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Jeffrey V Lazarus

@jvlazarus.bsky.social
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Professor of Global Health #LiverSky

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A new #WHA79 resolution on steatotic #liver disease could shift liver health from the margins of #hepatology to the centre of the global NCD response. ⚠️The message: the liver is already warning us about the metabolic crisis. INSIDE VIEW: @jvlazarus.bsky.social @isglobal.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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From Margin To Mainstream: Why Liver Health Should Sit At The Centre Of The Global NCD Response - Health Policy Watch
The 79th World Health Assembly adopted the first-ever resolution on steatotic liver disease (SLD) last week. For those people working outside hepatology, the
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 19/12/2025
#MASLD affects more than one third of adults worldwide, yet #LiverHealth remains under-prioritised in #NCD agendas. New global consensus highlights evidence-based, affordable interventions that can be implemented now. 🟠 ja.cat/vbaMk cc @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @jvlazarus.bsky.social
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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy @sph.cuny.edu · 03/12/2025
Five #CUNYSPH scholars have been named to Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, the top 1% of researchers globally. Congratulations to Dean Ayman El-Mohandes, Prof. Levi Waldron , Prof. Jeffrey V Lazarus, Dist. Lecturer Ratzan, and Senior Scholar Kenneth Rabin. cunysph.me/4obbhMa
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Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers include five from CUNY SPH - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
Five CUNY SPH faculty and senior scholars are featured among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2025. Dean Ayman El-Mohandes, Professor Jeffrey Lazarus, Senior Scholar Kenneth Rabin, Distinguished Lecturer Scott Ratzan, and Professor Levi Waldron made...
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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy @sph.cuny.edu · 07/10/2025
🏈🩺 #CUNYSPH Prof. Bruce Y Lee explores NFL legend Dan Marino’s MASH (metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis) diagnosis in Forbes featuring insights from Prof. Jeffrey V Lazarus on the prevalence and public health risks of liver disease. cunysph.me/48CD1Vx
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NFL Legend Dan Marino Talks About His MASH, Liver Disease Diagnosis
NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has revealed his metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis or MASH diagnosis. Here's what this liver disease is.
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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy @sph.cuny.edu · 03/10/2025
A new Politico piece on chronic diseases quotes #CUNYSPH Prof. Jeffrey V Lazarus on how food environments shape health more than “individual choice”. 💬 “What are the options, what’s available, do you even have the ability to purchase healthy foods?” Read more: cunysph.me/4gPQMT7
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Chronic diseases are squeezing economies. Leaders don’t have much of a plan.
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to sign off on a watered-down commitment to tackle noncommunicable diseases.
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Wilton Park @wiltonpark.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
💬 'Wilton Park has shown to be a powerful outlet to reach world leaders and shape strategic health discussions.' In our latest blog, @jvlazarus.bsky.social explains how his partnership with Wilton Park has delivered policy impact. #WiltonPark80 🔗 wiltonpark.org.uk/idea/80-year...
A view of Wiston House. Text reads: New blog - 80 years of Wilton Park: Professor Jeffrey V Lazarus
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨 Don't miss the third webinar of the #LIVERAIM series! 📹 youtube.com/watch?v=qdM_... #SLDthinktank @jvlazarus.bsky.social @ihieurope.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @majathiele.bsky.social @salvatore-piano.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social
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LIVERAIM webinar #3: A Deep Dive into Steatotic Liver Disease Policy and Regulatory Processes
YouTube video by LIVERAIM
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
😶Liver disease is often suffered in silence. Stigma and shame block care. 💡It’s a chronic illness, not consequence of bad choices. 🩺Everyone deserves support. At #LIVERAIM, we’re breaking the silence. #EndTheStigma #LiverHealthMatters #HealthEquity @ihieurope.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social
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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology @natrevgastrohep.nature.com · 09/06/2025
Happy to support and endorse the People First Liver Charter in ‪‪@natmed.nature.com‬‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41... We've always taken a sensitive approach to the language used in our journal, and will continue to do so. See this Editorial www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The People-First Liver Charter - Nature Medicine
Reducing the stigma and discrimination that people living with liver conditions experience requires rethinking how diagnoses, diseases, etiologies and circumstances are perceived — a shift that begins...
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The People-First Liver Charter - opportunities for improving awareness, tackling stigma, building accessible care pathways, maintaining linkage to treatment/monitoring, & reducing health inequities. 🧪 Led by @jvlazarus.bsky.social #NoHep #MedSky #HepSky #LiverSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The People-First Liver Charter - Nature Medicine
Reducing the stigma and discrimination that people living with liver conditions experience requires rethinking how diagnoses, diseases, etiologies and circumstances are perceived — a shift that begins...
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
At the Global Think-tank on Steatotic Liver Disease, we launched the People-First Liver Charter www.nature.com/articles/s41... + A call for doubling the diagnostic rate of at-risk MASH www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #SLDthinktank #InMotionTogether #LiverSky
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The People-First Liver Charter - Nature Medicine
Reducing the stigma and discrimination that people living with liver conditions experience requires rethinking how diagnoses, diseases, etiologies and circumstances are perceived — a shift that begins...
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ISGlobal @isglobal.org · 29/05/2025
Congratulations to @jvlazarus.bsky.social on receiving the Eugene T. Davidson Public Service Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology! This award recognises exceptional contributions to clinical excellence, research, public health, and community engagement in #endocrinology.
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Here we are in Spanish talking liver health. #WorldLiverDay
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Read about Chronic Liver Disease, MASLD/MASH, and the Global NCD Agenda in the context of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on NCDs this Sept. We need to take action every day and not just on #WorldLiverDay! sldthinktank.com/un-hlm-2025-... #liversky #SLDthinktank
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
🌎Did you know 1 in 3 adults worldwide has #MASLD? It’s tied to obesity, diabetes & high cholesterol, it can lead to fibrosis and cancer. This #WorldLiverDay remember: #FoodIsMedicine! 💪Let's make #liverhealth a priority @easlnews.bsky.social @ihieurope.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"Food is Medicine" -But for whom? The accessibility problem in nutrition and liver health: worldliverday.org/food-is-medi... #WorldLiverDay #SLDthinktank #LiverSky @easlnews.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social @debbieshawcross.bsky.social @melinamanolas.bsky.social
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Hannes Hagström @liverepi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
New paper from us in @jhepatology.bsky.social: www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016... Causes of death in >13,000 persons with #MASLD - check it out #liversky. So proud of co-senior author Axel Wester and first author medical student Gabriel Issa for the work!
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Cause-specific mortality in 13,099 patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in Sweden
Data on cause-specific mortality in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are limited. We aimed to determine the rate and risk of death from different causes in patients wit...
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
❓Did you miss the second #LIVERAIM webinar? Check out our Youtube channel and discover what an #earlydiagnosis of #chronicliverdisease truly means for patients! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmw5... @easlnews.bsky.social @ihieurope.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social
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Early diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease - What does it means for patients?
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers @natrevdiseaseprimers.nature.com · 12/03/2025
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease encompasses a spectrum from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver or isolated hepatic steatosis through to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (#MASH). #MASLD www.nature.c...
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
New Nature disease primer on #MASLD out now. MASLD affects 1 in 3 adults, yet it’s still underrecognized beyond #hepatology. That’s why our multidisciplinary team collaborated to cover epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment & prevention 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41572-025-00599-1 #LiverSky
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Rui Castro @ruicastrohd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In a related topic, more about MASLD in an amazing Nature Reviews Disease Primers article just published: 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41... @jvlazarus.bsky.social
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
📌Tomorrow is the day: don't miss the 2nd #LIVERAIM webinar! ✒️Register now! tinyurl.com/bdhyjv8e @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @jvlazarus.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social @mkdmilan.bsky.social @majathiele.bsky.social @worldhepalliance.bsky.social
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Early diagnosis of Chronic Liver Disease – What does it mean for patients? – LiverAim
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
WHO "emphasizes the value of an integrated approach to HIV", drawing on our important evidence: "Integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa (#INTEAFRICA): a pragmatic cluster-randomised, controlled trial" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @gavinyamey.bsky.social
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Integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa (INTE-AFRICA): a pragmatic cluster-randomised, controlled trial
In sub-Saharan Africa, integrated chronic care services could achieve a high standard of care for people with diabetes or hypertension without adversely affecting outcomes for people with HIV.
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
⌛️4 day left! Join 2nd #LIVERAIM webinar and learn what patients really think about #earlydiagnosis: the hopes, the fears, and the reality! 🗓️3 March 17:30-18:10 CET 👉Register now tinyurl.com/bdhyjv8e @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @jvlazarus.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social
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LIVERAIM @liveraim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
📣 The second #LIVERAIM webinar is on the way! Early diagnosis of chronic liver disease - What does it mean for patients? 🗓️ 3 March 17:30-18:10 CET 🔗 Register now! tinyurl.com/4j97xhp9 #earlydiagnosis #changingtheparadigm @easlnews.bsky.social @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social @jvlazarus.bsky.social
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉) "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Dr @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social kicks off the #SLDsummit. First session is the SLD patient trajectory, proud to have contributed to it. We're joining after a fabulous visit to the Portuguese diabetes centre in Lisbon yesterday... @easlnews.bsky.social
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World Hepatitis Alliance @worldhepalliance.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hi #BlueSky! We are an international network of organisations working in over 100 countries towards the goal of eliminating hepatitis by 2030. Looking forward to connecting with likeminds! Learn more about us: www.worldhepatitisalliance.org
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World Hepatitis Alliance
Fighting for a world free from viral hepatitis
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EASL @easlnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
2025 is the perfect year to take your career to the next level🚀 There are also 6 positions to fill in the EASL Scientific Committee, Policy Public Health and Advocacy Committee, Ethics and Compliance Committee and Nurses & AHPs Task Force. Apply by 20 January: easl.eu/leadership25 #LiverSky
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WHO @who.int · 12/01/2025
There is no health without #MentalHealth💚 In 2025, let's make sure mental health is given the same priority as physical health by standing up against stigma and ensuring more people can access the support they need.
Reminder. There is no health without mental health.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
How much would buying the Sudetenland cost? We asked the experts. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/b...
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Trump Wants to Buy Greenland, But How Much Would It Actually Cost?
President-elect Donald Trump wants to buy the territory from Denmark, which says it’s not for sale. DealBook asked experts how they’d approach the deal.
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JAMA @jama.com · 11/01/2025
In 1964, the World Medical Association adopted the first version of its Declaration of Helsinki. This Viewpoint discusses key revisions of the Declaration of Helsinki 2024 in the context of internationally accepted ethical guidance for human research. ja.ma/3C4qXyD
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Recent work showing diverse treatment responses in #HBV infection. Treatment can work well but we need to understand it better, & focus on those in whom viraemia is not suppressed. @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk #HepSky 🧪 JHEP REP www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258...
Image shows classification of HBV viral load into groups according to treatment response.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
📚New study: Increasing value-added taxes rates on meat and dairy and reducing #VAT on fruits and vegetables can improve diets and result in #health, environmental and economic benefits in #Europe @naturefood.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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A reform of value-added taxes on foods can have health, environmental and economic benefits in Europe - Nature Food
Fiscal incentives on consumption can encourage dietary changes towards healthier and more sustainable foods. Integrated modelling reveals the potential health, environmental and economic impacts of al...
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The greatest review written on liver biopsy: indications, interpretation, and its future By Dr Purva Gopal and colleagues in HepCommJournal Open access journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full... #liversky #pathsky
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I'm very much looking forward to the EASL #SLDsummit in 2 weeks. We have an oral on MASLD #BestBuys, 2 posters on #MASHcities and one on the cost of Inaction. I'll also chair the #publichealth session - don't miss it. #LiverSky
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/01/2025
Peter Yarrow, whose vocals for the trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped establish them as one of the most popular folk acts of the 1960s, died on Tuesday at 86. The folk trio became a pop phenomenon with hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.” nyti.ms/3PqOFIp
A black-and-white photo of Peter Yarrow with shaggy dark hair on the back of his head, a bushy mustache and glasses smiling and playing an acoustic guitar. The text reads: "1935-2025. Peter Yarrow, Singer of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 86." Photo by Sherry Rayn Barnett via Getty Images
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SALVE @salve-liver.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Alcohol and MASLD are driving new cases of liver cancer in the US. These are diseases that can be addressed with robust public health measures to reduce downstream ill health #preventativehepatology doi.org/10.1111/apt....
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
JUST OUT: "A European Survey to Identify Challenges in the Management of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @easlnews.bsky.social #LiverSky
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
📻 Join me tomorrow, 5-6pm ET, on Duke radio, wxdu.org, for a new episode of Conversations on Healthcare! My focus will be obesity prevention & management—my guests will discuss medical approaches, ways to change our “obesogenic environment,” & insights from behavioral economics on food/exercise
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Our recent @thelancet.bsky.social Commission on Investing in Health report estimates there were >23 million excess deaths during the emergency phase—Jan 30 2020 to May 4 2023—almost all attributable to COVID-19, globalhealth2050.org In the next pandemic I hope we do a better job averting mass death
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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology @natrevgastrohep.nature.com · 31/12/2024
No.1 in our most impactful articles of 2024 (Altmetrics) This REVIEW on ultra-processed foods and food additives in gut health and disease www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Sharedit link: rdcu.be/d5mvy #Gastrosky #Liversky #Microsky 🍎📃
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Ultra-processed foods and food additives in gut health and disease - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
In this Review, Whelan and colleagues summarize and discuss evidence for the effects of ultra-processed foods and food additives on gut health and diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, color...
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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This was an impressive piece of work that I was pleased to contribute to. And welcome to BlueSky @jvlazarus.bsky.social
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Hannes Hagström @liverepi.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Nice attention to the liver in the guardian: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Would love to see more coverage in Swedish media on this as well!
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Love your liver! 19 simple ways to look after this incredible organ, chosen by doctors
Should you do Dry January? Is any amount of alcohol good for you? And do detoxes work? Experts reveal the tips they live by
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Elliot Tapper @ebtapper.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Jeff is here! @jvlazarus.bsky.social And Added a bunch more to part 2 #liversky
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Special #NewYearsDay edition of #followfriday because you should definitely be well informed in 2025. @jvlazarus.bsky.social a global leader in public health @iddocjen.bsky.social a cross-disciplinary researcher @profgoldberg.bsky.social a bioethicist @aetiology.bsky.social an ACTUAL epidemiologist
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JAMA @jama.com · 30/12/2024
Most Viewed JAMA 2024: Medications for Obesity 🔗 ja.ma/3Djs3ab
Figure 1.  Mechanisms of Action and Common Adverse Effects of 3 Classes of Antiobesity Medication
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Jeffrey V Lazarus @jvlazarus.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
My heartfelt condolences to everyone affected by the Boeing 737-800 flight crash in S Korea. www.bbc.com/news/live/c4... When the Boeing flight went down in Ethiopia 5 years ago, one of my @isglobal.org team members was on-board. She had won the @easlnews.bsky.social Young Investigator award twice.
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South Korea plane crash: Jeju Air disaster at Muan International Airport kills at least 177 people
Two flight staff were taken to hospital after the Jeju Air plane - which was carrying 181 passengers - came off the runway and burst into flames.
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