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Just to reiterate there is a safe vaccine available freely and measles can be deadly
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just to reiterate there is a safe vaccine available freely and measles can be deadly
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As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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What a mess …
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What a mess …
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Akiko Iwasaki’s latest paper on #LongCOVID being a neuroimmune disease (not a respiratory disease as it was initially thought).
Clear pathomechanisms proposed ⬇️
Clear pathomechanisms proposed ⬇️
Neuroimmune pathophysiology of long COVID
Although COVID-19 was originally considered a respiratory illness, it is now well established that SARS-CoV-2 infection can have far-reaching impacts on the nervous system. Neurological symptoms such...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Akiko Iwasaki’s latest paper on #LongCOVID being a neuroimmune disease (not a respiratory disease as it was initially thought).
Clear pathomechanisms proposed ⬇️
Clear pathomechanisms proposed ⬇️
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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...
staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...
University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
staff.sussex.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...
staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...
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"Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say."
Failure to prevent respiratory illnesses has consequences way beyond the illnesses themselves.
Failure to prevent respiratory illnesses has consequences way beyond the illnesses themselves.
Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say."
Failure to prevent respiratory illnesses has consequences way beyond the illnesses themselves.
Failure to prevent respiratory illnesses has consequences way beyond the illnesses themselves.
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Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain?
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health
Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...
www.health.harvard.edu
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain?
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."
Harvard Health.
And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.
www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...
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While we’re talking about Covid and school closures, perhaps we could talk about why so few attempts were made to mitigate against infection in crowded and poorly ventilated classrooms.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
January 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
While we’re talking about Covid and school closures, perhaps we could talk about why so few attempts were made to mitigate against infection in crowded and poorly ventilated classrooms.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
Keeping kids at school is important, but we did so little to facilitate that.
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*OK, maybe less than that. I had assumed these were premium air fryers. And yes, she may have installed three phase electrics to power them. Anyway, what the hell am I doing looking up power ratings of air fryers on Christmas Eve. This is what Big Air Fryer wants, you know (nips to Argos)
December 24, 2024 at 8:13 AM
*OK, maybe less than that. I had assumed these were premium air fryers. And yes, she may have installed three phase electrics to power them. Anyway, what the hell am I doing looking up power ratings of air fryers on Christmas Eve. This is what Big Air Fryer wants, you know (nips to Argos)
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I love how this thread has turned into a bunch of electricians and engineers arguing
December 24, 2024 at 8:48 AM
I love how this thread has turned into a bunch of electricians and engineers arguing
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Merry Christmas one and all.
I love how this thread has turned into a bunch of electricians and engineers arguing
December 24, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Merry Christmas one and all.
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brilliant thread
1/ Ok, so instead of just making jokes about the EU Reset, I wanted to do a very simplified thread on:
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
- what the actual problem is Keir Starmer is trying to solve;
- the options on the table; and
- why this shit is hard.
This will be very long. I'm sorry.
Let's get wonky.
December 23, 2024 at 3:01 PM
brilliant thread
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Your regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is NOT over. Please use language accordingly. Don’t refer to ‘during the pandemic’ or ‘post-COVID’ or ‘since COVID’. We are still in the thick of it - wave after wave. People are still dying or becoming disabled from Long COVID
November 24, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Your regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is NOT over. Please use language accordingly. Don’t refer to ‘during the pandemic’ or ‘post-COVID’ or ‘since COVID’. We are still in the thick of it - wave after wave. People are still dying or becoming disabled from Long COVID
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Finally, here’s the lay summary of our #LongCovid paper on
@independentsage.bsky.social
Substack! open.substack.com/pub/independ...
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@independentsage.bsky.social
Substack! open.substack.com/pub/independ...
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Long COVID – a dystopian game of pinball
Prof Trish Greenhalgh explains the findings of her recent comprehensive Lancet review of Long Covid
open.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Finally, here’s the lay summary of our #LongCovid paper on
@independentsage.bsky.social
Substack! open.substack.com/pub/independ...
/20
@independentsage.bsky.social
Substack! open.substack.com/pub/independ...
/20
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Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms
persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple
organ systems and lead to sever...
www.thelancet.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
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Shouldn't this have been something he was on top of as Health Secretary?
Stephen Simblet, "Why was there a stop order on FFP3 masks in June 2020 given they are the best protection for an airborne virus, and there's evidence that covid is airborne?"
Matt Hancock, "I've no idea why stop order was put in place, if I had seen it, I wouldn't have approved it"
Matt Hancock, "I've no idea why stop order was put in place, if I had seen it, I wouldn't have approved it"
November 24, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Shouldn't this have been something he was on top of as Health Secretary?
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Israel appears to have committed many war crimes over the past year, but with no accountability
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime, legal experts say
Israel used US munition to target and kill three members of the press in Lebanon, Guardian investigation reveals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Israel appears to have committed many war crimes over the past year, but with no accountability
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
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This is big news. Mishal Husain to step down from BBCR4 Today prog. Mishal’s reasons are completely understandable but goodness she will be missed! Such a rigorous, respectful, neutral and tenacious interviewer. Those shoes will be hard to fill! www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Mishal Husain to step down from BBC Radio 4’s Today show
The presenter, 51, is understood to have been talking to bosses for about 18 months about her departure, which could happen within weeks
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This is big news. Mishal Husain to step down from BBCR4 Today prog. Mishal’s reasons are completely understandable but goodness she will be missed! Such a rigorous, respectful, neutral and tenacious interviewer. Those shoes will be hard to fill! www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Rethinking Barriers and Enablers in Qualitative Health Research: Limitations, Alternatives, and Enhancements - Abby Haynes, Victoria Loblay, 2024
Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become s...
journals.sagepub.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Hello @roshana.bsky.social awesome badass lady surgeon why isn’t everyone following you?
November 20, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Hello @roshana.bsky.social awesome badass lady surgeon why isn’t everyone following you?
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Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”
November 19, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”