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  1. Australia’s largest diphtheria outbreak prompts $7.2m federal vaccine blitz

    The federal government has stepped in to address a diphtheria outbreak that has crossed several state borders, unveiling…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #diphtheria #immunisation #infectious #Respiratory #vaccinations
    newsbeep.com/au/684494/

  2. Australia’s largest diphtheria outbreak prompts $7.2m federal vaccine blitz

    The federal government has stepped in to address a diphtheria outbreak that has crossed several state borders, unveiling…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #diphtheria #immunisation #infectious #Respiratory #vaccinations
    newsbeep.com/au/684494/

  3. For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

    Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

    Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

    Do managers want:

    Only ONE person this week out sick?
    Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  4. For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

    Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

    Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

    Do managers want:

    Only ONE person this week out sick?
    Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  5. For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

    Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

    Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

    Do managers want:

    Only ONE person this week out sick?
    Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  6. For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

    Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

    Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

    Do managers want:

    Only ONE person this week out sick?
    Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  7. For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

    Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

    Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

    Do managers want:

    Only ONE person this week out sick?
    Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  8. Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
    Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
    Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  9. Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
    Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
    Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  10. Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
    Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
    Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  11. Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
    Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
    Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  12. Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
    Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
    Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

    youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

    #Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

  13. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  14. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    "One U.S. Citizen Tests Mildly Positive for Hantavirus..."
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  15. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    "One U.S. Citizen Tests Mildly Positive for Hantavirus..."
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  16. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    "One U.S. Citizen Tests Mildly Positive for Hantavirus..."
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  17. One traveler is mildly pregnant, while another has morning sickness. Those two are traveling carefully, the others are possibly infecting fellow passengers
    - this all sounds off mark yet bullseye simultaneously.
    "One U.S. Citizen Tests Mildly Positive for Hantavirus..."
    #hantavirus #human #transfer #Andes #USA #seven #cases #airline #staff #infections too #WHO #infectious #diseases
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  18. Possibility of a summer surge, due to the new/ old "cicada" variant.
    Not any more infectious than other variants, your Covid booster (you get booster shots, right?) will cover this one too.
    #CovidIsNotOver #cicada #variant #airborne #infectious #disease #MaskUp #mask #respirator #FaceShield cuz #LongCOVID #exceeds #asthma as #number #one #chronic #illness in #USA
    people.com/new-covid-19-varian

  19. went to ER they set me up and got ref for followup/culture #infectious disease

  20. @Walker well the price hopefully will be reasonable but even then you are basically playing roulette in terms of efficacy - you don't want to get it #bullseye #dogstar #epidemiology #lyme conn #infectious disease #bacteria

  21. @Walker well the price hopefully will be reasonable but even then you are basically playing roulette in terms of efficacy - you don't want to get it #bullseye #dogstar #epidemiology #lyme conn #infectious disease #bacteria

  22. @Walker well the price hopefully will be reasonable but even then you are basically playing roulette in terms of efficacy - you don't want to get it #bullseye #dogstar #epidemiology #lyme conn #infectious disease #bacteria

  23. @Walker well the price hopefully will be reasonable but even then you are basically playing roulette in terms of efficacy - you don't want to get it #bullseye #dogstar #epidemiology #lyme conn #infectious disease #bacteria

  24. #infectious : having qualities that may infect

    - German: ansteckend

    - Italian: infettivo

    - Portuguese: contagioso

    - Spanish: contagioso

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    Guess the next word of the hour @ 24hippos.com

  25. #Polio fears resurgence as #US #vaccine adviser questions need for #childhood shots

    Preventable #infectious #diseases surging & US vaccines adviser says all vaccine may be reconsidered. Experts bracing for more polio cases. Survivors say #health system not ready for polio

    We don’t have #healthcare infrastructure deal with a polio outbreak said Grace Rossow, an operating-room coordinator, who has long-term health issues due to polio as an #infant

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    #Science #VaccinesWork

  26. #Polio fears resurgence as #US #vaccine adviser questions need for #childhood shots

    Preventable #infectious #diseases surging & US vaccines adviser says all vaccine may be reconsidered. Experts bracing for more polio cases. Survivors say #health system not ready for polio

    We don’t have #healthcare infrastructure deal with a polio outbreak said Grace Rossow, an operating-room coordinator, who has long-term health issues due to polio as an #infant

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

    #Science #VaccinesWork

  27. Americans trust #Fauci over #RFK Jr. and career #scientists over #Trump officials

    Anti-vaccine #activist and current #Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious #disease expert #AnthonyFauci , even writing a #conspiracy -laden book lambasting the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and #Infectious #Diseases.

    > and water is wet
    #WaterIsWet

    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  28. Americans trust #Fauci over #RFK Jr. and career #scientists over #Trump officials

    Anti-vaccine #activist and current #Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious #disease expert #AnthonyFauci , even writing a #conspiracy -laden book lambasting the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and #Infectious #Diseases.

    > and water is wet
    #WaterIsWet

    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  29. Americans trust #Fauci over #RFK Jr. and career #scientists over #Trump officials

    Anti-vaccine #activist and current #Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious #disease expert #AnthonyFauci , even writing a #conspiracy -laden book lambasting the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and #Infectious #Diseases.

    > and water is wet
    #WaterIsWet

    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  30. Americans trust over Jr. and career over officials

    Anti-vaccine and current Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious expert , even writing a -laden book lambasting the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and .

    > and water is wet

    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  31. Americans trust #Fauci over #RFK Jr. and career #scientists over #Trump officials

    Anti-vaccine #activist and current #Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has worked hard to villainize infectious #disease expert #AnthonyFauci , even writing a #conspiracy -laden book lambasting the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and #Infectious #Diseases.

    > and water is wet
    #WaterIsWet

    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03