Dr. Syra Madad
@syramadad
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Healthcare strategist/bioprep▪️Public health leader ▪️Biosecurity advisor ▪️Editor-at-Large @NYASciences ▪️Faculty @BUCEID ▪️Fellow @BelferCenter ▪️MSc, DHSc 🎓
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Joined December 2010
Check out the new @netflix docuseries trailer “Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak” releasing 1/24/2020 on Netflix. It was a privilege being part of this international series and highlighting the important topic of pandemic preparedness 😷 https://t.co/jZkFOynVZ7
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Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: a European Society of Cardiology clinical consensus statement: With the contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), and the Heart Failure
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This is what could happen to a child who doesn't get vaccinated “Pneumonia struck first. Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis. Malaria battered him next, and after treatment, the other illnesses flared back up again. This unvaccinated 2-year-old boy is trapped in a relentless
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Public Health in Peril: Why Recent CDC Resignations Matter to Us All https://t.co/NzgQKU40Hk
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Syra Madad writes that the departure of five top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a seismic blow to public health credibility, and a rebuke of political interfer...
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🚨URGENT | DR Congo – Ebola Alert The MOH officially declared an Ebola outbreak today, in Bulape, Kasai province—marking the country’s 16th Ebola epidemic. - index patient was pregnant woman - 28 suspects - 16 confirmed (4 health workers) - CFR ≈ 57 %
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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province https://t.co/WccUqEJlnu
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Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health...
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Request for information (RFI): Eight deaths including three in healthcare workers in Bulape, DRC; Ebola virus disease suspected. https://t.co/6rz2rhqg4L via @beacon_bio
beaconbio.org
Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.
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Florida’s move to end vaccine requirements is reckless and dangerous and won’t just affect FL, but the whole country. Most Americans, including 72% of parents across party lines actually SUPPORT school vaccine requirements. Why? Because vaccines save lives.
Florida plans to end all vaccine mandates, which would make it the first state to remove all vaccine requirements for schoolchildren https://t.co/7URRvtQNZq
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“As the federal government challenges years of established science on vaccine safety, Colorado passed a new law letting its health officials consult other experts instead of relying on CDC guidance.” https://t.co/gkimHOJsz5
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As the federal government challenges years of established science on vaccine safety, Colorado passed a new law letting its health officials consult other experts instead of relying on CDC guidance.
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CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from eight foodborne pathogens to two, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks. https://t.co/EYwLZ9YkM2
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Mitochondria are microscopic. You cannot diagnose “mitochondrial challenges” by glaring at a child in an airport. What you can do is prey on parents fears with pseudoscience, while ignoring the real crises our kids face, like gun violence, food insecurity, and lack of healthcare.
RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
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Our statement in response to the FDA's updated COVID-19 vaccination guidance ⬇️
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The firing of the CDC’s director and subsequent resignations of CDC officials will have a direct impact on children’s health. AAP will continue to serve as a trusted partner for pediatricians and parents, sharing scientific recommendations that put the health of children first.
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Medical experts sound alarm over CDC turmoil. H/T to @DrPaulOffit, @syramadad and @AmeshAA for talking to me on the Friday before Labor Day.
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Health leaders, medical groups: CDC leader exodus puts nation's health at risk The head of the Senate's HELP committee and two senior members said a hearing on the developments is needed as soon as possible. https://t.co/EGhJgI7hnQ
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The @CDCgov is critical to America's public health and its politicization is a threat to all of us. How quickly we forget the lessons of the COVID pandemic & the threat of another outbreak or the value of lifesaving vaccines that have kept our kids healthy for decades.
Having collaborated with many of these outstanding public health leaders, I’m deeply alarmed by how public health is being actively dismantled in this country. Politicizing public health has deadly consequences and it’s our communities that pay the price.
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Having collaborated with many of these outstanding public health leaders, I’m deeply alarmed by how public health is being actively dismantled in this country. Politicizing public health has deadly consequences and it’s our communities that pay the price.
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In a Lab, the Hunt for a Killer: The Legionella Germ Causing an Outbreak NYC is investigating a Legionnaires’ outbreak that has killed 6 and sickened 100+. Legionella traced to 12 Harlem cooling towers, now disinfected. Scientists are using cultures and genomic sequencing to
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Plague infects man from New Mexico Health officials said he may have been exposed to Yersinia pestis while camping in Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico. https://t.co/N8BkHghGT4 Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
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