There has been a lot of hype about #MonkeypoxVirus - one of the best ways to keep track of what's actually happening is the Monkeypox Tracker - monkeypox.healthmap.org Developed by Moritz Kraemer, John Brownstein & colleagues Shows how UK & Spain are main centres of the outbreak 2/

Our team spoke with Dr David Cox at WIRED about the development of our #MonkeyPox tracker and the importance of detailed case data in the early stages of disease outbreaks: wired.com/story/mystery-…?

Keep checking back in on this! Global.health team updating the monkeypox data in real time. Tremendous team effort!

1/ What’s caused the recent outbreak in cases of #monkeypox? Great summary from Moritz Kraemer and Global.health in this article from Dr David Cox in @Wired – initial #genomicsequencing suggests that the virus hasn’t mutated to become more transmissible. wired.com/story/mystery-…

Our team Global.health is hiring a Senior Research Software #Engineer to lead our eng. team to develop and scale pandemic prevention and response infrastructure across the world Get in touch and you can find out more here: global.health my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Global monkeypox confirmed and suspected cases compiled by Global.health show initial rapid increase as case-based surveillance comes online, followed by slower continued growth. 1/10

We continue to curate a global open-access database for #monkeypox. A short description of why and how we do that is now published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. thelancet.com/journals/lanin… Open-access data here: github.com/globaldothealt…

New Correspondence: Tracking the 2022 monkeypox outbreak with epidemiological data in real-time thelancet.com/journals/lanin… (1/2)

Important real-time data curation by the Global.health team, crucial for public health response!

Tracking the global monkeypox outbreak in real time with open access data & visuals: Data tracker: bit.ly/3MyUuQk Article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases: bit.ly/39cnrUB (With Moritz Kraemer, John Brownstein & friends)

Open anonymized case and contact data is new approach to track #pandemics and #epidemics #WHOPandemicHub is excited to collaborate with Global.health & others on this Lancet paper bit.ly/3xsD0zk GitHub resource github.com/globaldothealt…

Global.health completed a 100 days mission to provide early situational awareness through openly-accessible global line-list data for the 2022 monkeypox outbreak. Check-out our newsletter to see what's next. globaldothealth.substack.com/p/tracking-the…

1/ Today, The Rockefeller Foundation announced $3 million in new funding for Global.health – a leading open-source platform for scientific pandemic data – to expand international partnerships and modernize the global effort for coordinated pandemic prevention, surveillance, and response.

2/ Funding will support research collaboration, including World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Epidemic and Pandemic Intelligence, Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI), ISARIC, and the #Gorgas Memorial Institute, and make globally available open-source tools, training, datasets, and opportunities for research.

Today, The Rockefeller Foundation is announcing $3M in funding for Global.health to expand its international partnerships & modernize the global effort for coordinated pandemic prevention & response. We are thrilled about this partnership. Read more about it here: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rocke…

Excited to announce continued support from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand the reach and impact of Global.health and take data collection and analytics for better public health to the next level. rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rocke… via @rockefellerfdn

What kind of data helps drive a more effective response to infectious disease outbreaks? Global.health is building an open-source data platform for better pandemic response, for a #PandemicFreeFuture. rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rocke… World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI) ISARIC University of Oxford Google.org

The #WHOPandemicHub is excited to continue our partnership with Global.health Thanks to The Rockefeller Foundation for the support to make this work happen Building collaborative approaches to data integration is needed for stronger pandemic and epidemic intelligence

Big congratulations for this all-star collaboration to put cool technology in service to improving global health! Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus #WHO Dr. Rajiv J. Shah The Rockefeller Foundation Moritz Kraemer Google.org John Brownstein Sam Scarpino Joe Brilliant Rebecca Katz

Data is one of the most powerful tools, allowing us to predict emerging infectious disease threats better. Learn how #GoogleOrgFellowship recipient, Global.health, has grown into the largest data center for anonymized disease data. More: goo.gle/3ssImX8