Excited to announce a new paper in PNAS today! An illusion of predictability in scientific results: Even experts confuse inferential uncertainty and outcome variability pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Joint w/ great coauthors Sam Zhang is logged off, Patrick Heck, Michelle N. Meyer, Christopher Chabris & Dan Goldstein

Are you looking to perform a regression analysis when the values for X are reported in ranges (say 0 - 10 g/d, >20 g/d, etc) while Y remains continuous? Here's a tutorial on one of the #Bayesian ways to do it in #rstats via Stan rodrigozepeda.github.io/Statisticats/p…

Mpox (formerly monkeypox) continues to spread in Africa and threatens global health security. Correspondence from Nicaise Ndembi and colleagues Africa CDC nature.com/articles/s4159…

For all the talk of pandemic preparedness, the proof is how health tools are shared when outbreaks happen. The mpox outbreak in the 🇨🇩 is killing children the world doesn't care about and reflects a broken system unfit for purpose. finddx.org/publications-a…

Delighted to attend the pre-placement talks of talented global health change makers. An exceptional team and wonderful students Ox IHTM honored to be a part!

Thoughtful preprint about abuse of regression modeling, and interesting comments about, on the Gelman et al blog. This reminds me that maybe I really should write up my "Regression, Fire, and Dangerous Things" posts as a preprint? elevanth.org/blog/2021/06/1…

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples across the globe, but its cause remains unknown in over 30% of cases 😔 In our latest work with Cecilia Lindgren, we discover rare and common genetic variants associated with infertility in 🇬🇧🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇮🇸 medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Thread ⬇️

Great example of an encrypted joke, two memes deep. Those of us with wasted childhoods recognize these bridges. It has no solution, but Euler was able to *prove* these is no solution by developing a framework for graphs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bri…

My Oped in The Hindu today on how the #ClimateCrisis is affecting women disproportionately. Adaptation plans need to be developed in a participatory manner with communities, panchayats & local urban bodies. Smriti Z Irani MoES GoI Ministry of WCD Ministry of Health thehindu.com/opinion/lead/t…

We've been concerned at the lack of focus on #nature and #biodiversity in the UK's political discourse, given how important and urgent an issue it is. So we wrote to all the leaders and environment spokespeople in political parties contesting the election theconversation.com/the-uks-nature…

Wangari Maathai was a Nobel Prize laureate of many firsts: the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2…

A summary of Mpox outbreaks, new variants & deaths in South Africa and Africa that we are tracking and make data public in real time. Clade IIb causing first 2 deaths in SA and new variant, Clade Ib, emerging in mining town in DRC. A short thread ⬇️

Almost half of those living on our planet today are living in poverty. In his latest Offline, Richard Horton calls for poverty reduction to be back at the centre of attention in the global health community. Read this and more in our latest issue: hubs.li/Q02CM-Lr0

New analysis from the The Royal Society shows just how high UK visa costs for researchers are compared to upfront costs for similar visa routes in 13 other countries. Here, we take a look at how the UK compares to countries in the G7 included in the analysis 🔍⤵️ 1/5

If you've spent the last few years doing Covid modeling and want to meander into climate change and health, this really could be the job for you - please share!

Ants may be the only animal that performs surgical amputations. Learn more: scim.ag/7Jx News from Science

🧐What is the #Chandipura #virus (CHPV)? CHPV is a member of the Rhabdoviridae family, and is transmitted by phlebotomine #sandflies🪰. Vertical and venereal transmission in #Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes has also been shown in the lab🦟. indianexpress.com/article/what-i… via The Indian Express

Something is pumping out large amounts of oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, at depths where a total lack of sunlight makes photosynthesis impossible go.nature.com/3Ly0876

#WayanadLandslide | The death toll in #Kerala reaches 36 Follow LIVE updates🔗toi.in/_cLYNZ37 #Wayanad #Kerala

Our perspective on the intricate relationship between climate change, human migration, and infectious diseases is now out in NatureClimate. Link below. 👇