THREAD: People keep asking me how they can protect themselves from the #nCoV19 #coronavirus. This is not a disease that can be addressed at an individual level. This is a public health problem that requires a community/societal response.
Yes, please wash your hands. Get your #flushot #influenza #vaccination (& if you're over 65, your #pneumonia shot, too).
We're worried about protecting ourselves and our families, but to do that, we need to be thinking much bigger. #nCoV2019 #coronavirus

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Sep 19
1/ A new report from the American Association for Cancer Research @AACR finds that excessive alcohol use is a risk factor for at least 6 cancers.

with @GayleKing @vladduthiersCBS @tonydokoupil
2/ Heavy drinking is associated with an increased risk of:
🔹head & neck cancer
🔹esophageal cancer
🔹stomach cancer
🔹liver cancer
🔹colorectal cancer
🔹breast cancer Image
3/ Drinking during pregnancy can also increase the risk of leukemia later in childhood.

At least 5% of cancers are attributable to alcohol.
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Aug 15
1/ Yesterday, the @WHO declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

This is the 2nd time in 2 years that the WHO has declared a PHEIC for mpox.

with @vladduthiersCBS on @CBSMornings
2/ There have already been more than 17K cases in Africa so far this year – more than the total for all of last year.
3/ @WHO announces a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) when there is a significant risk to global health & it requires an internationally coordinated response.

A PHEIC:
🔹helps marshal funding for a public health response
🔹pressures governments to act
Read 22 tweets
Jul 27
1/ COVID study shows mask and vaccine mandates saved lives

with @CBSNews' @LanaZak cbsnews.com/video/covid-st…
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2/ A new study published in the JAMA Health Forum yesterday found that:
🔹mask requirements & vaccine mandates were associated with ⬇️ deaths
🔹prohibitions on vaccine or mask mandates were associated with ⬆️death rates

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…
3/ Activity limitations (e.g. closing schools, restaurants, bars; stay-at-home orders; restrictions on leisure time activities & public gatherings) likely provided minimal benefit while imposing substantial cost.
Read 6 tweets
Jul 26
1/ New Hope Against Dementia: study says singles vaccine also appears to delay onset of dementia
with @CBSMornings' @tonydokoupil @AdrianaDiaz @nateburleson
2/ A study published yesterday in Nature Medicine found that the new Shingrix vaccine was more protective than the old Zostavax vaccine in delaying dementia.

The Zostavax shingles vaccine was discontinued after the Shingrix vaccine was approved.

nature.com/articles/s4159…Image
3/ The Shingrix vaccine is also more protective than Zostavax in preventing shingles.

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a herpes virus that also causes chickenpox.
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Jun 19
1/ Why are People Promoting Raw Milk?
by @elizabethics for @RollingStone


If you drink unpasteurized milk, you don't just risk getting #H5N1 bird flu.rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
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Jun 19
1/ Tick-borne infections are on the rise around the country

with @CBSMornings @GayleKing @tonydokoupil @nateburleson
2/ A unique collaboration among hunters,
the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department @TPWDnews,
& researchers at @Baylor University
is helping to map what tick-borne diseases can be found where.
3/ Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the US, but it's far from the only one.
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