Infectious diseases diagnostic expert/clinical microbiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Diagnostic development and evaluation, outbreak/pandemic preparedness and response, POC Dx, global health. Views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/nirapollock.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nirapollock.bsky.social/post/3lnfpehy2d22qTowards Dx preparedness for H5N1 (bird flu): can rapid antigen and point-of-care molecular tests for influenza A detect 2024 U.S. H5N1 strains? See answer in this preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.15.25325613v1 #IDSky #clinmicro22 Apr 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:3uxq5rdik2obm3grtbjevd6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfpehy2d22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nirapollock.bsky.social/post/3ln3z2ro3xk2kNew preprint assessing the ability of existing influenza A tests (rapid antigen and point-of-care molecular) to detect 2024 U.S. H5N1 strains in contrived nasal swab specimens #IDSky #clinmicro https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.15.25325613v118 Apr 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:3uxq5rdik2obm3grtbjevd6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3z2ro3xk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nirapollock.bsky.social/post/3lmky5rf4nc22https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/opinion/nih-scientists-staffing-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare11 Apr 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:3uxq5rdik2obm3grtbjevd6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmky5rf4nc22https://bsky.app/profile/nirapollock.bsky.social/post/3lmky5rf4nc22https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/opinion/nih-scientists-staffing-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare11 Apr 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:3uxq5rdik2obm3grtbjevd6m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmky5rf4nc22