Peter Horby @peterhorby.bsky.social
@PeterHorby
Moh Family Foundation Professor of Emerging Infections and Global Health. Director, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
Fantastic morning discussing pandemic prevention, One Health and system-wide approaches. Now debating the Pandemic Agreement and what it means in practice. linkedin.com/posts/pandemic…
In a collaborative new study, researchers at @PSIOxford have partnered with global colleagues to discover how #AI could accelerate infectious disease research and help to prepare the world for the next pandemic 🔬🦠🤖 Find out more 👉 ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/advances-…
REMAP-CAP's @DerdeLennie adds her voice to a beautiful celebration of #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👇
🎉 Happy #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! 🧑🏽🔬 Watch our collaborators talk about what inspired them to embark on a journey in science. @AnaCHdez_ @AZinkernagelLab @DerdeLennie @sandulescu_oana @ESCMID @UZH_en @CHULimoges @IenI_UMCUtrecht @UMCU_Intl @HeidelbergU @UN
New publication in The Lancet: Epidemiological and clinical features of mpox during the clade Ib outbreak in South Kivu. A prospective observational cohort study at Kamituga General Hospital. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
There seem to be THREE simultaneous filovirus outbreaks - Marburg in Tanzania, Ebola in DRC (most likely culprit Zaire Ebolavirus) and Sudan Ebolavirus in Uganda. We need adequately funded public health and research and development programmes and support.
Permanent Secretary, Dr. @DianaAtwine addresses the media this afternoon. “An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation from 3 National Reference Laboratories.”
As #Tanzania responds to the confirmed outbreak of #Marburg virus disease, @WHO is working closely with the national health authorities to reinforce control measures to halt the outbreak as soon as possible and protect the health of the population. afro.who.int/countries/unit…
Marburg raises its head again: so soon after Rwanda outbreak. There are no approved treatments or vaccines for Marburg - from each outbreak we need to incrementally gather the data we need for effective control and treatment.
WHO informed its Member States and International Health Regulation State Parties of an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease in the Kagera region of #Tanzania So far, we are aware of 9 suspected cases incl. 8 deaths across 2 districts. WHO risk assessment of this…
Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga nature.com/articles/d4158… Ironic that the co-authors complain they were “victims of cyber-harassment” - they should try being on the receiving end of HCQ believers, including Raoult himself.
An extraordinarily strong lesson on the importance of good science, critical thinking, and being truly objective. The damage done to trust and to patients by the hydroxycholoroquine debacle should never be repeated. Would love to know the reasons for retraction.
Extraordinary: Raoult’s damaging paper on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 finally retracted. So grateful to all the people who helped with the RECOVERY trial, allowing us to debunk the myth of hydroxychloroquine for severe COVID-19 science.org/content/articl…
Extraordinary: Raoult’s damaging paper on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 finally retracted. So grateful to all the people who helped with the RECOVERY trial, allowing us to debunk the myth of hydroxychloroquine for severe COVID-19 science.org/content/articl…
Md Zakiul Hassan recognised as 2024 ISID Emerging Leader ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/md-zakiul…
Influenza going up in the UK. For those involved in the RECOVERY trial of influenza treatments - please try to enrol patients. If this season is short and sharp, we will have a limited time window for recruitment.
"A new requirement" that further raises the onerrous burdens of applying for research funding and, ironically, likely increasing the inequality in who is funded to do research (will further concentrate funding in well resourced entities).
Today we've launched a new requirement that all applicants must demonstrate how their research will address existing inequalities in health and social care as a condition of funding. Applicants will now be required to show how inclusion is being built into all stages of the…
Today I had the pleasure of presenting my DPhil project on host-pathogen interactions of henipaviruses at the @PSIOxford Nipah Virus Research Day. Thanks to everyone at @Carroll_Lab_Ox and all of our collaborators for their support! #nipah #immunology #henipavirus
I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-) Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!