Zeitgeisty AphorismsKilling of injuring is #IDMastodon of #ObGynodon.
Killing of injuring is #IDMastodon of #ObGynodon.
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Why isn't there an Aphex Twin emoji yet?
AskPippa🇨🇦In international public health news, the WHO says Chad is the first country in the world to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis and heb-B.
#medmastodon @medmastodon #iDmastodon #vaccines #publichealth #medicine
https://www.medangel.org/maldives-achives-triple-elimination/
Gabriele PollaraThere's going to be more and more of this kind of stuff coming through - #AI (a.k.a. machine learning?) algorithms going up against humans. What's the gold standard though?
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https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf486/8249759?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=cid&utm_medium=email
#IDMastodon
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf486/8249759?redirectedFrom=fulltext&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=cid&utm_medium=email
More reasons to get flu and COVID vaccines.
‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu.
"data from thousands of people show that infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is linked with a nearly twofold increase in cancer-related death, possibly helping to explain why cancer death rates increased early during the COVID-19 pandemic."
#medical #health #vaccines #medmastodon #IDmastodon #cancer @medmastodon https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02420-1
A public health success story.
Earlier this year (2025), the World Health Organization (#WHO) validated #Guinea as having eliminated the devastating sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
It's a story of public health having lost the trust of the public, largely due to not communicating well -- but after figuring out new ways of doing things, managed to earn trust back again.
#publichealth #IDmastodon #medmastodon #Africa #scicomm @medmastodon
https://www.medangel.org/bolet-mouna-introduction/
Bölët Mouna: Inside Guinea’s Quest to Eliminate Sleeping Sickness (Introduction)
Guinea has achieved a historic milestone by eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem, becoming the first country to conquer this deadly neglected tropical disease through innovative research, community trust, and international collaboration, with the support of DNDi.
This sounds like a really interesting book.
"A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX PLAGUES: HOW CONTAGION, CLASS, AND CAPTIVITY SHAPED US,
FROM CHOLERA TO COVID-19."
It focuses on six disease crises from the 19th century to the present—cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish flu, sleeping sickness, Ebola, and #COVID-19.
#history #medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #pandemic #endemic #lockdown #quarantine
https://www.nasw.org/member_article/edna-bonhomme-history-world-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us
Edna Bonhomme—A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19
“Pandemics start small, grow large due to negligence, and leave rot behind that we generally don’t bother to clean up before the next pandemic arrives,” Edna Bonhomme writes. In _A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19,_ she details how racial, sexual, and class discrimination maintains disparities in healthcare and society.
Trained sniffer rats can detect #TB and using them is cheaper than standard lab tests.
#medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #tuberculosis #IDmastodon #infectiousdiseases #infectious #health
https://www.medangel.org/giant-rats-and-dedicated-volunteers-transform-tb-detection-in-tanzania/
Giant Rats and Dedicated Volunteers Transform TB Detection in Tanzania
In Tanzania, Apopo's trained rats screen thousands for tuberculosis at a fraction of standard costs, often detecting TB before clinical tests, while Mkuta's volunteers ensure patients receive treatment and support in their communities.
COVID, even mild infections, affects brain function.
#brain #medmastodon @medmastodon #IDmastodon #infectious #COVID #SARS #neurology #psychology https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216
