@OutbreakJake

Personal account/views. Infectious diseases consultant & researcher. Emerging & high consequence infectious diseases. Humanist.

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PSI’s continued involvement in UK-PHRST to reinforce epidemic preparedness globally

The expanded UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, including institutions from the UK, Africa and Southeast Asia, has now received £18m in funding for the next five years.

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Lance Turtle@LanceTurtleOct 19
There is still another 11 days to apply for this post to come and work with us on arboviruses and emerging infections! The ACF post is embedded within the @HPRUezi working with myself, @samtweed, @OutbreakJake, @tommyrampling and others. oriel.nhs.uk/Web/PermaLink/V…
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The 2026-27 El Niño event: what should UK infection services expect? - Journal of Infection (in press) journalofinfection.com/artic… Here, members of the two NIHR HPRUs have come together to think about this and provide advice, as the current El Niño grows and intensifies globally.

The 2026-27 El Niño event: what should UK infection services expect?

A strong 2026-27 El Niño is developing, with potentially important consequences for infectious-disease epidemiology worldwide. For UK infection services, the principal effect is likely to arise...

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Sad to hear this news. Helen was a brilliant science journalist, especially in the field of emerging infectious diseases. The loss will be felt by many who work in this field, and by laypeople interested in infections. We all appreciated her accurate, balanced & timely reporting.
NETEC@TheNETECOct 14
We are saddened by the passing of Helen Branswell, a great science journalist who covered infectious diseases. She took emerging threats seriously without sensationalizing them, helping us understand what really mattered. Her voice will be greatly missed: ow.ly/Y8A450ZXzAL

Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69

Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Delighted UKHSA has appointed Dr Gail Carson OBE as Chief Medical Adviser and Professor Robin May as Chief Scientific Officer. I have enjoyed working with them both and know they will make tremendous contributions to the health and wellbeing of the UK. gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa…

UKHSA appoints Chief Medical Advisor and Chief Scientific Officer

UKHSA announces two key appointments to the UKHSA Executive Committee.

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Jonathan Sacerdoti
@jonsacSep 30
Thank goodness for BBC Verify £3.3 million budget and 61 staff, or we would never have figured this out!
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Jamie Susskind
@jamiesusskindSep 26
If everything that’s going on in Israel is incomprehensible to you, watch episodes 7-8 of Fauda season 5, about 7 October 2023. It will haunt you. But it helps, just a bit, to understand the fanaticism, murder, terror, rape, and carnage that began the latest round of violence.
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Jeremy Farrar@JeremyFarrarSep 21
Current El Niño likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years & will pile extra heat into atmosphere in which temperatures already rising rapidly due to human-caused global heating. 2027 expected to “blow apart” previous records & hottest year ever recorded theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak

‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world

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Lassa fever outbreaks in Nigeria used to follow the dry season. Not anymore. "Now we see cases throughout the year," says one doctor on the frontline in Ondo State. Here's what's changing, and how health workers are responding: bit.ly/4xUTQEZ

How Ondo State is confronting Nigeria’s changing Lassa fever threat

It’s deadly, and it’s becoming less predictable. Health workers on the Lassa fever isolation ward say, “We cannot let our guard down.”

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MSF has lots of experience & is on the ground. It's not unusual for hotspots to move over time in Ebola epidemics, or for recovered areas to 'reginite'. Great to see some improvements, especially in Ituri, but this outbreak is not over, & concerted control efforts must continue.
MSF International
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“The [Ebola disease] outbreak is not shrinking, it is moving.” While the spread is slowing down in Ituri, DRC, the outbreak is moving into underprepared areas, posing a serious risk:  msf.org/assuming-ebola-disea…

Assuming the Ebola disease outbreak in DRC is under control would be a mistake | MSF

The Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is far from over. The number of new cases has not fallen, and MSF teams are seeing cases spread into new areas.

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Nature Africa: Protecting those who protect us: the ethics of Ebola post-exposure trials Tom Fletcher et al @natAfrica1 go.nature.com/465ozmt
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@UN_News_CentreAug 27
"The Ebola outbreak deserves far greater attention than it is receiving today. The communities affected deserve far greater assistance. And the response deserves far greater support." - UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres tells the press
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Chikwe Ihekweazu@Chikwe_IAug 28
I have seen the response to the #Ebola outbreak scaling & expanding in Ituri province #DRC, with government leadership, partner collaboration, and engaged communities working together to save lives. We need the world to come together in solidarity to support
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who.int/news/item/28-08-2026… "...the [IHR Emergency] Committee considers the continuing rapid growth and geographic expansion of the epidemic in the DRC to be of grave concern, requiring urgent, intensified and sustained action."

Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in...

In the report of the Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Committee commended the Government of...

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Julien Harneis@julienmhAug 27
To bring the Ebola outbreak under control, we must fully fund the Government-led $1.3 billion response plan and the remaining $1.1 billion humanitarian plan to meet the life-saving needs of people across the DRC.
António Guterres
@antonioguterresAug 27
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded. It's growing faster & wider than the response to contain it. But it can be stopped. We know how to contain Ebola & save lives. The world must urgently step up action to get it under control.
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WHO African Region
@WHOAFROAug 27
.@AfricaCDC and @WHO today welcomed the end of the #Ebola outbreak due to Bundibugyo species in Uganda. This follows 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case since the country’s last patient, an imported case, was discharged from care on 16 July 2026. afro.who.int/countries/ugand…

Uganda ends Ebola outbreak following completion of 42-day countdown | WHO | Regional Office for...

Uganda has ended its Ebola outbreak due to Bundibugyo virus after 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case, WHO and Africa CDC announced, urging sustained preparedness across the region.

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We are hiring! @WHO Unit Head (P5 based in Geneva, Switzerland) Emerging Zoonoses & High Impact Epidemics This is my former position, which I loved. Join us and work with incredible people at WHO and around the world. careers.who.int/careersectio…
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The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC remains a public health emergency of international concern, following the advice of today’s @WHO Emergency Committee meeting. We call for the cooperation of all governments and all partners, working together as one, to scale up efforts even further, and raise the resources needed to protect communities over the coming months. Updated recommendations to the government of DRC and other countries at risk will be issued in the coming days.
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Protecting those who protect us: the ethics of Ebola post-exposure trials nature.com/articles/d44148-0…

Protecting those who protect us: the ethics of Ebola post-exposure trials

Nature Africa - A landmark prophylaxis trial offers an opportunity to rethink how research protects the people risking their lives to halt outbreaks.

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Nicely put, Alasdair. Real life improvements in health outcomes do need to be demonstrated, when they can be identified & measured. PS: this analogy was a corker: "Imagine a condom that you are made to wear all the time, but for practical reasons has to be removed during s3x."
Alasdair Munro@apsmunroAug 10
I’ve noticed many comments criticising RCTs of masks or filters come from engineers These criticisms are often, understandably, caused by misunderstandings about what RCTs are for (engineers do not usually use RCTs) Here is my attempt to explain munro-link.alasdairmunro.wor…
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