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Emma Wilkinson

@emmajourno.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist writing about medicine/health/biosciences. Bylines in BMJ, Pulse, Pharmaceutical Journal, Sunday Times, Lancet, BBC and more. Co-founder Freelancing for Journalists. Co-author of Ultra Women. Often found running up Sheffield hills.

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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 11h
No one ever had a measles party
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 12h
Just had a flash back to covfefe times (remember how much news coverage that got)
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 13h
Erm Whaaaaaat?!?
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 13h
www.thetimes.com/world/austra... Dr Cassandra Steer, CEO of the Australasian Centre for Space Governance, believes SpaceX is effectively privatising space. “Under the current US administration, as with everything else, it’s kind of gone to crazy land
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‘You cannot escape’: How Starlink satellites threaten the night sky
As Elon Musk’s SpaceX proposes a megaconstellation of up to a million orbital data centre satellites, there is a risk they will permanently blind our view of space
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 22h
Three weeks! Lord that came round fast 😳
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 22h
Yep it really is
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Dave Jones @welshgasdoc.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Nobody - as it’s in the UK, an NHS facility, and healthcare is free at the point of use. 👍🏻
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 23h
That’s a good point - although this was ambulance staff
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
NHS staff have been warned so much about this after recent high profile cases and yet the temptation seems to be too strong despite zero tolerance policies… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tiger attack victim's medical records may have been breached
William Chapman, 24, was mauled to death at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, on Saturday.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The report is very thoughtful and careful and specifically notes that people’s distress/symptoms etc is real - the question is what we support we as a society offer. I’d love for more people to read it in full
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I think my general health advice would be not to wear a thong....
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I think my fave sentence in this article (which is very clear it is all about selling you stuff), is ‘she wears thongs made out of seaweed’ But also here is your regular reminder that before vaccines, antibiotics and pasteurised milk, children died in great numbers www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
thetimes.com
Britain’s extreme ‘low-tox’ parents: anti vaccines and tap water
These lifestyle influencers from Sussex go to great lengths to avoid synthetic chemicals and conventional medicine to lead a toxin-free, ‘crunchy’ life
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is good - share widely among friends with kids who ask them about this stuff www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
I'm 12 and want to try protein powder - should I?
We asked experts how safe it is for children and teenagers to take protein supplements.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It is wild how wrong AI summaries at the top of Google searches are on a regular basis.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I’m yet to meet a trainer that’s a match for the middle child…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
Family of man killed by tiger criticise online content after Trump reposts video
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Family of man killed by tiger criticise online content after Trump reposts video
Relatives of William Chapman say footage of attack shared online ‘deeply offensive’ and causing them ‘severe distress’ The family of a man killed by a tiger at a UK wildlife park have spoken at their “severe distress” at the circulation of online media content after the US president, Donald Trump, reposted a video of the incident. William Chapman, 23, was mauled to death after entering an enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, on Saturday. Continue reading...
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I pile stuff up and tell myself I will sell through Vinted then never get round to it (can’t be arsed) and 6mths later take to the charity shop….
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My fridge will never be connected to the internet. Neither will my lights or heating. Recipe for disaster you mark my words....
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Can’t believe this one is 16 today!! This is from her first day down the mine cos we start em young round these parts
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pasteurisation was invented for good reason. Good lord can everyone please just learn some basic science Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US
As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🔴NEW🔴 Joint investigation by me and @hannahalothman.bsky.social at the Guardian Anne and Jane were 10 when they were sexually abused by a man working in their British army school. Two police investigations later, he has never been interviewed or arrested. Why? www.opendemocracy.net/british-army...
opendemocracy.net
Legal loophole denies justice to child abuse victims in British Army school
Exclusive: Questions over whether alleged abuse fell under military police’s jurisdiction is "travesty of justice"
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Absolutely shocking that ethical approval was given for this
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The evidence of positive impact of clean air zones on children’s health and development is really clear. Is every Reform policy based on just being pig-headedly wrong just for the sake of it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bradford Council leader 'confident' of scrapping Clean Air Zone fees
Stephen Place says he is still committed to "stop charging people" for driving around Bradford.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They look right nice
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You soon develop 'Sheffield legs' on these hills
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The independent review into ADHD, autism and mental health conditions very strongly concludes that it is systems that have failed people who are not getting the support they need www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
pulsetoday.co.uk
GPs should take on long-term ADHD management, landmark review recommends
GPs should take on long-term management of ADHD under nationally-mandated shared care arrangements, a landmark review recommended.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yep glorious countryside!
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It has its charms sure… one of my favourite facts is that in industrial Sheffield days folk used to come up to Crookes (a whole mile from the city centre) for a lovely holiday on top of the hill
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And you know what they’ve summed it up pretty perfectly. One day I really want to write a feature about the madness and wonder that is Crookes Social Club
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Time Out! It’s official and everything www.timeout.com/uk/coolest-n...
timeout.com
The 11 coolest neighbourhoods in the UK 2026
With hyped new openings, thriving indie businesses and heaps of community spirit
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’ve always said we’re the cool kids up in Crookes 😎
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Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has issued an urgent reminder to freelance journalists that their deadline for submitting claims for articles has moved. mjauk.org/new-alcs-dea...
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New ALCS deadline looming - Medical Journalists’ Association
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has issued an urgent reminder to freelance journalists that their deadline for submitting claims for articles has moved. Members must upload detail...
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reaching the time of life where I've asked for a standing desk for my birthday to try and just somehow make my back happier...
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Usually when a small child starts a tantrum with ‘I can do whatever I want’ you think aww bless, it’s nap time…
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Erm….
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on Bluesky
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just walking home from an interval training session in the park where I had on shorts and a t-shirt and spotted quite a few dogs wearing coats? Sure it’s a bit cooler but seems a tad dramatic for the start of autumn….
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Drip Dog in Arc'teryx Gear
ALT: Drip Dog in Arc'teryx Gear
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For some reason I find this really sad. Like pregnant women (in the ED) don’t have another to deal with without denying themselves basic pain relief based on false information
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every woman now nodding in unison.... And yet it is dismissed, under researched, etc etc. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Same story for health visitors. If you want to shift to prevention you need the workforce to deliver it. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
kingsfund.org.uk
Back to school, but where are the school nurses? Nearly two in five lost since 2010, leaving children at risk of missing vital preventative support I The King's Fund
The King’s Fund warned that school nurse numbers have fallen by 38% since 2010, risking children missing vital preventative health support as need rises and services face mounting workforce and fundin...
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘The cruelty is the point’ - how people you work within systems that do this I will never understand
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slim now, pay later: online pharmacies promote sales of new diet drugs despite ad ban observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
Slim now, pay later: online pharmacies promote sales of n...
Campaigners say failure of drugs regulation has allowed use of ‘shocking’ tactics to boost sales
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are blood test subscriptions an early warning or a waste of money? www.thetimes.com/article/19f2...
thetimes.com
Are blood test subscriptions an early warning or a waste of money?
Celebrity-fronted companies promise regular private testing will ‘revolutionise’ healthcare, but GPs say unreliable results are clogging their schedules
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s so obvious you should not do this but of course people are going to do this
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m not really a betting gal but a decade from now might be interesting to see how much osteoporosis we have going on… (point also made in the piece)
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Emma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also this is my usual face when catching up on the news
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