@drelainemonaghan.bsky.social
NHS Dr 34 years. Slave to golden retriever. Dinghy sailor (occasional swimmer). Views my own.
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
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The US State Department classified state-funded abortion services, including NHS services, as 'human rights violations'. Make no mistake, this will embolden the UK's anti-choice Christian Nationalist movement, hell-bent on reversing women's rights. humanists.uk/2025/11/27/n...
New US policy designates NHS abortions as human rights breaches
The US State Department has classified state-funded abortion services, including those provided by the NHS, as human rights violations that it will report on in its annual Country Reports on Human Rig...
humanists.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The US State Department classified state-funded abortion services, including NHS services, as 'human rights violations'. Make no mistake, this will embolden the UK's anti-choice Christian Nationalist movement, hell-bent on reversing women's rights. humanists.uk/2025/11/27/n...
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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If, like me, you lost a loved one in the UK’s deadly second COVID wave, this WhatsApp chat will confirm that the then government has blood on its hands.
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If, like me, you lost a loved one in the UK’s deadly second COVID wave, this WhatsApp chat will confirm that the then government has blood on its hands.
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The NHS recruits international medical graduates onto non-standard, non-national and non-permanent contracts. Many are trapped on these contracts for years.
It is exploitative, and how normal it has become scares the bejesus out of me.
Everyone in healthcare should read this article.
#SASsix
It is exploitative, and how normal it has become scares the bejesus out of me.
Everyone in healthcare should read this article.
#SASsix
We were pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this article.
We think doctors trapped in long-term local contracts are "hidden SAS". They deserve the national contract for the work done.
We hope our campaign helps to make this normal.
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We think doctors trapped in long-term local contracts are "hidden SAS". They deserve the national contract for the work done.
We hope our campaign helps to make this normal.
#SASsix
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Revealed: Thousands of NHS doctors are trapped in insecure “gig economy” contracts
Thousands of locally employed doctors—many of them international graduates and from ethnic minorities—are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national ...
www.bmj.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The NHS recruits international medical graduates onto non-standard, non-national and non-permanent contracts. Many are trapped on these contracts for years.
It is exploitative, and how normal it has become scares the bejesus out of me.
Everyone in healthcare should read this article.
#SASsix
It is exploitative, and how normal it has become scares the bejesus out of me.
Everyone in healthcare should read this article.
#SASsix
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Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and sometimes protective
Covid raises risk of heart issues in children more than vaccination
Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and sometimes protective
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and sometimes protective
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This particular war crime is part of the larger crime of this war, and we need to do more to help Ukrainians defend themselves. (2/2)
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This particular war crime is part of the larger crime of this war, and we need to do more to help Ukrainians defend themselves. (2/2)
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Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)
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"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The hard truth about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have."
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
Incredibly, only 30% of hospice care is NHS funded.
Pls read my piece in today’s @theguardian.com.
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Satellite data show both hemispheres reflect less sunlight—but the Northern Hemisphere is darkening faster. The finding challenges Earth’s natural albedo balance and raises key climate questions.
In Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/vGV750XpsR9
In PNAS: https://ow.ly/jO4K50XpsA6
In Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/vGV750XpsR9
In PNAS: https://ow.ly/jO4K50XpsA6
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Satellite data show both hemispheres reflect less sunlight—but the Northern Hemisphere is darkening faster. The finding challenges Earth’s natural albedo balance and raises key climate questions.
In Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/vGV750XpsR9
In PNAS: https://ow.ly/jO4K50XpsA6
In Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/vGV750XpsR9
In PNAS: https://ow.ly/jO4K50XpsA6
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Alarming prevalence of gonococcal ceftriaxone resistance in Vietnam ? role of periodic presumptive antimicrobials?
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4osBTJg
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4osBTJg
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Alarming prevalence of gonococcal ceftriaxone resistance in Vietnam ? role of periodic presumptive antimicrobials?
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4osBTJg
✅ Just Accepted
🔗 https://bit.ly/4osBTJg
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🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
Stop promoting natural birth ideology, midwife courses told
Despite a litany of scandals, universities are still pushing ‘normal birth’ over medical interventions. Now our investigation has prompted the regulator to act
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
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"hard left disruptors."
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"hard left disruptors."
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Or just give a crap about people?
And want things to be affordable.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
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AP calls it for Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
AP calls it for Mamdani.
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Our new paper:
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A precautionary framework
dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep....
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A precautionary framework
dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep....
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A Precautionary Framework
In the early weeks of the pandemic year 2020, health agencies were slow to warn of the potential for a global health emergency while scientists waited for ‘sufficient’ evidence of human-to-human tran...
dx.doi.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our new paper:
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A precautionary framework
dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep....
Science for Pandemic Preparedness: A precautionary framework
dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep....
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We’ve built something extraordinary together. But we can’t stop now.
Sign up for your final canvassing and phonebank shifts: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Sign up for your final canvassing and phonebank shifts: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We’ve built something extraordinary together. But we can’t stop now.
Sign up for your final canvassing and phonebank shifts: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Sign up for your final canvassing and phonebank shifts: zohranfornyc.com/gotv
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Fired for defending science and speaking the truth. Dr. George Tidmarsh, head of the FDA’s drug division, says he was placed on administrative leave after questioning the legal basis of a new “rapid approval” program for certain drugs. A longtime industry veteran who joined the agency in
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Fired for defending science and speaking the truth. Dr. George Tidmarsh, head of the FDA’s drug division, says he was placed on administrative leave after questioning the legal basis of a new “rapid approval” program for certain drugs. A longtime industry veteran who joined the agency in
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Mpox outbreaks among gay and bi men in the US and across Europe prompt the @ukhsa.bsky.social to urge vaccination for those at higher risk, e.g. people who:
👉 have multiple sexual partners
👉 have group sex
👉 visit or work at sex-on-premises venues.
👉 have multiple sexual partners
👉 have group sex
👉 visit or work at sex-on-premises venues.
Mpox vaccine
NHS information about the mpox vaccine, including who's eligible for it, how to get it and side effects.
www.nhs.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Mpox outbreaks among gay and bi men in the US and across Europe prompt the @ukhsa.bsky.social to urge vaccination for those at higher risk, e.g. people who:
👉 have multiple sexual partners
👉 have group sex
👉 visit or work at sex-on-premises venues.
👉 have multiple sexual partners
👉 have group sex
👉 visit or work at sex-on-premises venues.