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@lshtm.bsky.social’s @robmoon.bsky.social joins BBC sounds to explore how we could eliminate malaria, from next-gen vaccines to accessible rapid diagnostics.

👇 Listen to the interview on BBC Sounds🎙️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Health Check - How can we eliminate malaria? - BBC Sounds
The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Browse our vector design merch including a rat mug, gilded vector socks & water bottle, other winter essentials & gift vouchers also available. All profits go to LSHTM #scholarship fund.

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December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy holidays from everyone at LSHTM!

Wherever you are around the world have a safe and restful break. LSHTM is now closed until 5 January 2026.

See you in the New Year!
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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#PublicationAlert 🚨

Preventing #CervicalCancer starts with data!

A 🆕 study funded by the #MRC & @gatesfoundation.bsky.social in #Gambia is examining #HPV prevalence to inform effective prevention strategies that seek to transform #PublicHealth policy.

Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/62na4u8u
The PHASE Survey: Understanding HPV, STIs, and Antimicrobial Resistance in The
The PHASE Survey: Understanding HPV, STIs, and Antimicrobial Resistance in The Gambia | LSHTM
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December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📸 Yesterday @lshtm.bsky.social’s Maddy Power & families from @changingrealities.bsky.social met Sir Keir Starmer & @darrenpjones.bsky.social at 10 Downing Street to discuss challenging #childpoverty in the UK.

Changing Realities is a collaboration between LSHTM @glasgow.ac.uk @cpaguk.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Government opens consultation to give it power over NICE thresholds

Francis Ruiz tells @pulsetoday.bsky.social using cost-effectiveness thresholds as economic policy lever "muddies NICE’s role as the arbiter of value for individual health technologies."

www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
Government opens consultation to give it power over NICE thresholds
The Government is consulting on plans to give ministers the power to set cost-effectiveness thresholds for NICE decision making.
www.pulsetoday.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What the scientists are doing to avoid superflu

Brendan Wren tells @thetimes.com that while #flu vaccine might not work as well for everyone due to differences in immunity it still gives protection & lowers chances of getting severe flu. @lshtm-vaccines.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
What the scientists are doing to avoid superflu
Is it too late for a flu jab? Should you still go to parties? Claire Cohen asks the experts if it’s worth changing our behaviour
www.thetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
👋Applications are open for our Joint PhD Programme for #GlobalHealth with Nagasaki University

Students will benefit from a community of global researchers & expertise in international #PublicHealth & tropical medicine.

Apply by 9 Jan 2026👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#NHS must learn lessons of COVID to overcome winter #flu

In the Guardian experts including @martinmckee.bsky.social say increasing vaccine uptake, boosting support for people to stay home when unwell & increasing ventilation would help protect from flu.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS must learn lessons of Covid to overcome winter flu, say experts
If not, academics say people will continue to get sick and die while schools close and hospitals are overwhelmed
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"There has been a massive increase in the number of applicants, but the number of training positions has really not increased."

For BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room, @martinmckee.bsky.social discusses how pay & working conditions are among the challenges facing UK doctors.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Briefing Room - Why are early career doctors angry? - BBC Sounds
Why is there a shortage of training posts for resident doctors?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Want to learn the fundamental principles of #ClinicalTrials

This short course @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social covers key issues in design, conduct, analysis and reporting.

Running 24 March to 1 April 2026

Apply by 16 Feb 2026 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising #flu cases

Shereen Hussein tells @theguardian.com 'safe connection should be priority' & urges people to check on welfare of older relatives & neighbours, & take them to be vaccinated.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases
Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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How can I support my vulnerable relative this #flu season?

Shereen Hussein says while #vaccine is most effective protection for high-risk groups, staying away when ill or wearing a mask during visits to older people & those receiving care also advisable.😷

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#VitaminD & calcium supplements help improve bone density of adolescents with #HIV

Rashida Ferrand & Vicky Simms explain trial in Africa 1st to provide evidence of safe & feasible intervention which lowers fracture risk & gives lifelong benefits.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How can I support my vulnerable relative this #flu season?

Shereen Hussein says while #vaccine is most effective protection for high-risk groups, staying away when ill or wearing a mask during visits to older people & those receiving care also advisable.😷

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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#Flu in the UK - what you need to know

Listen to LSHTM Viral podcast on flu pod.link/1497329104/e...

Read more from our experts: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

#PublicHealth
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#Flu in the UK - what you need to know

Listen to LSHTM Viral podcast on flu pod.link/1497329104/e...

Read more from our experts: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

#PublicHealth
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
👋Our MRC-LID studentships are now open for applications with @citystgeorges.bsky.social

MRC-LID provides research opportunities focused on improving #GlobalHealth with skills, training & the expertise of 2 specialist institutions.

Apply by 14 Jan 2026👉 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Climate change & cuts expand insect-borne disease threat

Martin Hibberd tells @financialtimes.com just as vectors of #dengue & other diseases "move to new areas, such as Europe, the funding to mitigate and control them is dwindling.”

www.ft.com/content/a534...
Insect-borne diseases expand threat despite research
Climate change and funding cuts are risks to progress on interventions
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Looking to further your knowledge & skills specific to #pandemics?

Our online short course is designed for those working on disease outbreaks to develop skills critical to effective pandemic preparedness & response.

Runs 19 Jan - 20 Feb 2026

👉 bit.ly/3iyCwS4
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Why is #flu such a tricky virus?

Find out how flu interacts with other winter viruses & why we need a new #vaccine each year from expert Punam Mangtani in the latest LSHTM Viral podcast

Listen 🎧👉 pod.link/1497329104/e...

#H3N2 #PublicHealth
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Order now, don't miss out!

Our LSHTM merch makes the perfect gift 🎁🎄

The best thing? It also gives back to our community, all profits go to LSHTM #scholarship fund...

Shop: giftstore.lshtm.ac.uk
Shopping for the holiday season? Visit LSHTM gift shop now!🎁

Browse our vector design merch including a rat mug, gilded vector socks & water bottle, other winter essentials & gift vouchers also available. All profits go to LSHTM #scholarship fund.

👉 giftstore.lshtm.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🚨 Last chance: apply for BBSRC-funded #PhD studentships at @lshtm.bsky.social

The London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Programme supports projects applying modelling, machine learning, or data science methods to problems in #biosciences & biotechnology

Apply by 10 Dec 🔽
www.lido-dtp.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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✍️Applications are open❗️

👉Check out the @nihr.bsky.social PhD studentship @lshtm.bsky.social. Your opportunity to contribute to a collaborative, high-impact research programme focussed on optimising #vaccine effectiveness. 💉

🗓️Apply by 12 Jan
🔗 bit.ly/4iLeXTH
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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What's fuelling global surge in #measles?

@benk-d.bsky.social tells The Independent cuts have hampered response to vaccine #misinformation & clear evidence #austerity measures in certain areas are “correlated with declining vaccine uptake”.

👉 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Crumbling health systems fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn
Experts say that a ‘generational decline in living standards’ could be behind waning rates of vaccination
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM