Due to the shutdown, NIH cancelled >370 study sections, impacting >24,000 applications Rescheduled meetings will only discuss 30-35% of applications, have simplified summary statements (no narrative paragraph), and a new category - "competitive but ND" https://t.co/GL6DN31uue

Excellent lecture by @isrv_global chair Dr Maria Zambon on the history of #influenza impact, surveillance and management at #ESWI2025 #UnitedInProtection

🛡️ Insights from #ESWI2025! Dr. @nancyleung_hk presented a meta-analysis linking HAI titers of 40 to 46% protection against influenza #FluVaccine 💉 Vaccine-induced and naturally acquired antibodies showed similar protection; age-specific & cross-protection data remain limited

In new study led by @CKikawa, we provide near real-time data on human neutralizing antibody landscape to influenza by measuring ~26,000 titers to >100 recent viral strains. Data can inform vaccine selection & evolutionary/epidemiological modeling. https://t.co/rthJdShpwP

My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.

V happy to publish this, looking at Ab breadth is sth I have wanted to do for years but took time & effort from lots of people (kudos to everyone!) This study is in close collaboration w Annette Fox @A_Fox10752658 @TheDohertyInst based on PIVOT randomised trial by @bencowling88

Our paper on comparing impact of prior repeated flu vaccination on breadth of influenza H3 antibody response between enhanced flu vaccines is out - the gist is it does have differential impact. I would urge everyone studying flu antibody breadth to read it

DeepSeek 創辦人梁文鋒：「所以我们把价值沉淀在团队上，我们的同事在这个过程中得到成长，积累很多know-how，形成可以创新的组织和文化，就是我们的护城河。」

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Possibly useful little #Rstats trick: edit(names(iris)) will create a popup with the R code for the character vector containing the column names of your data frame that you can copy and paste, e.g. c("Sepal.Length", "Sepal.Width", "Petal.Length", "Petal.Width", "Species")

🦙With a bright new year ahead, I wish you all will live out a life you want🕴🏻

Happy Holidays!

It was very nice to be back in Guangzhou after the pandemic to meet old and new friends, to deliver a talk on respiratory virus transmission for them and also learn from their current work across disciplines

The two people who have watched me grown up here for the longest time 🙂

Saddened to hear about the passing of a good friend and a public health champion, Richard Cash. Richard was one of the masterminds behind the first clinical trials of oral rehydration therapy — a simple innovation that has saved millions of lives in the past several decades. He

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Thank you Blunty Mcbluntface! #bonfireheart @JamesBlunt

BREAKING: Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting found guilty of rioting in Yuen Long 2019 attacks 🔗 https://t.co/QxwLmFoPUy

"Partnerships in feedback require reduction in power-differentials w teachers relinquishing some power & students taking increased responsibilities. Encouraging students to take part in dialogic interaction is a significant aspect of this ceding of power"

For someone who grew up in Hong Kong & had personal experience with the US healthcare system while at Boston (a US$200 bill for an emergency visit with no treatment), I couldn’t sympathise with the comments about the United Healthcare CEO shooting more…