Gerard Gallagher

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13 October 2026 20:55

Helen was still writing and posting about a range of important ID-related issues up until recently — measles, flu, Ebola, WHO leadership. She was a benchmark in our corner of the world. A gets-the-first-question reporter. What a gigantic loss.

Gerard Gallagher

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01 October 2026 15:19

“What’s happening here is something different. We always see some local acquisition of dengue — typically in South Florida. What's so notable now is that it made a jump north to the Tampa area.” On the surge in dengue fever in Florida 👇🏻 www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Amesh Adalja

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25 September 2026 20:59

“‘Most U.S. adults recognize that vaccines are among the best and most proven ways to protect against severe infection’ but there is a ‘notable disconnect’ between that attitude and people's understanding about the recommendations that apply to them” www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Gerard Gallagher

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25 September 2026 18:57

Investigators linked the outbreak of campylobacteriosis to untreated water from a spring contaminated with animal feces. When the venue ran out of bottled water, guests were served water from a tap fed by a springhouse with a broken roof. www.healio.com/news/infecti...

Gerard Gallagher

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16 September 2026 13:21

The CDC still lists 0 measles-related deaths on its website for 2026. An explanation in the story below 👇🏻