Anne Bishop
@drannelbishop.bsky.social
Bacteriologist and science communicator.
A reminder that news outlets, focused on entertainment and excitement, paint a very different picture to reality. Here shown in data for causes of death in the US.
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A reminder that news outlets, focused on entertainment and excitement, paint a very different picture to reality. Here shown in data for causes of death in the US.
Stay curious, listen, don't judge, have a proper two-way conversation with vaccine hesitant people and don't hide uncertainties in the science. All great advice, summarised in this video, that I will be trying to follow in my science communication practice.
Nice summary of how to talk to people who are unsure about vaccines
Three tips for talking to a vaccine sceptic
Research gives specific advice for conversations about vaccine hesitancy.
www.nature.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Stay curious, listen, don't judge, have a proper two-way conversation with vaccine hesitant people and don't hide uncertainties in the science. All great advice, summarised in this video, that I will be trying to follow in my science communication practice.
Yay! Less violence in UK society. Well done GenZ!
Gen Z, a much maligned and panicked-about generation, are behind a remarkable collapse in weekend violence. Great reporting from @fransham.bsky.social
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
May 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yay! Less violence in UK society. Well done GenZ!
Reposted by Anne Bishop
✍️🗓️ Mark your diaries!
We are excited to welcome Prof Stephan Lewandowsky from
@bristolunipsych.bsky.social to present on new ways to engage with #vaccine hesitant patients.
Followed by a reception, so make sure to join us in person
@lshtm.bsky.social if you can🍹
👉 bit.ly/42MO0ss
We are excited to welcome Prof Stephan Lewandowsky from
@bristolunipsych.bsky.social to present on new ways to engage with #vaccine hesitant patients.
Followed by a reception, so make sure to join us in person
@lshtm.bsky.social if you can🍹
👉 bit.ly/42MO0ss
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
✍️🗓️ Mark your diaries!
We are excited to welcome Prof Stephan Lewandowsky from
@bristolunipsych.bsky.social to present on new ways to engage with #vaccine hesitant patients.
Followed by a reception, so make sure to join us in person
@lshtm.bsky.social if you can🍹
👉 bit.ly/42MO0ss
We are excited to welcome Prof Stephan Lewandowsky from
@bristolunipsych.bsky.social to present on new ways to engage with #vaccine hesitant patients.
Followed by a reception, so make sure to join us in person
@lshtm.bsky.social if you can🍹
👉 bit.ly/42MO0ss
Good news indeed!
This is good news.
Comparable immune responses (IgA & neutralising antibodies) with new oral polio vaccine compared to Sabin vaccine - hopefully can help interrupt circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks.
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#IDSky #ImmunoSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Comparable immune responses (IgA & neutralising antibodies) with new oral polio vaccine compared to Sabin vaccine - hopefully can help interrupt circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks.
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#IDSky #ImmunoSky
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Intestinal mucosal immune responses induced by novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 and Sabin monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine type 2: an analysis of data from four clinical trials
We found no evidence of differences in the intestinal mucosal immune responses induced
by nOPV2 or Sabin mOPV2 and observed the strongest responses in infants.
www.thelancet.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good news indeed!
From a post about a child surviving heart surgery, as did mine. Thoughts:
1. If antimicrobial resistance steps in 'routine' surgery may become risky again.
2. These child survival stat's require investment in biomedical technology, trained experts, herd immunity.
Let's keep it a good time to live.
1. If antimicrobial resistance steps in 'routine' surgery may become risky again.
2. These child survival stat's require investment in biomedical technology, trained experts, herd immunity.
Let's keep it a good time to live.
In the U.S. in 1825, *452* out of 1000 children born died before their 5th birthday.
By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children.
Today, in 2025, that number is *7*
And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology.
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By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children.
Today, in 2025, that number is *7*
And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology.
9/
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
From a post about a child surviving heart surgery, as did mine. Thoughts:
1. If antimicrobial resistance steps in 'routine' surgery may become risky again.
2. These child survival stat's require investment in biomedical technology, trained experts, herd immunity.
Let's keep it a good time to live.
1. If antimicrobial resistance steps in 'routine' surgery may become risky again.
2. These child survival stat's require investment in biomedical technology, trained experts, herd immunity.
Let's keep it a good time to live.
Interesting work, giving hope for improving oral vaccine efficacy against bacterial gut pathogens.
New study by @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social (Dunn School and @ethzurich.bsky.social) with Médéric Diard (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
Boosting vaccines with harmless bacteria to fight intestinal pathogens - Dunn School
Published in Science, a ground-breaking study by the Slack group reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics.
www.path.ox.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Interesting work, giving hope for improving oral vaccine efficacy against bacterial gut pathogens.
Reposted by Anne Bishop
New study by @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social (Dunn School and @ethzurich.bsky.social) with Médéric Diard (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
Boosting vaccines with harmless bacteria to fight intestinal pathogens - Dunn School
Published in Science, a ground-breaking study by the Slack group reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics.
www.path.ox.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New study by @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social (Dunn School and @ethzurich.bsky.social) with Médéric Diard (@biozentrum.unibas.ch) reveals how combining vaccines with friendly bacteria can boost vaccination efficacy and potentially reduce reliance on antibiotics
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...
Well said!
April 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Well said!
The power of vaccines!
For even better global outcomes, scientists developed a more stable oral vaccine for where injected vaccines are too expensive & poor sanitation+low vaccine coverage can lead to circulating vaccine-derived polio eg. a child recently paralysed in Gaza
youtu.be/cyquCUQV3XE?...
For even better global outcomes, scientists developed a more stable oral vaccine for where injected vaccines are too expensive & poor sanitation+low vaccine coverage can lead to circulating vaccine-derived polio eg. a child recently paralysed in Gaza
youtu.be/cyquCUQV3XE?...
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The power of vaccines!
For even better global outcomes, scientists developed a more stable oral vaccine for where injected vaccines are too expensive & poor sanitation+low vaccine coverage can lead to circulating vaccine-derived polio eg. a child recently paralysed in Gaza
youtu.be/cyquCUQV3XE?...
For even better global outcomes, scientists developed a more stable oral vaccine for where injected vaccines are too expensive & poor sanitation+low vaccine coverage can lead to circulating vaccine-derived polio eg. a child recently paralysed in Gaza
youtu.be/cyquCUQV3XE?...
A powerful story about the power of genomics. Wonderful work from both the scientists and the writer!
A few weeks ago, I had an incredibly emotional call with James Coney, a writer for the Sunday Times whose son Charlie was in the @genomicsengland.bsky.social 100k project and was recently diagnosed with ReNU syndrome. This beautiful article tells their story ❤️ www.thetimes.com/article/0bcc...
My son Charlie — and the breakthrough that changed our lives
James Coney and his wife, Sarah, struggled not knowing why their 12-year-old was born with a severe learning disability. In their darkest moments, they blamed themselves. Then, out of the blue, came a...
www.thetimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A powerful story about the power of genomics. Wonderful work from both the scientists and the writer!
Wow! A possible treatment for one of the least treatable cancers, pancreatic.
This is a small trial and it's potentially quite expensive to screen for an antigen in each cancer that's not on normal cells and deliver an mRNA to match it, but still, wow!
The 3 year survival data is stunning.
This is a small trial and it's potentially quite expensive to screen for an antigen in each cancer that's not on normal cells and deliver an mRNA to match it, but still, wow!
The 3 year survival data is stunning.
When I was 19, I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer. The doctors remarked about how young she was, but despite being relatively young & healthy there was still almost nothing they could do.
It’s one of the deadliest cancers because it’s almost always caught too late.
This could be a game changer
It’s one of the deadliest cancers because it’s almost always caught too late.
This could be a game changer
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wow! A possible treatment for one of the least treatable cancers, pancreatic.
This is a small trial and it's potentially quite expensive to screen for an antigen in each cancer that's not on normal cells and deliver an mRNA to match it, but still, wow!
The 3 year survival data is stunning.
This is a small trial and it's potentially quite expensive to screen for an antigen in each cancer that's not on normal cells and deliver an mRNA to match it, but still, wow!
The 3 year survival data is stunning.
Reposted by Anne Bishop
"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%."
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%."
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Reposted by Anne Bishop
Resist the urge to measure so many things. You will never analyze all those data before having to move on to other projects, and neither will anybody else. You are just burdening patients and research staff.
November 5, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Resist the urge to measure so many things. You will never analyze all those data before having to move on to other projects, and neither will anybody else. You are just burdening patients and research staff.
My father's cousin was a polio survivor and struggled with a short leg all his life. As an infectious diseases researcher with a passion for science communication, it's so important to share real stories of vaccine-preventable disease. Well done for your advocacy Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social !
Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:28 AM
My father's cousin was a polio survivor and struggled with a short leg all his life. As an infectious diseases researcher with a passion for science communication, it's so important to share real stories of vaccine-preventable disease. Well done for your advocacy Grace R @candidkitten.bsky.social !