#pathogens — Public Fediverse posts

“For the first time, scientists have used #ArtificialIntelligence to create #new kinds of #viruses, raising hopes for #medical #advances while also raising the disturbing possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent #dangerous #pathogens.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/science/ai-viruses-bacteria-arc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.ly8S.Ck0WPentnPRJ&=nytcore-ios-share

“For the first time, scientists have used #ArtificialIntelligence to create #new kinds of #viruses, raising hopes for #medical #advances while also raising the disturbing possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent #dangerous #pathogens.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/science/ai-viruses-bacteria-arc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4VA.ly8S.Ck0WPentnPRJ&=nytcore-ios-share

"Nearly everyone is infected by a variety of #viruses throughout their childhood and adolescence. A handful of these #pathogens are never fully cleared from the body. Instead, they hide quietly inside cells for a lifetime, kept in check by a healthy #immunesystem.
Researchers have seen hints that these bystander viruses are reactivated in people with #longCOVID."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02443-2

"Nearly everyone is infected by a variety of #viruses throughout their childhood and adolescence. A handful of these #pathogens are never fully cleared from the body. Instead, they hide quietly inside cells for a lifetime, kept in check by a healthy #immunesystem.
Researchers have seen hints that these bystander viruses are reactivated in people with #longCOVID."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02443-2

AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-creates-new-virus

AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-creates-new-virus

https://www.tkhunt.com/2482796/ The ‘single biggest lesson’ from COVID for governments #author #BiologicalWarfare #BiologicalWeapons #book #COVID #COVID19 #HEALTH #NEWS #pathogens #Podcast #PublicHealth #SettleIn #コロナウイルス感染

https://www.tkhunt.com/2482796/ The ‘single biggest lesson’ from COVID for governments #author #BiologicalWarfare #BiologicalWeapons #book #COVID #COVID19 #HEALTH #NEWS #pathogens #Podcast #PublicHealth #SettleIn #コロナウイルス感染

God's favorite animal strikes back!

"A new genomic analysis of the mosquito, called Anopheles stephensi, using specimens collected from 10 countries, showed that those found in Africa had genetic resistance to all of the chemicals currently used in spraying campaigns and other mosquito-control efforts, meaning those insecticides will not kill it."
#entomology #publichealth #vectorbiology #diseases #pathogens #virology #parasitology #Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/mosquito-africa-anopheles-stephensi.html

God's favorite animal strikes back!

"A new genomic analysis of the mosquito, called Anopheles stephensi, using specimens collected from 10 countries, showed that those found in Africa had genetic resistance to all of the chemicals currently used in spraying campaigns and other mosquito-control efforts, meaning those insecticides will not kill it."
#entomology #publichealth #vectorbiology #diseases #pathogens #virology #parasitology #Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/mosquito-africa-anopheles-stephensi.html

The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

* "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

"More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

"In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

"It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

"This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/03/hendra-virus-australia-sentinels-book-extract-animal-to-human-disease-spread
#pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

* "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

"More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

"In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

"It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

"This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/03/hendra-virus-australia-sentinels-book-extract-animal-to-human-disease-spread
#pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

Severe mange outbreaks threaten to wipe out whole populations of vulnerable species.

* "Animals with mange often scratch until their skin cracks, leaving them more exposed to bacterial infections. At that point, crusts can form around their ears and eyes that make it harder for them to see and hear. They can also rapidly lose weight and strength, and some ultimately die."

"In Australia, mange is worryingly widespread among bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus), with the disease affecting roughly 70% of the population. The disease also affects koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), quenda or southern brown bandicoots (Isoodon fusciventer), red-necked wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus) and Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)." >>
https://theconversation.com/scabies-can-kill-animals-like-the-beloved-wombat-whats-the-best-way-to-diagnose-it-288098

* Sarcoptic mange was brought to Australia by European settlers and their domestic animals, including dogs and livestock, during colonisation over the last 200 to 230 years. The parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei likely entered the continent through multiple introductions rather than a single event. >>
https://cdn.murdoch.edu.au/mu-docs/researchharrybutlerinstitutelibraries/default-document-library/sarcoptic-mange-in-australian-wildlife.pdf?sfvrsn=9c7d956b_1
#mange #SarcopticMange #wildlife #biodiversity #EuropeanColonisation #roaming #pets #livestock #pathogens

Severe mange outbreaks threaten to wipe out whole populations of vulnerable species.

* "Animals with mange often scratch until their skin cracks, leaving them more exposed to bacterial infections. At that point, crusts can form around their ears and eyes that make it harder for them to see and hear. They can also rapidly lose weight and strength, and some ultimately die."

"In Australia, mange is worryingly widespread among bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus), with the disease affecting roughly 70% of the population. The disease also affects koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), quenda or southern brown bandicoots (Isoodon fusciventer), red-necked wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus) and Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)." >>
https://theconversation.com/scabies-can-kill-animals-like-the-beloved-wombat-whats-the-best-way-to-diagnose-it-288098

* Sarcoptic mange was brought to Australia by European settlers and their domestic animals, including dogs and livestock, during colonisation over the last 200 to 230 years. The parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei likely entered the continent through multiple introductions rather than a single event. >>
https://cdn.murdoch.edu.au/mu-docs/researchharrybutlerinstitutelibraries/default-document-library/sarcoptic-mange-in-australian-wildlife.pdf?sfvrsn=9c7d956b_1
#mange #SarcopticMange #wildlife #biodiversity #EuropeanColonisation #roaming #pets #livestock #pathogens

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠🥩 A new #math model explains why #cannibalism keeps appearing and then disappearing across human #history.

The #model shows that while eating human #meat provides calories, the epidemiological costs of disease transmission quickly outweigh any benefits and lead to #community collapse.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/mathematics-reveals-why-human-cannibalism-keeps-reappearing

#humans #anthropology #epidemiology #evolution #prions #pathogens #culture #science #biology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠🥩 A new #math model explains why #cannibalism keeps appearing and then disappearing across human #history.

The #model shows that while eating human #meat provides calories, the epidemiological costs of disease transmission quickly outweigh any benefits and lead to #community collapse.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/mathematics-reveals-why-human-cannibalism-keeps-reappearing

#humans #anthropology #epidemiology #evolution #prions #pathogens #culture #science #biology

Coupled Hydrological And Public Health Risks From Urban Flooding - Integrated Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, And Hydrodynamic–Ecological Modelling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135999 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/VHzYLvSYR7k?si=5oGGPeH6T0dFusfY <-- recent overview video created about the research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100396 <-- share (earlier) paper
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H/T @RAHUL DEOPA | Research Scholar (IIT Roorkee)
“… [U]rban floods are not merely hydraulic events; they also transport sewage, pathogens, and other contaminants across streets and communities, leading to significant public health risks…
How do we quantify microbial contamination in near real time during a flood event, when emergency conditions make field sampling unsafe, sparse, or even impossible?...
[The authors] explored whether Earth observation data, combined with machine learning, could bridge this critical monitoring gap. By combining Landsat-derived water surface temperature, machine learning, a coupled MIKE+ Flood–ECO Lab hydrodynamic–ecological model, and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), [they] estimated microbial concentrations (𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪), simulated their fate and transport during floods, and quantified the associated human health risks.
The takeaway: predicting flood risk isn't just about where the water goes; it's about what it's carrying and who it puts in harm's way. Earth observation and machine learning can help close that gap when it matters most, during the emergency, not weeks after…”
#publichealth #risk #hazard #watersecurity #Floodrisk #Humanhealthrisk #Urbanflooding #Hydrodynamicmodelling #waterquality #model #modeling #SupportVectorRegression #flood #flooding #urban #city #sewage #pathogens #contaminant #disease #streets #community #quantification #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #climatechange #extremeweather #spatiotemporal #AI #machineleraning #fateandtransport #hydrodynamic #microbial #rainfall #drainage #streamflow #topography #hydrogeomorphology #Delhi #India #floodplain

Coupled Hydrological And Public Health Risks From Urban Flooding - Integrated Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, And Hydrodynamic–Ecological Modelling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135999 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/VHzYLvSYR7k?si=5oGGPeH6T0dFusfY <-- recent overview video created about the research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100396 <-- share (earlier) paper
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H/T @RAHUL DEOPA | Research Scholar (IIT Roorkee)
“… [U]rban floods are not merely hydraulic events; they also transport sewage, pathogens, and other contaminants across streets and communities, leading to significant public health risks…
How do we quantify microbial contamination in near real time during a flood event, when emergency conditions make field sampling unsafe, sparse, or even impossible?...
[The authors] explored whether Earth observation data, combined with machine learning, could bridge this critical monitoring gap. By combining Landsat-derived water surface temperature, machine learning, a coupled MIKE+ Flood–ECO Lab hydrodynamic–ecological model, and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), [they] estimated microbial concentrations (𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪), simulated their fate and transport during floods, and quantified the associated human health risks.
The takeaway: predicting flood risk isn't just about where the water goes; it's about what it's carrying and who it puts in harm's way. Earth observation and machine learning can help close that gap when it matters most, during the emergency, not weeks after…”
#publichealth #risk #hazard #watersecurity #Floodrisk #Humanhealthrisk #Urbanflooding #Hydrodynamicmodelling #waterquality #model #modeling #SupportVectorRegression #flood #flooding #urban #city #sewage #pathogens #contaminant #disease #streets #community #quantification #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #climatechange #extremeweather #spatiotemporal #AI #machineleraning #fateandtransport #hydrodynamic #microbial #rainfall #drainage #streamflow #topography #hydrogeomorphology #Delhi #India #floodplain

RE: https://mas.to/@nemo/117001044026486666

"Vibrio vulnificus is one of the most lethal marine pathogens, causing wound infections, septicemia, and necrotizing soft tissue infection with case fatality rates exceeding 20%-50%.

In Northern Europe, incidence is rising alongside warming coastal waters."

#Climate #climatecrisis #health #pathogens #vibriosis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41860419/

RE: https://mas.to/@nemo/117001044026486666

"Vibrio vulnificus is one of the most lethal marine pathogens, causing wound infections, septicemia, and necrotizing soft tissue infection with case fatality rates exceeding 20%-50%.

In Northern Europe, incidence is rising alongside warming coastal waters."

#Climate #climatecrisis #health #pathogens #vibriosis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41860419/

What #Cyclospora #Outbreak Reveals
#GlobalWarming is expected to fuel spread of food-borne #pathogens. We might not be prepared.
It’s still not clear whether #climatechange played a role in the current outbreak. Cyclospora is a #parasite that spreads through human feces, and it’s rare for investigators to pinpoint a precise source of contamination. But experts say it’s plausible that warming could contribute to an increase in cyclospora illnesses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/climate/climate-cyclospora.html
https://archive.ph/GdPxd

What #Cyclospora #Outbreak Reveals
#GlobalWarming is expected to fuel spread of food-borne #pathogens. We might not be prepared.
It’s still not clear whether #climatechange played a role in the current outbreak. Cyclospora is a #parasite that spreads through human feces, and it’s rare for investigators to pinpoint a precise source of contamination. But experts say it’s plausible that warming could contribute to an increase in cyclospora illnesses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/climate/climate-cyclospora.html
https://archive.ph/GdPxd

Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain

"There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain in Western Australia, alongside one in South Australia and one in New South Wales."

"We want to protect our native scavengers, while limiting the harm introduced scavengers may do to our ecosystems. Our bird flu response must prioritise the health and management of scavenger animals. Only then can we protect our animals, ecosystems and communities from a wider H5N1 outbreak." >>
https://theconversation.com/scavenger-animals-are-the-missing-link-in-australias-bird-flu-response-three-experts-explain-286046
#HSN1 #BirdFlu #AvianInfluenza #pathogens #carcasses #scavengers #wildlife #carnivors #biodiversity #birds #pets #dogs #cats

Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain

"There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b strain in Western Australia, alongside one in South Australia and one in New South Wales."

"We want to protect our native scavengers, while limiting the harm introduced scavengers may do to our ecosystems. Our bird flu response must prioritise the health and management of scavenger animals. Only then can we protect our animals, ecosystems and communities from a wider H5N1 outbreak." >>
https://theconversation.com/scavenger-animals-are-the-missing-link-in-australias-bird-flu-response-three-experts-explain-286046
#HSN1 #BirdFlu #AvianInfluenza #pathogens #carcasses #scavengers #wildlife #carnivors #biodiversity #birds #pets #dogs #cats

New paper out with my collaborators in Costa Rica! Genomes of the ex-type strains of Elsinoë mangiferae and E. perseae, the causal agents of scab on mango and avocado https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/doi/10.1093/g3journal/jkag177/8723842 #genomics #fungi #science #pathogens

New paper out with my collaborators in Costa Rica! Genomes of the ex-type strains of Elsinoë mangiferae and E. perseae, the causal agents of scab on mango and avocado https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/doi/10.1093/g3journal/jkag177/8723842 #genomics #fungi #science #pathogens

The H5N1 virus can be fatal to roaming cats and dogs

“Pet cats and dogs which come into contact with sick birds could capture H5 bird flu themselves and all mammals are susceptible to H5 bird flu, so that includes our pet cats and dogs...And it’s generally good practice to keep your pets away from wildlife anyway.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/29/h5n1-bird-flu-australia-risk-to-pets

Keep your cat/s locked inside and your dog/s on a leash.

There seems to be great concern for Australia's introduced mono-culture of canines (cats and dogs) rather for the incredible irretrievable endemic bio-diversity.

#meat #pathogens #poultry #flu #birds #wildlife #biodiversity #pets #cats #dogs
Image: Cat hunting native birds, mosaic

The H5N1 virus can be fatal to roaming cats and dogs

“Pet cats and dogs which come into contact with sick birds could capture H5 bird flu themselves and all mammals are susceptible to H5 bird flu, so that includes our pet cats and dogs...And it’s generally good practice to keep your pets away from wildlife anyway.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/29/h5n1-bird-flu-australia-risk-to-pets

Keep your cat/s locked inside and your dog/s on a leash.

There seems to be great concern for Australia's introduced mono-culture of canines (cats and dogs) rather for the incredible irretrievable endemic bio-diversity.

#meat #pathogens #poultry #flu #birds #wildlife #biodiversity #pets #cats #dogs
Image: Cat hunting native birds, mosaic

Hot climate extremes and overcrowded industrial agriculture

* Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry >>
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/extreme-heat-wave-in-france-kills-hundreds-of-thousands-of-poultry/

* "The ​heat is also hitting cattle farmers. High temperatures reduce feed intake, increase ​water demand and ⁠cut milk output. They're standing there with ​their mouths wide open, just trying to find air...It's very difficult, physically for people and for the animals." >>
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/record-heat-causes-mass-poultry-deaths-france-2026-06-24/
#FossilFuels #Climate #HotPlanet #FactoryFarming #livestock #Meat #poultry #cattle #pigs #DieOff #ExtremeHeat #water #cyanobacteria #eutrophication #Birds #wildlife #Biodiversity #MassMortalities #carcasses #agriculture #Pathogens #PoultryFlu #overstocking #habitability

Hot climate extremes and overcrowded industrial agriculture

* Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry >>
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/extreme-heat-wave-in-france-kills-hundreds-of-thousands-of-poultry/

* "The ​heat is also hitting cattle farmers. High temperatures reduce feed intake, increase ​water demand and ⁠cut milk output. They're standing there with ​their mouths wide open, just trying to find air...It's very difficult, physically for people and for the animals." >>
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/record-heat-causes-mass-poultry-deaths-france-2026-06-24/
#FossilFuels #Climate #HotPlanet #FactoryFarming #livestock #Meat #poultry #cattle #pigs #DieOff #ExtremeHeat #water #cyanobacteria #eutrophication #Birds #wildlife #Biodiversity #MassMortalities #carcasses #agriculture #Pathogens #PoultryFlu #overstocking #habitability

DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/duckduckgo-ai-trump-rabies

The spotted-tailed or tiger quoll is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial.

Conservation:
They face significant threats from habitat loss, feral foxes, and dogs.

Threats:
* loss, fragmentation and degradation of suitable quoll habitat through land clearing, change in fire patterns and logging

* loss of potential den sites such as large hollow logs

* foxes and cats which prey on quolls and also compete with them for food
feral cats can also spread diseases which affect quolls

* persecution by humans, who have often blamed quolls for the loss of stock and poultry. >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/land-mammals/spotted-tailed-quoll

Quoll in the hen house >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications/protect-your-chooks-and-save-our-quolls
#quoll #wildlife #biodiversity #Dorrigo #pets #dogs #cats #chickens #poultry #pathogens #PoultryFlu #LoggingImpacts #NSW

Image: Spotted-tailed Quoll looking for introduced birds, Dorrigo

The spotted-tailed or tiger quoll is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial.

Conservation:
They face significant threats from habitat loss, feral foxes, and dogs.

Threats:
* loss, fragmentation and degradation of suitable quoll habitat through land clearing, change in fire patterns and logging

* loss of potential den sites such as large hollow logs

* foxes and cats which prey on quolls and also compete with them for food
feral cats can also spread diseases which affect quolls

* persecution by humans, who have often blamed quolls for the loss of stock and poultry. >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/land-mammals/spotted-tailed-quoll

Quoll in the hen house >>
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/publications/protect-your-chooks-and-save-our-quolls
#quoll #wildlife #biodiversity #Dorrigo #pets #dogs #cats #chickens #poultry #pathogens #PoultryFlu #LoggingImpacts #NSW

Image: Spotted-tailed Quoll looking for introduced birds, Dorrigo

From poultry flu to wild bird flu - H5N1

* "Every outbreak of bird flu in Australian from 1976 to 2024 has arisen on a large, commercial poultry farm."
https://poultry-research.sydney.edu.au/bird-flu-must-knows/

* A suspected bird flu case was detected on mainland Australia

"Australia had been the last continent free of this deadly strain of bird flu."

"Infection usually happens after close contact with infected poultry — for example, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese – or contaminated environments."

"In the US, for example, since the arrival of this virus they've had to cull and destroy over 200 million chickens."

"In February 2025 the H7N8 strain was detected at multiple poultry farms in Victoria's north-east." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/suspected-australian-h5-bird-flu-case-explained/106819846

#birds #BirdFlu #H5N1 #CommercialFarming #BigPoultryFarms #HighStockingDensities #pathogens #biosecurity #food #chicken #poultry #meat #livestock #pets #vectors #NativeBirds #WildBirds #wildlife #biodiversity
Image: Bird/ snake mosaic, Sawtell

From poultry flu to wild bird flu - H5N1

* "Every outbreak of bird flu in Australian from 1976 to 2024 has arisen on a large, commercial poultry farm."
https://poultry-research.sydney.edu.au/bird-flu-must-knows/

* A suspected bird flu case was detected on mainland Australia

"Australia had been the last continent free of this deadly strain of bird flu."

"Infection usually happens after close contact with infected poultry — for example, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese – or contaminated environments."

"In the US, for example, since the arrival of this virus they've had to cull and destroy over 200 million chickens."

"In February 2025 the H7N8 strain was detected at multiple poultry farms in Victoria's north-east." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/suspected-australian-h5-bird-flu-case-explained/106819846

#birds #BirdFlu #H5N1 #CommercialFarming #BigPoultryFarms #HighStockingDensities #pathogens #biosecurity #food #chicken #poultry #meat #livestock #pets #vectors #NativeBirds #WildBirds #wildlife #biodiversity
Image: Bird/ snake mosaic, Sawtell

#Pathogens #analysis and modeling of #mortality #risk in #sepsis patients with #COVID19 and without COVID-19, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/06/pathogens-analysis-and-modeling-of.html

#Pathogens #analysis and modeling of #mortality #risk in #sepsis patients with #COVID19 and without COVID-19, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/06/pathogens-analysis-and-modeling-of.html

Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctors-inject-human-ai-vaccine

Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctors-inject-human-ai-vaccine

US funded over 120 biolabs in more than 30 countries
:alerta: "Many of these US government-funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, in some cases including dangerous Gain-of-Function research, with very little visibility or oversight"
#biolabs #USA #Ukraine #pathogens #Health
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/outgoing-intel-chief-says-us-funded-over-120-biolabs-in-more-than-30-countries/3965474

US funded over 120 biolabs in more than 30 countries
:alerta: "Many of these US government-funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, in some cases including dangerous Gain-of-Function research, with very little visibility or oversight"
#biolabs #USA #Ukraine #pathogens #Health
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/outgoing-intel-chief-says-us-funded-over-120-biolabs-in-more-than-30-countries/3965474

Bacteria already killed by a host's immune response make it harder to handle those still alive. The same phenomenon might also help in tuning the immune response and decreasing the costs of the pathogen.

Now available open access ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741105

#Pathogens #Bacteria #Immunity #EEB

Bacteria already killed by a host's immune response make it harder to handle those still alive. The same phenomenon might also help in tuning the immune response and decreasing the costs of the pathogen.

Now available open access ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741105

#Pathogens #Bacteria #Immunity #EEB

About #SOIL (from #Wikipedia):

"#SustainableOrganicIntegratedLivelihoods or SOIL is an American nonprofit developmental aid organization co-founded by Sasha Kramer and Sarah Brownell in 2006. Its goal is to develop integrated approaches to the problems of #poverty, poor #PublicHealth, #agricultural productivity, and #EnvironmentalDestruction in #Haiti. SOIL's efforts have focused on the community-identified priority of increasing access to #EcologicalSanitation, where #HumanWastes are converted into #compost. More than 20,000 Haitians are currently using SOIL ecological sanitation toilets.

"#EkoLakay is a container-based household sanitation service in #CapHaitien and #PortAuPrince. Clients pay a low monthly service fee of around US$4. The service includes toilet rental, the provision of at least one bucket of carbon-based cover material each week, as well as weekly pick up of buckets full of wastes. SOIL designs and builds low-cost ecological sanitation toilets made from locally available materials. The primary design that SOIL builds are called urine diversion, or dry toilets that separate the #urine and the #feces through the use of a specially designed #ToiletSeat. The sterile urine is used directly as a #fertilizer or diverted into #SoakawayPits. The feces is treated through a process of managed #composting [#ThermophilicComposting] to ensure that all #pathogens have been killed and the resulting #compost is safe for #AgriculturalUse.

"#EkoMobil is a mobile toilet service [#PortAPotty] that SOIL offers to construction sites, cultural events, and others in need of mobile sanitation. EkoMobil uses the same container-based ecological sanitation technology as EkoLakay.

"Waste collected from SOIL's ecological sanitation toilets, as well as the ecological sanitation toilets of other organizations in Haiti, are treated through a process of managed thermophilic composting at SOIL's composting waste treatment sites. The process exceeds standards set by the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO) for the safe treatment of #HumanWaste. SOIL tests all wastes in their laboratory before bagging and selling it under the brand name #KonpòsLakay. Since 2006, SOIL has produced over 250 metric tons of compost.

"In 2011, SOIL published The SOIL Guide to Ecological Sanitation. This document describes SOIL's five years of ecological sanitation experience in Haiti. It covers topics such as toilet designs, management strategies, composting techniques, and lessons learned. The SOIL Guide is available in English and Haitian Creole."

Read more [includes sources]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Organic_Integrated_Livelihoods

#SolarPunkSunday #Humanure
#SafeComposting #OrganicCompost #RebuildingSoils #HighHeatComposting #ZeroWaste #SoilHealth #SoilDepletion

About #SOIL (from #Wikipedia):

"#SustainableOrganicIntegratedLivelihoods or SOIL is an American nonprofit developmental aid organization co-founded by Sasha Kramer and Sarah Brownell in 2006. Its goal is to develop integrated approaches to the problems of #poverty, poor #PublicHealth, #agricultural productivity, and #EnvironmentalDestruction in #Haiti. SOIL's efforts have focused on the community-identified priority of increasing access to #EcologicalSanitation, where #HumanWastes are converted into #compost. More than 20,000 Haitians are currently using SOIL ecological sanitation toilets.

"#EkoLakay is a container-based household sanitation service in #CapHaitien and #PortAuPrince. Clients pay a low monthly service fee of around US$4. The service includes toilet rental, the provision of at least one bucket of carbon-based cover material each week, as well as weekly pick up of buckets full of wastes. SOIL designs and builds low-cost ecological sanitation toilets made from locally available materials. The primary design that SOIL builds are called urine diversion, or dry toilets that separate the #urine and the #feces through the use of a specially designed #ToiletSeat. The sterile urine is used directly as a #fertilizer or diverted into #SoakawayPits. The feces is treated through a process of managed #composting [#ThermophilicComposting] to ensure that all #pathogens have been killed and the resulting #compost is safe for #AgriculturalUse.

"#EkoMobil is a mobile toilet service [#PortAPotty] that SOIL offers to construction sites, cultural events, and others in need of mobile sanitation. EkoMobil uses the same container-based ecological sanitation technology as EkoLakay.

"Waste collected from SOIL's ecological sanitation toilets, as well as the ecological sanitation toilets of other organizations in Haiti, are treated through a process of managed thermophilic composting at SOIL's composting waste treatment sites. The process exceeds standards set by the #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO) for the safe treatment of #HumanWaste. SOIL tests all wastes in their laboratory before bagging and selling it under the brand name #KonpòsLakay. Since 2006, SOIL has produced over 250 metric tons of compost.

"In 2011, SOIL published The SOIL Guide to Ecological Sanitation. This document describes SOIL's five years of ecological sanitation experience in Haiti. It covers topics such as toilet designs, management strategies, composting techniques, and lessons learned. The SOIL Guide is available in English and Haitian Creole."

Read more [includes sources]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Organic_Integrated_Livelihoods

#SolarPunkSunday #Humanure
#SafeComposting #OrganicCompost #RebuildingSoils #HighHeatComposting #ZeroWaste #SoilHealth #SoilDepletion

Polymicrobial infections can involve co-colonizing #pathogens, but how do they interact across host environments? This study shows that phenazines from #Pseudomonas aeruginosa drive strain- & O2-dependent inhibition of #Klebsiella pneumoniae @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4tQlYX4

Polymicrobial infections can involve co-colonizing #pathogens, but how do they interact across host environments? This study shows that phenazines from #Pseudomonas aeruginosa drive strain- & O2-dependent inhibition of #Klebsiella pneumoniae @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4tQlYX4

Our new interdisciplinary research building, the Center for #InfectionPrevention (ZIP), opened today at the Campus Weihenstephan! Its goal is to control resistant #pathogens without antibiotics and minimize their spread: http://go.tum.de/784462

#Immunology

📷 A. Eckert

Our new interdisciplinary research building, the Center for #InfectionPrevention (ZIP), opened today at the Campus Weihenstephan! Its goal is to control resistant #pathogens without antibiotics and minimize their spread: http://go.tum.de/784462

#Immunology

📷 A. Eckert

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.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

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.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

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.

https://www.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

#Global #crop #introduction drives #host jumps, turning native #pathogens into emerging #diseases

#OpenAccess
#PNAS


https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2536984123