Last week CEID faculty Traci Hong (College of Communication, Boston University) spoke at the The Boston Globe Health Equity Summit on how to foster healthcare literacy, respond to misinformation, and create space for dialogue. Watch the panel recording here: spr.ly/6016NS39k 📷 : Boston Globe Events

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) was confirmed in swans at a zoo in Sapucaia do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. spr.ly/6016NSPKq

The BEACON team requests information for: "Undiagnosed illness affecting hundreds in Malkangiri district, Odisha, India - Request-for-Information (RFI)" beaconbio.org/en/event/?even… If you have further context or info about this disease event, submit here: editor.beaconadmin.org/embedded/publi…

ICYMI: Our latest webinar, “Quo Vadis World Health Organization ( #WHO )?” moderated by our senior adviser Wilmot James with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia & Dr Mitchell Wolfe with CSIS and explored the uncertain state of the WHO. 🎥 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=AaNRj3…

In historic move, ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ Member States approve 20% funding increase and 2026–27 budget who.int/news/item/20-0…

Tune in to MSNBC live now where CEID director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia is discussing changes to FDA's approvals of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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At the BEACON launch, director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia (Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID)) explains what makes this program unique, driving its impact in infectious disease detection and response. spr.ly/6013NQ7Lb

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An update on unknown disease event affecting hundreds with joint swelling, fever, headaches: Investigation under way to diagnose cases in Podia village, Odisha, India as malaria, dengue, typhoid, and hepatitis A ruled out. BEACON team requests information: beaconbio.org/en/event/?even…

"Although the risk to the general public from bird flu is low, it’s not as low as it was two years ago because there are more birds and mammals around us that have the virus," CEID director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia tells National Academies. spr.ly/6016NFtcM

If you are not paying attention to situation in Sudan right now, you really should. There is a drastically worsening cholera outbreak, > 60,000 cases & >1,600 deaths since Aug. Response is complicated by conflict, lack of resources... 🧵 beaconbio.org/en/event/?even… via BEACON

as well as concurrent hepatitis, dengue and measles outbreaks. Sudan also reported a polio case in West Darfur recently. IRC and MSF have already put out multiple appeals about shortages in supplies. doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/sudan-c… rescue.org/press-release/… beaconbio.org/en/event/?even…

New research by CEID faculty Dr. Juwon Hwang (College of Communication, Boston University) shows that including social media visuals and language inclusive to the target audience increased information-seeking behavior related to COVID-19 vaccination. spr.ly/6012N2Lbg

Many of the health systems that might have collected mortality data in LMICs were funded by the same US programs that got cut, explains Brooke Nichols (Boston University School of Public Health). Platforms like her ImpactCounter help fill these data gaps through their calculations. spr.ly/6014NNIEw

"When somebody is sick, they're creating a high level of the virus. COVID vaccines don’t block transmission completely, but do reduce the severity of disease and do blunt transmission by some amount," says Dr. Nahid Bhadelia on the importance of vaccine access. spr.ly/6018N46Ak

A The New York Times op-ed cites statistics from CEID faculty Dr. Brooke Nichols's ImpactCounter, estimating 300,000 deaths due to USAID cuts. spr.ly/6012Nfi8Q

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Discussing the mortality data estimated by her ImpactCounter, CEID faculty Dr. Brooke Nichols says the toll of USAID cuts would likely not be so high if there had been a 12-month phase-out period, which would have permitted better contingency planning. spr.ly/6016NhKJe