β¨ NEW EPISODE β¨ #ScienceInContext This week Dr @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Dr Ruth McCabe about the current #Ebola outbreak & collaboration with @who.int & regional health authorities estimating the outbreak size published in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social - one to watch!
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β¨NEW EPISODEβ¨ #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Prof Nicholas Grassly & Dr Joyce Akello about wastewater surveillance as early warning of viruses with pandemic potential & the WASPP Networkπ
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β¨ NEW EPISODE β¨ #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with @liza-semenova.bsky.social about surrogate models and why unified reporting standards matter more than ever in the age of AI
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Read about the opportunities and challenges of global wastewater surveillance for pathogens with pandemic potential published in The Lancet Microbe π
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The ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease, a form of Ebola virus disease caused
by the Bundibugyo virus, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is evolving rapidly.
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