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"They should transport people back. It's cheaper, it's safer, it's better for Americans overall," @BhadeliaMD tells NPR, explaining that Americans responding to Ebola would have access to higher standards of care than they would in ad hoc field hospitals.
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One of the challenges of tracing & containing the current Ebola outbreak is that it's unfolding "along corridors of insecurity, mining-linked mobility, cross-border care-seeking & fragile health systems," CEID affiliate @drsyramadad writes for @NYASciences
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The FIFA World Cup officially kicks off today, starting with Mexico vs South Africa in Mexico City and Korea Republic vs Czechia in Guadalajara! To help monitor potential public health risks, CEID has created a map showing mass gatherings near stadiums.
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The existing countermeasures against Ebola are not effective against all strains of the virus, including the currently spreading Bundibugyo strain, which makes treatment and prevention challenging, @drsyramadad explains on @BBCWorld.
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Transporting Americans responding to the Bundibugo virus outbreak back to the US would allow them access to biocontainment care units that can provide higher standards of care than can be provided at rapidly enacted field hospitals, @BhadeliaMD tells @NPR.
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CEID faculty Dr. Gianluca Stringhini (@BUCollegeofENG) discusses his new book which looks at the Reopen Movement from the COVID-19 pandemic to examine how social media not only shapes online discourse, but can lead to movements with real societal effects.
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"This is an opportunity for policymakers and health officials as online discourse can be used to identify emerging topics and ideas that might have public safety implications," says Stringhini.
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This interdisciplinary research combined computational techniques to collect & analyze data with social movement theory. "As engineers, we're good at collecting & analyzing large amounts of data, but extracting meaning from them requires an interdisciplinary approach," he says.
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We've developed maps showing FIFA stadiums & team basecamps along w/ nearby international airports & trauma/medical centers close to these sites. This resource, available to all, provides situational awareness for depts of public health & health workers.
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RT @BUCEID @beacon_bio to Monitor Disease Events at the 2026 FIFA World Cup ow.ly/T3cR50Z8AKZ @BhadeliaMD @drsyramadad @govsforhealth @TEPHI_Texas @NIHB1 @HealthyAmerica1 @ThePHF @PublicHealth @fogy_da @JBEOC @pfrostamis @kellymnyc @thartman2u
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Axios highlights efforts to monitor infectious disease transmission around the World Cup, including CEID's reports through @beacon_bio, and our maps of other mass gatherings near host cities.
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With the @FIFAWorldCup approaching, CEID affiliate faculty @drsyramadad highlights the health concerns that hospitals near stadiums and fan sites should be prepared for, including effects of strong heat, and infectious disease spread.
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
Since April 2025, BU's Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) has tracked and monitored 181 pathogens in 169 countries—and 1 in space—to support public health organizations, governments, journalists, and doctors 🦠
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ALT Boston University researchers Britta Lassmann (left) and Nahid Bhadelia are both infectious diseases experts and part of the BEACON leadership team.\n\n
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
ICYMI: Discover why we need advanced biological intelligence systems to track outbreaks like #Hantavirus & #Ebola
Lead by Wilmot James with Saheer Gharbia & @BhadeliaMD.
Watch now on YouTube ⤵️
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"It's genuinely encouraging to see serious Chagas drug development," says Dr. David Hamer. "Chronic Chagas disease represents one of the highest unmet needs in infectious disease, and we may finally be moving toward a meaningful therapeutic option."
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Speaking with @CBSNews about the ongoing Bundibugyo virus outbreak, @bhadeliaMD says "All signs point to this becoming the biggest [Ebola] outbreak we've ever seen in the DRC. That could lead to regional instability & that has repercussions for the world."
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Because detection of the Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC was likely delayed almost 2 months, it is much harder to trace transmissions or know how many unsafe burials may have taken place in that time, explains CEID affiliate faculty @drsyramadad.
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
New modeling by @brookenichols's team @BUCEID examines demand forecasting for diagnostics in Bundibugyo #ebola virus outbreak, with & without rapid diagnostics, shows why investment for rapid dx is critical.
Brief: bu.edu/ceid/publications-2/b…
Model: hivst-hst-tradeoff.shinyapps…
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Dr. John Connor explains to @NPR how the Ebola virus works to strongly delay and disable the typical immune system response, clearing the way to more rapidly spread through the body, starting with the lymph nodes, then to the spleen, liver, and kidneys.
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Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) retweeted
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Mexico: New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) – multi-species outbreak reaches Mexico City and Jalisco
Read more at: beaconbio.org/en/report/?rep…
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Discussing the concerning rise in tetanus cases in the US, CEID affiliate faculty @lmadoff points to a @beacon_bio report that first highlighted this trend late last year, and encourages vaccination against this deadly infection.
@natgeo
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