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In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT An AI chatbot convinced health investigators they had the right answer. Health officials in Illinois turned to an AI chatbo...
#Health #AI #beer #ChatGPT #MMWR #outbreak #public #health #salmonella
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In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT An AI chatbot convinced health investigators they had the right answer. Original Source An AI chatbot convinced health inve...
#Health #AI #beer #ChatGPT #MMWR #outbreak #public #health #salmonella
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Our second #AltComms #MMWR looks at COVID-19 antiviral prescribing June 2023-September 2025
Main points:
📌Low COVID-19 antiviral use among older age groups at high risk for bad outcomes
📌 Prescriptions are more likely when COVID-19 activity is high
🧵👇 on www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Another Thursday = more #MMWR #AltComms
First, 2024-25 data on respiratory bugs from 6️⃣😲 surveillance systems
Main points:
📌loads of stuff circulating - just different stuff at different times
📌severe COVID-19 = worst for older ages
📌severe RSV = worst for infants
🧵 on www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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(2/2) Key takeaways:
• Vaccinated people had milder symptoms, but breakthrough cases still occurred
• Urine RT-PCR improved measles detection, especially in vaccinated patients
• Ensure 2-dose MMR coverage for travelers
#Measles #MMWR #VaccinesWork #TravelHealth
Read: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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New #CDC data confirm what science has shown all along: COVID-19 vaccines protect children from severe illness, hospitalization, & death. Findings in last week’s #MMWR reinforce vaccination keeps kids safe.
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Starting in 25 MINUTES!!! It's not too late to register! Join us TODAY for an important webinar at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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HAVE YOU REGISTERED? JOIN US TOMORROW! Join an important webinar TUESDAY, DEC 2, at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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Don't forget to join us TOMORROW! Join an important webinar TUESDAY, DEC 2, at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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One last reminder today of the upcoming important webinar TUESDAY, DEC 2, at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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What could possibly go wrong if you buy #botox on the internet & inject it at home yourself? PLENTY, it turns out. Three people from NY, WI & TX were hospitalized for 3-6 days. One required mechanical ventilation. Don't try this at home!
Reported in #CDC's #MMWR.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Join this important webinar TUESDAY, DEC 2, at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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Join an important webinar TUESDAY, DEC 2, at 11am ET on what journalists should expect & know ahead of the upcoming #CDC #vaccine #ACIP meeting next week, esp re #hepB birth dose and #MMWR. Register at bit.ly/CDC-Dec-2025. Please share widely!
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A public health group & a top-tier journal will partner to publish an alternative to CDC's #MMWR, which has been diminished under the Trump administration.
@cidrap.bsky.social & NEJM Evidence will establish a field notes-style publication, @mtosterholm.bsky.social announced at @idweek.bsky.social.
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🗓️ June 5, 1981: five cases of Pneumocystis Pneumonia, one report, a global awakening.
💙 The MMWR gave voice to what became the HIV/AIDS epidemic—and countless public-health moments since.
🕯️ Honoring the science and reporting that save lives.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
#MMWR #CDCSavesLives
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The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy are to begin publishing a new journal, "Public Health Alerts," with a view to conveying the information that used to be disseminated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and […]
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June 1981. I was a 3rd year stud hitting the wards where we had young guys with funny opportunistic infections. We worked them up for occult cancers because that was a known cause of these infections. The #MMWR broke this story and so many more. #Trump has killed #publichealth in the US.
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WH Shutdown retaliation firings leave CDC flagship Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) essentially unable to publish a pub used by providers and health agencies worldwide. Read more here from STAT: archive.ph/2wsxw
#MMWR #health #CDC #HHS #kennedyfolies #shutdown #firings #publichealth
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"The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the […]
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Essential weekly public health report #MMWR has been stopped. This is our early warning system for diseases in the US. Staff sent home. ⚠️ Danger!
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Government Shutdown 101 📚
What's furlough?
Are all gov employees furloughed?
And what does it mean for CDC?
Well, because #MMWR staff are furloughed, no #AltComms tonight 😢
Short thread 👇
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Our #MMWR #AltComms deep dive is on flu vaccine effectiveness, or VE
Using flu data from the Southern Hemisphere (SH), we can sneak a peek at how well flu vaccines might work for our season in the Northern Hemisphere (NH)
Tl;dr: Looking good 🎇
dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmw...
Let's jump in 👇🤿
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#MMWR 2: What flu-related complications can kids get?
Bad ones: dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmw...
Like, brain 🧠 breaking
In the last flu season, 109 kids in the US developed flu-related encephalopathy
AKA the brain stops working properly – like memory loss happens – or gets really swollen
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#MMWR 1: How bad was last year's flu season for kids?
Pretty bad: dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmw...
280 kids in the US died due to flu-related illness 💔
That's the most for any non-pandemic season since 2004 (1st year of required reporting of pediatric flu deaths)
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This week's #MMWR is a reminder to GO GET YOUR FLU SHOTS 💉💉💉
Why? All 3 articles are from our Flu Division friends!
We love a timely, themed issue 💚
We'll do a deep dive into the flu vaccine effectiveness article in a bit
Quick #AltComms looks at 2/3 of this week's articles below 👇
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A bar graph plotting the influenza-associated hospitalization rate for every flu season starting with the 2010-2011 season. The most recent season, 2024-2025, had a hospitalization rate of 127.2 flu-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 people. In the previous seasons, the highest rate was 102.9 hospitalizations per 100,000 (the 2017-2018 season) and the lowest rate was 8.7 hospitalization per 100,000 (the 2011-2012 season). That makes the most recent flu season the worst flu season for flu-associated hospitalizations in the past 15 years.
Today's other #MMWR describes the most recent flu season. Just in time for the next one - timely #AltComms
Basically: the highest flu-associated hospitalization rate since the 2017-2018 season
Last season's rates were 2-3x higher than during seasons during 2010-2023
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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