Misbah Khan
@misbahsk.bsky.social
Antimicrobial Resistance Reporter @TBIJ
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Misbah Khan
@misbahsk.bsky.social
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Patients are being left to suffer as a painkiller crisis hits Gaza’s hospitals
More than 167,000 people have been reported injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry
Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
More than 167,000 people have been reported injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry
Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Our latest:
🚨 Our latest: Israeli bombing has triggered an “unparalleled” ecological crisis in Gaza: asbestos, sewage, toxic dust and collapsing water systems.
As talks turn to a “New Gaza”, the question is: how do you rebuild on poisoned ground?
As talks turn to a “New Gaza”, the question is: how do you rebuild on poisoned ground?
Palestinians are returning to the rubble where their homes once stood
But experts have warned that two years of Israel’s bombardment have filled Gaza’s landscape with a toxic mix of shattered concrete, asbestos dust and contaminated water
But experts have warned that two years of Israel’s bombardment have filled Gaza’s landscape with a toxic mix of shattered concrete, asbestos dust and contaminated water
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🚨 Our latest: Israeli bombing has triggered an “unparalleled” ecological crisis in Gaza: asbestos, sewage, toxic dust and collapsing water systems.
As talks turn to a “New Gaza”, the question is: how do you rebuild on poisoned ground?
As talks turn to a “New Gaza”, the question is: how do you rebuild on poisoned ground?
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Patients left to suffer as painkiller crisis hits Gaza - - www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... "Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs" making children suffer agonising pain unnecessarily is sheer sadism by #israel #gazagenocide
Gaza patients being left to suffer as hospitals hit by painkiller…
Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Patients left to suffer as painkiller crisis hits Gaza - - www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... "Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs" making children suffer agonising pain unnecessarily is sheer sadism by #israel #gazagenocide
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‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
Our latest:
Patients are being left to suffer as a painkiller crisis hits Gaza’s hospitals
More than 167,000 people have been reported injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry
Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
More than 167,000 people have been reported injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry
Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our latest:
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On Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza and killed 20 people, including five journalists – Mohamed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, Hussam al-Masri, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Mariam Dagga
Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser
Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser
August 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza and killed 20 people, including five journalists – Mohamed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, Hussam al-Masri, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Mariam Dagga
Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser
Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser
In Nov, we reported doctors in Gaza using vinegar when antiseptics ran out, with food shortages, that’s no longer an option.
Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria.
Our latest investigation for ⬇️
Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria.
Our latest investigation for ⬇️
Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
Gaza hospitals overwhelmed as infections surge amid health crisis
Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions where bacteria can spread unchecked
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In Nov, we reported doctors in Gaza using vinegar when antiseptics ran out, with food shortages, that’s no longer an option.
Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria.
Our latest investigation for ⬇️
Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria.
Our latest investigation for ⬇️
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Nasser, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, has been forced to operate at twice its capacity in grim conditions with little to no supplies
But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs
But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Nasser, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, has been forced to operate at twice its capacity in grim conditions with little to no supplies
But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs
But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs
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According to the UN, at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed since May while seeking food, with 994 killed near GHF sites
A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites
A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
According to the UN, at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed since May while seeking food, with 994 killed near GHF sites
A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites
A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites
Reposted by Misbah Khan
Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
Gaza hospitals overwhelmed as infections surge amid health crisis
Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions where bacteria can spread unchecked
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
Now it’s every day
Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
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Drug-resistant infections already contribute to an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the UK
And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether
And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Drug-resistant infections already contribute to an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the UK
And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether
And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether
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🚨The UK would struggle to tackle a superbug epidemic – that’s the stark warning from a parliamentary committee assessing the rise of antibiotic-resistant bugs
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
MPs raise the alarm over superbug risk
Public Accounts Committee says UK has missed key targets and is weakening its ambitions
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🚨The UK would struggle to tackle a superbug epidemic – that’s the stark warning from a parliamentary committee assessing the rise of antibiotic-resistant bugs
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Meet Misbah, our antimicrobial resistance (AMR) reporter
From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh
From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh
June 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Meet Misbah, our antimicrobial resistance (AMR) reporter
From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh
From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh
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A major outbreak of animal disease could cost the UK billions, according to a new government report
The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks
The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks
UK unprepared for major animal disease outbreak, report warns
National Audit Office flags serious flaws in biosecurity despite rising threat of disease
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A major outbreak of animal disease could cost the UK billions, according to a new government report
The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks
The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks
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During the panel, @koutterson.bsky.social and fellow panelists @misbahsk.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and Sujith Chandy from @icarsglobal.bsky.social will unveil a new tool to estimate the impact of AMR across 122 countries.
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
During the panel, @koutterson.bsky.social and fellow panelists @misbahsk.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and Sujith Chandy from @icarsglobal.bsky.social will unveil a new tool to estimate the impact of AMR across 122 countries.
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Join CARB-X Executive Director @koutterson.bsky.social at the @cgdev.org panel “From Evidence to Action: Designing an Effective Independent Panel on Antimicrobial Resistance” in Geneva, Switzerland! 🧪
📆 Wednesday, May 21
⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ
#AMR #Superbugs
📆 Wednesday, May 21
⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ
#AMR #Superbugs
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join CARB-X Executive Director @koutterson.bsky.social at the @cgdev.org panel “From Evidence to Action: Designing an Effective Independent Panel on Antimicrobial Resistance” in Geneva, Switzerland! 🧪
📆 Wednesday, May 21
⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ
#AMR #Superbugs
📆 Wednesday, May 21
⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ
#AMR #Superbugs
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Excellent panel on effective approaches to impact #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute
April 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Excellent panel on effective approaches to impact #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute
Less than a week to go till #IJF25
Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism!
@tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕
Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism!
@tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Less than a week to go till #IJF25
Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism!
@tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕
Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism!
@tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕
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I am working with @mellino.bsky.social to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals.
Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
🚨 Have you ever tried to take your employer to court or helped somebody who has? We want to hear from you!
March 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I am working with @mellino.bsky.social to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals.
Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
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Did you know that sex is a trigger for about 60% of the women living with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)?
February 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Did you know that sex is a trigger for about 60% of the women living with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)?
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New today: @tbij.bsky.social can reveal the life-saving treatments against snake bites that contain so little active ingredient, experts say you may as well give a patient water. Others sold in sub-Saharan Africa are made for Indian snakes and are guaranteed not to work shorturl.at/isLOr
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (@tbij.bsky.social)
The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
tbij.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New today: @tbij.bsky.social can reveal the life-saving treatments against snake bites that contain so little active ingredient, experts say you may as well give a patient water. Others sold in sub-Saharan Africa are made for Indian snakes and are guaranteed not to work shorturl.at/isLOr
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Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients
Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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If you've ever had a UTI, you'll know the thought of extreme infections which are resistant to antibiotics is just... awful.
This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.
This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you've ever had a UTI, you'll know the thought of extreme infections which are resistant to antibiotics is just... awful.
This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.
This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.
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Women are all too often hidden in the story of public health around the world.
Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be.
Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social
👇🏽
Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be.
Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social
👇🏽
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Women are all too often hidden in the story of public health around the world.
Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be.
Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social
👇🏽
Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be.
Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social
👇🏽
Everyone knows someone that has had a UTI. Some people are suffering from these infections over and over again. Burning bladder pain that doesn’t go away…
My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:
My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Everyone knows someone that has had a UTI. Some people are suffering from these infections over and over again. Burning bladder pain that doesn’t go away…
My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:
My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:
Reposted by Misbah Khan
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger