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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 10h
Each year TCD #MedicalHumanities showcases innovative work via lunchtime seminars. To launch 2026/27 season we welcome Prof Yakiv Bystrov on 13 Oct. This public lecture is now FULLY ONLINE - free & open to all but please register 👉 tinyurl.com/5pjexvjw #MedHums #HolocaustStudies #MedHums #Ukraine
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 17h
Let's have look at who the British right idolizes. Tommy Robinson: 2 active charges. Russell Brand: 7 active charges Danny Tommo: 8 active charges Andrew Tate: 42 active charges Tristan Tate: 17 active charges Note that all 5 have publicly embraced performative christianity in recent years.
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One chapter in and I am absolutely entranced! 🤓 Published by my former @tcddublin.bsky.social PhD buddy Dr Dan Fitzpatrick ex-military specialist in #MentalHealth lnkd.in/p/dxqp9HbD #Psychology #MentalWellbeing #SelfHelp #Military #Coaching #Sociology #ProjectManagement #Business #BookSky 📖
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The Covid-19 Oral History Project — Jason M. Kelly
We developed The COVID-19 Oral History Project to allow professional researchers and the broader public to create and upload oral histories about the lived experience of COVID-19 to an open access, ...
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Launch of Irish COVID-19 Oral History Project - DCU Business School
June 15th 2020:  The Irish COVID-19 Oral History Project, led by DCU Business School Professor Theo Lynn and Caitriona Ni Cassaithe of DCU Institute of
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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's 2026 and doctors are recommending handwashing as a way to prevent inhaling airborne viruses.
three panel comic:

panel 1: guy on bike with stick in his hand and the caption says: I'm a doctor

panel 2: guy on bike putting stick into his wheel spokes with the caption: Protect yourself from airborne viruses with lasting health consequences by washing your hands 

panel 3: guy on ground in pain holding his knee because his bike crashed with the caption: Why is my ER full
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda
Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Another corruption story, and the volume makes it hard to absorb one before the next arrives. The real work is understanding why the guardrails failed. The good news: democracies have faced corrupt regimes before, and we know how to hold power accountable.
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Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The “fastest growing Ebola outbreak in history” has spread to Kenya. This is devastating. Thousands have lost their lives at a time when the regime has just made massive cuts to USAID in Africa. It’s important we keep talking about Ebola and ensure those fighting it have the support they need:
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Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi
Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said on Tuesday the patient, a Kenyan citizen, arrived in the country Saturday from...
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Cornell community has floated abolishing the Cornell Police Department. We should take it seriously, especially if you think that survivors should have the option of going to the police instead of their schools. I feel strongly about this too, because something people don't understand is that universities at this point are essentially total institutions. For a lot of students, their schools are not just schools.
They're their landlords, their employers, their source of health care, their gym, their coffee shop, the arena where they attend concerts. It leaves survivors with almost no real options. If you can't trust your school and your school systematically discriminates against sexual-assault survivors, where is left for you to go?
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 06/10/2026
Since the first media reports, @who.int has been actively following up on the reported death of a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute in Irkutsk oblast, Russian Federation. My full statement ⬇️
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The harm you have done is incalculable. It’s not me who has been spreading great harm around the world. It’s you, mate.” George Monbiot on being accused by Prof Michael Sharpe of “spreading” #LongCovid by writing about it and why he started writing about the #MECFS scandal.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This week for NC our author explores the rise of “Keeper” an illustrates how this app’s AI algorithms perpetuate eugenic love. nursingclio.org/2026/10/01/t...
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The “Keeper” of Modern US Eugenics: How AI Matchmaking Perpetuates Eugenic Love
In 2022, tech entrepreneurs Jake Kozloski and Cody Zervas launched a new dating website. Unlike Bumble or Hinge, this site is powered by artificial intelligence and promises its users “love at fir…
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck
RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 04/10/2026
"If I could say one thing to Andy Burnham, it would be, ‘Listen to nurses!’" Charge nurse and RCN member Joel tells us what he thinks nursing staff need from the new government. What do you think? Tell us in the replies 📢
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If comfortable respirators are available, people will wear them, and infections will go down. If infections go down, infection control will face difficult questions about why they didn't do it earlier. So infections can't be allowed to go down. So comfortable respirators can't be offered.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But if you have friends who joke about rape, or question why so many victims don’t report or have a rape kit done, maybe you should play this and make it awkward for them. And again, this is with a supportive nurse. Read through the comments for story after story of worse experiences.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Marie Sherlock TD Dublin Central @mariesherlock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the complete antithesis of what should be happening in maternity care. Continuity of care should not be the first casualty of cutbacks. We need more continuity and more on the Domino scheme not less. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Fears for future of midwifery-led service in Cork
Changes to Cork University Maternity Hospital’s (CUMH) Domino service have been shared with expectant mothers at appointments this week
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's naive to think it's a coincidence that the concerted assault on universities came right at the moment university admins were starting to take sexual violence and racism seriously.
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Jake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Hospital Death Can Be a Good Death. We have built a culture that views a death in the ICU as a failure. It's not, by Daniela J. Lamas www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Opinion | A Good Death Isn’t Always at Home
We have built a culture that views a death in the I.C.U. as a failure.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/... COVID-19 Infection and Coronary Plaque Progression: An Early Warning of a Potential Public Health Crisis Authors: Jonathan R. Weir-McCall, PhD orcid.org/0000-0001-58... Jonathan.weir-mccall@kcl.ac.uk, and Jack S. Bell, BMBCh Mild Infections!
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COVID-19 Infection and Coronary Plaque Progression: An Early Warning of a Potential Public Health Crisis | Radiology
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Long COVID Labs @longcovidlabs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What do you all think? Do we have any followers here who developed LC in the last year or so? x.com/DrMichaelSco...
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Michael R Scoma MD (@DrMichaelScoma) on X
🚨🚨🚨Six consultations for Long COVID in the last two weeks - four of which are severe - developed in the last three to six months. I challenge the narrative that new cases are on the decline.
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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why is discussing lack of Covid vaccine access taboo in the UK? Guardian article criticises RFK JR while ignoring greater restrictions in the UK Other ignored issues includes IPC Guidance, Long Covid, clean air counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/why-is-dis...
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Why is discussing lack of Covid vaccine access taboo in the UK?
Guardian article criticises RFK JR while ignoring greater restrictions in the UK
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Glenys Caswell @glenyscaswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Couldn't agree more, Ciara, a wonderful day with some amazing people.
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Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Lara Sheehi is up. Good medicine if you're feeling gaslighted by genocide apologists. matthewremski.substack.com/p/441-psychi...
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44.1 Psychic Militancy w/ Dr. Lara Sheehi Pt. 2
“There is something so powerful about remaining clear, coherent, and committed about material reality, and not being taken away from that as part of the political project to make us feel small.”
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Utterly mad how most of society just bumbles along, ignoring the monstrous future realities being locked in place, day in day out.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I took a look at the data on #ME/CFS for Australia. Hospital separations for "G04 Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis" have been growing strongly since around 2015. Growth slowed in the early years of the pandemic and then accelerated from 2023 onwards.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 26/09/2026
‼️ BREAKING: Ukraine sounds alarm over situation in Oleshky, where people are eating grass due to hunger
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Ukraine sounds alarm over situation in Oleshky, where people are eating grass due to hunger
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sybiha said the humanitarian crisis in occupied Oleshky is critical, with civilians reportedly forced to eat grass to survive.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Prime Minister Rob Jetten - Netherlands UN speech
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks to @irishhospice.bsky.social team for an exceptional program. An amazing energy with a dedicated team, compassionate and passionate advocates, clinicians, practitioners, and volunteers - and bonus points for the highest hug quota I have ever had at a single event! 🧡 #Palliative #Death #Dying
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The theme of #Forum2026 was Every Death Matters - and it struck me as we walked out of Croke Park afterwards that the #GAA Where we all Belong message encompassed that very theme - we will all die, and these conversations belong to us all. #Dying #Bereavement
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The theme of #Forum2026 was Every Death Matters. We found - and heard from other panellists - about how marginalisation shapes #dying & #grief. We showed how media can influence our views of death, how Irish death traditions are evolving, and how grieving is coming out of the shadows #bereavement
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What we found was fascinating and you can read the full report here hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... and the #Forum2026 agenda here hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... #DeathStudies #Bereavement #Healthcare #Deathcare #Grief #Dying #Death #Palliative #Hospice
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Earlier this week along with co-author Dr Bethan Michael-Fox, we presented our research findings at the @irishhospice.bsky.social End of Life Forum 2026 on representations of death & dying in Irish news media. hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... #DeathStudies #PalliativeCare #Hospice #EndOfLife
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 21 September 2026 Published: 25 September 2026 🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 597 diphtheria cases 🔹Over the past fortnight 25 total cases were notified 🔹NT: 308 cases, WA: 263 cases, SA: 21 cases, QLD: 5 cases www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pl...
 The cover page of an official document from the Australian Centre for Disease Control.
The top left corner features the black Australian Government Coat of Arms separated by a vertical line from the agency's logo: a teal and green interlocking infinity loop next to the text "Australian Centre for Disease Control".
On a white background below the logos, the main document title is printed in bold teal text: "Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update"
. Directly beneath the title, subtitle text reads: "As at 21 September 2026".
The lower right portion of the page is dominated by abstract, sweeping graphic shapes in deep teal and vibrant green.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 25/09/2026
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MAHA is a project built on vanity, grifting, racism & survival of the fittest A colleague of mine has a friend in Los Angeles who went to the gym, &, um, RFK Jr was there, working out, surrounded by a HUGE ENTOURAGE of security dudes & snipers Black infants *MUST* suffer so RFK can get big pecs!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
University of Gothenburg, 1.39 million adults. A fourth vaccine dose was linked to 31% lower risk of a Long COVID diagnosis over 6 months than three doses. Protection was 38% in higher risk adults. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine and its effectiveness against post COVID-19 condition in individuals with pre-existing immunity: a sequential propensity score-matched cohort study
Receiving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine was associated with a lower risk of being diagnosed with post COVID-19 condition compared with three doses, although the absolute risk reduction was small. ...
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I bet @omnintensivist.bsky.social knows this one…. This toy was first line “sedation”, when I was a second year resident, for the infant with massive Wilm’s Tumor & abdominal compartment syndrome who spent a couple months “semi” sedated and intubated in our ICU with his abdomen open & a wound vac.
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Irish Hospice Foundation @irishhospice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢 Call for Tender 🔗 View the full details: goto.hospicefoundation.ie/hfh-tender 📅 Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 4th October 2026 #tenderopportunity #qualitativeresearch #tender #HospiceFriendlyHospitals #IrishHospiceFoundation
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Irish Hospice Foundation @irishhospice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our second plenary speaker, Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal, presents powerful insights this afternoon regarding bereavement amongst marginalised communities. The Dual Process Model of Coping assumes you have time to attend to grief. When you don't, it can lead to "Loss Overload" or "Suffocated Grief".
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