Nicola Low
@nicolamlow.bsky.social
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiologist, but Covid-19 changed everything. Now also emerging infections #mpox #pandemics @BEreadycohort.bsky.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986
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"concepts of a vote"
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"concepts of a vote"
🧪 Absolutely wonderful - Rosalind Franklin, by her sister. Learned a lot @zetkin.bsky.social
„The pile of family letters talk far more about her holidays, her friends, or living conditions in postwar Paris, than about her work. She had a love of grand scenery, and became a formidable climber.“
„The pile of family letters talk far more about her holidays, her friends, or living conditions in postwar Paris, than about her work. She had a love of grand scenery, and became a formidable climber.“
Sharing this, quite relevant this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🧪 Absolutely wonderful - Rosalind Franklin, by her sister. Learned a lot @zetkin.bsky.social
„The pile of family letters talk far more about her holidays, her friends, or living conditions in postwar Paris, than about her work. She had a love of grand scenery, and became a formidable climber.“
„The pile of family letters talk far more about her holidays, her friends, or living conditions in postwar Paris, than about her work. She had a love of grand scenery, and became a formidable climber.“
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Sharing this, quite relevant this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Sharing this, quite relevant this week. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Felix Auger-Aliassime qualifies for the ATP Finals for the second time in his career.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Felix Auger-Aliassime qualifies for the ATP Finals for the second time in his career.
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🚨The US is tying new global health funding to rapid pathogen data-sharing—raising concerns it could undermine ongoing @who.int PABS negotiations & diminish benefit-sharing for LMICs.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@panaction.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @ejscenter.bsky.social #PABS #USAID
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@panaction.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @ejscenter.bsky.social #PABS #USAID
EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid To Data Sharing On Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks - Health Policy Watch
The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🚨The US is tying new global health funding to rapid pathogen data-sharing—raising concerns it could undermine ongoing @who.int PABS negotiations & diminish benefit-sharing for LMICs.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@panaction.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @ejscenter.bsky.social #PABS #USAID
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@panaction.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @ejscenter.bsky.social #PABS #USAID
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<—Proud ruiner of workplaces since 1987.
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
<—Proud ruiner of workplaces since 1987.
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Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
Wow👇 #mustread 🧵 by @isabellamweber.bsky.social
„This restores democracy’s promise. As fascist movements gain ground globally, his victory provides something desperately needed: the beginning of an antifascist economic program that can win back people who have lost faith in democracy itself.“
„This restores democracy’s promise. As fascist movements gain ground globally, his victory provides something desperately needed: the beginning of an antifascist economic program that can win back people who have lost faith in democracy itself.“
“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Wow👇 #mustread 🧵 by @isabellamweber.bsky.social
„This restores democracy’s promise. As fascist movements gain ground globally, his victory provides something desperately needed: the beginning of an antifascist economic program that can win back people who have lost faith in democracy itself.“
„This restores democracy’s promise. As fascist movements gain ground globally, his victory provides something desperately needed: the beginning of an antifascist economic program that can win back people who have lost faith in democracy itself.“
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This leads to what I mean by antifascist economics. It doesn’t target one party; it tackles the material conditions that make fascism appealing: insecurity, despair, unmet basic needs. Policies that make life affordable are not just social policy, they are democracy insurance.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This leads to what I mean by antifascist economics. It doesn’t target one party; it tackles the material conditions that make fascism appealing: insecurity, despair, unmet basic needs. Policies that make life affordable are not just social policy, they are democracy insurance.
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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
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Warum sollten wir uns für das Thema #Polarisierung interessieren?
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/die-gesellsc...
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/die-gesellsc...
„Die Gesellschaft ist, wenn überhaupt, politisch polarisiert“
Das Wissenschaftsbarometer zeigt: Viele nehmen Polarisierung wahr, doch die Meinungen liegen oft näher beieinander, als gedacht. Warum Nils C. Kumkar das nicht überrascht – und weshalb sich Wissenscha...
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Warum sollten wir uns für das Thema #Polarisierung interessieren?
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/die-gesellsc...
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/die-gesellsc...
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Der Umgang mit #Falschmeldungen ist immer wieder eine Herausforderung.
Hier reinhören und von @brodnig.bsky.social lernen🤩
www.br.de/radio/br24/i...
Hier reinhören und von @brodnig.bsky.social lernen🤩
www.br.de/radio/br24/i...
Audio BR24 (2025-11-05 16:24 Uhr): Tipps zum Umgang mit Anhängern von Falschmeldungen | BR.de
www.br.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Der Umgang mit #Falschmeldungen ist immer wieder eine Herausforderung.
Hier reinhören und von @brodnig.bsky.social lernen🤩
www.br.de/radio/br24/i...
Hier reinhören und von @brodnig.bsky.social lernen🤩
www.br.de/radio/br24/i...
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“The UK's chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss urged all bird keepers to comply with the new housing measures and to continue to exercise "robust biosecurity measures, remain alert for any signs of disease and report suspected disease immediately to the Animal and Plant Health Agency"
Bird flu: Expert tells farmers to prepare for the worst as virus spreads
A top virology expert tells the BBC that the "super-infectious" avian influenza virus could mutate.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
“The UK's chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss urged all bird keepers to comply with the new housing measures and to continue to exercise "robust biosecurity measures, remain alert for any signs of disease and report suspected disease immediately to the Animal and Plant Health Agency"
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On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
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🧪 #LassaFever
Govt authorities blaming victims for dying.
Not a good look for Nigeria #PublicHealth #Prevention #RCCE
breakthroughactionandresearch.org/responding-t...
„NCDC said the deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late…“
Govt authorities blaming victims for dying.
Not a good look for Nigeria #PublicHealth #Prevention #RCCE
breakthroughactionandresearch.org/responding-t...
„NCDC said the deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late…“
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🧪 #LassaFever
Govt authorities blaming victims for dying.
Not a good look for Nigeria #PublicHealth #Prevention #RCCE
breakthroughactionandresearch.org/responding-t...
„NCDC said the deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late…“
Govt authorities blaming victims for dying.
Not a good look for Nigeria #PublicHealth #Prevention #RCCE
breakthroughactionandresearch.org/responding-t...
„NCDC said the deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late…“
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Lassa fever’s death toll in Nigeria climbs in 2025
The deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...
Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
The deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...
Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Lassa fever’s death toll in Nigeria climbs in 2025
The deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...
Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
The deaths are likely due to poor health-seeking behavior among patients who seek medical intervention too late.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/l...
Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc
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Rift Valley fever cases in Senegal, Mauritania top 400
All but 46 of the confirmed cases have been in Senegal.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID / Flickr cc
All but 46 of the confirmed cases have been in Senegal.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID / Flickr cc
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Rift Valley fever cases in Senegal, Mauritania top 400
All but 46 of the confirmed cases have been in Senegal.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID / Flickr cc
All but 46 of the confirmed cases have been in Senegal.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID / Flickr cc
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Congratulations, New York and Zohran Mamdani 🔥
I am so happy today 🫶 Amazing how good news for democracy and human rights in 🇺🇸 has lifted my spirits and sense of hope for more of this in Europe
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
I am so happy today 🫶 Amazing how good news for democracy and human rights in 🇺🇸 has lifted my spirits and sense of hope for more of this in Europe
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani challenges Donald Trump in victory speech as Democrats win key US election races – live
Mamdani condemns ‘oligarchy and authoritarianism’ in speech directly talking to Trump as Democrats win California redistricting vote and New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Congratulations, New York and Zohran Mamdani 🔥
I am so happy today 🫶 Amazing how good news for democracy and human rights in 🇺🇸 has lifted my spirits and sense of hope for more of this in Europe
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
I am so happy today 🫶 Amazing how good news for democracy and human rights in 🇺🇸 has lifted my spirits and sense of hope for more of this in Europe
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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“A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found in a simulated study that ChatGPT-4o, the well-known large language model (LLM) created by OpenAI, answered open-ended diagnostic questions incorrectly nearly two-thirds of the time.”
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
Don’t use AI for medical advice.
#Canada
#AI
AI’s medical diagnostic skills still need a check-up | Waterloo News
You may want to think twice about using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT to self-diagnose health problems. A team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found i...
uwaterloo.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Kate Bush, 1978 by music scene photographer Jill Furmanovsky #WomensArt
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Kate Bush, 1978 by music scene photographer Jill Furmanovsky #WomensArt
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November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM