Through our Mind to Heart project, we're breaking the cycle of poor mental health and championing holistic, person-centred care for people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis.

Read about our advocacy success: https://ow.ly/xYz650ZSB6t

#WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #IDSky #Health

WHO (Oct 7):
➡️a worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Institute (Russia) died after hospitalisation with severe #pneumonia;
➡️media suggest possible pneumonic plague.
➡️Russia has NOT confirmed the diagnosis.

Russia says no recent plague cases in the region.
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#IDSky #microbiology

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #vaccinesmatter #publichealth What makes a virus with a track-record of cross-species transmission like #coronavirus so deadly is its ability to cause devastating long-term damage to a host’s immunity, potentially leading to the most destructive -pandemic.

#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #IDsky #publichealth understanding #mucosalimmunity & #mucosalvaccines in vaccine development

From @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social 🦠💉

A higher-dose, cell-derived quadrivalent #InfluenzaVaccine with an MF59 adjuvant safely elicits superior immunogenicity in older adults compared with a standard egg-derived formulation.

#IDSky

How can understanding the origins of Ebola disease outbreaks help us prepare for current and future events?

I spoke about our research on this topic in the context of the ongoing Ebola epidemic with the Rear Vision podcast
#IDsky
#Episky
#Ebola

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

From @ofidjournal.bsky.social 🦠🫀

Following #COVID19 diagnosis, individuals with #HIV experience a pronounced shift toward #CardiometabolicDisorders and a widened disparity in overall chronic disease burden compared with those without HIV, underscoring the need for proactive care.

#IDSky

Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with Blastomycosis: A provincial cohort study

Analysis of 317 patients with blastomycosis in Manitoba. 141 required hospitalization, of whom 41% needed ICU. In hospital mortality was 24%

watermark02.silverchair.com/ofag656.pdf #IDSky

ECDC does not recommend broad A(H5) vaccination across the EU/EEA.

Targeted vaccination may be considered for exposed groups under national recommendations.

More: bit.ly/4dvUmBv
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#IdSky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #AvianInfluenza

The latest CDC numbers show a 5.0% increase of #measles cases from week-to-week. The US total reached 4,080 confirmed cases, 78% above all of 2025. #IDsky

Learn more: www.contagionlive.com/view/measles...

New #UTI guidelines are changing infection classifications, and Dr. Zachary Nelson provides further insights on the changes including applying antibiograms, potential costs, and whether clinicians will embrace these new classifications. #IDsky #Medsky
www.contagionlive.com/view/new-uti...

The #COVID19 pandemic disrupted routine #healthcare services worldwide, including childhood #vaccination

What was the effect of the #pandemic on childhood vaccination uptake in the Netherlands, specifically looking at the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-poliomyelitis vaccine?
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪

Despite the record number of cases, there is no indication of increased severity.

As the season continues, surveillance, mosquito control and protection from mosquito bites remain important.

👉 More: bit.ly/3UhO8P1
#PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

New review article

Role of the #urobiome in urinary tract infections: current knowledge and research prospects

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #UTIsky #microbiome #OpenAccess #OA

Read the Editor's Choice by Saba Lambert in the new edition of Leprosy Review

https://leprosyreview.org/article/97/3/20-25003

All articles published by Leprosy Review are free to access as we work towards a better understanding of the disease and its control.

#Leprosy #NTD #Health #IDSky

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #microsky #publichealth @nature.com
Although the risk of a wider epidemic is minimal .The #Yersiniapestisbacterium that causes the disease is treatable with #antibiotics . The incident exposes vulnerabilities in global biosurveillance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth #Vaccinesmatter The emerging #COVID sub-variant PJ.2.1 is a highly mutated strain first detected in May 2026 that has achieved rapid intercontinental spread.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth Evaluated the impact of #COVID, #Malaria, and their co-infection on hemostatic parameters, specifically looking at Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and D-dimer levels through a sex-stratified lens
@plosglobalpublichealth.org
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

"It would have been understandable if they had been felled by German guns on the Western Front, but these soldiers had died from a mysterious disease at an army camp northwest of Boston."

The flu epidemic 108 years ago - #IDSky + #HistorySky.

www.history.com/articles/spa...

Thrilled to be presenting on the BugHub World Stage at #IDWeek2026.

I'll be sharing the story of FirstCallID, how an idea from an IDWeek discussion became a web-based infectious diseases educational resource.

Hope to see you there.

📅 Thursday, Oct 22 • 8:00 AM

#IDsky #MedEd #FOAMed