Mathematical epidemiologist working on complex systems, infectious disease, and public health.https://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mtgn6ofqq22zScientists 'stunned' by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l1r1zne1ro19 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgn6ofqq22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mr3abkjpyk2tAt least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak https://www.npr.org/2026/07/20/g-s1-134548/ebola-congo-deaths20 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3abkjpyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mqruud6ll22xU.S. citizens traveling in Congo must spend 21 days elsewhere before entering U.S. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-citizens-ebola-democratic-republic-congo-travel-restrictions/16 Jul 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqruud6ll22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mqopnexzpc2qEbola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-outbreak-who-a9093ea39928bfa3f2f0e5aa13c506bb15 Jul 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqopnexzpc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mqoojkadyc2qEbola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/g-s1-133630/ebola-congo-deaths15 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoojkadyc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3moo5wcz2ks22Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10540-519 Jun 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo5wcz2ks22https://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3modab7enmc27The conversation a 98-year-old retired physician never expected to have https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/11/vaccine-hesitancy-can-be-overcome-this-98-year-old-doctor-argues/15 Jun 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3modab7enmc27https://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mmto6ixhfs2i"So we need more testing, we need more diagnosis to make sure that we get a full picture of what is going on . . . https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxpdex062yo27 May 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmto6ixhfs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mltmnyravk2iRelative contributions of public and domestic transmission domains in cholera outbreaks in displacement camps: an exploratory agent-based modelling study https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/relative-contributions-of-public-and-domestic-transmission-domains-in-cholera-outbreaks-in-displacement-camps-an-exploratory-agentbased-modelling-study/B0FD6E4AE6AD6C2F76C700F196AFAACB14 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltmnyravk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mlqeakgcok23Performance of a large language model on the reasoning tasks of a physician https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz443313 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqeakgcok23https://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mlqcd2qhhc2mMost U.S. doctors are quietly using this AI tool. Few patients know about it. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openevidence-ai-doctor-medical-physician-login-app-what-npi-uptodate-rcna34106413 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcd2qhhc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mllbdzrw5c2sEarly Detection Intervals for Evaluating Event-Based Surveillance System: Reference Dataset Development Study publichealth.jmir.org/2026/1/e87030 https://publichealth.jmir.org/2026/1/e8703011 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllbdzrw5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mky2bvltqc24Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0294829ndo03 May 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky2bvltqc24https://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mksvtliztk2nWhere emergency visits for tick bites are highest in the United States https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/01/tick-bites-emergency-room-visits/01 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksvtliztk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hartleydm.bsky.social/post/3mko7h3nx2s2vBuilding Enhanced Public Health Data Systems With a Situational Awareness and Learning Tool: Focus Group Study ojphi.jmir.org/2026/1/e77379 https://ojphi.jmir.org/2026/1/e7737929 Apr 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:rmu5wgd2bkypgqj7jihxtjqw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko7h3nx2s2v