⚠️ BREAKING: Nigeria 🇳🇬 has received 10.000 doses of Mpox vaccines, becoming the first African country to access vaccines against the disease, according to the WHO. They will be administered to close contacts of mpox cases and frontline healthcare workers in five states.

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Whooping cough cases spike in Quebec, where public-health experts are calling it an ‘epidemic’. Isn’t a bit anachronistic to wait for patients arriving in hospitals. Wastewater surveillance could have alerted you earlier! More WES = More Protection! theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

BREAKING: Up to 50% of Americans Expected to Be Infected in Current COVID-19 Wave. The current COVID-19 wave in the U.S. has resulted in approximately 24.3% of Americans being infected since May 2, and around 19.3% since the surge began on June 23.

⚠️🇺🇸 USDA confirmed new #H5N1 #BirdFlu case in New Mexico dairy herd, the state's first reported in just over 4 months, bringing NM total to 9 affected farms since March 2024. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

⚠️ BREAKING: Burundi 🇧🇮 has reported 258 confirmed cases of Mpox, according to WHO during a press conference today. This is an increase of 17 new cases since the last update.

🆕🇺🇸CDC Influenza A Wastewater Update (11-24 Aug) 4 sites (out of 326) show above average & high levels (two-week maximum): 🔴 Highest: Lake, IL (100%) 🟠 Above average: Champaign (IL), Harris (TX), Buffalo (NE) cdc.gov/nwss/wastewate… ▶️ Wastewater testing can't identify the

🇺🇸 CDC reported H5 Flu wastewater data for Aug 18-24. Of 155 sampled sites, H5 viral RNA detected in Boone County, Arkansas. Previous week showed detection in Douglas County, Colorado. No H5 found outside AR/CO for weeks ending 8/17 & 8/24. cdc.gov/nwss/rv/wwd-h5… #H5N1 #BirdFlu

Another week, another 197 wastewater extractions.

⚠️🇺🇸 California confirms #BirdFlu in three dairy herds in Central Valley. CA is 14th state to report HPAI in dairy cows. Officials state "farms quarantined; no human cases detected; no threat to the milk or food supply" pressreleases.cdfa.ca.gov/Home/PressRele… #H5N1

New Covid Variant XEC Spreading Rapidly Across Continents A new Covid variant is spreading rapidly and has caught the attention of the research world, 111 samples have already been reported from 15 countries, across three different continents. ilmessaggero.it/en/new_covid_v…

France vaccinating domestic ducks against HPAI. Predicted number of outbreaks (without vaccination) was significantly higher than the observed cases following vaccination, = 95.9% reduction in outbreaks attributable to vaccination. 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🦠🔍Key insights from Dr Kakkar on Environmental Surveillance & One Health at the Indian Alliance for Public Health Preparedness session Dr. Kakkar from AIIMS Bathinda emphasized the critical role of #environmental #surveillance in managing both communicable and

Wastewater testing during the South African 2022-2023 measles outbreak demonstrates the potential of environmental surveillance to support measles elimination dlvr.it/TCjYsD

🧵ICYMI: 8/29 WWSCAN Weekly Data

Our lab at Cornell is hiring a postdoc to lead investigations of viral #zoonoses in #Bats and develop strategies for pandemic prevention. Background in #DiseaseEcology, #OneHealth, #EEID, or epidemiology. More details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28001

Water Is: 💧a critical natural resource 💧a global public good 💧an essential service. But it has been chronically undervalued & poorly managed for decades. How do we #ScaleUpFinance4Water? wrld.bg/i7na50T9mco

Update #SARSCoV2 in wastewater of #Aquafin Leuven 🇧🇪 A slight increase in concentration was observed in our most recent sample from 3/9/2024. Variants detected during the summer peak were: JN.1, KP.3, and KP.2.

European fortune cookies, just like the Chinese ones, but with Draghi's quotes.

We have an open faculty search for TWO positions in microbiology and virology at the University of Illinois! We have world class core facilities and a fantastic collaborative group of young faculty...you could be next! Please RT!