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PhD position (Toronto, Canada) Modeling infectious disease dynamics + evolution (multiple projects) with @alisonhill.bsky.social at @utoronto.ca More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2396

📊 #Ebola #Ituri | 70 samples tested today, 101 confirmed cases cumulative, but how many tested positive today? Positivity rate is a key transmission indicator. 🇨🇩 #Bundibugyo

Important: mpox case definition is not specific and also picks up children with varicella, in particular now at what's hopefully the tail-end of the mpox outbreak in DRC. Diagnostics key.

Heading to @astmh.bsky.social tomorrow? Join us at 11:30 am for our symposium, “Mpox Without Borders: Global Trends, Breakthroughs & Preparedness.” Honored to co-chair with my colleague & friend Dr. Placide Mbala, with an all-star panel of experts. You don’t want to miss this! #ASTMH2025

Want a large language model that never hallucinates? Easy: just get it to always print “I don’t know”, regardless of the input. If you find this solution is a bit unsatisfying, you’re not alone. But it hits on a crucial trade-off with learning machines and decision-making more generally. New post:

When mpox is not mpox: varicella and measles in DR Congo thelancet.com/journals/lan... Congratulations @bugwaja and team for this nice work calling for efforts to transform mpox treatment centers from monofacal isolation units into integrated hubs for acute febrile rash illnesses.

Ebola: Serious incident in Rwampara (near Bunia): a deceased patient's family forcibly retrieved the body. 6 patients fled. Treatment facilities burned down. Staff under military protection. actualite.cd/2026/05/21/e...

Our paper on the incubation periods of mpox clade Ib is out, with Javier-Perez Saez, @andrewazman.bsky.social @justinlessler.bsky.social Elizabeth Lee, @jackieknee.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

The global epidemiology of eruptive skin diseases remains poorly characterised, particularly in settings with insufficient health-care access and weak surveillance systems.1,2 Eruptive rashes are a common feature of monkeypox virus, varicella-zoster virus (VZV), measles, syphilis, and other infections. Varicella is often mistaken for poxvirus infection despite having been clinically distinguished from smallpox as early as 1767.3 Ambiguity in clinical diagnosis paired with infrequent laboratory confirmation creates challenges in resource-limited settings, such as the DR Congo, where mpox and varicella outbreaks can co-occur.

Background: Mpox virus (MPXV) clade Ib, first detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in September 2023, spread internationally within months, prompting an emergency declaration from th...

Un incident grave a éclaté jeudi à l'hôpital général de Rwampara, à une dizaine de kilomètres de Bunia, dans la province de l'Ituri, épicentre de l'épidémie d'Ebola Bundibugyo qui frappe l'est de la RDC.