Jamilla Hussain
@jamillahussain1.bsky.social
Palliative Medicine Consultant | Bradford, UK | Academic (PhD) | Inequalities at the end of life | Antiracism | intersectionality | research methods | frailty
Also sister, friend, wife, daughter
…but mainly a tired mum
Also sister, friend, wife, daughter
…but mainly a tired mum
I get that decision making re:when/what vaccines to give each yr is complex&about weighing up risk
But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩
Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...
But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩
Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...
Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise
Flu season has come early and cases are rising among children, NHS England says.
www.bbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I get that decision making re:when/what vaccines to give each yr is complex&about weighing up risk
But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩
Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...
But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩
Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).
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The release of hostages and prisoners shows that even in the worst circumstances, change is possible. The bombs must stop, and guns must stay silent. Aid and food must flow freely.
The suffering is immense.
We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.
It's possible.
The suffering is immense.
We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.
It's possible.
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The release of hostages and prisoners shows that even in the worst circumstances, change is possible. The bombs must stop, and guns must stay silent. Aid and food must flow freely.
The suffering is immense.
We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.
It's possible.
The suffering is immense.
We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.
It's possible.
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Massive news for Leeds.
Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.
So come along if you're free.
trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...
Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.
So come along if you're free.
trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...
trumanbooks.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Massive news for Leeds.
Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.
So come along if you're free.
trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...
Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.
So come along if you're free.
trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...
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I just keep thinking how very Big Bang Theory this is 😂
One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:
The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!
The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just keep thinking how very Big Bang Theory this is 😂
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I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
"People who attend church or identify with a Christian tradition are not systematically more (or less) nativist, authoritarian or populist than their secular counterparts. Conversely, people who hold nativist and authoritarian views are often also Islamophobes, and vice versa." 👏 @kai-arzheimer.com
Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity
Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.
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Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.
As many parents will tell you, the earlier you set the boundaries (whilst recognising the big feelings are real), the better … for the little person and family unit as a whole
#nobelpeaceprize
#nobelpeaceprize
Who could have guessed that Trump's "Give me the peace prize now or I'll go to war with you" strategy wouldn't work out?
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
As many parents will tell you, the earlier you set the boundaries (whilst recognising the big feelings are real), the better … for the little person and family unit as a whole
#nobelpeaceprize
#nobelpeaceprize
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ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
COVID-19 | UKHSA data dashboard
Overall summary of COVID-19 in circulation within the UK
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️
🧵🚨
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️
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Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm
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What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Reading some interest stats about health research funding in the UK in recent years.
- Only 7% goes to Mental Health research
- Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention
- Only 7% goes to Mental Health research
- Only 5% of that MH funding goes to studies related to prevention
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)
Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.
Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
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A gentle warning from Carl Sagan
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A gentle warning from Carl Sagan
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This - as any historian who has studied the subject of immigration knows - is what always happens over time & there is no reason to believe it will not continue. The only enemies of this benign process are those that highlight & seek to profit from division.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This - as any historian who has studied the subject of immigration knows - is what always happens over time & there is no reason to believe it will not continue. The only enemies of this benign process are those that highlight & seek to profit from division.
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Does she also think that walking through a community and seeing no black or Asian faces means that integration has failed?
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Does she also think that walking through a community and seeing no black or Asian faces means that integration has failed?
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Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
A chilling read as a UK citizen
I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors
I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it
“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”
I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors
I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it
“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”
“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”
Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.
Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.
Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans
It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A chilling read as a UK citizen
I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors
I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it
“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”
I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors
I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it
“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”
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*cries in public health*
📊 JAMA Data Brief: Despite medical advances, US children's health is worsening with increased mortality and chronic conditions, partly due to inadequate insurance and societal investment.
ja.ma/4oA1Ve8
ja.ma/4oA1Ve8
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
*cries in public health*
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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Dementia’s broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults at risk for providing care news.umich.edu/dementias-br... by @umich.edu
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
Dementia's broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults at risk for providing care
About 26% of both households and immediate families of older adults include an individual with dementia—often requiring relatives to step into unexpected caregiving roles, according to a new Universit...
news.umich.edu
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dementia’s broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults at risk for providing care news.umich.edu/dementias-br... by @umich.edu
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
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I used to wonder why med-tech investors don't have independent experts, especially medical statisticians, evaluate whether the tech actually works. I eventually realized that they simply don't care.
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
July 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I used to wonder why med-tech investors don't have independent experts, especially medical statisticians, evaluate whether the tech actually works. I eventually realized that they simply don't care.
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