Holding on to this hope tightly 🙏🩷
As far as I know there are a handful of other countries that have similar vaccines in the making absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/07/30/m...
More Clinical Trial Results for Mucosal Covid Vaccines (NextGen Vax Update 31) - Absolutely Maybe
After a slow news month for mucosal vaccines in June, this month they take center stage again, with reports for phase 1…
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August 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Holding on to this hope tightly 🙏🩷
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This is a horrific story: a disabled man has stopped taking his medication in order to end his life because he can’t access NHS or social care.
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care
Tim Hull, who has a rare neurological condition, says his quality of life is
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is a horrific story: a disabled man has stopped taking his medication in order to end his life because he can’t access NHS or social care.
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I moved to Britain in 2005 when people were up in arms about ID cards like ones that exist in most European countries being an intolerable affront to liberty and now apparently they want a world where you have to scan your face to use the internet and your genitals to use the loo
July 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I moved to Britain in 2005 when people were up in arms about ID cards like ones that exist in most European countries being an intolerable affront to liberty and now apparently they want a world where you have to scan your face to use the internet and your genitals to use the loo
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To restore the gut microbiome after antibiotics, the right diet (rich in carbohydrates, low in fat) was a better approach than fecal microbial transplants (in the experimental model)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Diet outperforms microbial transplant to drive microbiome recovery in mice - Nature
Experiments in mouse models show that proper recovery of the intestinal microbiota following depletion, with or without faecal microbiota transplant therapy, is dependent on syntrophic interactions th...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
To restore the gut microbiome after antibiotics, the right diet (rich in carbohydrates, low in fat) was a better approach than fecal microbial transplants (in the experimental model)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is one of those scandals every person relying on the system knows but those in power never mention: the DWP stops PIP and Carer’s Allowance when a disabled person is in hospital for 28 days. When at their sickest, make them worry they can’t pay their bills. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Mother had carer’s allowance stopped while with disabled daughter in hospital
Rachel Adam-Smith says stopping benefits when loved ones are in hospital fails to recognise carers’ ongoing role
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February 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is one of those scandals every person relying on the system knows but those in power never mention: the DWP stops PIP and Carer’s Allowance when a disabled person is in hospital for 28 days. When at their sickest, make them worry they can’t pay their bills. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just a reminder that iron deficiency is incredibly common
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
And reference intervals are garbage.
Join us at 2pm today #ASH24 in SDCC room 11 #ChoosingFairly to learn how you can work to change that!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
And reference intervals are garbage.
Join us at 2pm today #ASH24 in SDCC room 11 #ChoosingFairly to learn how you can work to change that!
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020
This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Just a reminder that iron deficiency is incredibly common
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
And reference intervals are garbage.
Join us at 2pm today #ASH24 in SDCC room 11 #ChoosingFairly to learn how you can work to change that!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
And reference intervals are garbage.
Join us at 2pm today #ASH24 in SDCC room 11 #ChoosingFairly to learn how you can work to change that!
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The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person at New Year remains Moderately High. 1 in every 296 people were infected as of 29 December. However, influenza cases are still rising, but slower than last week. If you don’t want to be ill for New Year, take precautions now. buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 29 December 2024
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 29 December 2024
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December 30, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person at New Year remains Moderately High. 1 in every 296 people were infected as of 29 December. However, influenza cases are still rising, but slower than last week. If you don’t want to be ill for New Year, take precautions now. buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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A disabled child with diabetes went partially blind because the family had no fridge to store the insulin needed to treat his condition. In 21st century Britain. Why can't we have decent public housing again? www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
Families placed in hotels in England are being forced to live on snack foods, putting young people’s health at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:09 AM
A disabled child with diabetes went partially blind because the family had no fridge to store the insulin needed to treat his condition. In 21st century Britain. Why can't we have decent public housing again? www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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#SocialistSunday
We rise by helping each other. I am a socialist anarchist and I welcome all good humans.
We rise by helping each other. I am a socialist anarchist and I welcome all good humans.
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 AM
#SocialistSunday
We rise by helping each other. I am a socialist anarchist and I welcome all good humans.
We rise by helping each other. I am a socialist anarchist and I welcome all good humans.
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A meteor shower
November 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
A meteor shower