epidemi

Private views on epidemics, preparedness, tobacco control and reproductive health by @prebens Aavitsland at @Folkehelseinst and @UiB

[Live Landmark @Livelandmark]

Cure #longcovid in four to five hours at a Norwegian hospital? Here’s how: https://t.co/Ftkevrwric

[Live Landmark @Livelandmark]

NRK; Ny studie gir håp. Frisk fra Long Covid https://t.co/f9ItCbxtCb

[Preben Aavitsland @Prebens]

Jeg trenger deg i prosjektet mitt ved Folkehelseinstituttet. Løp og søk.
https://t.co/NaHmIAWQ6M

[Ragnhild Tønnessen @Ragnto]

Ny statusrapport om fugleinfluensa fra Veterinærinstituttet. Økning av HPAI H5N5 i Nord-Norge, funn hos måker og havørn. Les mer her (lenke til rapporten i nyhetssaken): https://t.co/gg35JMkhzN

[Ragnhild Tønnessen @Ragnto]

HPAI is detected again in Norway: H5N5 in a herring gull from Northern Norway. First detection of HPAI since April this year. Overview of detections in wilds birds in Norway 👉 https://t.co/cPToZfBOu9

[Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids @TobaccoFreeKids]

“I never thought I’d be addicted to nicotine … That’s why I am sharing my story and doing everything I can to prevent others from falling into the tobacco industry’s trap.”

Check out this powerful story from our National Youth Ambassador Josie Shapiro👇
https://t.co/clpPY2c8qO

[epidemi @Epidemino]

"Long covid" occurs in very few SARS-CoV-2 infected persons infected in the omicron era. New study of random community sample in Hong Kong. https://t.co/ySmvBuR7Nx

[Ministry of Health | Rwanda @RwandaHealth]

"The risk of international spread from Rwanda of the highly virulent Marburg disease is almost zero as the East African nation’s quick and highly co-ordinated response has brought its first-ever outbreak under control."
https://t.co/j6qWIWgNVF

[epidemi @Epidemino]

Why did Sweden have less excess mortality during the pandemic than other European countries, even its Nordic neighbours? https://t.co/rJHYilIpmK

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

I am gravely concerned that a 10-month-old unvaccinated child from Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, has been confirmed to have polio—the first case in Gaza in 25 years.

@WHO and partners urgently worked to collect and transfer stool samples from the child for testing at a WHO-accredited laboratory in the region. Genomic sequencing confirmed the virus is linked to the variant poliovirus type 2 detected in environmental samples collected in June from Gaza's wastewater.

The child, who developed paralysis in the lower left leg, is currently in a stable condition.

Given the high risk of poliovirus spread in Gaza and the region, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, @WHO and @UNICEF are working to implement two rounds of polio vaccination in the coming weeks to halt transmission.

https://t.co/ppXqwRg1Tu

[epidemi @Epidemino]

Why did Sweden have less excess mortality during the pandemic than other European countries, even its Nordic neighbours? https://t.co/rJHYilIpmK

[Jake Dunning @OutbreakJake]

We don't know absolutely everything there is to know about mpox (or any new infectious disease for that matter), but @WHO works hard to share, responsibly, the most accurate facts & current understanding of mpox, and updates the information if & when new facts emerge. Thanks, WHO

[Preben Aavitsland @Prebens]

Nei, det er ikke aktuelt å vaksinere alle barn i Norge mot kopper og m-kopper (mpox) Mpox utløser internasjonal krise: https://t.co/DSlozHF6fm

[Gunnar R Tjomlid @CiViX]

En bedre link å bruke for de som vil lese min nyeste bloggpost om opphavet til SARS-CoV-2:

https://t.co/KR0slCVzq1

@Epidemino @sigridbratlie

[Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social @TahirTturk]

Disposable e-cigs sold in the U.S. nearly tripled in nicotine strength, quintupled in e-liquid capacity, and dropped in price by nearly 70% from 2017-2022. Just how the industry planned it. #TobaccoHarmReINTROduction https://t.co/DYZpgIyCcd

[epidemi @Epidemino]

@kakape @alexandraphelan My now fear is that richer countries now (stimulated by the PHEIC declaration = alarm!) start hoarding vaccines (to protect their population in case of spread) in stead of shipping them to DRC.

[Rosamund Lewis @PeopleDocGeneva]

The WHO Standing Recommendations on #mpox have been extended for another year. These apply for all countries to maintain vigilance, response capacity and international solidarity

[epidemi @Epidemino]

@PeopleDocGeneva That's a good thing, Rosamund. The PHEIC declaration may give more attenttion to them.

[epidemi @Epidemino]

@kakape @alexandraphelan My now fear is that richer countries now (stimulated by the PHEIC declaration = alarm!) start hoarding vaccines (to protect their population in case of spread) in stead of shipping them to DRC.

[epidemi @Epidemino]

@kakape @alexandraphelan I think interest in mpox had subsided in parallell with case numbers in "the West" anyway. Standing recommendations were a fair attempt to direct attention to Africa + continued vigilance in the West. A new PHEIC now gets more attention, I hope, than a continued PHEIC would have.