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CEID director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia shares in MedPage Today why increasing virus evolution for mammal-to-mammal transmission, such as the current H5N1 cases in cows, is concerning & why now is the time to study the virus & develop countermeasures- before it spreads more broadly to humans.

H5N1 avian flu poses different levels of risk to different populations. Dr. Dr. Syra Madad outlines the recommendations for different populations based on exposure risk in the graphic below.
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Excess mortality analyses have become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to quantify attributed deaths. In a new publication Andrew Stokes (@BUSPH) explains the usefulness of this method for monitoring future emerging threats to population health.
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If you missed Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳's guest lecture, Building Resilience: The Transformative Role of AI in Global Public Health Communication, on Monday a recording is now available.
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Why are many South American countries seeing such increases in dengue cases? It may be a mix of factors, such as warmer temps, more rain due to El Niño, & changing migration of mosquitos, CEID faculty Dr. David Hamer Boston University School of Public Health tells LatAm newspaper infobae.

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Thank you for joining us yesterday! Our students and faculty alike appreciated hearing your expertise and the work United Nations is doing to tackle misinformation.

“We cannot cede the platform to disinformation agents” Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 says as she shares proactive work her office is doing on sharing fact based comms around climate change.

Just a wonderful discussion and lecture this am with Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳.

It was a pleasure to host this event with Computing @ BU and Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID)

UN is working and setting standards to push back against the threats of misinformation and hate. Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳

Live now, College of Communication, Boston University alum and United Nations Undersecretary for Communications, Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 addresses the concerns around increased mis/disinformation.

'Malicious actors are quick to jump on political flashpoints,' says Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳

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United Nations Under-Secretary General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 talks at Boston University about #AI -fueled misinformation
In public health, in an event co-organized by Hariri Institute for Computing, Boston University and Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID)

'Malicious actors are quick to jump on political flashpoints,' says Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 on the challenges of tackling misinformation.
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Acknowledging the potential benefits of AI in healthcare, College of Communication, Boston University alum Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 addresses the concerns around increased mis/disinformation.

Director of Hariri Institute for Computing, Boston University, Yannis Paschalidis shares about the potential of AI to increase access and effectiveness of healthcare worldwide.