Helen Branswell
Sr writer, infectious diseases & global health for . I block rude. Nieman ‘11. #flu #Ebola, #Marburg #polio, #AMR #measles. 🇨🇦
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Customs Computer Failure Snarls Passengers at U.S. Airports
Christopher Mele - Nytimes.com 43h 1 tweets
United States Customs and Border Protection said it was experiencing “a temporary outage.”
How ‘NYPD Blue’ Changed Emmy Culture and Paved the Way for ‘Game of Thrones’ (Column)
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When “Game of Thrones” made history this year by scoring 32 Emmy nominations — the most ever for a series in a single year — it broke a record that had previously been held by the premiere season o…
RDC-Ebola : Deux cas confirmés dont un mort à Mwenga au Sud-Kivu
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Deux cas de la maladie à virus Ebola ont été confirmés par les autorités dans le territoire de Mwenga a plus au moins 135 kilomètres de la ville de Bukavu (Sud-Kivu). Il s’agit d’une mère déjà décédée, et sa fille mise en quarantaine.
Listen: The serious side of spit kits & how BiTEs leave a mark
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Dorothy Pomerantz joins us this week to explain what it's like to learn devastating medical news from the website of a consumer genetic testing company.
He Gave a Bike to a Refugee Girl. 24 Years Later, She Got to Thank Him.
Nytimes.com 4d 9 tweets
Mevan Babakar was a 5-year-old refugee in the Netherlands when she received a present that changed her life. Social media helped her find the man who gave it.
Potential antigenic mismatch of the H3N2 component of the 2019 Southern Hemisphere influenza vaccine
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Abstract. Here, we find that the egg-adapted H3N2 component of the 2019 Southern Hemisphere influenza vaccine elicits an antibody response in ferrets that is h
Helen Branswell 1. A #flu vaccine mismatch, triggered by egg-adaptation mutations, may be contributing to Australia's very bad season, a new paper from suggests. 3d
Eurosurveillance | Intense interseasonal influenza outbreaks, Australia, 2018/19
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Background Interseasonal influenza outbreaks are not unusual in countries with temperate climates and well-defined influenza seasons. Usually, these are small and diminish before the main influenza season begins. However, the 2018/19 summer-autumn...
Helen Branswell It's been an extraordinary #flu season in Australia. Does that presage anything for next winter in the northern hemisphere? It's flu, so the only truthful answer is: We don't know. 3d
‘Ethical’ eggs could save male chicks from mass slaughter
Science | AAAS 3d 2 tweets
Scientists find ways to sex chicks before they hatch
Helen Branswell Flat out fascinating story by about the search for ways avoid the waste & ... disgustingness of allowing male chicks to hatch only to face quick slaughter in the egg industry. 3d
Why science and drugs are not enough to defeat the Ebola virus
Helen Branswell - STAT 4d 12 tweets
By some measures, the world has reached a tipping point in the long fight against Ebola. But Ebola will not be vanquished by vaccines and drugs alone.
Burundi launches ebola vaccination campaign for health and front-line workers
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On 13th August, the Ministry of Public Health and AIDS Control kicked off the vaccination campaign for front-line staff against the Ebola virus disease. The campaign started at the Gatumba entry point at the Border with the Democratic Republic of...
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Helen Branswell Burundi has finally started to vaccinate health workers & other front line workers against #Ebola near its border with DRC. Using the Merck vaccine; unspecified number of doses. Last of the direct neighbors of NE DRC to do this. 4d
2 Ebola patients in Congo "cured" with drugs, say doctors
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared "cured" and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting...
Helen Branswell Important message that early treatment increases survival. But promising #Ebola drugs as a "cure" could backfire, because they won't save everyone. The woman & child at Goma who were discharged today were treated with Regeneron's REGN-EB3. 5d
Researcher at the center of an epic fraud remains an enigma to those who exposed him
Science | AAAS 366d 29 tweets
After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials
Guinea Worm Wrap-Up
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Ebola now curable after trials of drugs in DRC, say scientists
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Results show good survival rates for patients treated quickly with antibodies
For the first time, clinical trial data show Ebola drugs improve survival rates
Helen Branswell - STAT 6d 11 tweets
A clinical trial has shown that two therapies made from antibodies harvested from Ebola survivors appear to be improving survival rates.
Helen Branswell And then there were 2: The clinical trial of experimental #Ebola drugs will now be a head-to-head. Though I think folks are hoping both these therapies make it through licensure. 1 supplier=too much vulnerability. 6d
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Helen Branswell Historic clinical trial of #Ebola therapeutics drops 2 of 4 treatments after one, Regeneron's REGN-EB3 shows significantly better results. Going forward, patients will be randomized to either it, or mAb114. More coming. 6d
Ebola veteran warns virus could become entrenched in DRC
Helen Branswell - STAT 9d 9 tweets
A veteran of Ebola responses has raised serious concerns about the way the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being handled.
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Helen Branswell And here’s my article on Rollin’s #Ebola response critique. 8d
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Helen Branswell Veteran #Ebola fighter Pierre Rollin has grave concerns about the way the North Kivu-Ituri outbreak response is functioning. One concern: They aren't recording probable cases. Must be tons. Missing them obscures chains of transmission. Starkly clear here. 7d
Ebola in eastern DRC
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When the current Ebola outbreak was declared on Aug 1, 2018, in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confidence was high that the hundreds of experienced responders and the new therapeutics and vaccines would be able to quickly stop...
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Helen Branswell Pierre Rollin, who knows a thing or two (billion) about #Ebola, is really concerned about how the North Kivu outbreak response is going. He's even using the "E" word. 9d
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Helen Branswell DRC's Ouragan (Hurricane) FM reports that #Ebola response leader says a decision hasn't yet been made to use a second vaccine — the J&J — in the response, but if it is used, it will probably be "outside the epidemic area." 9d
Can You Make a Page-Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis?
Nytimes.com 10d 3 tweets
In “Crisis in the Red Zone,” Richard Preston recounts how Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014 and what it meant for those desperate to treat the infected.
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
World Health Organization 10d 6 tweets
The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continued this week with similar transmission intensity to recent weeks with an average of 86 cases per week (range 80 to 91 cases per...
Helen Branswell 2. News of the suspension of response efforts comes from this week's #Ebola disease outbreak news report from . More on the situation at Beni here. 10d