Jill DeBoer

Strategist. Teacher. Problem Solver. Storyteller. Public Health Champion. Mentor. Planner. Builder. Writer.

[umnHERO @umnHERO]

Happy #NationalVolunteerWeek to all our amazing #UMN Medical Reserve Corps members! Thank you for all you do to Build a Strong, Healthy, and Prepared U! #UMNProud
Join or support: https://t.co/f3oF0B1wUM

[umnHERO @umnHERO]

🎉 That's a wrap on our HERO and MRC 20 Year Celebration! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us to share wonderful food, conversation, and memories. Special thanks to all the @umnSUA event staff and to @ksrevolutionarycatering for the delicious eats! #CheersTo20Years #UMNProud

[mnhealth @mnhealth]

Thank you @GovTimWalz, for recognizing #NationalPublicHealthWeek and the tremendous contributions of Minnesota’s public health workers.

[umnHERO @umnHERO]

We are #UMNproud to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of HERO and the U of M Medical Reserve Corps! Explore all we have achieved and look forward to in our anniversary report! https://t.co/MRoJEo1HOr Cheers to 20 years!

[umnHERO @umnHERO]

#PreparednessInAction Last week, HERO hosted partners from across campus and state & local government for a tabletop exercise on responding to Meningitis B outbreaks. Exercises like this demonstrate campus readiness and strengthen partner coordination. #UMNPrepared #MeningitisB

[Jill DeBoer @jillmdeboer]

Congrats CIDRAP Roadmap Team. Such important work.

[UMN School of Public Health @PublicHealthUMN]

SPH Regents Professor @mtosterholm and his team at @CIDRAP have proposed a new Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap (CVR) that paves the way for vaccines that can better protect against future #coronaviruses.

#COVID19 #vaccines @PublicHealthUMN

https://t.co/29DAqq0KK0

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

FDA authorizes second bivalent COVID boosters for seniors, other at-risk groups

The move shores up immunity in vulnerable groups, as federal officials look at vaccine composition changes and plan a fall vaccine push.

https://t.co/CQbupb32ex

Photo: Fábio Silva, PMC / Flickr cc

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

On #WorldHealthDay, here is a fun fact for you:
Dr Edward Jenner created the first-ever vaccine when he found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to #smallpox.

That's why the word vaccine is derived from the Latin word Vacca for “cow.”
🐮 https://t.co/SeBmkHBstw

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Pharaoh Ramses V comes to life. Watch this fascinating story about the eradication of a deadly disease. #SMALLPOX!

Did you know?
Following an ambitious 12-year global vaccination campaign led by WHO, smallpox is finally eradicated in 1980. 🙌

#WHO75 #HealthForAll

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Doxycycline after sex found to reduce STI incidence in gay men, transgender women

Trial results were so compelling that researchers stopped the trial early to give all participants post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline.

https://t.co/WMrHM4yA9Q

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

New "Osterholm Update: COVID-19" podcast! @mtosterholm & @cvdall discuss the state of the pandemic in the US and abroad, the latest vaccine news, Africa's Marburg outbreaks, and questions and insights from listeners.

https://t.co/bRPVEIHAmC

[Jill DeBoer @jillmdeboer]

This seems like a big deal to me. I’m happy and nervous at the same time. Hard to remember what life was like before COVID sometimes.

[Mayo Clinic @MayoClinic]

Beginning Monday, April 10, wearing a face mask will no longer be required for patients and staff in most patient care areas on Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System campuses.

Learn more about the updated masking policy: https://t.co/IUzLoKut3q

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

With new Nature study, scientists continue to debate SARS-CoV-2 origins

The authors say neither a human nor animal origin can be ruled out.

https://t.co/vi3b31iJSY

[CIDRAP-ASP @CIDRAP_ASP]

We've spent the past few months working with MPH candidate Ingrid Jacobson on research into guidelines for treating invasive fungal infections in kids with leukemia, and today she presented her findings at @PublicHealthUMN Research Day!

Way to go, Ingrid!

[CIDRAP @CIDRAP]

Flour-linked Salmonella outbreak sickens people in 11 states

So far, investigators haven't identified a single source of the flour.

https://t.co/tBE3GAw2lc

Photo: Edward Kimber/Flickr cc

[Minnesota Regional Poison Center @MNpoisoncenter]

Do you want to learn something new?
Take our online poison training at https://t.co/saNkDZ5use
It's free and self-paced.
#preventpoison #training #education

[Jill DeBoer @jillmdeboer]

Go Gophers!

[KARE 11 @kare11]

The University of Minnesota's men's outdoor track and field team now sits at the No. 1 spot in the nation for the first time in history.

https://t.co/7f6k5hNwlE

[Jill DeBoer @jillmdeboer]

Did I know this?

[CDC Emergency @CDCemergency]

No April fooling. #DYK about 1/3 of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors? Lightning can travel through plumbing. Avoid contact with water, including bathing & washing dishes, during severe weather. Learn more: https://t.co/KPWxdh5MuA. #PrepYourHealth #WeatherReady

[Jill DeBoer @jillmdeboer]

@kare11 This cedar tree has been transformed into an April Fools creature attacking our deck.

[Goldy the Gopher (official) @GoldytheGopher]

🚨 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
See you soon @uwbuckybadger 😉 #OnWisconsin