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Medical reporter for The Canadian Press. Flu freak/ID geek. Watching #H7N9, new #coronavirus, polio eradication closely. Not in the mood for a pandemic!
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.@Laurie_Garrett Sorry, Laurie, putting the 1 of 2 at the front does look like half. lesson learned.
What he said. Thx, Rich. RT @DrRichardBesser: @Laurie_Garrett I think she meant 1 of 2. Not half. Her tweet continued.
.@wvaldivia @TMGBiosciences And UK's HPA called their virus (man from Qatar) England-2 CoV - should we also slam them? 2/2
.@wvaldivia @TMGBiosciences Would you like some fact to go with your opinion? EMC was going to call the virus KSA-1 but was asked not to 1/2
@TMGBiosciences @wvaldivia very complicated matter not helped by the simplicity of some reporting. I don't know enough to agree/disagree.
So lovely! RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Sunlight on the water reflects the many bays of Newfoundland, like vertebra of rock. pic.twitter.com/m3iQHTunMN
Cmdr_Hadfield: Sunlight on the water reflects ...
twitter.com — Sunlight on the water reflects the many bays of Newfoundland, like vertebra of rock. pic.twitter.com/mceEb0s9I1
Sad and worrisome RT @Crof: Six years after its last reported case, #polio outbreak confirmed in Somalia bit.ly/16WB41Q
Six years after its last reported case, polio outbreak confirmed in Somalia
crofsblogs.typepad.com — Via ReliefWeb, a May 23 report from the government of Somalia: Six years after its last reported case, polio outbreak confirmed in Somalia. The first confirmed case of the Wild Poliovirus in more than six years has been reported in...
Erasmus MC : Erasmus MC: no restrictions for public health research into MERS coronavirus
erasmusmc.nl — The Viroscience Department of Erasmus MC strongly refutes all allegations concerning a presumed lack of willingness to cooperate in research into the new MERS coronavirus. The virus has already been sent free of charge to many public research and health institutions that can work with it safely and, like the Viroscience department, serve public health worldwide.
@David_Dobbs you gotta love late May snow. Furnace on here.
.@MarionKoopmans Happened in people during pH1N1 cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m… …
Oseltamivir-Resistant Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Two Immunosuppressed Patients --- Seattle, Washington, 2009
cdc.gov — On August 14, 2009, this report was posted as an MMWR Dispatch on the MMWR website ( http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection continues to cause illness and death among persons worldwide. Immunosuppressed patients with influenza virus infection can shed virus for prolonged periods, increasing the chances for development of drug resistance ( 1--3).Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Science, Canada and more.
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