Ville Holmberg 🇪🇺

Large outbreak of group B invasive meningococcal disease in young adults in South East England, March 2026 eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

@FluTrackers Oropouche?

"Cuba is facing an epidemiological alert with over 13,000 cases of fever reported in a week. Dengue and chikungunya are on the rise." #post1021526" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flutrackers.com/forum/forum/em… h/t Shiloh

Antibiotic resistance is more common and worsening in places where health systems are fragile or have limited capacity to diagnose or treat bacterial infections. Investing in diagnostics and equitable access to quality antibiotics is essential. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

@florian_krammer From Finland I haven’t been able to access PubMed today.

Weird. I can access NCBI/Pubmed (from NYC). A friend of mine who is currently in France can as well (but has a US phone). But several of my Austrian colleagues have no access. What is going on here?

Finland stands with the people and the people’s right to choose. In Ukraine, people have chosen freedom. We stand by Ukraine. 🇫🇮🇺🇦

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the @CDCgov's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! statnews.com/2025/02/14/tru…

1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers. I have never felt so intimidated by my peers The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.

Kokoaikaisen lääkärin keskimääräinen kokonaistyöaika viikossa on 46 tuntia. Sairaalassa työskentelevillä lääkäreillä vastaava luku on 48,9 ja terveyskeskuksessa 41,1. Osa-aikaisen lääkärin kokonaistyöaika viikossa on keskimäärin 34,7 tuntia. laakariliitto.fi/uutiset/ajanko…

Short 🧵 The current avian influenza #H5N1 situation is concerning, dynamic & evolving A(H5) viruses, especially those of clade 2.3.4.4b, continue to diversify genetically & spread geographically Global collaboration, coordination & implementing a #OneHealth Approach are key

First hand #transplantation in Finland performed in Helsinki Univ Hospital @HUS_fi in Nov 2024! Patient doing well and about to be discharged. hus.fi/en/newsroom/fi… @ESOTtransplant @me4_so

California declares state of emergency over bird flu. "This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak," Newsom said in a statement. newsweek.com/california-gov…

CDC confirms first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the US. No person-to-person spread of H5 bird flu has been detected. This case does not change CDC's overall assessment of the immediate risk to the public's health from H5N1 bird flu, which remains low. cdc.gov/media/releases…

Kongon (DRC) ”tuntematon tauti”, joka on aiheuttanut kymmeniä kuolemia viime kuukausina, osoittautui malariaksi. reuters.com/world/africa/c…

"Given the clinical presentation and symptoms reported, and a number of associated deaths, acute pneumonia, influenza, COVID-19, measles and malaria are being considered as potential causal factors with malnutrition as a contributing factor."

Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths | AP News apnews.com/article/congo-…

USA:n H5N1-lintuinfluenssaepidemiassa on tämän vuoden aikana sairastunut 55 ihmistä. Yllättäen kaikki lieviä, aikaisemmin on raportoitu jopa 50% kuolleisuus. Vakavien tapausten puutteelle tutkijoilla ei ole selvää selitystä, mutta joka tapauksessa se on hyvä uutinen.

Freedom level: 🇫🇮 Finland: 100 🇸🇪 Sweden: 99 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 99 🇳🇴 Norway: 98 🇮🇪 Ireland: 97 🇩🇰 Denmark: 97 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 97 🇨🇦 Canada: 97 🇯🇵 Japan: 96 🇵🇹 Portugal: 96 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 96 🇦🇺 Australia: 95 🇨🇿 Czechia: 94 🇩🇪 Germany: 93 🇦🇹 Austria: 93 🇬🇧 UK: 91 🇪🇸 Spain: 90 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 90 🇮🇹 Italy: 90 🇫🇷 France: 89 🇦🇷 Argentina: 85 🇭🇷 Croatia: 83 🇺🇸 USA: 83 🇰🇷 South Korea: 83 🇷🇴 Romania: 83 🇵🇱 Poland: 80 🇿🇦 South Africa: 79 🇮🇱 Israel: 74 🇧🇷 Brazil: 72 🇮🇳 India: 66 🇲🇽 Mexico: 60 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 57 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 53 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 49 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 44 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 40 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 35 🇹🇷 Turkey: 33 🇶🇦 Qatar: 25 🇦🇪 UAE: 18 🇪🇬 Egypt: 18 🇻🇪 Venezuela: 15 🇷🇺 Russia: 13 🇮🇷 Iran: 11 🇨🇳 China: 9 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 8 🇰🇵 North Korea: 3 🇸🇾 Syria: 1 Note: Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries, where 100 is most free, 1 is not free.

”A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.” nature.com/articles/d4158…