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Anita Williams
@catanita.bsky.social
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Infectious Disease Epidemiologist investigating #AMR ~ Based at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Interest in Australian politics and global affairs.
Servant to two Lebanese ex-street cats
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5295-8451
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msfaccess.org
Today @who.int released their 2025 #tuberculosis report, and figures remain unacceptable: 1.2 million children and young adolescents fell ill in 2024, and a staggering 43% were never diagnosed and thus missed lifesaving treatment. Act now to close the deadly gap!

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November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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krutikakuppalli.bsky.social
The state of infectious diseases - they are not going away

- Ebola in DRC
- VHF in Ethiopia
- Lassa in Nigeria
- RVF in Senegal
- Polio in Germany
- Oropouche in S America
- Cholera
- Chikungunya
- COVID19
- Measles
- Influenza

A bad time to demolish public health and funding for science
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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markabelan.bsky.social
THE MANY SHAPES OF BACTERIA
#science #infographic #art #sciart #bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #scientificart #biology
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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thedohertyinst.bsky.social
Interested in helping research looking at immune responses to vaccines against mosquito-borne diseases? If you’re 18 years or older with no serious immune problems, you may be eligible for our study in Melbourne.
🔗 For more info visit https://bit.ly/47JVRIl
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Chart showing the world oil price Jan 1960 - US$1.63bbl Dec 1972 - US$1.87bbl Jan 1974 - US$13.00bbl
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
catanita.bsky.social
Thought this was a good tshirt choice for an event at the library titled "AusPol Explained".
If you're not Aussie but you know what the references in this post are, where the bloody hell are ya?
#auspol
Selfie of a caucasian woman wearing a green tshirt with pink letters that say "not happy Jan". The woman is standing outside a building that is a Library
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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piotrmarczynski.bsky.social
Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society!
We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology.
Thread below 🧵
The wellness pipeline: Tracing far-right health narratives on X - Piotr Marczyński, Catherine Tebaldi, 2025
This article examines how far-right groups advance political agendas through digital platforms, specifically by embedding reactionary ideology within health and...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
catanita.bsky.social
Parliament just passed into law the independent Australian Centre for Disease Control 🎉
The interim CDC will now move from under the Department of Health, Ageing, and Disability to an independent entity as of 1 Jan 2026!

#auspol #idepi #episky #medsky #idsky
www.cdc.gov.au
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
catanita.bsky.social
Now this is something to watch out for!
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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gmknght.bsky.social
How will population shifts affect the future burden of #AMR? 👶👩‍🦳 🧫

We use a new modelling framework to explore future projections of #AMR by age and by sex, as well as interventions for control, building on our earlier findings that AMR isn’t uniform across demographics.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Combining demographic shifts with age-based resistance prevalence to estimate future antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe and implications for targets: A modelling study
Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
This shows just how stupid, shortsighted, captured and corrupt Australia's political class are, they have torched our potential collective prosperity.

Will they do the same with a rare and precious minerals boom?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Norway struck oil in the 60s. Now it has trillions. This is how Australia compares
Norway struck oil in the 1960s. Now, almost a quarter of its national budget is funded through its sovereign wealth fund. How does Australia compare with taxing its resources?
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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luckytran.com
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 · Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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australia.theguardian.com
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian National University bought $138,000 worth of shares in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer in March, despite an earlier pledge to not invest in controversial arms companies. The investments in Elbit Systems were made 12 days after Israel shattered a pause in hostilities with airstrikes that killed more than 400 people in Gaza. At the time, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had warned the renewed military offensive was “only the beginning”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
catanita.bsky.social
Only two weeks until the best time of the year for the #AMR community... World AMR Awareness Week!
Held every year from Nov 18-24, let me know what you've got planned for #WAAW2025
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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wwbugs.bsky.social
Antibiotic resistance selection and deselection in municipal wastewater from 47 countries. #antibioticresistance #wastewater #antibiotics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Antibiotic resistance selection and deselection in municipal wastewater from 47 countries - Nature Communications
Experiments with untreated municipal wastewaters from 47 countries showed that some samples selected for resistant E. coli, whereas non-resistant bacteria were favored in most cases, providing a nuanc...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
catanita.bsky.social
The @sciencevs.bsky.social episode on Daylight Savings missed a crucial component of the argument - pets have no clue why the mcflock their dinner isn't in their bowl at the time their tummy says it's food time...
#scicomm #getridofdaylightsavings #dontspringforward
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
a helpful starter pack to find stuff you may be interested in and/or is local to you

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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%
theconversation.com/involving-wo...
Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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benphillips76.bsky.social
Media reaction from across the world, in multiple languages, as new report reveals that inequality is driving pandemics, endangering us all - and how to fix it

Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat...

Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources...

Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
catanita.bsky.social
The Strummingbird festival is on at Claremont Showgrounds tonight. I live 6.5km away, and the music is so loud that my whole apartment is shaking from the bass. Our town FB page is going bonkers. Can't imagine how loud it is at the venue. And on a school night too!
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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onisillos.bsky.social
Relying on the beneficence of private actors leaves the world vulnerable to the shifting opinions (or, conversely, the intransigence) of a handful of people

gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
Who’s leading WHO? A quantitative analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s grants to WHO, 2000-2024
Introduction The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second biggest source of funding in recent years, contributing 9.5% of WHO’s revenues between 2...
gh.bmj.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
catanita.bsky.social
The #IDEpi team at @thekidsau.bsky.social are looking for a part-time Aboriginal Research Officer.

#jobalert #academicsky
Aboriginal Project Coordinator Job in Nedlands, Perth WA - SEEK
Support project management and community engagement for research on infectious diseases and immunisation across Western Australia.
www.seek.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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markleongoldberg.bsky.social
Please take a moment to understand the gravity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.

www.globaldispatches.org/p/a-genocida...
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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bharrap.bsky.social
Come along to my slightly silly and hopefully informative talk on how data go from some scribbles on a paper questionnaire to a nice, clean dataset

Thanks to the ARDC for having me!

#databs #rstats

📅 Nov 5 at 12pm AEDT
📍 Online webinar
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/where-do-d...
Where do data come from & other difficult questions your children might ask
Join us to learn about data cleaning and management in the Mayi Kuwayu study.
www.eventbrite.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM