Assoc Prof @JohnsHopkinsEHE @JohnsHopkinsSPH; work on environmental & occupational epidemiology, animal production & antimicrobial resistance. Tweets my own.
Baltimore, MD
Joined October 2016
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Chris Heaney retweeted
GeneeSmith @JohnsHopkinsEHE and I edited a collection on #EnvironmentalRacism in @FrontiersIn. Check out our editorial along with great papers from several authors like @matty_aub @heaneycd @LeahSchinasi @simone_wien and more!
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Chris Heaney retweeted
Someone may now not test positive for #COVID until they’ve already been feeling sick for days so serial tests over several days is now recommended.
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Chris Heaney retweeted
Community irate over latest coal dust storm at @CSX Curtis Bay facility, which they caught on drone VIDEO. shorturl.at/YyEQS Today, @MDEnvironment issued a violation notice against the company. "This latest negligence tells us, to the company, the community doesn't exist."
ALT The Maryland Department of the Environment issues a violation notice against the company today.
Chris Heaney retweeted
A trivalent protein-based pan-Betacoronavirus vaccine elicits cross-neutralizing antibodies against a panel of coronavirus pseudoviruses | latest from our @TexasChildrens Center for Vaccine Development @BCM_TropMed in @Nature_NPJ nature.com/articles/s41541-0…
Chris Heaney retweeted
Extreme heat in Colorado may have contributed to an extraordinary outbreak of bird flu in people. Why? High temperatures discouraged workers handling infected chickens to wear PPE in the concentrated chicken farms. Six later tested positive.
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Chris Heaney retweeted
7 months in and it’s 168 H5N1-infected herds (corresponding to hundreds of thousands of cows) and counting.
Containment at this point seems unlikely if the response stays the course.
.@USDA has reported 5 new #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds today, 4 in Colorado & 1 in Minnesota. Some of these were reported or at least hinted at by the states previously. They bring the cumulative national total to 168.
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Chris Heaney retweeted
Avian flu infects two more Colorado poultry cullers, one at second farm
Meanwhile, early results from blood sampling found no evidence of undetected infection in Michigan dairy farm workers exposed to sick cows.
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Chris Heaney retweeted
The oral–gut microbiome axis in health and disease
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Kunath, Wilmes et al. explore the interaction between the oral and the intestinal microbiota and how they influence each other and the development of different diseases.
@wilmeslab @microsyseco
Chris Heaney retweeted
#COVID has derailed another presidency. Will we learn lessons to be better prepared for the next health crisis?
“For #H5N1, we need development of multiplex diagnostics, real-world vaccines & next-generation antiviral therapies, today. We can only ameliorate another pandemic’s impact, by planning & implementation of protective & preventive measures before the crisis begins.”
Insightful piece by @wbbsec Dr. Steve Brozak in @Forbes
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Chris Heaney retweeted
Tests confirm H5N1 in Oklahoma dairy herd; 13 states now affected
In other developments, a challenge study in dairy cows found that the virus can spread by both mammary and respiratory routes.
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Chris Heaney retweeted
The #H5N1 virus has already demonstrated the ability to mutate very easily, very quickly, and it can cause severe illness and death. So let’s stop it in its tracks, not wait and see and let it get worse
@FortuneMagazine @cbarbermd
fortune.com/2024/07/15/bird-…
Chris Heaney retweeted
This would be important help to correctly diagnose H5 flu sooner in people / animals. Early detection will allow early / appropriate treatment to improve outcome. It will also guide quarantine to reduce transmission of virus to others.
Thanks for leading way in developing this test. Will it be available in U.S.?
What would be the best use case for testing with a (specific) H5 antigen test at this stage of the outbreak of #avianflu? Test dairy products? To screen farmworkers with respiratory complaints?
@RickABright
Chris Heaney retweeted
This is very concerning, whether they had direct contact with sick chickens or not. It can be the tip of the iceberg of what's to come if this outbreak is allowed to continue to spread unmitigated and untracked.
It is more important now than ever before for @CDCgov to finally start collecting serum from each infected person, their immediate / close contacts (on farm, family, community), and look closely at sequences in real time to track the virus evolution.
If reports of conjunctivitis & respiratory infection are confirmed, this needs to be taken very seriously this time to check for source of infection and potential spread to others.
@WHO
Chris Heaney retweeted
We are investing in community needs expressed by residents. This is one of the first ever permanently affordable passive homes and it’s almost ready - right here in Curtis Bay. @GovWesMoore @reginatboyce we need EJ policy as strong as resident’s love for our communities.
Chris Heaney retweeted
CDC reported this year’s second and third U.S. cases of H1N2v (variant) #flu viruses. CDC recommends that people in contact with pigs take specific precautions. More here: bit.ly/4eCdY5T
ALT Three pigs race through a course at a fair. Text overlay says "cdc.gov/swine-flu" in bottom left corner and the CDC logo is in the bottom right corner.
Chris Heaney retweeted
FDA testing a wider range of products made from cow milk for H5, CDC announces research agenda asking the key questions for every outbreak, and Michigan starts a serological survey. That is really important. Took a while to get going but good to see it. cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influen…
Chris Heaney retweeted
Critical data to inform antiviral readiness for #H5N1. It’s no surprise H5N1 can replicate faster in people, causing severe illness, needing higher doses of drug for best treatment.
These data should motivate urgent action to diversify stockpile & accelerate development of new treatments, including host-targeted anti-inflammatory options. @FortuneMagazine @cbarbermd @JeremyFarrar
💥BREAKING💥
LEAKED CDC INFO: #Tamiflu showed a 16-FOLD REDUCTION in its ability to inhibit H5N1 virus collected from a TX dairy worker (vs seasonal flu.)
“We can’t rest comfortably that what we have stockpiled will be sufficient…” —@RickABright
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Chris Heaney retweeted
I'd like to know if they were productively infected? Sick? Dead? Was virus isolated? Sequenced? Any mutations?