marksguy.bsky.social
@marksguy.bsky.social
Respiratory and public health physician; epidemiologist. #tuberculosis #asthma #clean_air #global_health #IUATLD @burnet_institute
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Lung health experts call for urgent action to transform chronic respiratory diseases into a global health priority.

⚖️ Prof @marksguy.bsky.social described the need in three words: impact, justice, and equity.

@lancetrespirmed.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/.../PIIS2213...
#UNGA80 #ActOnNCDs
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September 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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All Australians should be able to breathe clean, safe air. But right now the health impacts of air pollution are increasing while government responsibility for clean air remains fragmented.

Sign our open letter calling for a National Clean Air Strategy here: safeair.org.au/open-letter/
March 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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⚠️"It is total injustice and failure by us all that millions of people around the world are still at high risk of tuberculosis."

🔎The Union calls for a focus on finding and treating everyone to #EndTB.

@cassandrakc.bsky.social's #WorldTBDay message: theunion.org/news/no-more...
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🚨 Public health data disappeared. We’re restoring it. 🚨

RestoredCDC.org preserves unaltered CDC content after key pages were removed or changed without notice.

Public data belongs to all of us. 🔗 RestoredCDC.org

#PublicHealth #ScienceTransparency #RestoredCDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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“Again, the mice used for clinical purposes did not undergo gender transition.”

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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1/ 📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/2pmudzrk - we evaluate how symptom-agnostic, population-wide screening interventions could significantly reduce the TB burden in Viet Nam. These require a substantial front-loaded investment but yield lasting cost savings. 🧵 #Tuberculosis #TBSky
Potential impact, costs, and benefits of population-wide screening interventions for tuberculosis in Viet Nam: a mathematical modelling study
Background Population-wide screening may accelerate the decline of tuberculosis (TB) incidence, but the optimal screening algorithm and duration must weigh resource considerations. Methods We calibra...
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January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM