Dr. Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP, CHEP
@syramadad.bsky.social
Epidemiologist 🦠 Biosecurity Advisor ☣️ Chief Biopreparedness Officer NYC Health + Hospital 🏥 Faculty Boston Uni CEID & NETEC 🧬 Fellow Harvard Belfer Center 🎥On Netflix, Discovery & History Channel 📝Write for NY Academy of Sciences
As an alumni fellow, it was great to reconnect with Center staff — two of us are here for the Advisory Group on Responsible Use of the Life Sciences and Dual-Use Research and the other two for deliberations of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
As an alumni fellow, it was great to reconnect with Center staff — two of us are here for the Advisory Group on Responsible Use of the Life Sciences and Dual-Use Research and the other two for deliberations of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
What’s left is a fragile public health system, one that now faces silence where there used to be early warnings.
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What’s left is a fragile public health system, one that now faces silence where there used to be early warnings.
Entire teams that keep our country’s health system running, from vaccine experts to disease surveillance and data coordination, were abruptly dismantled. These are the people who track outbreaks, guide doctors, and help states respond before crises spiral.
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Entire teams that keep our country’s health system running, from vaccine experts to disease surveillance and data coordination, were abruptly dismantled. These are the people who track outbreaks, guide doctors, and help states respond before crises spiral.
The 2025–26 Northern Hemisphere vaccine uses the same composition and may offer similar protection if the same viruses circulate.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Interim Effectiveness Estimates of 2025 Southern ...
This report describes flu vaccine effectiveness in the Southern Hemisphere during the 2025 flu season.
www.cdc.gov
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The 2025–26 Northern Hemisphere vaccine uses the same composition and may offer similar protection if the same viruses circulate.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...