Another week another exciting story from the laboratory. New study led by talented PhD student Thomas McClarnon (He is not on X , so can't tag him) discovered 224 differentially expressed proteins in hospitalised COVID-19 patients compared to non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients.

A confirmed case of measles has been diagnosed after someone attended the Royal Victoria Hospital A&E Around 300 people have been contacted following the diagnosis belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-n…

Measles diagnosed in Belfast emergency room with 300 people now being traced belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-n… this is really not good. We know that measles easily spreads in this environment even to vaccinated people.This is expected though sadly when still not enough is being done!

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Fantastic work from Joe Grove et al

A viral family tree gets a makeover! 🧬🦠🔍Our new study, out today in nature, reveals the Flaviviridae's hidden history. MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research #virology nature.com/articles/s4158…

As the UK initiates TWO RSV VACCINE programmes (older adults maternal women to protect their babies)- great to see US publication on vaccine effectiveness (VE) in older patients. VE against hospitalisation was 75%. UK Health Security Agency Department of Health and Social Care NHS #hellomynameis Steve (he/him) 💙 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

This is an important story from Phoebe Weston, H5N1 should certainly be a more prevalent in the media...😉 Will overlook the bit about viruses evolving to be less virulent, certainly not the case! Insight from Connor G. G. Bamford, Ph.D and others... theguardian.com/environment/ar…

CDC confirmed a human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri in a person who has fully recovered. This is the 14th case in the United States in 2024. An investigation into the potential exposure is ongoing, but the public risk assessment remains low at this time. Read more:

Another human case of H5N1 in the USA, this time without clear evidence of exposure to livestock (though the details of the case are limited): health.mo.gov/news/newsitem/…

An #H5 #birdflu infection in a person without a link to dairy cows or poultry is kind of unsettling. But some people I spoke to cautioned me not to get over my skiis on this. That said, this situation needs to be thoroughly investigated & watched. statnews.com/2024/09/06/mis…

No apparent unusual flu activity through clinical or environmental measures in Missouri.

QUB campus looking well in late summer with the dawn of the new term nearly upon us!

Poor NI and Wales not seemingly involved

Liquid–liquid phase inclusion bodies in acute and persistent parainfluenaza virus type 5 infections microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Happy interferon day, to those who celebrate royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

On #WorldSepsisDay, Sepsis Research (FEAT) launches top 10 research priorities to tackle sepsis qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2… #stopsepsisnow Co-led by bronwen connolly from Wellcome-Wolfson Institute Experimental Medicine

One close contact of H5N1 case without animal link was also ill but not tested. 🤬🤬🤬Can anyone here from missouri please work on the state government and bring CDC in!! We cannot sit and wait in the rest of the world to watch a potential pandemic evolve cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ind…