Author | Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox amid Tribalism, Terror, Cold War Pulitzer nom raves: "reads like a political thriller..” #Africa#Vacc#Pandemic
The global vaccine divide poses a massive risk for global health and prosperity. Join us on April 8th as we call for a fully-funded Gavi #COVAX AMC to help the world avoid a repeat of the vaccine inequities of 2021: https://t.co/PooGlsGUWI #breakCOVID
A study in India has revealed that childhood tuberculosis, if not severe, can be treated with a four-month course. Here’s how that discovery could reduce the burden on families and health systems around the world: https://t.co/jYrqw7kewn #WorldTBDay Via @SciDevNet
What a beautiful picture of memory and marriage, Elaine! I also see in it a shared memory of Nigeria, and your books, The Gods of Noonday and A Different Sun. #amwriting, #WestAfrica
New piece of #flash#CNF up at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters. "Memory is the Chimney that Doesn't Burn Down . . ." Hope you'll read it. @spaldingwriting @Spalding_MFA_AA @NCStateCHASS#5amwritersclub#writerscommunity https://t.co/46afvJAJVC
Volunteer walk-through last weekend was a success! The festival is still in need of volunteers; specifically for author transportation and venue monitors. Find details and sign-up info here: https://t.co/q5CSUzTM7s
An excellent newsletter about understanding “risk” of all kinds, focused on how to make real life decisions in the waning days of Omicron. I really like @dr_kkjetelina newsletter - this is an especially good one. Consider subscribing if you like it. https://t.co/ResDemoJDs
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In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, today we recognize outstanding researcher Loza Tadesse, assistant professor at MIT, whose lab develops next-generation disease diagnostic modalities for extreme environments such as resource-limited settings, military field sites and space
And look for me. I'll sign my book Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War. Sat 3/12 from 12 to 1 pm at Indie Author Pavilion; 3/13 from 11:45 to 1:15 pm at Wheatmark Publishing's booth #401.
Not good. Here is the @imperialcollege paper on #omicron severity “We find no evidence (for both risk of hospitalisation and symptom status) of Omicron having different severity from Delta, though data on hospitalisations are still very limited” https://t.co/L8VHRQ3kbT