Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #infectiousdiseases, aggregated by home.social.
Russia Says Reports of Second Case Linked to Siberian Plague Lab Are False
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Russia’s health regulator denied on Thursday that someone had fallen ill after coming…
#EuropeSays #Russia #Collections:World #epidemics #Europe #InfectiousDiseases #Reuters #UnitedStates #Worldnews
https://www.europesays.com/russia/73839/
Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research Networks, Face Uncertain Future
Future of four large research networks that test #vaccines and treatments for #HIV, #tuberculosis and emerging #infectiousdiseases is in limbo after weeks of delays from Trump admin in launching the process to renew their funding.
The networks also treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/health/hiv-research-delay-cuts-hhs-nih.html
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WHO Presses Russia for Details on Plague Institute Worker’s Death, Kremlin Turns on Media
By Jennifer Rigby and Andrew Osborn LONDON/MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday…
#EuropeSays #Russia #Collections:TopNews #Collections:World #epidemics #Europe #InfectiousDiseases #Reuters #TopNews #WorldHealthOrganization
https://www.europesays.com/russia/73451/
Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak? – podcast
By Presented by Lucy Hough, with Madeleine Finlay, produced by Angus Neale, senior producer Ryan Ramgobin, executive producer Zoe Hitch
Several hospitals in eastern Russia are under quarantine after a lab worker fell ill at a plague research centre following a reported accident and died. Russia’s health watchdog has said Darya Shipilova, 28, died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection. Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Lucy Hough, the host of Today in Focus: The Latest, how concerned we should be
#Science #Russia #Infectiousdiseases #Bubonicplague #Europe #Worldnews #Epidemics #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHough #withMadeleineFinlay #producedbyAngusNeale #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin #executiveproducerZoeHitch
Russia Tells WHO No Plague Case as Experts Raise Bioweapon Concerns
The WHO statement comes as biosecurity experts question whether Russia’s reported response to the incident was consistent with…
#EuropeSays #Russia #BiologicalWeapons #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #Medical #Plague #Pneumonia #research #WHO #WorldHealthOrganization
https://www.europesays.com/russia/73271/
Russia plague: Global risk may be low, but experts want more data
Last week, an employee who worked at a Russian anti-plague institute died, possibly from an unspecified form of…
#EuropeSays #Russia #health #InfectiousDiseases #JoeBiden #Medication #Plague #science
https://www.europesays.com/russia/73249/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/723061/ An open vision-language model for diverse medical applications #Biomedicine #CancerResearch #Éire #general #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #IE #InfectiousDiseases #Ireland #MedicalImaging #MedicalResearch #MetabolicDiseases #MolecularMedicine #Neurosciences
Russia rails against online 'plague' claims, but few in Irkutsk trust authorities
Russia's health watchdog warns fake information is circulating online about a mystery illness amid growing questions about the death of a woman in Siberia last week.
Plague outbreak? Russian lab worker dies in Siberia - The Latest
By Presented by Lucy Hough with Madeleine Finlay ; produced by Angus Neale ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; executive producer Zoe Hitch
Quarantine measures have been in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia since a 28-year-old laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, died after falling ill at work following a reported accident at a plague research centre in Siberia. Russia’s health watchdog has said she died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection. Lucy Hough speaks to Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay
#Bubonicplague #Russia #Europe #Worldnews #Science #Infectiousdiseases #Epidemics #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHoughwithMadeleineFinlay #producedbyAngusNeale #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin #executiveproducerZoeHitch
https://www.europesays.com/ie/722491/ Bacteria regulate collective behaviour by mechanosensing cell–cell collisions #Éire #general #IE #InfectiousDiseases #Ireland #LifeSciences #MedicalMicrobiology #MicrobialCommunities #Microbiology #Motility #Parasitology #Science #Virology
Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Patient Dies In Nairobi
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/kenya-confirms-first-ebola-case/
Nice planet you got there. Be a shame if multiple, obvious, preventable, longstanding crises assailed it.
#capitalism #climatechange #ai #fascism #antivax #infectiousdiseases #cancer #nuclear #anthropocene
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo and says patient has died https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/kenya-first-ebola-case-death-drc #Ebola #Kenya #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Africa #InfectiousDiseases #WorldNews
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo and says patient has died
By Reuters in Nairobi
Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who had arrived from DRC, which is facing largest-ever outbreak
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/kenya-first-ebola-case-death-drc
#Ebola #Kenya #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Africa #Infectiousdiseases #Worldnews #TheGuardian #ReutersinNairobi
What to know about pneumonic plague after conflicting reports on death in Russia
By Georgie Hewson
Officials in Russia have provided conflicting information about the death of an employee at a Siberian "anti-plague" laboratory. Here's what we know about pneumonic plague.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/can-you-still-get-the-plague-pneumonic-russia/107231922
Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000
By Guardian Staff
Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country
#Pennsylvania #MMR #Health #USnews #Infectiousdiseases #Vaccinesandimmunisation #RobertFKennedyJr #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/pennsylvania-measles-outbreak-hospitalizations-deaths #Pennsylvania #Mmr #Health #UsNews #InfectiousDiseases #VaccinesAndImmunisation #RobertFKennedyJr
Suspected plague in Russia puts EU on alert – POLITICO
“Based on unofficial information available, the public health risk to the general population appears to be low,” the…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Cities #Doctors #InfectiousDiseases #Media #Patients #Russia
https://www.europesays.com/europe/152881/
US Monitoring Possible Pneumonic Plague-related Death in Russia
US secretary of state Marco Rubio says that the United States is “closely monitoring” reports of pneumonic plague…
#EuropeSays #Russia #globalhealth #InfectiousDiseases #pneumonicplague
https://www.europesays.com/russia/72732/
'Concerning' death of Russian 'plague' laboratory employee being monitored
By Riley Stuart
The US says it is closely monitoring the death of an employee at a Siberian "anti-plague" laboratory from what Russian officials are calling pneumonia of an unknown origin.
Assistant Professor in Biochemistry/Biophysics
University of Kansas
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-kansas-27778-assistant-professor-in-biochemistry-biophysics/
#biochemistry #biophysics #infectiousdiseases #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-kansas-27778-assistant-professor-in-biochemistry-biophysics/?fsp_sid=15863
