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Genomic epidemiology of the 2025 mpox epidemic in Sierra Leone

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By Allan Campbell, John Demby Sandi, Ifeanyi F. Omah, Martin Faye, Edyth Parker, Taylor M Brock-Fisher, Crystal M. Gigante, Mohamed Kamara, Anu Williams, Mouhamed Kane, Julian Campbell, Mignane Ndiaye, Ibrahim Umaru Fofanah, Al Ozonoff, Colby Wilkason, Danny Park Verified, Christopher Tomkins-Tinch, Christopher John Shin, Ian Baudi, Brendan Blumenstiel, Patrick Varilly, Ivan Specht, Ben Fry Verified, Paul Cronan, Harouna M Soumare, Alexandra Tuttle, Jonathan Greene, Aminata Shamit Koroma, Joseph Sam Kanu, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Aboubacry Gaye, Andy Diouf, Christine Hughes, Joshua I. Levy, Alhaji Umar N’jai, Moussa Moïse Diagne, George Ameh, John Klena, Monique A. Foster, Abebaw Kebede, Collins K. Tanui, Boubacar Diallo, Anise N Happi, Sofonias Kifle Tessema, Abdourahmane Sow, Yenew Kebede, James Squire, Doris R. Harding, Zikan Koroma, Mohamed Jalloh, Kristian G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, Mohamed Vandi, Ibrahima Fall, Pardis Sabeti, Christian T. Happi, Foday Sahr, Donald S. Grant, Vidalyn Folorunso, Kadiatu Salmata Sesay, Sia Mani, Choe Miller, Naomi Daniel Sesay, Francis Baimba, Roberta Lansana, Simon Ruhweza, Zein Souma, Amanda Kargbo, Komba Koninga, Alie Tia, Jone Ngobeh, Foday Thoronka, Alusine Fofanah, Marietou F. Paye, Karlie Zhao, Ellory Laning, Oludayo Oluwaseyi Ope-ewe, Ayotunde Elijah Sijuwola, Femi Saibu, Ebenezer Kehinde Ogundana, Ruth Oluwaseun Obaado, Jolly Amoche Adole, Imonikhe Kennedy Kio, Folefac Agnes Njeandoh, Walter O. Oguta, Dolo Nosamiefan, Isatta Wurie
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Abstract Mpox is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by MPXV, which has led to outbreaks across multiple countries in recent years. Sierra Leone reported its first mpox case in 8 years in January 2025, rapidly becoming the epicenter of a continental outbreak with more than 5,000 confirmed cases by August, a surge with unknown origins, timings and drivers.
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Healthcare Data + Design, the Next 20 Years

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By Ben Fry Verified
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Since the invention of the transistor, we’ve been living in the Information Age. Which sounds a bit like we’re enjoying a sci-fi utopia but mostly means that we all have 20,000 unread messages in our Gmail inboxes. Now as those transistors keep getting smaller, we get devices that can process more and more data, and memory devices that store more data, which follows the well-known Moore’s Law.
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The Four Cs of Data + Design

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By Ben Fry Verified
| Medium
In the last decade, we’ve waded through lots of talk about data—and worse, Big Data—as a kind of frightening “other.” Bruce Schneier described data as “the exhaust of the information age,” which is perfectly apt—but this is usually read the wrong way, giving us an excuse to treat data as a kind of artificial nuisance. We’re led to see data as an abstract, inhuman thing stored in the cloud, or maybe just in the computer.
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