FREE for Kindle download Jan 14-18: Nothing To Do With Skin: The Fundamentals of #Epidemiology and Population Health– by Raywat Deonandan PhD
(an introduction to the science of population epidemiology) including a description of study designs, some of the common biases encountered, how to distinguish between correlation and causation.
An electronic platform may be a suitable tool to augment public health contact tracing activities by allowing participants to select an online platform for contact tracing rather than sitting for an interview. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37379511/
A full week of wastewater data now shows a steep decline in covid numbers in the Boston area.
One interesting thing is that the wave peaks at January 1st. I would have expected it to be after January 1st due to transmission at New Years parties. This could imply that covid waves now are more influenced by population immunity and seasonal factors and less by human behaviors (like having parties)—though I imagine all of the above are factors.
Join APDU on January 17th for a discussion of the Do No Harm Guide: Collecting, Analyzing, and Reporting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data with Jonathan Schwabish, Urban Institute
Can anyone point to a reliable and interesting source on what's happening with the paediatric pneumonia in regions in China? (And perhaps elsewhere in the world?)
I get the impression its bacterial. Is that right?
WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. #epiverse#Epidemiology#outbreak
In Feb 2023, US FDA and the CDC identified bacteria in EzriCare Artificial Tears. In total, the outbreak affected 81 people across 18 states, including 14 who suffered vision loss, 4 who required removal of an eye, and 4 deaths.
I'm truly sorry these people suffered and died. It is disastrous and terrible.
Eric Feigl-Ding is an epidemiogist at the New England Complex Systems Institute, with a background at Harvard Medical. In this shory hellsite thread he notes the CDC will stop reporting on excess deaths from COVID, even as the epidemic rages on. Continuing to cause excess deaths as compared to before.
Included is screenshits of the thread and images he posted.
Sampling bias in practice: conducting a survey on the Paris metro platform...
if you ask people where they get off, you'll get a different distribution depending on where on the platform you stand: people choose their position close to the exits at arrival.
The manuscript I coddled and bumped and steered through revisions finally got to the point where I could recommend Accept and then, a few weeks later, here's the published version!
It's like seeing your kid walk across the stage, shake the principal's hand and graduate!
"The United Kingdom is experiencing a dramatic outbreak—unprecedented in scale and magnitude—of diarrheal illnesses from the intestinal parasite, Cryptosporidium, aka Crypto."
Hsiao CC, Yang AM, Wang C, Lin CY. Association between glyphosate exposure and cognitive function, depression, and neurological diseases in a representative sample of US adults: NHANES 2013-2014 analysis. Environ Res. 2023
I thought I'd do another #Introduction since I've moved my primary account over to Babka.
I'm Ross. I'm 36 years old. My primary hobbies are ham radio, reading, tinkering with computers, and competitive #powerlifting.
I love my cat and my dog. I occasionally post photos of them. I live in #Colorado, somewhat near #Denver.
I work as a #GIS Analyst at a large kidney care company, optimizing nurse and doctor allocation.
I'm a graduate student, studying #Epidemiology, and hope to finish within the next couple years. I'm toying with the idea of pursuing a PhD afterwards.
Most importantly, I’m converting to #Judaism, and am meeting with my rabbi in a couple weeks to discuss the beit din!