Assoc Prof @JohnsHopkinsEHE @JohnsHopkinsSPH; work on environmental & occupational epidemiology, animal production & antimicrobial resistance. Tweets my own.

Joined October 2016
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13 Sep 2024
Early, robust mucosal secretory IgA but not IgG response to SARS-CoV-2 spike in oral fluid is associated with faster viral clearance and COVID-19 symptom resolution. | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/jid/advance…
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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! frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

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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. time.com/7018565/do-at-home-…
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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."
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Michigan has detected another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd, in Shiawassee Cty, NE of Lansing. First herd reported in this county. MI had a big bloom of infections in May. Since then, there've been new herds reported once or twice/month. Total: 198 herds in 14 states.
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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. coloradosun.com/2024/07/22/c…
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RT @angie_rasmussen: 7 months in and it’s 168 H5N1-infected herds (corresponding to hundreds of thousands of cows) and counting. Containm…
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22 Jul 2024
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. ow.ly/5chq50SHxUl
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The oral–gut microbiome axis in health and disease rdcu.be/dOzKm 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
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#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 forbes.com/sites/stephenbroz…

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15 Jul 2024
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. ow.ly/qpj950SBSkL
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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-…
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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
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