GSIDD Transmission Digest: August 2026

ℹ️ The GSIDD Transmission Digest keeps you updated on what is happening with GSIDD, from upcoming events to the latest announcements.

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#IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

Today's #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay celebrates the work behind the scenes protecting communities & preventing #outbreaks

The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) & Eurosurveillance were created as part of a #PublicHealth vision with a similar philosophy

#WFED #EpiSky 🧪🧫

‘Secretive’ Agreement Will Divert NIH Funds To Pentagon, Says DeLauro

Here's my coverage in @forbes.com of an agreement that the NIH and DoD quietly established in early August

🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science

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Student emails beginning with "Hey".

It truly irks me. Is this a normal thing now with students? A generational thing?

Thoughts #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #EpiSky ?

Starting to write a paper on the philosophy of AI in evidence synthesis, focusing mainly but not exclusively on hermeneutic methods. Has anyone done this already? Grateful for leads. TY
#philsci #episky

#Spain implemented use of the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab against respiratory syncytial virus #RSV during the 2023/24 season

Researchers from @isciiisalud.bsky.social identified RSV-B infections in children caused by viruses carrying an uncommon genetic change

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PedSky 🧪🛟

Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC - 3 Sep:

On 2 Sep, DRC reported 6 250 (+64) cases & 3 039 (+32) deaths. 869 patients remain in isolation.

EU/EEA risk assessment remains VERY LOW.

Info: bit.ly/ECDCEbolaDRC
#PublicHealth #Ebola #IDsky #EpiSky

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The role will help set ECDC’s scientific direction & safeguard the quality, integrity & independence of scientific work.

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#EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth #Epidemiology

📢 #episky #mortality #causesofdeath

The cause-specific data series HCD@HMD was updated ☑️

New data ➡️ mortality.org/Data/HCD
🔵 Reconstructed series: Canada, Estonia, France, Japan,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden, USA
🟠 Original series: Canada, France, Japan, Sweden, USA

Increasingly finding the 'predictive vs causal' internalised modelling dichotomy a yoke around my neck when submitting papers. Building mechanistic models for simulation is equally valid but fits neither label, and reviewers seem to hate what haven't been exposed to before.
#statsky #episky