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📆 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
The judge affirmed claims brought by advocates of people incarcerated in the state, where summer heat routinely soars above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius)."
https://apnews.com/article/texas-heat-prison-air-conditioning-judge-ruling-5d25ef8d7229c9e37cd73b4730eb1d4b
#PublicHealth #CriminalJustice #incarceration #prisons #heat #climate #environment #texas
Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn't order they install AC
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” But the judge declined Wednesday to order the state to immediately fix the problem, which could cost billions.Jim Vertuno (AP News)
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/
Protect Nature to Avoid Future Pandemics
Research from University of Queensland and published in The Lancet: Planetary Health finds that the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to the decline of ecosystems and biodiversity, creating a cycle that …Palm Oil Detectives
🎮 Communication Games Design Challenge
🥳 We will announce the Finalists March 31
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#indiedev #indiegame #videogames #games #communication #media #publichealth #nonprofit #gamedev #gamedesign
Communication Games Contest Website
The 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge theme is communication. Submit a communication game pitch by March 24th.Communication Games
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
Luckily people are generously devoting time to roundups like these:
https://longcovidweekly.substack.com/p/long-covid-weekly-132-a-new-name
https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2025/03/15/2025-03-15-general/
#AirborneAware #CovidCompetent #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #COVID #COVID19 #publicHealth #pandemic #LongCOVID
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles
#measles #publichealth #vaccines #texas
What experts say about childhood vaccines amid the Texas measles outbreak
As the Texas measles outbreak grows and HHS head RFK Jr. puts vaccines under new scrutiny, two experts answer questions about the public health tool.Tina Hesman Saey (Science News)
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
German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab'
China denies German media reports of an assessment carried out by spying agency BND in 2020 supporting the theory.Francesca Gillett (BBC News)
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
‘We might die because you won’t wear a mask’: A plea to health-care workers - Healthy Debate
Let’s start protecting people in health-care settings as that’s where people should have the best understanding of a viral threat.Maddi Dellplain (Healthy Debate)
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
Five Years Since COVID Was Declared a Pandemic: Choosing Safety for Ourselves and Our Communities - WHN
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Five years later, the virus continues to impact millions worldwide, yet much of the infrastructure designed to protect public health has been dismantled.WHN
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
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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/
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
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#PublicHealth #measles
Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weeklyMeasles (Rubeola)
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
📆 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
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
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
"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
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
We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it Now
Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk.The Disabled Ginger
As #Measles Spreads, #RFKJr Embraces *Remedies* Like Cod Liver Oil
In an interview, the #HHS secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination.
#Trump #idiocracy #AntiVax #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #vaccines #GetVaccinated #USpol
They are trying to kill us
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/health/texas-measles-outbreak-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=54E4B1A7-F808-4C42-91E3-F37197A0AB6C
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🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00036-2
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
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
NYC reports two confirmed cases of measles
The New York City Health Department has confirmed two cases of measles in the city so far this year. The cases are unrelated, according to health officials.…NBC New York
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
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
#Newspapers: it would be GREAT if you could waive your access fees for articles updating energencies affecting the community. https://mastodon.social/@mackayim2022/114094870522954610
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) (@mackayim2022@mastodon.social)
Newspapers: it would be GREAT if you could waive your access fees for articles updating energencies affecting the community.Mastodon
“He adds measles vaccinations have fallen to about 40 per cent during the pandemic, where before it was 85-90 per cent. He says people aren’t getting the vaccine anymore because of many factors, including “vaccine fatigue”.
Who would have imagined that having to get a series of Covid shots would lead people to give up on vaccines that have saved lives for decades?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/ontario-facing-one-of-its-largest-measles-outbreaks/
#measles #publichealth #pandemic #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #vaccines
Ontario facing one of its largest measles outbreaks
Measles cases in Ontario have doubled over the course of two weeks to just over 140.Joshua Marano (CTVNews)
We need mandatory masking in healthcare, and we need it now.
A respirator protects against Covid, measles & more.
There’s no excuse to expose patients when we have the tools to prevent it:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/a-plea-to-maskless-healthcare-workers
#masksinhealthcare #measles #longcovid #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #n95 #keepmasksinhealthcare #h5n1 #publichealth #donoharm
A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients
If you see a mask - wear a mask. Better yet - wear a mask all the time and show us you understand that we're still IN a pandemic. We are depending on you to keep us safe - please don't betray that.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
These are ugly laws. They’re discriminatory & push disabled people further out of society. They increase the likelihood of police harassment. They paint maskers as “bad”.
There’s an excellent document with scripts for how to call & fight back! 🧵 1/2
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1704ui-FIcCqF97SX5uVnjP-Xi4A6m4WUXjce2ZonKEI/mobilebasic
#uspoli #maskbans #nomaskbans #uglylaws #infectioncontrol #publichealth #texas #measles #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #ableism #eugenics #disability
FIGHT THE TX ANTI-MASK BILL
Overview An anti-mask bill was filed at the Texas state level by Representative Tom Oliverson, who is in Cypress, Texas. Cypress is within the Houston area.Google Docs
"some reports have proposed that windborne spread plays a significant role in IAV [Influenza A Virus] transmission over longer distances under suitable weather conditions.
➡️ In studies of the severe H7N7 HPAI [Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza] outbreak in the Netherlands in 2003, one study claimed that wind spread accounted for 18% and another 24% of transmission events up to 25 km.
➡️ Similarly, during the 2007 equine H3N8 influenza outbreak in Australia, 81% of infections within a cluster of 437 horse farms were attributed to windborne spread over a distance of 1-2 km.
➡️ Around the same time, the serological screening of turkeys in Minnesota in 2007-08 revealed that turkey premises within a 1.9 km radius of swine farms were most likely to test seropositive for H3N2 and H1N1 IAVs, thereby suggesting windborne transmission.
➡️ And during the 2014-15 multistate H5N2 HPAI outbreak in the USA, it was estimated that up to 39% of farms in Iowa alone could have experienced windborne infection within a radius of 8.5 km"
1/🧵from this preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637829v1.full.pdf
h/t @JoePajak
#H5N1 #birdFlu #influenza #fluIsAirborne #influenzaIsAirborne #respiratoryDiseasesAreAirborne #pandemic #publicHealth #health #disease
😷 Police are not doctors
😷 Many disabilities are invisible
😷 Disabled people don’t live in a bubble. I need my friends and caregivers to mask to protect me
😷 Everyone should have the right to protect their health, you shouldn’t have to already be sick to be permitted to mask
😷 Criminalizing masks sends a message that maskers are “bad”. It emboldens anti-maskers and increases odds of aggression
The reality is that mask bans are discriminatory, ableist and eugenicist. They push disabled people out of public spaces. They put marginalized and POC at increased risk of police profiling.
There’s no official policy for a medical exemption either, it’s at police discretion.
If you’re stopped and questioned, you will have to prove you’re masking for the “right reasons”
I’m more than willing to admit that if I were stopped by a cop for masking, I would appear nervous, shaky, tachycardic and probably “suspicious”.
Not because I’m doing anything wrong, but because my illnesses do not respond well to stress and the police are stressful.
It’s not right to put the onus on the masker to defend their right to mask. We’re still in a global pandemic. Texas has a measles outbreak. There’s tuberculosis in Kansas. Bird flu is spreading and it’s the worst year for influenza A in over a decade.
Masks are a public health tool. They’re a disability accommodation. They should NOT be criminalized.
For more on mask bans and medical exemptions, I wrote an article on the Nassau County ban here:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal
#nomaskban #uspoli #texas #northcarolina #maskban #disability #uglylaws #publichealth #ableism #eugenics #h5n1 #measles #longcovid #covidisairborne
Nassau County, NY Makes Masking Illegal - Why Medical Exemptions Aren't the Answer
Defendants of mask bans point to medical exemptions as proof that disabled people have nothing to worry about. They're wrong. A look at why bans are ableist, discriminatory and dangerous.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
If you want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
If you want to protect your own health? Wear a mask.
If you recognize that no one is coming to save us? Wear a mask.
My ultimate guide to respirators looks at the early days of mask mandates, the rise of antimaskers, how to up your mask game for the ultimate personal protection and why we need to “fix our hearts or die”
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/were-witnessing-the-fall-of-public
#covidisairborne #covidisnotover #wearamask #n95 #uspoli #fascism #chronicillness #longcovid #h5n1 #publichealth #disability #ableism
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
“The United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday acknowledged that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
In a statement, the agency said it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.”
#USPolitics #Politics #BirdFlu #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #MuskCoup #TrumpRegime #USDA
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/usda-accidentally-fired-officials-bird-flu-rehire-rcna192716
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday acknowledged it accidentally fired "several" employees to combat the bird flu and is working to rehire them.Allan Smith (NBC News)
The organization has therefore been in political solidarity with policies which have produced the conditions which nurses face, including the near collapse of the healthcare system."
How the Democratic Socialists of America enforces unsafe staffing levels in Oregon hospitals
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/17/nxbx-f17.html
#CovidIsntOver #PublicHealth #Nursing #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica #DSA #Oregon
How the Democratic Socialists of America enforces unsafe staffing levels in Oregon hospitals
Oregon’s safe-staffing law, promoted by the DSA, is entirely tailored to the needs of the for-profit healthcare system.World Socialist Web Site
Support independent journalists who are doing the same.
With the CDC muzzled we don’t have the line of sight we should on outbreaks and threats to the population
What we do have is alot of doctors and nurses sharing serious concerns about how sick their influenza A patients are
We do have a significant egg shortage because of unmitigated bird flu
We do have measles and TB outbreaks.
The good news? A well fitted respirator can protect you from all these things.
It may be our best and last line of protection as it doesn’t depend on government or public health for accessibility.
Mask up and keep yourself and your community safe!
#uspoli #publichealth #resist #censorship #fascism #pandemic #covidisairborne #h5n1 #wearamask
#JobLosses #FederalFirings #PublicHealth #JobLoss #StatNews
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/firings-federal-health-agencies-cdc-nih-tips/?utm_campaign=rss
Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies? | STAT
Fill out this form if you have been affected by the firings at federal health agencies. We won't share your story without permission.STAT Staff (STAT)
🔗 https://www.gbe.rki.de/DE/Startseite/meldungen/2025-02-12_OpenData.html
#OpenData #Gesundheit #Transparenz #PublicHealth
