To watch an interview with actual experts—2 of the best respected & most trusted experts in virology, @angierasmussen.bsky.social, & public health, @meganranney.bsky.social—watch this CNN interview: observe their competence, expertise, experience, & strong messaging
www.linkedin.com/posts/meganr...
Honored to join CNN last night with Dr. Angela Rasmussen to talk about the facts about the evolving hantavirus epidemic.
Although this outbreak poses very low risk to the public, it is raising conce...
the article gives me hope that we (and the American people) will win this fight
a GOP-affiliated polling firm found that more than 90% of Americans think it’s important for the US to be the global leader in biomedical research & for the govt to fund it. 62% of Americans we need more $$$, not less
Prof Gavin Yamey
Commencement speaker Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Dean @meganranney.bsky.social, and student speaker Casey Wells shared messages of hope and courage during Yale School of Public Health’s 2026 Commencement earlier this week.
Read more about the joyous day: m.yale.edu/djdn
#Yale2026
“more than 70 women…[are] shot &killed *every month* in the US due to domestic violence. & we find that DV shootings often overlap w/other types of shootings…a history of DV is a big predictor for committing a mass shooting. & we also find that DV & suicide…often overlap”🧪🛟 @meganranney.bsky.social
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Have you served on an NIH study section (or thought about serving)? Did you know that that the small perk of being able to submit your own applications after the deadline has largely been revoked? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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After Deadly Louisiana Shooting, Doctor Shares the Realities of Domestic Violence
Gun violence expert & emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney @meganranney.bsky.social discusses the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Heard on @npr.org's Morning Edition hosted by @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous Submission NOT-OD-26-064. NIH
It’s tragic that we have someone so utterly incompetent—with zero public health training (he’s an economist)—leading the nation’s public health agency (the CDC) & health research agency (NIH)
His approach to outbreaks is: do nothing, fire CDC staff, let infections spread, let the strong survive
Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society.
High level:
- Andes strain is different
- some spread will occur
- pandemic potential is tremendously low
- lots to learn
- what happens next is up to us
zenodo.org/records/2007...
A great program to give you some directive action & some agency & some hope.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Kind of like my thread from earlier today
www.threads.com/@megranney/p...
Reassuring stuff.
jenna newman phd
Prof Gavin Yamey
⚠️⚠️ here we go again
rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
Yale School of Public Health
Abby Dernburg
Megan Ranney MD MPH
Megan Ranney MD MPH
Friday afternoon updates on hantavirus:
1. Multiple people (including 3 people who were on the airplane with the deceased, hantavirus+ female) are undergoing quarantine and/or testing across the glob...
The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya is stammering his way through a CNN hit about the hantavirus
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⏰ Deadline Extended to April 17 ⏰
There's still time to apply to our Climate Change and Mental Health short course!
Build practical skills to support patient and community mental health in a changing climate.
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This statement summarizes current scientific evidence regarding Andes virus (ANDV) transmission dynamics, including documented person-to-person transmission, outbreak epidemiology, infection control c...
Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society.
High level:
- Andes strain is different
- some spread will occur
- pandemic potential is tremendously low
- lots to learn
- what happens next is up to us
zenodo.org/records/2007...
This statement summarizes current scientific evidence regarding Andes virus (ANDV) transmission dynamics, including documented person-to-person transmission, outbreak epidemiology, infection control c...
