#epidemiology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #epidemiology, aggregated by home.social.
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Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
Idyllic rural NSW is a hotspot for motor neurone disease
"Our recent mortality paper shows that if you live in rural and regional Australia, you are 40 per cent more likely to die from motor neurone disease. This cannot be genetic."
"Much attention will be focused on MND hotspots which include regional centres such as Griffith, Leeton, Wagga Wagga and Narrandera in the Riverina where rates of the degenerative illness are estimated to be five to seven times the national average. Other areas of concern include Tamworth, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/mnd-notifiable-disease-starts/107097432
#environment #diseases #MDN #NSW #CoffsHarbour #PortMacquarie #RuralNSW #MidNorthCoast #water #pollution #ExtremeHeat #runoff #HABs #pesticides #epidemiology -
CIDRAP Op-Ed: "Most people in our comment sections during the pandemic weren't arguing in bad faith, though some clearly were, particularly the ones implying the deaths wouldn't have mattered if the people who died were old or immunocompromised. The rest were doing something more ordinary. They were trying to locate themselves relative to a threat, which is what all of us do when we hear about a death from an infectious disease. Asking who died is a way of asking whether this is about me. We've made it too easy to answer no. …
"The risk factor staring us in the face isn't age. It’s vaccination status."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-how-we-can-hear-high-risk-measles-and-write-it -
CIDRAP Op-Ed: "Most people in our comment sections during the pandemic weren't arguing in bad faith, though some clearly were, particularly the ones implying the deaths wouldn't have mattered if the people who died were old or immunocompromised. The rest were doing something more ordinary. They were trying to locate themselves relative to a threat, which is what all of us do when we hear about a death from an infectious disease. Asking who died is a way of asking whether this is about me. We've made it too easy to answer no. …
"The risk factor staring us in the face isn't age. It’s vaccination status."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-how-we-can-hear-high-risk-measles-and-write-it -
CIDRAP Op-Ed: "Most people in our comment sections during the pandemic weren't arguing in bad faith, though some clearly were, particularly the ones implying the deaths wouldn't have mattered if the people who died were old or immunocompromised. The rest were doing something more ordinary. They were trying to locate themselves relative to a threat, which is what all of us do when we hear about a death from an infectious disease. Asking who died is a way of asking whether this is about me. We've made it too easy to answer no. …
"The risk factor staring us in the face isn't age. It’s vaccination status."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-how-we-can-hear-high-risk-measles-and-write-it -
CIDRAP Op-Ed: "Most people in our comment sections during the pandemic weren't arguing in bad faith, though some clearly were, particularly the ones implying the deaths wouldn't have mattered if the people who died were old or immunocompromised. The rest were doing something more ordinary. They were trying to locate themselves relative to a threat, which is what all of us do when we hear about a death from an infectious disease. Asking who died is a way of asking whether this is about me. We've made it too easy to answer no. …
"The risk factor staring us in the face isn't age. It’s vaccination status."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-how-we-can-hear-high-risk-measles-and-write-it -
CIDRAP Op-Ed: "Most people in our comment sections during the pandemic weren't arguing in bad faith, though some clearly were, particularly the ones implying the deaths wouldn't have mattered if the people who died were old or immunocompromised. The rest were doing something more ordinary. They were trying to locate themselves relative to a threat, which is what all of us do when we hear about a death from an infectious disease. Asking who died is a way of asking whether this is about me. We've made it too easy to answer no. …
"The risk factor staring us in the face isn't age. It’s vaccination status."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidrap-op-ed-how-we-can-hear-high-risk-measles-and-write-it -
Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-026-03166-5"[...] 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!
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Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-026-03166-5"[...] 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!
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Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-026-03166-5"[...] 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!
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Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-026-03166-5"[...] 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!
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Editorial handover at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric #Epidemiology. Outgoing Craig Morgan's editorial about "Time for Change"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-026-03166-5"[...] 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!
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"In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflicting-information-continues-measles-associated-death-pennsylvania-newborn -
"In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflicting-information-continues-measles-associated-death-pennsylvania-newborn -
"In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflicting-information-continues-measles-associated-death-pennsylvania-newborn -
"In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflicting-information-continues-measles-associated-death-pennsylvania-newborn -
"In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflicting-information-continues-measles-associated-death-pennsylvania-newborn -
Took me a while to really get the important message of this paper
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26335565261477731
#SorrySlow 😅The team assumes that their register offers a TRUE estimate of the prevalence of #multimorbidity for everyone living in Stockholm since 2017.
[plausible, but could have been clearer for me]Based on this, they separate different data sources and can show that without #PrimaryCare data, prevalence would be underestimated by around 20%.
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Took me a while to really get the important message of this paper
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26335565261477731
#SorrySlow 😅The team assumes that their register offers a TRUE estimate of the prevalence of #multimorbidity for everyone living in Stockholm since 2017.
[plausible, but could have been clearer for me]Based on this, they separate different data sources and can show that without #PrimaryCare data, prevalence would be underestimated by around 20%.
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Took me a while to really get the important message of this paper
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26335565261477731
#SorrySlow 😅The team assumes that their register offers a TRUE estimate of the prevalence of #multimorbidity for everyone living in Stockholm since 2017.
[plausible, but could have been clearer for me]Based on this, they separate different data sources and can show that without #PrimaryCare data, prevalence would be underestimated by around 20%.
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New post in the Active Living Lab newsletter: What is the denominator problem, and what does it have to do with rope swings? https://activelivinglab.com/2026/08/31/what-is-the-denominator-problem-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-rope-swings/ #science #epidemiology #safety
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New post in the Active Living Lab newsletter: What is the denominator problem, and what does it have to do with rope swings? https://activelivinglab.com/2026/08/31/what-is-the-denominator-problem-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-rope-swings/ #science #epidemiology #safety
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New post in the Active Living Lab newsletter: What is the denominator problem, and what does it have to do with rope swings? https://activelivinglab.com/2026/08/31/what-is-the-denominator-problem-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-rope-swings/ #science #epidemiology #safety
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Researchers have identified a new set of rapidly spreading genetic variants in malaria parasites that significantly reduce their susceptibility to the most common front-line antimalarial treatments.
#Genetics #Genomics #Parasitology #Pharmacology #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #sflorg
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@edelponte has added a new chapter to R4PDE authored by Nik Cunniffe covering compartmental models.
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@edelponte has added a new chapter to R4PDE authored by Nik Cunniffe covering compartmental models.
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@edelponte has added a new chapter to R4PDE authored by Nik Cunniffe covering compartmental models.
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@edelponte has added a new chapter to R4PDE authored by Nik Cunniffe covering compartmental models.
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@edelponte has added a new chapter to R4PDE authored by Nik Cunniffe covering compartmental models.
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Zoonotic spillover is the successful transmission of a pathogenic entity—such as a virus, bacterium, or parasite—from a non-human animal reservoir into a human population. This rare but consequential event occurs when a pathogen successfully crosses the strict biological boundary between species.
#WhatIs #Zoonotic #Epidemiology #Virology #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/wi03162601.html -
Two articles on the role of #MedicalStatistics in #HealthSciences which are a good #CPD read for both #QuantitativeMethods experts as well as health content experts:
Medical statisticians: Always on tap, but never on top?
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/211342/And this paper aims to provide guidance on why, when and on what to consult with statisticians when setting up a research project
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-advances/article/statistical-consulting-guidelines-for-new-researchers-in-psychiatry-and-mental-health-beyond-chatgpt/22BD35892A1760918B5BFBC0EBE5D7C4 -
cool example of fixing #confounding - antibiotics and stone edition (no, it ain't any fancy regression or propensity score matching)
https://journals.lww.com/jasn/Fulltext/2023/08000/Outpatient_Antibiotic_Use_is_Not_Associated_with.11.aspx in JASN with a #VisualAbstract from @CorinaT #Epidemiology
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Who are the #epidemiologists and infectious disease #modellers on Mastodon?
Will update this list as I come across them & if you “favourite” or “boost” this toot you will be updated every time there is an addition.
This helps create an “Epidemiology/Modellers” list on mastodon to browse their focused stream.
List so far:
@famulare
@enenbee
@aetiology
@DrZoeHyde
@dgbassani
@doxy_cycling
@adamjkucharski
@dgurdasani1
@epiellie
@mlipsitch
@deonandan
@seabbs
#epidemiology #epidemiologist