NHSN and other epi datasources back again. I imagine there is quite some work under the scene, thanks CDC folks we've been missing you.

just learnt that vs code recently added native git blame decorations with setting:
"git.blame.editorDecoration.enabled": true
good bye complex extensions, goodbye gitlens 👋

The deadline for the Epidemics special issue on Artificial Intelligence for Infectious Disease Dynamics has been extended to 30 April 2025, so there is still time to submit your paper 📝
Feel free to contact me or another guest editor for more information 😊

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/epid...

The studies informing stratified parameters in IDD models often have partitions (e.g age group) different from the model partitions. Most papers takes the median/mean estimates, but a correct solution exists: see this great paper/R pkg (C. Pearson, @lucygoodfellow.bsky.social @mert0248.bsky.social)

Just discovered this excellent book on genomics from Tanja Stadler et al. Free pdf offered here: decodinggenomes.org. The chapters I've read hit a biology/statistics sweet spot for me and probably other IDD researchers.