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Niamh
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PhD Student, University of Aberdeen
Burden and cost of rodent-borne diseases in rural Madagascar
Vaccination uptake in the USA has been dropping since 2019, with some areas reporting uptake rates of less than 80% for MMR.

Coincidentally, the USA is also seeing its highest number of measles cases since 1992 after 20 yrs of measle free status. 92% of cases have been unvaccinated/unknown status.
“We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage ‘Autism and Vaccines’ has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outright lies about vaccines and autism,“ the Autism Science Foundation said in a statement.
CDC Website Changed to Contradict Scientific Conclusion That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism
The change is the latest move by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to revisit — and foster uncertainty about — long-held scientific consensus about the safety of vaccines and other phar...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Incredibly grateful to the team at ESCAIDE for the opportunity to present our work on rodent-borne diseases in Madagascar. Thanks to the wonderful audience at our session, it's been fantastic hearing everyone's insights and about their research!
Coming up next:
Fireside sessions 6, 7 & 8 on:
➡️ #AntimicrobialResistance
➡️ Emerging and vector-borne diseases
➡️ Food-and water-borne disease

Follow #ESCAIDE2025 LIVE - you can still register to the event and do so via the conference's app: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register

#PublicHealth #Epidemiology
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#ECDC Director - Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner opening #ESCAIDE2025:

“We see how mis and disinformation is spreading faster than any virus. Trust in public institutions is weakening. We need to ensure public health interventions remain evidence-based.”

#ESCAIDE
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM