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Ella Meumann
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Infectious diseases physician & microbiologist
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Commentary:
#Melioidosis in Asia-Pacific Nations: Expanding Boundaries but Unknowns Remain
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August 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Are you a health practitioner working in northern Australia? The Tropical Health Orientation Manual (THOM) 2025 provides best practice advice for diagnosis, identification & treatment of conditions specific to the tropical north. Download: tinyurl.com/ahw6jyk8
July 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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📣 Medical editors call for #action against the decisions being taken in the #USA undermining #medicine and #science, and international #coordination to preserve what has been built across borders.

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #Episky #publichealth #vaccines

www.cmi-comms.com/article/S295...
From medical editors: A call to the global infectious diseases and clinical microbiology community
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.Robert F. Kennedy, Senior
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February 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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At least we don't have to read about this on a federal government website:

At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Extreme heat is increasing in magnitude and frequency, threatening human health. This Review assesses mortality risk associated with extreme heat, revealing that human thermal tolerances (that is, unc...
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I ❤️ science!

Bedaquiline is an amazing drug for tuberculosis, greatly shortening DR-TB treatment

But it also works for leprosy (another ancient mycobacterial infection)!

In patients with multibacillary leprosy, bedaquiline cleared M. leprae in 4 weeks

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 15, 2024 at 5:50 AM
In March 2025 I’m running 22km through the takayna wilderness in northwest Tasmania - a fundraising event for the Bob Brown Foundation, to protect the natural environment. Any support much appreciated!

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Takayna Trails 2025 : Make a donation today to support Bob Brown Foundation's campaign to protect takayna
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November 26, 2024 at 10:56 AM
We are advertising for a Network Supervising Scientist in Genomics at Territory Pathology (Darwin, Australia) - please get in touch if you are interested!

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Network Supervising Scientist - Genomics
As part of the Territory Pathology leadership team, be the principal scientific authority and manager of Genomics; contributing to the provision of a safe, efficient, clinically responsive, comprehens...
jobs.nt.gov.au
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 AM