Very excited to finally see this out! 🦠🧬 Huge thanks to all of my amazing co-authors! Lior Pachter Delaney Sullivan Maria Carilli Kristján Eldjárn Alexander Viloria Winnett and Tara Chari Original thread about this work: x.com/neuroluebbert/… Free access link to the paper: rdcu.be/eiIWC

Our work on quantifying the HIV multiple infection prevalence in Uganda is now out in PLOS Pathogens. This work introduces an analytical framework for high-throughput surveillance and risk factor identification for HIV multiple infections. journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

#H5N1 #BirdFlu Global Virus Network (GVN) Urges Action on H5N1 Threat. “From 2024 through April 2025, there have been confirmed cases in 995+ dairy cow herds, 168+ million birds, 1650+ flocks, and at least 70 humans with the epizootic now present in all 50 states and human cases

The Global Virus Network has published in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas (The Lancet Reg Health-Americas) on critical steps and an urgent call to action to tackle the threat of H5N1 avian influenza.🦠 Learn more: gvn.org/global-virus-n… #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza #PandemicPreparedness

Genomic epidemiology of mpox virus in Sierra Leone reveals sustained human-to-human transmission with limited importation. virological.org/t/genomic-epid… #Mpox #Genomics #SierraLeone #Surveillance #PublicHealth

Tampa high schoolers: join the Global Guardians summer camp (July 23–25 at University of South Florida) to explore pandemics, viruses, and global health. FREE for grades 9–12 in Tampa! Apply by June 30th and click here to learn more: ow.ly/WQNY50W4m5a #GVN #STEM #USF USF Health

Sierra Leone is battling an mpox variant, G.1, that is rapidly spreading—25% hospitalized, thousands likely infected, cases doubling every two weeks, and now detected in the US & Europe. The country is responding. The world must join them. TIME Christian T. Happi

Renters pay four months’ rent just to move into a new apartment: first, last, security, and a fee for a broker they didn't hire. $10K upfront for a standard one bedroom. That's ridiculous. I'm banning mandatory renter-paid broker’s fees in Massachusetts.