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Tom Keeble
@tomkeeble.bsky.social
Ex-scientist but always sciencing, now in health and medical research communications at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
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#Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children globally.
In 2023, an estimated 107 500 people died from measles, mostly children under age 5.
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November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Nice review from Steery and team on scabies and MDA of ivermectin in remote communities
Although momentum is building towards improved awareness, scabies remains an orphan disease with limited research to fully understand its enduring ramifications.

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#medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
Scabies: a clinical update
Updated epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of scabies, including emerging treatments
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November 26, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’ The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her…
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November 26, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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If your #NHMRC ideas grant was unsuccessful and you have a story to share about the impact of this on your #biomedicalresearch, career, team - get in touch. Federal DOH have asked #NARF to collect stories of impact of low funding. #SaveOzScience #DiscoveriesNeedDollars #EMCRs
November 26, 2024 at 1:46 AM