Apoorva Mandavilli

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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear. In a nutshell, NO. We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb! #canadaday

Canada’s Changing Climate Reportchangingclimate.ca

Hoau-Yan Wang, a scientist whose research has been at the center of controversy over an Alzheimer’s drug candidate, has been charged with fraud. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/h...

Embattled Alzheimer’s Researcher Is Charged With Fraudwww.nytimes.com Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials.

Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fallwww.nytimes.com As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

In an unusual move, CDC has revised its recommendations for who should receive an RSV vaxx: everyone 75 and older but among 60-74, only those with certain severe conditions. Previously it was 60+ in consultation with a health care provider www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/h...

Federal Officials Revise Recommendations for R.S.V. Vaccinewww.nytimes.com Among Americans aged 60 to 74, only those with certain health conditions need to receive the shots, the agency concluded.

There is no guarantee that the bird flu virus will remain benign if it begins to spread among people. Accumulating evidence from the animal world and data from other parts of the globe, in fact, suggest the opposite. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/h...

A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.www.nytimes.com There is no guarantee that a person-to-person virus would be benign, scientists say, and vaccines and treatments at hand may not be sufficient.

It’s official: FDA is asking manufacturers of Covid vaccines to target the JN.1 variant for the fall 2024 doses. JN.1 is already out so it’s not totally ideal but it is their best gamble (they say) to protect us from whatever comes our way in the fall.

At the height of Covid, 194 countries started negotiating a plan to ensure they would do better when the next pandemic inevitably arrived. Their deadline for that plan was last week. Why did it fail? www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/p...?

The Fight Over the Next Pandemicwww.nytimes.com The deadline for a new international pandemic plan was last week. So far, negotiations have failed.

Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers because the bird flu virus acquired nearly 20 mutations that allowed it spread among the animals. The same thing may happen in people. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/h...

The Bird Flu Virus Adapted to Sea Mammals. It May Not Be Done Yet.www.nytimes.com Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found.

Breaking: A third farmworker in the United States has been found to be infected with bird flu, heightening concerns about an outbreak among dairy cattle first identified in March. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/30/h...

Bird Flu Has Infected a Third U.S. Farmworkerwww.nytimes.com The worker had respiratory symptoms, unlike the first two. But the risk to the public remains low, federal health officials said.

Breaking: Countries around the globe have failed to reach consensus on the terms of a treaty that would unify the world in a strategy against the inevitable next pandemic, trumping the nationalist ethos that emerged during Covid-19. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/h...

Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemicwww.nytimes.com Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

And now the USDA says it has detected bird flu virus in muscle samples from a dairy cow. Only one cow of the 96 tested but still. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

Updates on H5N1 Beef Safety Studies | Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceLockBack to topwww.aphis.usda.gov

Breaking: Unpasteurized milk contaminated with H5N1, the bird-flu virus that has turned up in dairy cattle, can rapidly make mice sick, affecting multiple organs. “Don’t drink raw milk — that’s the message,” the lead virologist said. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/h...

Milk Containing Bird-Flu Virus Can Sicken Mice, Study Findswww.nytimes.com The results bolster evidence that virus-laden raw milk may be unsafe for humans.

Breaking: A farmworker in Michigan has been diagnosed with bird flu, state officials announced on Wednesday, making it the second human case associated with the outbreak in cows. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/h...

A Second Dairy Worker Has Contracted Bird Flu, C.D.C. Reportswww.nytimes.com The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding that the risk to the general public remained low.

Were you offered testing for syphilis when you were pregnant? If you tested positive, were you treated? How did syphilis affect the health of your child? www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/h...

Did You Have Syphilis When You Were Pregnant? We Want to Hear From You.www.nytimes.com Congenital syphilis has risen significantly in the United States. The Times would like to talk to women who experienced the condition when pregnant and learn how they dealt with it.

A deadlier version of mpox is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/h...

C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpoxwww.nytimes.com A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength.

The bird flu outbreak in American dairy cattle may have begun in January, or even as early as December, a new analysis of genetic data suggests.

Bird Flu Outbreak in Cattle May Have Begun Months Earlier Than Thoughtwww.nytimes.com A single spillover, from a bird to a cow, led to the infections, a review of genetic data has found.

Samples of pasteurized milk from around the country have tested positive for inactive remnants of the bird flu virus that has been infecting dairy cows, federal officials say. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/h...

“In my flu career, we have not seen a virus that expands its host range quite like this.” The bird flu virus H5N1 has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock. Are humans next?

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?www.nytimes.com H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how muc...

On Friday, my colleague and I published an article detailing scientists’ criticisms against USDA’s response to the bird flu outbreak, including its failure to share many genetic sequences. Today:

USDA Publishes H5N1 Influenza A Virus Genetic Sequences on publicly available site | Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceLockBack to topwww.aphis.usda.gov

SCOOP: Federal officials have shared little information on the bird flu outbreak in dairy cows and have said it is limited. But asymptomatic cows found in North Carolina have changed the situation.

Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farmswww.nytimes.com Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may require a reassessment.

A pill taken once a week. A shot administered at home once a month. Even a jab given at a clinic every six months. In the next five to 10 years, these options may be available to prevent or treat H.I.V.

Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatmentwww.nytimes.com New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.

New Yorkers, beware: If you come across a bird or animal that is sick, dead or behaving strangely, keep yourself and your pets at a safe distance. The bird flu virus, H5N1, is present in at least some small fraction of New York City birds

Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birdswww.nytimes.com A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.

Breaking: At least one person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu following contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected, state officials said on Monday. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/h...

Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattlewww.nytimes.com The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds.

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/h...

What’s Next for the Coronavirus?www.nytimes.com Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid.

A single dose of doxycycline, a widely used antibiotic, taken after sex halved the incidence of chlamydia and early syphilis among gay and bisexual men and transgender women in San Francisco, city health officials announced on Monday. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/h...

An Antibiotic After Sex Greatly Reduced Syphilis and Chlamydia Caseswww.nytimes.com New cases fell by half in just over a year, San Francisco health officials reported.

Breaking: Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections need not isolate for five days before returning to work or school, the CDC said on Friday, a striking sign of changing attitudes toward the coronavirus. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/h...

C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covidwww.nytimes.com Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections may return to daily activities if they don’t have a fever and their symptoms are improving.

Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus may have caused a few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition, federal health officials said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/h...

R.S.V. Vaccines May Slightly Increase Risk of Rare Neurological Conditionwww.nytimes.com Federal health officials presented data hinting at a link to Guillain-Barré syndrome, but said the connection was still uncertain.

The 2022 outbreak of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was curbed in large part by drastic changes in behavior among gay and bisexual men, and not by vaccination, according to a new analysis www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/h...

Vaccines Didn’t Turn Back Mpox, Study Finds. People Did.www.nytimes.com Behavior change among gay and bisexual men was more important than shots in curbing the spread, researchers concluded.

Breaking: Americans ages 65 and older should receive an additional dose of the latest Covid vaccine this spring, scientific advisers to the CDC said. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/h...

Older Americans Should Get Another Covid Shot This Spring, Panel Sayswww.nytimes.com Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. recommended boosters for Americans ages 65 and older.

At least 128 pregnant women and 25 kids under 2 were mistakenly given an RSV vaccine that was never approved for them www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/h...

Some Pregnant Women and Infants Received the Wrong R.S.V. Shotswww.nytimes.com Doctors and pharmacists seem to be confused by the guidelines. And the brand names aren’t helping.