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Measles is among the most contagious viruses known. A single case can cause dozens more in places where people are unvaccinated. Infants too young for vaccination, immune-compromised people and the elderly are all at risk. Measles isn’t just a fever and rash. It can cause pneumonia, brain inflammation, permanent disability and death.
#PublicHealth #virology #pathology #infectiousdiseases #USA #healthcare
nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | I Study Measles. I’m Terrified We’re Headed for an Epidemic.By Michael Mina
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Michael Emerman

#ThrowbackThursday #virology
The oldest piece of equipment in my lab, a >55 year old refractometer that I inherited from the lab next door when they retired in 2010. It consists of a light source and prisms and measures the concentration of dissolved substances by their ability to bend light through the prism. In virology, we use gradients of sucrose spun at high speeds to purify viruses which will settle at distinct sucrose densities as measured on the refractrometer. It still works.

. A metal instrument with an eyepiece and several dials on the right and left and an additional metal cover that swings open for sample disposition. In the back, there is a cord to plug in a light source. The instrument has the incription, "Erma Tokyo No. 16367. Refractometer"
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Pierre Lindenbaum

"2020: an isolation odyssey" vimeo.com/446927270 #cinema #virology #COVID19 #covid #movie

"2020: an isolation odyssey is a reenactment of the iconic finale of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). Restaged in the context of home quarantine, the journey through time adapts to the mundane dramas of self-isolation–poking fun at the navel-gazing saga of life alone and indoors."

Vimeo2020: an isolation odyssey2020: an isolation odyssey is a reenactment of the iconic finale of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). Restaged in the context of home quarantine, the…
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At least 24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — 57 of them children — have been reported for this flu season, which began in October, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.
#Influenza #virology #microbiology #publichealth #pandemic
washingtonpost.com/health/2025

The Washington Post · Flu is surging nationwide, with 24 million cases so farBy Sabrina Malhi
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