When you pick some of your colleagues to write "a consensus statement", the result may be biased. authors.elsevier.com/c/1jQIY3BcJQIR…

The WHO Standing Recommendations on #mpox have been extended for another year. These apply for all countries to maintain vigilance, response capacity and international solidarity

Kai Kupferschmidt @alexandraphelan My now fear is that richer countries now (stimulated by the PHEIC declaration = alarm!) start hoarding vaccines (to protect their population in case of spread) in stead of shipping them to DRC.

Disposable e-cigs sold in the U.S. nearly tripled in nicotine strength, quintupled in e-liquid capacity, and dropped in price by nearly 70% from 2017-2022. Just how the industry planned it. #TobaccoHarmReINTROduction tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/…

Nei, det er ikke aktuelt å vaksinere alle barn i Norge mot kopper og m-kopper (mpox) Mpox utløser internasjonal krise: vg.no/forbruker/hels…

En bedre link å bruke for de som vil lese min nyeste bloggpost om opphavet til SARS-CoV-2: tjomlid.com/p/hvorfor-sars… epidemi Sigrid Bratlie

We don't know absolutely everything there is to know about mpox (or any new infectious disease for that matter), but World Health Organization (WHO) works hard to share, responsibly, the most accurate facts & current understanding of mpox, and updates the information if & when new facts emerge. Thanks, WHO

Why did Sweden have less excess mortality during the pandemic than other European countries, even its Nordic neighbours? thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

I am gravely concerned that a 10-month-old unvaccinated child from Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, has been confirmed to have polio—the first case in Gaza in 25 years. World Health Organization (WHO) and partners urgently worked to collect and transfer stool samples from the child for testing at a WHO-accredited

"The risk of international spread from Rwanda of the highly virulent Marburg disease is almost zero as the East African nation’s quick and highly co-ordinated response has brought its first-ever outbreak under control." tinyurl.com/48sbdhan

HPAI is detected again in Norway: H5N5 in a herring gull from Northern Norway. First detection of HPAI since April this year. Overview of detections in wilds birds in Norway 👉 vetinst.no/dyr/vilt/fugle…

“I never thought I’d be addicted to nicotine … That’s why I am sharing my story and doing everything I can to prevent others from falling into the tobacco industry’s trap.” Check out this powerful story from our National Youth Ambassador Josie Shapiro👇 usnews.com/opinion/articl…

"Long covid" occurs in very few SARS-CoV-2 infected persons infected in the omicron era. New study of random community sample in Hong Kong. doi.org/10.1016/S1473-…

Ny statusrapport om fugleinfluensa fra Veterinærinstituttet. Økning av HPAI H5N5 i Nord-Norge, funn hos måker og havørn. Les mer her (lenke til rapporten i nyhetssaken): vetinst.no/nyheter/ny-bol…

Jeg trenger deg i prosjektet mitt ved Folkehelseinstituttet. Løp og søk. karriere.no/jobb/radgiver-…

Cure #longcovid in four to five hours at a Norwegian hospital? Here’s how: youtube.com/watch?v=R6diii…

NRK; Ny studie gir håp. Frisk fra Long Covid nrk.no/vestfoldogtele…