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Dept of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at Johns Hopkins
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@npr.org ShortWave Science segment, features @jhu-bdps.bsky.social Nicole Baumgarth, Director of the @jhu.edu Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...
Tick expert & @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @jhu.edu Professor Doug Norris comments @nbcnews.com
on Borrelia mayonii, a bacteria that can cause Lyme disease.
It's less common than the corkscrew-shaped bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi that can also cause Lyme disease.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Arturo Casadevall of the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social discusses how climate change may influence the spread of infectious microbes in The New Yorker.
Read more: bit.ly/49uy0OD
As global travel increases ahead of the World Cup, Andrew Pekosz of the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social discusses infectious disease preparedness, flu transmission, and why major outbreaks remain unlikely under current conditions.
www.the-independent.com/sport/footba...
What fungi can tell you about a dying ecosystem
A new study by @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @jhu.edu @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social and Rosanna Baker in @pnas.org reports a finding that complicates the standard version of the dinosaur extinction.
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Virologist, @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Professor &
@johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social vice-chair @andrewpekosz.bsky.social PhD is co-chair -w/
@medschool.umaryland.edu's Justin Ortiz, MD- of
@isrv.bsky.social Options XIII conference Aug 30 - Sept 2, 2026
Register and find out more here:
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Tickborne diseases researcher @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @jhu.edu immunologist Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, says ticks like warm, humid weather, and more can be seen after a mild winter.
As the climate warms, ticks can also survive further north than in past decades.
thehill.com/homenews/sta...
In this @thehill.com piece @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
@jhu.edu @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @acasadevall1.bsky.social
explores convalescent plasma as a possible therapy for recent outbreaks hantavirus and Ebola, and for other public health threats.
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
Tick expert & @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @jhu.edu Professor @tmhartbio.bsky.social explains Alpha-gal syndrome, the potentially life-threatening allergy to a sugar found in meat that's primarily triggered by the bite of a lone star tick
www.knoe.com/2026/06/09/h...
Today is the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social convocation, and we'd like to send congratulations to this year's Master of Arts in Public Health Biology graduates! The MAPHB is an interdepartmental program from BMB, @johnshopkinsehe.bsky.social, and @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social!
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with immunologist Nicole Baumgarth about why ticks are spreading to new regions, and what this increase in ticks could mean for the spread of Lyme disease.
www.npr.org
The bacterium, which can cause more severe symptoms, has been detected only in the Upper Midwest.
A study published in May 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a finding that complicates the standard one-line version of the dinosaur extinction. Two researchers at the...
