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Jake Dunning
@OutbreakJake
Personal account/views. Infectious diseases consultant & researcher. Emerging & high consequence infectious diseases. Humanist.
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The 2026-27 El Niño event: what should UK infection services expect? - Journal of Infection (in press) journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-… Here, members of the two NIHR HPRUs have come together to think about this and provide advice, as the current El Niño grows and intensifies globally.
www.journalofinfection.com The 2026–27 El Niño event: What should health services expect? A strong 2026–27 El Niño is developing, with potentially important consequences for infectious-disease epidemiology worldwide. For UK infection services, however, the principal effect is unlikely to... Sad to hear this news. Helen was a brilliant science journalist, especially in the field of emerging infectious diseases. The loss will be felt by many who work in this field, and by laypeople interested in infections. We all appreciated her accurate, balanced & timely reporting.
We are saddened by the passing of Helen Branswell, a great science journalist who covered infectious diseases. She took emerging threats seriously without sensationalizing them, helping us understand what really mattered. Her voice will be greatly missed: ow.ly/Y8A450ZXzALView quoted post on X
MSF has lots of experience & is on the ground. It's not unusual for hotspots to move over time in Ebola epidemics, or for recovered areas to 'reginite'. Great to see some improvements, especially in Ituri, but this outbreak is not over, & concerted control efforts must continue.
“The [Ebola disease] outbreak is not shrinking, it is moving.”View quoted post on X
While the spread is slowing down in Ituri, DRC, the outbreak is moving into underprepared areas, posing a serious risk:
msf.org/assuming-ebola…
who.int/news/item/28-0…
"...the [IHR Emergency] Committee considers the continuing rapid growth and geographic expansion of the epidemic in the DRC to be of grave concern, requiring urgent, intensified and sustained action."
www.who.int Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in... In the report of the Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Committee commended the Government of... "...the [IHR Emergency] Committee considers the continuing rapid growth and geographic expansion of the epidemic in the DRC to be of grave concern, requiring urgent, intensified and sustained action."