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Calgary stopped adding fluoride to its water in 2011. What happened? "The need for intravenous antibiotic therapy by children to avoid death by infection rose 700% at the Alberta Children’s Hospital." - Dr. James Dickinson @ University of Calgary calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-plan…

More trouble. Locally acquired malaria in Maryland. Malaria was endemic in certain parts of USA but was eradicated in 1951. Now (maybe) is back. One more piece of evidence of how things are deteriorating with infectious diseases. health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pages…

Drug development for cyrptosporidiosis, a leading cause disease and death in kids, made dramatic advances. Here is a road map to get it across the finish line. @astmh @gatesfoundation @nih @wellcometrust @plosntd @BSPparasitology ihttps://gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e012540.long

It’s a beautiful Spring day here in Charlottesville. Just posting for no reason. No hidden agenda at all. #Match2023 #ComeToUVA #ThisCouldBeYou #IDTwitter #WeveGot3FellowshipSpotsToFillAndYouShouldTotallyApply

Firearm-related injury is the LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH for CHILDREN in the United States nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I grieve for the women who fought &handed us a lit torch I grieve for young women that will never know freedom of choice I grieve for our country that pretends to value life yet mass killings & injustice dominate This is the rain, the flood is coming How do we raise the torch?

We'll withstand it! 🇺🇦 #Ukraine

Important note for the unvaccinated who believe in 'natural immunity': The first Omicron-linked death in the U.S. was recorded in Texas' Harris County on Monday evening. The man was unvaccinated but had previously been infected.

Legend status. Bill Petri is both a giant in infectious diseases research, and a humble, wonderful person. @UVA_TUMI @UVA_ID @UvaScience_Pubs

Every time I return to 'tweet-grat' a newly minted DR of Epi, my heartstrings are pulled taut ♥️! @CristianValPe01: BIG ACCOLADES to you as @JohnsHopkinsEPI 's most recent defender. What an amazing accomplishment for you, & honor for us to have been ur training home. @priya4genes

Not sure who needs to hear this (apparently a lot of people), but the CDC did NOT say that mask mandates should be lifted in mixed vaccinated/unvaccinated spaces where strangers interact.

India’s covid-19 crisis is a dire warning for all countries washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Today's India numbers so awful Record 380,000 new infections 22% test positivity (yikes) And 3600 deaths, likely a wild underestimate Exponential growth seems to be slowing But many weeks of suffering ahead World must do more to stop the spread & care for the sick

COVID #Homecare infographic #Hindi. PLEASE share widely as you can indiacovidsos.org/home-care/covi… @insenroy @HataCurry @WSKuhu @pooja_gr @Sonali_M_19 @Rudranil_Ghosh @PracheeAC @Shoba_Bio @CeoScientist @IndiaCOVIDSOS @paimadhu @Zakirism @thetanmay @thevirdas @mygovindia @ReheSamay

This is awesome if true US Govt will share up to 60M doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine with the world after a safety review Its strange having a federal government that listens to public health people and seems to care about the world I can get used to it

Hospital bed availability in major cities in India. Please RT to help those desperately seeking care in India @d_s_thakur @VincentRK @KrutikaKuppalli @paimadhu

When you're fully vaccinated, the chances you'll get Covid are slim. When everyone around you is fully vaccinated too, the chances will be near zero. The more of us are vaccinated, the safer we all are.

Please share with friends and family!! Our Johns Hopkins led study wants to learn more about COVID-19 symptoms in the short and long term. Tell us more about what you experienced by filling out a short (10min), online questionnaire at covid-long.com #COVID19

@genandgenes Congrats!!!

One of the fun things about academia is that I've moved 6 times in the last 10 years. I've moved across the street, across town, and across the country. Cumulatively by myself, w/a dog, w/a partner, and w/ a toddler. This week with all of the above plus a baby. Never again!