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Laura RNC

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📝 CYP nurse lecturer @ Brunel University London. 📕 Co-author: Clinical Pocket Ref for #NAs. Evidence Based Practice #EBP #PublicHealth. 🩸Living w/CML (chronic blood cancer). ⛔️All own views. Professional. Unsolicited DM, bitcoin, crypto = BLOCK 🚫

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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
New Covid variant BA.3.2 detected across US, but experts urge vigilance over alarm www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #COVID #publichealth #science #vaccines
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New Covid variant BA.3.2 detected across US, but experts urge vigilance over alarm
Strain found in 29 states and Puerto Rico carries spike mutations, but no data shows increased severity
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The Optimist Daily @optimistdaily.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Researchers are recruiting the help of dogs from Medical Detection Dogs and their powerful noses to sniff out lung infections caused by cystic fibrosis in patients. www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/supe...
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Super sniffers: how dogs could help detect dangerous bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients | The Optimist Daily
Imperial College scientists are training dogs to sniff out bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients, offering a non-invasive tool to fight deadly infections.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is awesome work by Christina
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This is terrifying
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Association of British Paediatric Nurses @abpn-childnurse.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
All of our webinar recordings are out now on our YouTube channel! Go to - youtube.com/@abpn_childn... to see our full back dated catalogue now! And sign up for our upcoming webinars at www.abpn-uk.com/webinars
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Association of British Paediatric Nurses @abpn-childnurse.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We have published a Blueprint for Community Children’s Nursing and the Report from our World Café event in March: Developing a Rights Based Approach to the Provision of Comprehensive Integrated Community Childrens’ Nursing Services Find them both on our website: www.abpn-uk.com
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This should be a warning to anyone who thinks the gross abuses by ICE in the US couldn’t happen here. Former Reform MP reports charity rowing team (including ex Royal Marine) as possible “illegal” migrants. In US it’s enough to look Hispanic. Here all that may be needed is to be in a boat.
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Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Interested to learn about how to run your own Loculus (the database code behind @pathoplexus.org)? 🤔🖥️ Sign up for the Loculus Tutorial on Mon 8 Sept at BC2 Conference (@sib.swiss‬) in Basel, run by @chaoranchen.de & Anya Parker! 🧬 Register: www.bc2.ch/registration... #bioinformatics #openScience
Image showing information on the BC2 (Basel Computational Biology Conference) from 8-10 Sept 2025. Says: "Tutorial: build a microbial genomic sequence database with Loculus - Register now. 8 Sept 2025 - Biozentrum, Basel. Early bird until 30 June 2025"
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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
a happy ending
i remember stripping the bark from a lot of branches one time i bored holes into a stick & jammed marbles in there to make -a wizard staffand nothing bad happened i was a very responsible knife-having child
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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
i was precocious, know this
when i was a kid i convinced my dad i should have a knifei wanted to whittle with it - i think i read a book where a character did thati was 9? it was the year my dad spent weekends clearing out the wooded lot where he would put our new house i plead my case and my dad agreed!
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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025
a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planksthe green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
New paper: What increases people’s support for policy responses to #climate #change? ✊ We find: It’s not necessarily firsthand experience of extreme weather events. Instead, it’s whether people think that these events are linked to climate change. Here is the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔎
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Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world - Nature Climate Change
Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic asse...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hey, these guys need money to continue their fight for patient safety. Link below.
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Nature @nature.com · 31/03/2025
Scientists have created the first map of mitochondria throughout the entire brain go.nature.com/4c8CLNM
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First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement
Nature - Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 31/03/2025
The functional role of interpersonal dehumanization and associated brain networks Review by Lasana T. Harris & Naira Delgado Web: go.nature.com/42lh9up PDF: rdcu.be/efO4D
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Listen to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social discuss the latest evidence on the use of Physician Associates in the NHS on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme - she's very clear! youtu.be/IWNw6nfnN3o
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Prof Trish Greenhalgh on BBC Radio 4 Today discussing the latest evidence on Physician Associates
YouTube video by Christina Pagel
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Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: Study finds little evidence supporting the safety & efficacy of Physician & Anaesthetic Associates in the NHS. From @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social, the largest ever UK review raises critical questions about the rapid expansion of these roles. #NHS #WorkForce @bmj.com
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Role of Physician and Anaesthetic Associates in UK healthcare challenged in largest ever review
A new study has found little evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetists associates (AAs) in the UK, raising critical questions about the rapid expansio...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In the excitement over our new review of PAs, I forgot to tell you about the OTHER paper published in BMJ today, my commentary on the challenges of doing systematic reviews of evidence when there's no RCTs and most of the primary studies were unique and non-standardised.🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Systematic reviews of non-RCT evidence: building dry stone walls
To bake good cookies, start with good cookie dough. To use a different metaphor, to build a brick wall, take a large collection of bricks—all the same size and in perfect shape—and line them up neatly...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Unfucking believable as CDC is suddenly launching a study into exploring possible links with MMR and autism. I wonder who might have initiated this? 🤔 to be clear There is NO link and this has already been debunked in massive studies 🧪🧵
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Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.
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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight. What do we actually know about SSRIs? Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs? - Poynter
A new federal review puts kids’ psychiatric meds under scrutiny, but experts say RFK Jr.’s claims about SSRIs are misleading and unsupported.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 07/03/2025
The UK's record on child poverty is pretty terrible. Based on before-housing-cost thresholds, only Greece had worse rates among European countries in 2018.
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Troy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Wanna cut Medicaid? It covers 39% of kids, 80% of kids in poverty, 16% of adults, half of adults in poverty, 25% of adults w/disabilities, 41% of births, 50% of kids w/special health care needs, 5 of 8 in nursing homes, 29% of non-elderly adults w/ mental illness, & 40% of non-elderly adults w/HIV.
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10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF
At the start of 2025, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care. While Medicaid was not discussed much on the campaign trail, Congress may consider big ...
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Don't let anyone tell you that there is no protest happening. Our latest Crowd Counting Consortium data update is now available. February saw thousands of events. 50501 days of action, immigration-related protests & Tesla takeovers were key spikes in activity. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm....
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years"
Repatriation of British soldiers at Wootton Bassett (now Royal Wootton Bassett)
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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org: We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*. Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past. [New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
No, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t causing immunosuppression. A preprint has been wildly misinterpreted. •No correction for prior COVID-19. •No assessment of T cell exhaustion. •No differences in CD4 T cells. •EBV reactivation wasn’t detected. Read my analysis: news.immunologic.org/p/no-covid-1...
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No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t suppress your immune system—here's the science
A recent preprint filled with fundamental scientific flaws is fueling anti-vaccine disinformation.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 06/02/2025
McDonald's is overturning council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets by claiming they will encourage healthier lifestyles, reveals a BMJ investigation. It shows the firm has won planning appeals in some of the most deprived areas of England www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Signs on McDonalds
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I’ll be on MSNBC at around 8:45 with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com talking Musk.
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WHO @who.int · 03/02/2025
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
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WHO @who.int · 01/02/2025
WHO is supporting the Ugandan health authorities to respond through • Risk assessment and investigation. • Operational, financial and technical support • Facilitating access to candidate vaccines and therapeutics bit.ly/40J3N9g 3/3 - END
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WHO @who.int · 01/02/2025
Sudan Ebola virus disease belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease. In the absence of licensed vaccines and therapeutics, the risk of potential serious public health impact is high. Early supportive patient care and treatment may increase the chance of survival from severe disease. 2/3
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WHO @who.int · 01/02/2025
🧵 On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of #Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease following confirmation from 3 national reference laboratories. As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, incl. 34 healthcare workers & 11 family members bit.ly/40J3N9g 1/3
Sudan Ebolavirus disease
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Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Be inspired and learn how to create child-friendly planning and urban design in our free webinar on 13 February. Explore case studies from Spain, Slovakia, Albania and Germany. Register: www.tcpa.org.uk/event/child-friendly-planning-and-design-insights-and-experiences-from-european-cities/
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Child-friendly planning and design: insights and experiences from European cities - Town and Country Planning Association
Many European cities are embracing child-friendly planning and urban design and this webinar will explore four case studies from Spain, Slovakia, Albania and Germany that offer insight, inspiration an...
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Disability and poverty often go together. On top of this, many #autistic people are only able to eat certain foods because of sensory aspects. These might also be more expensive. It’s important to consider these factors rather than blaming or shaming people for their dietary “choices” #autism
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"The Food Foundation found that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats." Your health is shaped by what you AFFORD to eat. #PublicHealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Healthy food costs more than double less healthy options, analysis says
Low-income families are being priced out of being able to afford to eat healthily, a charity warns.
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Dr Edward Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🧪 UKHSA has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in West Midlands region. #IDSky #EpiSky 🏥 Individual is currently well & was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease unit 📰 Currently no evidence of onwards transmission from this case 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Human case of avian flu detected in England
UKHSA confirms rare case of bird flu (H5N1) in the West Midlands region.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Heart wrenching
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/01/2025
These women didn’t sit down, stay quiet, or ask for permission—they broke the rules and changed the world. Role models. We should add Bishop Mariann Budde to the list.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Vaccines do not cause autism. RFK Jr. has profited off this lie for 25 years. Most recently? His employees self-funded & published a “study” claiming this, even though decades of data show NO link between vaccines & autism. Read the details at ImmunoLogic: news.immunologic.org/p/a-recent-s...
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A recent study did NOT show vaccines cause autism, but RFK Jr. keeps pushing the lie.
Yet again, anti-vaccine activists self-published a “study” to spread disinformation and profit off fear.
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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I am frequently asked if people can reproduce published images of the Behaviour Change Wheel and the COM-B model. Please, no need to contact me as the answer is always yes, if cited correctly. #OpenScience. The original article is implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... .. & book ...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
1/ Trump has announced plans to withdraw from @who.int This decision threatens to weaken WHO, isolate the US, and undermine global health diplomacy when unity is most needed. We respond @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Now with correct link www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
💬 "There are often great opportunities for positive societal impact uncovered when we take the time to explore potential applications for our science.” Earlham Institute has secured its first Entrepreneur in Residence award from the @royalsociety.org! www.earlham.ac.uk/news/entrepr...
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Entrepreneur in residence to drive innovation at the Earlham Institute
The Earlham Institute has secured its first Entrepreneur in Residence award from the Royal Society.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/01/2025
"Safe and good quality care cannot co-exist with treatment in corridors." In the midst of huge winter pressures, NHS principles on care in “temporary escalation spaces” threaten to take leave from reality, say Julian Sheather and Matt Phillips www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Hospital corridor
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WHO @who.int · 14/01/2025
🧵 WHO informed its Member States and International Health Regulation State Parties of an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease in the Kagera region of #Tanzania So far, we are aware of 9 suspected cases incl. 8 deaths across 2 districts. 1/2
Square graphic, navy with white font "Marburg Virus Disease" and WHO logo in white
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
For more on contagion, infection, pollution, and squishy bodies, preorder HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY now! Drops Feb 4. Use UCPAHA for 40% off from @ucpress.bsky.social or via info@wiley.co.uk (#AHA25 conference discount; still valid). 6/6 www.surekhadavies.org/humans-a-mon...
An oval mirror surrounded by monster characters from sci-fi and science fiction. A book title runs across the top and in the upper part of the mirror: HUMANS: A Monstrous History. The author's curves along the bottom edge of the mirror: Surekha Davies. To the right of the mirror: Drops Feb 4, 2025. Preorder now!
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