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Regina 🏳️‍⚧️

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An angry enby navigating life as best I can~

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This misleading and how misinformation spreads insidiously. The BBC chose this picture for their post on hMPV on IG. There is no vaccine for this respiratory virus. Even though the post was otherwise informative with rampant antivaxx sentiment, I fail to see the value in using this particular photo.
Vial labeled hmpv vax - there is no hmpv vaccine so the photo is misleading.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes: - Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics - 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock - No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics - no new antibiotic classes since 1980 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’
As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
What a cool study and a powerful demonstration that Tuberculosis is largely a disease of poverty. In Brazil a large scale intervention which provided cash monthly to families living in poverty led to profound reductions in TB cases. Up to 50% among the poorest groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort - Nature Medicine
Participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis incidence and mortality among ...
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