Justin Lessler
@JustinLessler
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Justin Lessler is a Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Joined February 2015
RT @DrNeilStone: I've probably treated more measles than almost every doctor in the US and the amount of nonsense I have heard on the topic….
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RT @michaelmina_lab: This is horrible & exactly what we are afraid of - measles kills ppl. In ~100 infections in TX, someone has already di….
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A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
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RT @catgyoung: The Trump admin just fired key staff at NIH’s Alzheimer’s research center.- including the incoming director. With 6.9M Ameri….
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RT @FrankLuntz: Texas is having its worst measles outbreak in 30+ years. “This outbreak began in a very close-knit, rural, Mennonite commu….
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A measles outbreak in Texas​ has led to 58 confirmed cases, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and local health officials say additional cases​ are likely to occur.
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RT @jkagan1: This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research? .All of them. h….
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RT @mcuban: Anyone consider that maybe Elon’s mission, is for Elon to get what he wants, rather than the country to get what you voted fo….
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RT @iamcardib: We all know Trump was a hustler, but hustling women out of the rights to THEIR OWN body is nasty work!! Hustling Americans o….
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RT @iruka_okeke: We're on! Genomic epidemiology training for Nigeria's @NCDCgov system, being conducted by @GHRUamr @TheCPGS & partners.….
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RT @nataliexdean: FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration. First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not N….
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FDA approves FluMist for self- or caregiver-administration. FluMist is approved for use in individuals 2 through 49 years of age for the prevention of influenza
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RT @Sungmok_J: We are thrilled to share that our paper on mpox importation risk in 2022 is now published in @JIDJournal: .
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This study suggests that accumulated immunity among high-risk individuals is key to better understanding the observed international spread patterns of mpox
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RT @AndrewDesiderio: Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party
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RT @JHIDDynamics: New online course titled “Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice” developed by several IDD members (@Shaun_Truelove @apw….
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Offered by Johns Hopkins University. Mathematical ... Enroll for free.
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RT @jameshay218: Massive effort from the Fluscape team: @SRileyIDD @datcummings @JustinLessler @JonRead15 @kkokwok @adamjkucharski @BingyiY….
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RT @andrewazman: These have been a rough past few years in terms of #cholera outbreaks including some with really high mortality in Africa.….
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RT @espoir_bwenge: Thrilled to see our work coming out in the @TheLancetInfDis . Effectiveness of one dose of killed oral cholera vaccine i….
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A single dose of Euvichol-Plus provided substantial protection against medically attended cholera for at least 36 months after vaccination in this cholera-endemic setting. Although the evidence...
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We are recruiting for Research Assistant Professor positions at @UNCpublichealth to work on projects aimed at making epidemic projections and analytics more accurate and more relevant to those who need them most. Consider applying to join our team!.
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RT @UF_EPI: Let's give a big congrats to @datcummings for being one of only 10 researchers at #UF listed as highly cited by @ClarivateAG! H….
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