Caitlin Rivers

Director of Center for Outbreak Response Innovation @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Author of Crisis Averted. Founder of Force of Infection.

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

It looks like we may be headed for an early flu season, especially in the Western region, where test positivity is climbing quickly. https://t.co/dVWDwhMdxK

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I joined @NewsHour to discuss the cyclosporiasis and salmonella outbreaks, plus our record-setting measles outbreaks.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Public health concerns are growing as cyclosporiasis cases surge, and now a salmonella outbreak across 17 states has many Americans raising concerns about U.S. food safety.

For more, @WmBrangham speaks to Caitlin Rivers (@cmyeaton), an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University.

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I’ll be on NPR’s 1A at 10a.m. ET discussing the cyclospora outbreak.

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

My book Crisis Averted, a book about the hidden science of fighting outbreaks, is featured on Penguin's Books for this Moment page. The hardcover is half off on Amazon right now, too! https://t.co/0Ja5GscaTw

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

Follows similar, preventable trainee deaths from cessation of adenovirus vaccine and later Bicillin for Group A strep prevention. This is a recurrent mistake.

[San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews]

The Air Force has acknowledged that the recent death of a recruit in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was caused by a flu virus that has swept the base, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. https://t.co/1UEp9E1aUb

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

“No child deaths were directly linked to COVID19 vaccines, according to the FDA’s long-awaited analysis..former CBER director Prasad claimed in a leaked internal memo that ‘at least 10 children have died after & because of receiving COVID19 vaccination.”
https://t.co/GvLNQP52XC

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

@maggiemfox ^;

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

Please stop getting these words mixed up, I can't take it anymore.
iSolate the Sick (both feature s)
Quarantine the eXposed (scrabble $$)

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I wrote about how I am thinking about the hantavirus outbreak, and what I am watching for as the situation develops. (gift link) https://t.co/8Dhnzw90eY

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I wrote about how I am thinking about the hantavirus outbreak, and what I am watching for as the situation develops. (gift link) https://t.co/8Dhnzw90eY

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I'm still mad they killed this site. What a waste.

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

I was frustrated that CDC no longer issues many health alert network (HAN) alerts, so I started my own. Weekly outbreak updates + as needed info for clinicians. As seen on Medscape, NPR. https://t.co/YoSmXa9Xi3

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

New advisory on FOI Clinical: A majority of jurisdictions are recommending continued RSV prophylaxis for infants due to continued circulation. https://t.co/WTUO9dj1rw

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

The Northeastern region is still trying to shake flu season, with flu B driving sustained activity. RSV still high for most of the country, too. 🔒https://t.co/xqi0WuumDt

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

Force of Infection has left Substack and moved to https://t.co/jynW3nAPEz. All the same updates and info on seasonal respiratory diseases, but a little more room to grow.

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

Early warmth = early pollen surge! 🤧

Tree pollen is high (1147 grains per cubic meter), with oak now a major player. These levels are more typical of mid-late April. Some relief with any rain today and cooler air tomorrow.

[Sarah Despres @sarahdespres]

Measles outbreak surges in North Dakota, putting immunocompromised in danger | MPR News https://t.co/hsYXGoxpSm

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

The CDC's annual budget is about $9B. Some of the biggest line items include money to states for public health emergency preparedness, programs to control HIV, cancer and opioids, and a program that pays for vaccines for children.

[Face The Nation @FaceTheNation]

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) says he stands by the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment by U.S. intelligence leaders who testified at the time that Iran had not reauthorized their nuclear weapons program.

“There was no imminent threat to the United States, and I don't believe there was even an imminent threat to Israel from Iran,” he tells @margbrennan. “Over a period of time, particularly with the ballistic missile capability, Israel would be more under threat. The decision to go to war in this case was a choice by President Trump.”

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

RSV is having an oddly late peak. Noro is likely at or near peak as well. Flu is finally receding for most of the country. https://t.co/wPuYzd41uZ

[Caitlin Rivers @cmyeaton]

FOI Clinical shared a health advisory last night on clade I mpox in NYC and Toronto. Reports of clade Ib are increasing. https://t.co/DY1YgUMXLh