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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · about 8 hours ago

“define the structural determinants of hantavirus–receptor recognition,reveal how a virus can mask its receptor-binding site by recessing it in a surface depression & how antibodies can counter this strategy..provide a framework for the design of antiviral therapeutics targeting the hantavirus spike

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Cryo-EM and AI-Designed Scaffold Reveal How Andes Hantavirus Binds Cells

Cryo-EM and an AI-designed scaffold reveal how Andes hantavirus binds a human receptor, offering clues for future antiviral development.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · about 11 hours ago

Next up: talk on environmental shifts and spillover from animals to humans in viruses (Hantavirus the focus). Yes, virus spillover is MUCH more common than lab leaks 🙄🙄🙄

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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 7 days ago

“it is time for the Biological Weapons Convention to adopt a Chemical Weapons Convention-like notification and verification regime” thehill.com/homenews/614...

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Pneumonic plague in Russia exposes a world still dangerously divided

Six months after a hantavirus outbreak threatened international spread, and amid a stubbornly persistent Ebola emergency, reports that a Russian laboratory worker may have died from&…

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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 12 days ago

👧🏽🩺 Working in paediatric kidney replacement therapy? Join the final workshop in the PNNG’s KRT series, focused on transplantation. Designed for paediatric nephrology trainees, nurses & HCPs 📅 22 Oct 🕐 13:00–17:00 💻 Online 🎟️ Free for members 🔗 ow.ly/tgK550ZVtww #PaediatricKidneyCare

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 15 days ago

"... “We’re not funding Kristian Andersen and that virologist crew,” the [HHS] official was quoted as saying [...] Science has confirmed that Andersen’s team applied for continued CREID funding but did not get a new award." Indeed. With a specific focus on Ebola, Hantaviruses, Mpox, and Lassa.

Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social

ScienceInsider: NIH revives network to study emerging diseases—but its new restrictions baffle scientists By Jon Cohen @science.org @cohenjon.bsky.social bit.ly/3VXSGKR

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UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 17 days ago

How can we improve the diagnosis & management of #RareKidneyDisease? HCPs involved in the care of people with RKD are invited to the Rare Disease Summit Build clinical knowledge, share experience & gain practical learning for your practice. 📚 5 CPD points for Day 1 🎟️: ow.ly/feZX50ZUofF

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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 21 days ago

“The “young adult male” died 8 hrs after he was admitted to the hospital..initially suspected he had hantavirus disease or bacterial pneumonia. Post-mortem testing confirmed Y pestis presence in his blood and lung tissue..AZ’s 1st pneumonic plague death since 2007” www.cidrap.umn.edu/plague….

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CDC reminds doctors in Southwest to be aware of plague

A 2025 death caused by pneumonic plague is Arizona’s first since 2007.

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Intensive Care Medicine Journal @intenscaremed.bsky.social · 28 days ago

#VisualAbstract Temporal trends in critical care burden and outcomes of Andes virus-associated hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in a national Chilean cohort were assessed. rdcu.be/6FvuFR2ZXYYa

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@henricocitizen.bsky.social · 28 days ago

A former Skipwith ES teacher was blunt in her assessment of how HCPS has been handling the numerous HVAC issues: “This has been a years-long issue, and until you acknowledge that and admit that it has been poorly handled by you, we cannot trust anything you say.” www.henricocitizen.c...

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Myeloma Society @myeloma-society.bsky.social · 29 days ago

Welcome to Day 3 of #IMS26. Join us for breakfast at 7:15 AM in Hall 5 during the Industry Symposium Supported by Gilead and Kite Oncology (not intended for HCPs from the UK), then take part in another day of scientific exchange and discussion. View the program: ow.ly/hi6650ZQtxs

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