. But in 2024, cases shot back up to 35,435.


Inhaltswarnung: U.S. Politics, NY, mask bans


Hey 🇨🇦
#Ontario friends,

A reminder for those voting in #Kitchener South-Hespeler on April 28th:

#Poilievre's candidate Matt Strauss, is the doctor who said he'd rather give his kids #Covid-19 than give them food from McDonald's. He then got Elon Musk's help to fund his lawsuit against Queen's University, who had reprimanded him for his public criticism of health measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic.

#elxn45 #cdnpoli #Waterloo #publicHealth #kingston

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/matt-strauss-queens-university-lawsuit-covid-response-1.6930567


The exodus of highly skilled, highly educated researchers, scientists and professionals from our public health agencies is unprecedented. Experts warn that it will take "decades to rebuild.”

https://fortune.com/well/2025/04/13/rfk-jr-cuts-public-health-devastating-effects-decades #press #publichealth #health


NEW: As RFK Jr. defends cuts to public health, experts warn of devastating effects that could haunt Americans for decades. “They’re breaking lots of stuff without knowing what they’re breaking.”
https://fortune.com/well/2025/04/13/rfk-jr-cuts-public-health-devastating-effects-decades

#health #press #publichealth


🎬 Im neuen Videoformat „kurz & knapp“ fassen wir aktuelle Themen rund um #PublicHealth zusammen.

Diese Woche mit:
🦷 Diabetes & Mundgesundheit
🩹 Impfprävention in Deutschland
🩺 Neue Online-Befragung für Ärztinnen und Ärzte

📽️ Alle Folgen in der YouTube-Playlist:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCh-G-AnLKeMyixYk4E159ah6Q2VtO1yj


RFK Jr's HHS has hired fake doctor, huckster, and vaccine denier David Greer to study the long disproven link between vaccines and autism.

Greer has been disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. He has no medical degree or any kind of science degree that would qualify him to study this topic.

Meanwhile, numerous kids are arriving at Texas emergency rooms with liver damage from vitamin A overdoses their parents have given them in an antivax measles hysteria created by RFKJr, himself, who called on parents to give their kids the vitamin (which has no efficacy in preventing or curing measles), in lieu of the vaccine, (which provides 97% of recipients complete lifetime immunity from measles with virtually 0 risk of dangerous side effects, and 0 chance of Autism.)

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/dc-warns-major-measles-exposure-hhs-names-geier-study-autism-and-vaccines

#hhs #rfkjr #vaccines #autism #publichealth #Hysteria #childabuse #measles #vitaminA


We've had $40M in public health money ripped from our state by the federal government. That money was used to lower infant mortality rates, deal with an opioid crisis and help disenfranchised people find shelter, food and jobs. #publichealth needs to be preserved and expanded, not dismantled. We need to do more to help those who don't have access to care. This is a travesty. It won't stop unless we do something about it. Even here in a Republican stronghold I'm writing to my reps. #hoosiernews


Top F.D.A. vaccine official resigns (under pressure), writing:

… that RFK Jr.’s “aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”

And further:

“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.” 👀

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#USA #USGov #health #PublicHealth #vaccines #COVID

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks
Top F.D.A. vaccine official resigns, citing Kennedy's 'misinformation and lies.' The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned Friday. Greg Nash

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public. "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies," Dr. Marks wrote to Sara Brenner, the agency's acting commissioner. Dr. Marks resigned under pressure, according to a person familiar with the matter who said an official with the Department of Health and Human Services told Dr. Marks on Friday that he could either resign or be fired.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
Hours earlier in West Virginia, Mr. Kennedy asserted that Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research showing that 30 percent of those who died early in the pandemic did not have underlying conditions. Mr. Kennedy has also extolled the value of vitamin A as a treatment during a major measles outbreak in Texas, while downplaying the value of vaccines. On Thursday, he announced that he was creating a new office to study vaccine injuries. Dr. Marks noted in his letter that measles, "which killed more than 100,000 unvaccinated children last year in Africa and Asia," because of complications, "had been eliminated from our shores." He added that he had been willing to address Mr. Kennedy's concerns about vaccine safety and transparency with a series of public meetings and by working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, but was rebuffed.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST
"Undermining confidence in well- established vaccines that have met the high standards for quality, safety and effectiveness that have been in place for decades at F.D.A. is irresponsible, detrimental to public health, and a clear danger to our nation's health, safety and security," Dr. Marks wrote. He went on to express his desire for the current administration's damage to be limited. "My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science," Dr. Marks wrote.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/us/trump-greenland-vance-news#fda-vaccines-rfk-jr-peter-marks

Accessed: 28 March 2025 at 2117 MST


📢 Remember: register for the “AI in Public Health Research” Symposium until 25 April.

📆 7–11 July, 2025 📍 Berlin

Explore AI in decision-making, AMR, climate change & public health policy.

🔗 https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/ZKI-PH/AI-in-Public-Health-Research_2025.html

#AIinPH #AI #PublicHealth
AI in Public Health Research: 14-15 May. Register now!  Keynote Speakers: 
Prof. Sylvia Thun: Digital Health and its Impact on Public Health
Dr. Dimitra Panteli: Supporting Evidence-Informed Decisions in Health Policy and Practice


#News: #Research in @thelancet
finds #pandemics are linked to #ecosystem and #biodiversity declines, with viruses jumping from animals to humans. Urgent #publichealth and #conservation needed #Boycott4Wildlife
@palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2024/09/08/protect-nature-to-avoid-future-pandemics/


📣 Today, March 24, is the last day to submit your game pitch!

🎮 Communication Games Design Challenge

🥳 We will announce the Finalists March 31

🌐 https://communicating.games

#indiedev #indiegame #videogames #games #communication #media #publichealth #nonprofit #gamedev #gamedesign


Far more people in far more states are in the early stages of infection due to the relatively long incubation period of #measles averaging 11-12 days from exposure to symptom onset.

Even then early measles symptoms mimic other common viral illness and most won't seek evaluation until a rash develops - typically 14 days post exposure.

In summary - it’s already far worse than it looks, and somehow, it’s only downhill from here. #publichealth

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/23/measles-spread-vaccine-misinformation


In 1 decade, Texas went from having high vaccination rates to low rates

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles

#measles #publichealth #vaccines #texas
2 maps of the US showing changes in childhood vaccination rates between 2010 and now


German spy agency believed CoVid-19 likely started in a laboratory in Wuhan.

The widely accepted theory is that Covid-19 emerged in bats and then jumped to humans, most likely through another animal, or "intermediary host."

As time worn on, scientists have not found a virus in either bats or another animal that matches the genetic make-up of Covid-19, leading some to doubt the theory.

#Pandemic #CoVid19 #Asian #Health #Virus #PublicHealth #SARSCov2

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o


I wrote a guest article for Healthy Debate that looks at why we need mandatory masks in healthcare, why surgical masks aren’t enough, and how the mounting threats to public health are putting lives at risk.

If you’re a healthcare worker, mask up.

Show us you take your oath to “do no harm” seriously

https://healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topic/wear-mask-plea-health-care-workers/

#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #longcovid #pandemic #publichealth #wearamask #n95 #measles #h5n1 #keepmasksinhealthcare #chronicillness #disability


Five years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, much of the world has moved on—but COVID hasn’t disappeared.

People are still getting sick, hospitals still see surges, and Long COVID continues to disrupt lives. The good news? We still have the power to protect ourselves and our communities.

Read our latest blog on why prevention still matters: https://whn.global/five-years-since-covid-was-declared-a-pandemic/

#COVID19 #LongCOVID #PublicHealth #MaskUp #CleanAir
A digital graphic from WHN.Global features a background image of a crowded indoor setting with people walking, many wearing masks. At the top, a red banner with white text reads "FIVE YEARS." Below, bold white and red text states: "IT’S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE COVID WAS DECLARED A PANDEMIC." Additional white text below reads: "Since then, much of the world has moved on. But COVID hasn’t disappeared, and many continue to respond accordingly." The WHN.Global logo is in the upper right corner, and a row of five colored dots (pink, green, yellow, blue, dark blue) is in the upper left corner.
A digital graphic with a black background and white text. At the top, a red banner with white text reads "FIVE YEARS." The main bold text states: "COVID-19 is not over." Below, a white outlined box contains three bullet points:

"We still have the power to protect ourselves and others."
"Masking, ventilation, and vaccines remain essential tools."
"Every infection avoided reduces the risk of Long COVID."
At the bottom, a red call-to-action button with white text reads: "Learn more & take action today → whn.global." The WHN.Global logo is in the upper right corner, and a row of five colored dots (pink, green, yellow, blue, dark blue) is in the upper left corner.


It’s true that the measles generally has a low mortality rate in the #USA, but that doesn’t mean it is something to fool around with.

The effect of disease is more than mortality (death). It’s about morbidity (illness, chronic illness) too.

And the #measles can make someone VERY ill.

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#PublicHealth #health

~ Measles rarely kills in the US – but when it does, here’s how ~
(from 2019)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/health/how-measles-kills-explainer/index.html


Per the NIH, “measles outbreaks are increasingly occurring” in the #USA and “measles cases have considerable morbidity requiring hospitalization.”

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#PublicHealth #measles

~ Inpatient morbidity and mortality of measles in the United States ~
(from 2020)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7188204/


Also, per the CDC, there have been 2 probable #measles deaths in the #USA this year.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

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#PublicHealth #measles


There is so much wrong with this statement by Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary RFK Jr.

1) Autism isn’t a chronic disease. It isn’t even a disease.

2) Autism doesn’t lead to someone potentially developing fatal encephalitis (brain swelling) or pneumonia.

3) Autism doesn’t require urgent medical hospitalization (which measles can) & stress the healthcare system.

3) Autism doesn’t spread from person-to-person in the air.

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#PublicHealth #measles #autism #rfkjr #USA #FalseComparison
"We've had two measles deaths in 20 years in this country - we have 100,000 autism diagnoses every year," he said. "We need to keep our eye on the ball. Chronic disease is our enemy."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html

Accessed: 10 March 2025 at 1636 MST


📢 Join the "AI in Public Health Research" Symposium by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research at #RKI!

📆 14-15 May 2025 | 📍 Berlin, Germany

Explore #AI’s impact on #publichealth with top experts.

🔗 https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/Termine/EN/ZKI-PH/AI-in-Public-Health-Research_2025.html

#AIinPH
Symposium: "AI in Public Health Research". 14-15 May 2025.


Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them.

Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma.

Most people are firmly in denial about COVID, and many are grasping on to conspiracy theories and harmful rhetoric in order to return to their 2019 version of “normal”.

That denial is changing us. Refusing to deal with trauma has consequences.

We’re becoming more detached, reckless and apathetic.

There’s still time to change. It starts with acknowledging that the threat has not passed and we all need to do our part to protect our health & the health of those around us.

We have to begin to adapt so that we can heal.

#pandemic #publichealth #trauma #chronicillness #longcovid #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover


Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance and self care.

Sick of being sick? Wear a mask.

Have a vulnerable loved one you want to protect? Wear a mask.

Work in healthcare and want to protect your patients? Wear a mask.

Want to fight fascists? Wear a mask.

Worried about low vaccination rates bringing back measles, polio and other eradicated diseases? Wear a mask.

Want to resist and keep your activism virus free? You guessed it, wear a mask.

When worn correctly, they’re highly effective. Trump and Vance are as anti-mask as they come, so we need as many people as possible masking in solidarity.

Let’s keep people healthy while normalizing them as an important tool in the fight against disease AND fascism.

#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #fascism #resist #wearamask #pandemic #publichealth #measles


Rep. Ritchie Torres Jen Rubin interview fired #USAID worker, Nancy Bolan

"Nancy Bolan — who has spent over 25 years saving the lives of mothers and newborn babies — was fired from her health care position at USAID on January 28 as part of Elon Musk's purge at the U.S. Agency for International Development."

#TheContrarian #RichieTorres #doge #musk #trump #uspol #publichealth
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/rep-ritchie-torres-jen-rubin-interview


There’s so much going on in the world that we can’t control.

The Covid pandemic gave way to rising fascism, just like the pandemics that have come before.

People are scared. Many lost loved ones. Society changed overnight. The loss of control that many felt allowed bad actors to rise up and capitalize on people’s fear.

No matter what our governments say or do, Covid isn’t over. It’s still killing and disabling people.

What’s worse, the pro infection crowd has become so loud and emboldened that vaccine uptake is down, masks are vilified and we’re seeing a resurgence of diseases like measles and tuberculosis.

Despite all the infectious disease threats out there, we still don’t have mandatory masks in healthcare.

The one place people absolutely can’t avoid, the place they should have a reasonable expectation of safety, has become one of the least safe public spaces.

Patients are being infected trying to access basic healthcare, because staff refuse to mask. Refuse to test. Refuse to isolate.

It’s eugenics, and we need people to realize it before it’s too late.

We need mandatory masks in healthcare. We must protect patients AND staff. We must protect even the ones who refuse to protect themselves.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/we-need-mandatory-masking-in-healthcare

#uspoli #pandemic #publichealth #fascism #masks #n95 #chronicillness #disability #ableism #eugenics #covidisairborne #covidisnotover


📃 KI kann #PublicHealth transformieren – wenn sie richtig eingesetzt wird. Ein neuer Artikel in LANCET Public Health gibt klare Empfehlungen:

✅ KI-Expertise einstellen und schulen
✅ Digitale Infrastruktur stärken
✅ KI-Tools ethisch und umweltfreundlich nutzen
✅ Transparente und diverse Daten sichern

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00036-2
Dachzeile: Publikation in LANCET Public Health 
Text: KI in Public Health: neue Impulse
Das Bild zeigt eine Paneldiskussion auf einer Bühne mit fünf Personen, die auf weißen Sesseln sitzen. Die Teilnehmenden sind in formeller Kleidung, und einige halten Notizen in der Hand. Im Hintergrund ist eine große Leinwand zu sehen, auf der ein Ausschnitt einer Präsentation mit zwei Porträtfotos und Namen angezeigt wird: Keyrellous Adib (WHO Europe) und Katharina Ladewig (Robert Koch-Institut). Die Gestaltung enthält geschwungene blaue Formen im oberen Bereich.


🌍 Sitz des IANPHI-Sekretariats geht nach Deutschland!

Das Sekretariat der International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) wird 2025 an das RKI verlegt.

Ein wichtiger Schritt für die globale #PublicHealth -Kooperation!

🔗 https://www.rki.de/DE/Aktuelles/Neuigkeiten-und-Presse/Meldungen/Archiv/2025-03-04_IANPHI-Sekretariat.html


New York confirms two cases of measles as RFK Jr does an about face on vaccinations.

After spending years spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric and lies, he’s now tacitly recommending the MMR in the wake of the first child death of measles in a decade.

More outbreaks will continue to happen until people start vaccinating their kids again.

Measles is incredibly contagious, and it’s airborne. The average person goes on to infect approximately 9 others.

The disease was all but eradicated thanks to vaccination, and it’s on the rise again because of people like RFK Jr

The kids need us to protect them. They need the adults to make smart choices.

Also, wear a respirator! It’ll help protect from measles, covid, flu and more.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-reports-two-confirmed-cases-of-measles/6171176/

#measles #rfkjr #publichealth #airborne #wearamask #vaccines #hhs #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover


RFK Jr finally recommends vaccination to deal with the measles outbreak hitting Texas right now.

This is quite the about face for a man who’s been spreading harmful anti-vaxx rhetoric for years.

Just a few days ago he was minimizing the outbreak by saying it was “normal” and recommending vitamin A.

What changed? Not going to lie… my initial thought was “it must be really bad if RFK Jr is pushing the vaccine”

Please folks, get your boosters. Wear a mask. Clean the air. Protect your health & the health of those around you.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/kennedy-jr-measles-outbreak-vaccine

#rfkjr #vaccines #measles #uspoli #hhs #publichealth #texas #wearamask #COVIDisAirborne #covidisnotover #disability


Am 24. März ist #Welttuberkulosetag

Tuberkulose ist noch immer eine große #PublicHealth-Herausforderung.

Weltweit sterben über 1 Million Menschen pro Jahr an Tuberkulose. Mit Prävention und Behandlung könnten viele Leben gerettet werden.

🔗 https://www.rki.de/zahldesmonats

#ZahldesMonats
Oben mittig befindet sich ein Foto von Tuberkulose-Bakterien unter einem Elektronenmikroskop, die Bakterien sind als rötliche, stabförmige Strukturen auf schwarzem Hintergrund zu sehen.

Links oben ein orangefarbenes Element mit einer angesteckten Pinnnadel-Illustration, in dem in weißer Schrift steht: „Zahl des Monats“.

Der untere Teil der Folie ist in Blautönen gehalten.

Groß und fett hervorgehoben: „11 Millionen“
Restlicher Text: „Fast 11 Millionen Menschen erkranken jährlich weltweit an Tuberkulose“