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Infectious disease epidemiologist. Consultant @who.int - epidemic and pandemic management; Doctoral researcher @yalesph.bsky.social; CEO Initiative: Eau. Mainer 🌲
👤 Joined on 16 January 2025
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@brooksdonaldj.bsky.social@brooksdonaldj.bsky.social → @brooksdonald.comIn 2013, he came to MDI Bio Lab as a Summer Student Fellow, a recent high school graduate from rural Maine who was still figuring out what a life in science could look like. Donald J. Brooks shares why he wants other young scientists to have the same opportunity. 🔬🍎
Show PostWhat's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Show PostSad days for the @who.int family, with the sudden passing of Dr Vasee Moorthy. Vasee joined WHO in 2009 and made a major contribution to advancing the Organization’s work on clinical trials, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Show PostAlpha-gal syndrome is an IgE-mediated delayed hypersensitivity to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal), a carbohydrate found in mammalian meat but absent from human tissue. The condition is initiated by exposure to alpha-gal through tick bites. Learn more: https://nej.md/4wIygTh
Show PostThey kept distributing it until Thursday. So we've still 2 weeks of poss. new cases. "The shredded iceberg product was distributed June 29th thru July 16th in AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI." www.taylorfarms.com/recall/
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