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  1. Avoiding areas thought to be disease hotspots may actually make outbreaks worse if local case reporting is incomplete. New research involving #WorldPop scientists reveals how travel behaviour can distort health data and hide disease risks, especially in rural areas. Better local reporting could save lives.

    worldpop.org/blog/why-staying-

    #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #GeoHealth #DiseaseSurveillance

  2. Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    "[...] scientific journals are the products, and therefore the intellectual property, of scientific communities."

    "There are many calls for the concept of statistical significance to be retired. I regret not implementing this in SPPE."

    All the best to Uli Reininghaus and the new team!

    #AcademicPublishing #NightshiftEditor

  3. Researchers evaluated two experimental Zika virus vaccines to understand the roles of antibodies and T cells, discovering that long-term viral protection requires a coordinated immune response from both components rather than relying on T cells alone.
    #Immunology #Virology #Epidemiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/08/imgy0826260

  4. Stuffed toys can release short-chain PFAS into saliva, study finds

    A saliva-based test shows how plush toys may add to young children’s PFAS exposure, while revealing why a…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Chemicals #Children #Compound #Dyslipidemia #epidemiology #Fluorine #food #FoodSafety #Liver #oral
    newsbeep.com/au/818057/

  5. Stuffed toys can release short-chain PFAS into saliva, study finds

    A saliva-based test shows how plush toys may add to young children’s PFAS exposure, while revealing why a…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Chemicals #Children #Compound #Dyslipidemia #epidemiology #Fluorine #food #FoodSafety #Liver #oral
    newsbeep.com/au/818057/

  6. The Bourbon virus is an emerging, rare viral pathogen transmitted by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) that causes severe, influenza-like illness in humans.
    #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseases #Virology #Entomology #Immunology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/07/epi07212601

  7. As someone prone to health anxiety, and an epidemiologist in training, I get the occasional scare.

    Today I was halfway through leaf-blowing our garage before noticing mouse droppings. In Colorado, deer mice are common. They are the primary reservoir of Hantavirus, which spreads via aerosolized feces and urine (CDC, 2025).

    For repeated occupational exposure, Hantavirus has an estimated attack rate of 0.00071, or 1 case per 1,412 individuals exposed via rodent handling (PMID: 18252096). This, however, was a short, one-time exposure.

    With a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of ~35% (PMID: 21762572), my estimated odds of infection from this incident are about 1 in 3,332, then a 35% chance of death if infected.

    The risk is low, but the reminder is important: never sweep or blow around mouse droppings. Spray, soak, and wipe. Even anxious epidemiologists need that reminder.

    CDPHE - cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index

    #Hantavirus #HealthAnxiety #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseaseEpidemiology #EnvironmentalEpidemiology

  8. My opening credits for #ISOQOL

    #1/
    Greeted on the Hohenzollernbrücke with a statement from the results of the #SoliMed #Gesundheitsatlas #Köln 👇
    solimed-koeln.de/gesundheitsat
    #SDoH #SocialDeterminants #Epidemiology

    #2/
    Then my final meeting as Editor in Chief of Quality Of Life Research. Counting down the issues, with the October one just out (two more to go):
    link.springer.com/journal/1113

    #ISOQOL2024 #HRQL #HealthEconomics

  9. It was a really excellent first day at #MWMsymposium, thank you to all presenters!

    I have posted some reflections and resources from the presenters in my🟦feed:
    bsky.app/profile/jrboehnke.bsk

    Tomorrow you will find me posting here about the talks.

    #SDoH #HRQL #Epidemiology #ISOQOL