Short treatise on #fentanyl-awareness and how #Christians should view the legalization of drugs. #faith #christianity #fentanyl #legalizedrugs #bible #epidemic

http://rratedreligion.com/2025/04/30/fentanyl-awareness-day-our-role-in-the-fight-against-addiction/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn"

Content warning on the video there: footage from animal farms.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-risk-as-pathogen-spreads-60-minutes-transcript/

If you're wondering why there hasn't been more news, it's because... **Don't test, Don't find.**

#birdFlu #pandemic #epidemic #zoonosis #panzootic #mooFlu #cows

New methods article with J. Carson, @xavierdidelot.bsky.social et al., integrated into TransPhylo, improves outbreak reconstructions, even with partial sampling. Tested on TB & avian flu, it reveals how traits like HIV co-infection shape transmission.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf083

#evobio #epidemic

It's not just the U.S. that's gone anti-vax bonkers. Measles cases across Europe increased 10x in 2024 compared to 2023. In the Americas they are already up 11-fold since last year.

The U.S. outbreak is now approaching 900, with 3 deaths, and dozens hospitalized.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/measles-cases-europe-americas-skyrocket

#measles #epidemic #publichealth #vaccines #antivax

Measles by itself is not highly lethal, but the danger it poses is serious for three reasons.

First, it is the most contagious disease known to humankind. The Spanish Flu had an infection rate of 1.5-2. Measles has an infection rate of 12-18.

Second, Measles can hide in the body for years, cross the blood-brain barrier, and cause death long after you forgot about it.

Third, the extreme danger of measles is what it does to your immune system. Throughout your life, as your body contracts and fights off diseases, it keeps a record of how to fight those diseases. Measles comes in and burns 20-70% of those records, so that the next time you catch a sniffle it might turn into a life-threatening lung infection. —summation of the linked podcast by u/animorphsgeek #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #HHS #RFKjr #epidemic #Childhood

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub

Japan Measles Outbreak Spreads to 78 Cases, Exceeds 2024 Total with 30 from Vietnam

#epidemic #infectiousdisease #japan #Measlesoutbreak #publichealthcrisis
https://blazetrends.com/japan-measles-outbreak-spreads-to-78-cases-exceeds-2024-total-with-30-from-vietnam/?fsp_sid=19954

#politics #measles #vaccines #RFK #epidemic #stupidity

Gotta leaf

As Trump tries to destroy universities

“US faces millions of #measles cases over next 25 yrs if vax rates drop 10%

No change in current vax rate would result in 100s of 1000s of measles cases over same per, per math model by team of Stanford U👈🏼researchers”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

It’s Not an #Epidemic — #Black #Autistic #Students Need Support

https://wordinblack.com/2025/04/its-not-an-epidemic-black-autistic-students-need-support/

'Pandemic' vs. 'Epidemic' vs. 'Endemic' - How they overlap and where they differ

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/epidemic-vs-pandemic-difference #pandemic #epidemic #endemic