Nigel Curtis
@nigelcurtis.bsky.social
Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases,
The University of Melbourne,
Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne,
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
https://www.mcri.edu.au/researcher-details/nigel-curtis
Views my own.
The University of Melbourne,
Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne,
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
https://www.mcri.edu.au/researcher-details/nigel-curtis
Views my own.
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
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A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#MedSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #ImmunoSky
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#MedSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #ImmunoSky
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#MedSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #ImmunoSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#MedSky #IDSky #PedIDSky #ImmunoSky
Superb illustration highlighting the effectiveness and safety of measles vaccines
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#IDSky #PedIDSky #PaedIDSky #Vaccine #Measles #MMR
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
#IDSky #PedIDSky #PaedIDSky #Vaccine #Measles #MMR
May 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Superb illustration highlighting the effectiveness and safety of measles vaccines
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
#IDSky #PedIDSky #PaedIDSky #Vaccine #Measles #MMR
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
#IDSky #PedIDSky #PaedIDSky #Vaccine #Measles #MMR
Science, faith and belief in pediatric animal models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #PedSky #microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #PedSky #microbiome
Science, faith and belief in pediatric animal models - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Science, faith and belief in pediatric animal models
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Science, faith and belief in pediatric animal models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #PedSky #microbiome
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #PedSky #microbiome
Lost in Transatlanticlation 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Recognise the Problem? Or Are You Too Americanised to Care?
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
#Academic #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter
Recognise the Problem? Or Are You Too Americanised to Care?
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
#Academic #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter
Zed or Zee? How pervasive are Americanisms in Britons' use of English? | YouGov
Younger Britons are the most likely to use Americanisms
yougov.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Lost in Transatlanticlation 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Recognise the Problem? Or Are You Too Americanised to Care?
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
#Academic #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter
Recognise the Problem? Or Are You Too Americanised to Care?
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
#Academic #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter
154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines
#IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines
#IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
My latest rant about reporting survey results.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
#Survey #MedSky #AcademicResearch #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #PeerReview #PeerReview #AcademicIntegrity #BMJ @bmj.com
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#Survey #MedSky #AcademicResearch #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #PeerReview #PeerReview #AcademicIntegrity #BMJ @bmj.com
Doctors’ lack of sleep is affecting patient care, defence body warns
Patients’ safety is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work, medical defence experts have warned.
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that longer hou...
www.bmj.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
My latest rant about reporting survey results.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
#Survey #MedSky #AcademicResearch #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #PeerReview #PeerReview #AcademicIntegrity #BMJ @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
#Survey #MedSky #AcademicResearch #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #PeerReview #PeerReview #AcademicIntegrity #BMJ @bmj.com
Off-target beneficial effect of live-attenuated herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (Zostavax).
#IDSky #vaccination
#IDSky #vaccination
Nature research paper: A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
https://go.nature.com/3XHRhq5
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of 7 years by approximately one-fifth.
go.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Off-target beneficial effect of live-attenuated herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (Zostavax).
#IDSky #vaccination
#IDSky #vaccination
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
This will be devastating for scientists and research teams, participants of trials, including those who receive TB or HIV care and treatment and will impact gains made world-wide in controlling infections diseases. And all for a completely BS reason. www.science.org/content/arti...
Fear spreads that NIH will terminate grants involving South Africa
Trump has promised to cut off funding, claiming nation discriminates against white citizens
www.science.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This will be devastating for scientists and research teams, participants of trials, including those who receive TB or HIV care and treatment and will impact gains made world-wide in controlling infections diseases. And all for a completely BS reason. www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
Estimates by @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social:
US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa.
And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.
US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa.
And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.
March 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Estimates by @charlesjkenny.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social:
US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa.
And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.
US foreign aid likely prevents 2.3 to 5.6 million deaths annually, largely in Africa.
And that a complete disruption would result in over 4000 lives lost per day.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#IDSky #TBSky #HIV #malaria #Infections #PedIDSky #USAID #NIH #Health #Medicine
#IDSky #TBSky #HIV #malaria #Infections #PedIDSky #USAID #NIH #Health #Medicine
How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts
Abrupt cuts by the Trump administration to the US National Institutes of Health threaten progress in medical research globally.
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
Now we have the complete list of all predatory journals on a single page.
Share with everyone! 😉
www.predatoryjournals.org/the-list/jou...
Share with everyone! 😉
www.predatoryjournals.org/the-list/jou...
Predatory Journals - Journals
The Predatory Journals List
www.predatoryjournals.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Now we have the complete list of all predatory journals on a single page.
Share with everyone! 😉
www.predatoryjournals.org/the-list/jou...
Share with everyone! 😉
www.predatoryjournals.org/the-list/jou...
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
Our recent systematic review shows that the composition of the intestinal microbiological can impact oral and parenteral vaccine responses.
"... studies support the concept that the composition of the intestinal microbiota influences vaccine responses."
#IDSky #PedSky #Microbiome #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#IDSky #PedSky #Microbiome #Vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Our recent systematic review shows that the composition of the intestinal microbiological can impact oral and parenteral vaccine responses.
Great to see @pidjournal.bsky.social on this platform.
#PedsIDSky #PaedsIDSky #PedsSky #PaedsSky #PedSky #PaedSky #ESPID #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky #Infection #Children
#PedsIDSky #PaedsIDSky #PedsSky #PaedsSky #PedSky #PaedSky #ESPID #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky #Infection #Children
Starting this year with the February 2025 Issue of
The pediatric infectious Disease Journal
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The pediatric infectious Disease Journal
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February 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great to see @pidjournal.bsky.social on this platform.
#PedsIDSky #PaedsIDSky #PedsSky #PaedsSky #PedSky #PaedSky #ESPID #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky #Infection #Children
#PedsIDSky #PaedsIDSky #PedsSky #PaedsSky #PedSky #PaedSky #ESPID #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky #Infection #Children
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I’m excited to share our new study of the off-target effects of #BCGVaccine on response to #SARSCoV2 & #COVID-19 vaccines. We analysed immune responses before & after COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers in the #BRACE RCT. 💉🦠 #Immunology #IDsky #Immunosky doi.org/10.1002/cti2...
<em>Clinical & Translational Immunology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG), the vaccine for tuberculosis, has immunomodulatory effects that may underpin its off-target effects on infectious disease risk and vaccine responses. This study used bl....
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February 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I’m excited to share our new study of the off-target effects of #BCGVaccine on response to #SARSCoV2 & #COVID-19 vaccines. We analysed immune responses before & after COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers in the #BRACE RCT. 💉🦠 #Immunology #IDsky #Immunosky doi.org/10.1002/cti2...
Reposted by Nigel Curtis
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD
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We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!
We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.
Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.
Let's get into it!
Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:
We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!
We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.
Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.
Let's get into it!
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD
Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:
We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!
We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.
Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.
Let's get into it!
Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:
We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!
We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.
Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.
Let's get into it!