Jennifer Nuzzo
epidemiologist
30 stories
35 quotes
If it's plague, breathe a sigh of relief, because we know what to do about plague,
- says NuzzoTimetime.com/article/2026…
You’d be fine. You don't die, typically,
- says NuzzoTimetime.com/article/2026…
The protections we had in 2019, early 2020–there are now fewer of them, and we are more vulnerable now than we were then,
- Nuzzo says, pointing to reduced monitoring and less information flow between countriesTimetime.com/article/2026…
Something is not adding up about this situation,
- said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown UniversityThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/10…
We are talking about a very depleted system. God forbid you layer another pathogen onto the already laborious and difficult work of going after measles,
- said NuzzoCNNcnn.com/2026/10…
The U.S. has surpassed 3,000 measles–the highest number of cases in a single year since 1991–and the year is not yet over!”
- Nuzzo told NewsweekNewsweeknewsweek.com/measles/map…
Earlier
Trump: Russia claims lab worker death situation is ‘under control’
CNNcnn.com/2026/10…U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/world/russia…Trump speaking to Putin about suspected plague death after reports of second case in Russia
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Questions are mounting over a suspected pneumonic plague death at a Russian research facility as Moscow offers few clear details
CNNcnn.com/2026/10…Pennsylvania woman’s measles death shows risks to people with health problems
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/health/health…The post did not identify the woman other than as a resident of Jefferson County, a rural area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/pennsyl…Measles Map Shows States Where 2026 Cases Already Surpass 2025
Newsweeknewsweek.com/measles/map…As a measles outbreak escalates in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, exposures rattle people at risk
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Top Trump administration health officials are openly questioning the circumstances of two deaths that Pennsylvania officials attributed to measles
The Hillthehill.com/policy/healthcare…A war of words followed two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…It is still unclear whether measles played a role in the infant’s death
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/health/health…Trump officials cast doubt on Pennsylvania measles death claims
The Hillthehill.com/policy/healthcare…Brittany Nicole Sponenberg’s son has been in a neonatal intensive care unit in Danville, Pennsylvania, for almost two months while his underdeveloped lungs and gut grew strong enough to handle regular breathing and feeding
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…How Trump's Public Health Cuts Have Impacted The Cyclosporiasis Outbreak
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/trump…In the two months between, contaminated iceberg lettuce moved through a national distribution system and was eaten by thousands of unwitting Americans, in what is now the largest cyclospora season on record
Newsweeknewsweek.com/cyclospora/outbre…How the explosive diarrhea outbreak is rattling restaurants across America
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…In the two months between, contaminated iceberg lettuce moved through a national distribution system and was eaten by thousands of unwitting Americans, in what is now the largest cyclospora season on record
Newsweeknewsweek.com/cyclospora/outbre…Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/africa…Uganda's health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation's latest outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic disease that infected 20 people and killed two of them
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/07…Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/congo…Map Shows Measles Cases Across US as Figure Hits 35-Year High
Newsweeknewsweek.com/map/shows…The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) logged the figure in an update shared on Friday
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo
France 24france24.com/en/video…The man was placed in isolation at hospital as soon as his flight landed
XinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260625/918ef…Ebola cases surge over 400 as fears grow over central Africa outbreak
Euronewseuronews.com/2026/06…Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why the outbreak may have started months before officials knew and how difficult conditions make contact tracing extremely challenging
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…Anti-Ebola Protesters in Nanyuki Announce Another Strike Over Quarantine Facility Plans
Kenyans.co.kekenyans.co.ke/news/124038…US regional facility network receives $21 million in annual funding
Reutersreuters.com/business/healthcar…Brazil isolates two suspected Ebola cases as suspected cases in Congo surpass 1,000
France 24france24.com/en/americas…Brazil monitors two patients for Ebola amid fears of spread from Africa
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/global/health…WHO chief calls for reconsideration of travel bans as DR Congo battles Ebola outbreak
Global Times Chinaglobaltimes.cn/page/202605…DR Congo has recorded over 1,000 suspected cases since mid-May
Deutsche Welledw.com/en/who…Rubio vows to keep Ebola out of US
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…One expert criticized the plans as a ‘dramatic abdication of what we owe our own’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…US Ebola patient in Berlin hospital not critically ill, family tests negative
Reutersreuters.com/business/healthcar…White House ‘blocks’ doctor with Ebola from returning to US
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/world/news…Trump Officials’ Strict Stand on Ebola Leaves Health Experts ‘Stunned’
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/05…White House ‘blocks’ doctor with Ebola from returning to US
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/world/news…American passenger on hantavirus-hit cruise feels ‘blindsided’ and ‘misled’ by new quarantine orders
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…The scientists, wearing bright blue gloves and surgical masks, checked the 150 box traps they had set out the previous night, dropping dead rats into black plastic bags that they hoisted into pickup trucks bound for a makeshift lab where they said they’d draw blood samples
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/argentina…No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns as toll hits 80
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/health…Meanwhile, Associated Press journalists in Ituri’s capital, Bunia, interviewed locals who recounted their fears and constant burials
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/ebola…Outbreak of rare strain of Ebola claims at least 65 lives in DR Congo
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/video/newsfeed…Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones hit hardest as suspected cases climb
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/africa…WHO Warns Hantavirus Fight ‘Not Over Yet’ After Cruise Ship Evacuation
ABP Livenews.abplive.com/news/world…The news triggered more fear after a Dutch hospital quarantined 12 staff members in a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protocols
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1402348…Hantavirus Arrives as Health Officials Sound Alarm on Trump Admin Readiness
Newsweeknewsweek.com/hantavirus/arrive…On March 27 they visited a landfill site four miles outside the city of Ushuaia
The Sunthesun.co.uk/news/39058028…10 Things You Must Know About the New 'Cicada' COVID-19 Variant Spreading in 2026
International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/10/things…Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights
Forbes UKforbes.com/sites/saibala…US CDC staff to arrive in South Carolina to help contain measles outbreak
Reutersreuters.com/business/healthcar…Plough was referencing a quote from Dr Ralph Abraham, who served as CDC principal deputy director beginning in December 2025, and who resigned in late February
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Measles cases surge in South Carolina as US risks losing elimination status
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/65…The re-evaluation is largely symbolic, contingent on whether a single measles chain has spread uninterrupted within the country for at least 12 months
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…Fewer kids are vaccinated this year despite ‘super flu’ surging through communities
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…The rambunctious 4-year-old — who loved mud and getting dressed up and having dance parties with her brother and sisters — died January 6, after the flu and a co-infection with an adenovirus turned into pneumonia and sepsis
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…US sees spike in flu cases in December, after most severe season since 2018
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…The variant, known as subclade K, has already fueled early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada and is now accelerating flu activity across the U.S., where the virus typically gains momentum in December
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/65…