Dr Lindsay Keir
@drlindsaykeir.bsky.social
Clinician scientist working in global health- infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness and women’s health. Director, Science and Policy at Impact Global Health ex Wellcome, Northwestern, Scripps Research, Bristol University.
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FDA drug chief resigns amid lawsuit claims of attempting to “extort and solicit a bribe”
FDA drug chief resigns amid lawsuit claims of attempting to “extort and solicit a bribe”
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
FDA drug chief resigns amid lawsuit claims of attempting to “extort and solicit a bribe”
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The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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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 1:10 PM
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...
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Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.
September 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.
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Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
Latest attack comes as Israel’s military urges people to leave Gaza City with 60,000 more reservists to be called up
At least nine people, including five children, have been killed in an Israeli strike while fetching water in al-Mawasi, an area of southern Gaza which Israel has designated as a safe zone, health officials said.
A doctor from al-Nasser hospital shared a picture of the children’s bodies in the hospital, as well as a picture of water jugs left in a pool of blood at the site of the attack on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
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🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
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I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom
Exactly seven months into Trump's second term, we have reached 1000 authoritarian actions. Here I lay out the enormity of what has happened.
christinapagel.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Another tragic consequence of aid cuts - Somalia battles with rising cases of diphtheria with dwindling stocks of protective vaccine to try and prevent it
Diphtheria cases spiralling in Somalia, health officials warn
MSF says low vaccination coverage and poor living conditions driving spread of deadly bacterial disease
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Another tragic consequence of aid cuts - Somalia battles with rising cases of diphtheria with dwindling stocks of protective vaccine to try and prevent it
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Final clip: where I make a plea for more research into debilitating, under-researched, unsexy health issues that aren't going to kill you but make life miserable for millions.
In this case menstrual problems, but equally applies to say urinary incontinence, recurrent UTIs, chronic constipation...
In this case menstrual problems, but equally applies to say urinary incontinence, recurrent UTIs, chronic constipation...
August 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Final clip: where I make a plea for more research into debilitating, under-researched, unsexy health issues that aren't going to kill you but make life miserable for millions.
In this case menstrual problems, but equally applies to say urinary incontinence, recurrent UTIs, chronic constipation...
In this case menstrual problems, but equally applies to say urinary incontinence, recurrent UTIs, chronic constipation...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage. It will be ceding a strategic asset,” writes Rick Bright, the former director of BARDA, a U.S. pandemic response agency.
Opinion | America Is Giving Up a Lifesaving Medical Breakthrough: mRNA
Giving up on mRNA is a dangerous decision.
nyti.ms
August 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage. It will be ceding a strategic asset,” writes Rick Bright, the former director of BARDA, a U.S. pandemic response agency.
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USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
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#CDC has been advised of another 3 children who died from #flu in the 2024-25 season, bringing the confirmed pediatric death toll to 270. This number could rise further; pediatric deaths are often reported months later.
Most weren't vaccinated.
This is beyond tragic.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Most weren't vaccinated.
This is beyond tragic.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#CDC has been advised of another 3 children who died from #flu in the 2024-25 season, bringing the confirmed pediatric death toll to 270. This number could rise further; pediatric deaths are often reported months later.
Most weren't vaccinated.
This is beyond tragic.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Most weren't vaccinated.
This is beyond tragic.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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We are looking for an expert in the private sector to join our Board of Directors!
📆 Deadline: 22 September 2025
👉 Details and how to apply: bit.ly/4lA1TAh
📣 Help us spread the word!
#GlobalHealth #NTDs #NeglectedDiseases #BoardOfDirectors
📆 Deadline: 22 September 2025
👉 Details and how to apply: bit.ly/4lA1TAh
📣 Help us spread the word!
#GlobalHealth #NTDs #NeglectedDiseases #BoardOfDirectors
August 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We are looking for an expert in the private sector to join our Board of Directors!
📆 Deadline: 22 September 2025
👉 Details and how to apply: bit.ly/4lA1TAh
📣 Help us spread the word!
#GlobalHealth #NTDs #NeglectedDiseases #BoardOfDirectors
📆 Deadline: 22 September 2025
👉 Details and how to apply: bit.ly/4lA1TAh
📣 Help us spread the word!
#GlobalHealth #NTDs #NeglectedDiseases #BoardOfDirectors
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#Israel divestment: Norway sovereign fund - the world's largest - expects to sell more Israeli stocks over the worsening humanitarian crisis in #Gaza and #WestBank
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Norway sovereign fund expects to sell more Israeli stocks over Gaza, West Bank
Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Tuesday it expects to divest from more Israeli companies as part of its ongoing review of investments in the country over the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
www.reuters.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#Israel divestment: Norway sovereign fund - the world's largest - expects to sell more Israeli stocks over the worsening humanitarian crisis in #Gaza and #WestBank
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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RFK Jr must resign and I believe those of us who work in healthcare, public health, health research, or any related field should demand his resignation
this is a picture of CDC parents waiting to be reunited with their children at 11:00pm after 5 hours of lockdown
August 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
RFK Jr must resign and I believe those of us who work in healthcare, public health, health research, or any related field should demand his resignation
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What Devi said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar
The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at ...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What Devi said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling
In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlooked, says author Daniel Trilling
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This should be a warning to anyone who thinks the gross abuses by ICE in the US couldn’t happen here. Former Reform MP reports charity rowing team (including ex Royal Marine) as possible “illegal” migrants. In US it’s enough to look Hispanic. Here all that may be needed is to be in a boat.
Rupert Lowe reports charity rowers to coastguard as possible ‘illegal migrants’
Rupert Lowe reports charity rowers to coastguard as possible ‘illegal migrants’
MP agrees to donate £1,000 to crew’s fundraising effort after alerting authorities to rowing boat off Great Yarmouth
The independent MP Rupert Lowe has agreed to donate £1,000 to a charity after mistaking its rowing crew, including a former Royal Marine, for “illegal migrants”.
Lowe, who was elected as a Reform MP but now sits as an independent for Great Yarmouth, said he had shopped the crew to the authorities and vowed to do everything he could to have them deported if they turned out to be what he suspected. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This should be a warning to anyone who thinks the gross abuses by ICE in the US couldn’t happen here. Former Reform MP reports charity rowing team (including ex Royal Marine) as possible “illegal” migrants. In US it’s enough to look Hispanic. Here all that may be needed is to be in a boat.
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We developed the 100 Days Mission Scorecard in partnership with @ippsecretariat.org to assess our collective readiness to respond to pandemics.
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scorecard reveals one stark reality: critical gaps remain 👇
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scorecard reveals one stark reality: critical gaps remain 👇
In this new piece, Dr Victor Dzau, Co-Chair of @ippsecretariat.org, explores global progress made toward the 100 Days Mission—a goal to produce diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines within 100 days of identifying a viral threat with pandemic potential.
bit.ly/41jGqnL.
bit.ly/41jGqnL.
100 Days Mission: are we ready for the next pandemic? | CEPI
Dr Victor Dzau reflects on the progress made towards the 100 Days Mission and the urgent need to fill gaps in our global health security.
bit.ly
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We developed the 100 Days Mission Scorecard in partnership with @ippsecretariat.org to assess our collective readiness to respond to pandemics.
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scorecard reveals one stark reality: critical gaps remain 👇
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scorecard reveals one stark reality: critical gaps remain 👇
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"If a wealth tax in the UK took in similar percentages [to those raised by the same in Norway and Switzerland], it could raise between £20bn and £45bn."
@martinsandbu.ft.com dispels some of the myths swirling around #WealthTaxes, in the @financialtimes.com.
www.ft.com/content/7ec2...
@martinsandbu.ft.com dispels some of the myths swirling around #WealthTaxes, in the @financialtimes.com.
www.ft.com/content/7ec2...
Trade and wealth tax myth-busting
Know your facts before conventional wisdom gets you
www.ft.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"If a wealth tax in the UK took in similar percentages [to those raised by the same in Norway and Switzerland], it could raise between £20bn and £45bn."
@martinsandbu.ft.com dispels some of the myths swirling around #WealthTaxes, in the @financialtimes.com.
www.ft.com/content/7ec2...
@martinsandbu.ft.com dispels some of the myths swirling around #WealthTaxes, in the @financialtimes.com.
www.ft.com/content/7ec2...
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US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
International non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
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RFK Jr, has made a statement that thimerosal is to be removed from all US vaccines going forward. Whilst thimerosal (or thiomersal) is actually used in v few modern vaccines in the US, I have concerns about the process used to make this decision, ramifications for vaccine trust and vaccine access 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
RFK Jr, has made a statement that thimerosal is to be removed from all US vaccines going forward. Whilst thimerosal (or thiomersal) is actually used in v few modern vaccines in the US, I have concerns about the process used to make this decision, ramifications for vaccine trust and vaccine access 🧵
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Experts have warned some baby formula products may be misleading parents over the need and ingredients of their products https://trib.al/Yapux5S
July 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Experts have warned some baby formula products may be misleading parents over the need and ingredients of their products https://trib.al/Yapux5S
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British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
July 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
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Oh dear … on BBC Radio 4 Today Hugh Pym says that Leng Review didn’t find evidence that Physician Assistants (as they should henceforth be known) are unsafe. He seems to have missed that the bit saying there is no evidence they are safe (and enough evidence to question whether they are)
July 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oh dear … on BBC Radio 4 Today Hugh Pym says that Leng Review didn’t find evidence that Physician Assistants (as they should henceforth be known) are unsafe. He seems to have missed that the bit saying there is no evidence they are safe (and enough evidence to question whether they are)
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And it gets worse - spokesperson for PAs says there should be a “presumption of innocence”, ie an assumption they are safe. So we should just assume any innovation in healthcare delivery is safe? Really?
July 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
And it gets worse - spokesperson for PAs says there should be a “presumption of innocence”, ie an assumption they are safe. So we should just assume any innovation in healthcare delivery is safe? Really?