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Misbah Khan

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Investigative Journalist | Global Health

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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop The latest in a series of @tbij.bsky.social stories on those profiting from speading hate online. Great reporting by @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social and @misbahsk.bsky.social
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The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop
A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in UK – and line the pockets of Big Tech
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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Morning #AMR bluesky! Day 2 of #AMR2026 Summit in Sydney starts with "From the Lab to the Last Mile" This session starts with @misbahsk.bsky.social providing real life stories of patients and communities impacted by drug resistant organisms. AMR should no longer be considered a "silent pandemic"
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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What happens after you survive a bomb?
In Gaza, Israel’s explosives have killed tens of thousands – and caused a lifetime of suffering for many more survivors
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We’ve been reporting on the health impacts from Israel’s campaign of attacks on Gaza The bombardment has been so severe that bomb injuries already affect almost the entire population And they will create serious issues for the region’s weakened health system for years to come
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The journalists worked for a committee supervising Egyptian aid in Gaza and were documenting a newly set-up camp Being a reporter should never come with a death sentence Journalism is not a crime
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
As global attention is directed elsewhere and Gaza slips from the headlines, journalists remain on the front lines At least 11 Palestinians, including three journalists, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨 Our latest: Israeli bombing has triggered an “unparalleled” ecological crisis in Gaza: asbestos, sewage, toxic dust and collapsing water systems. As talks turn to a “New Gaza”, the question is: how do you rebuild on poisoned ground?
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Patients left to suffer as painkiller crisis hits Gaza - - www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... "Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs" making children suffer agonising pain unnecessarily is sheer sadism by #israel #gazagenocide
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Gaza patients being left to suffer as hospitals hit by painkiller…
Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2025
‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
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‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
On Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza and killed 20 people, including five journalists – Mohamed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, Hussam al-Masri, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Mariam Dagga Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In Nov, we reported doctors in Gaza using vinegar when antiseptics ran out, with food shortages, that’s no longer an option. Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria. Our latest investigation for ⬇️
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Nasser, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, has been forced to operate at twice its capacity in grim conditions with little to no supplies But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs
An overcrowded ward in Nasser hospital
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
According to the UN, at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed since May while seeking food, with 994 killed near GHF sites A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites
Palestinian patients are being treated in makeshift tents set up in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks Now it’s every day Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇
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Gaza hospitals overwhelmed as infections surge amid health crisis
Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions where bacteria can spread unchecked
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Drug-resistant infections already contribute to an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the UK And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚨The UK would struggle to tackle a superbug epidemic – that’s the stark warning from a parliamentary committee assessing the rise of antibiotic-resistant bugs www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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MPs raise the alarm over superbug risk
Public Accounts Committee says UK has missed key targets and is weakening its ambitions
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Meet Misbah, our antimicrobial resistance (AMR) reporter From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A major outbreak of animal disease could cost the UK billions, according to a new government report The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks
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UK unprepared for major animal disease outbreak, report warns
National Audit Office flags serious flaws in biosecurity despite rising threat of disease
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CARB-X @carb-x.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
During the panel, @koutterson.bsky.social and fellow panelists @misbahsk.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and Sujith Chandy from @icarsglobal.bsky.social will unveil a new tool to estimate the impact of AMR across 122 countries.
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CARB-X @carb-x.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join CARB-X Executive Director @koutterson.bsky.social at the @cgdev.org panel “From Evidence to Action: Designing an Effective Independent Panel on Antimicrobial Resistance” in Geneva, Switzerland! 🧪 📆 Wednesday, May 21 ⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ #AMR #Superbugs
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Peter Yeung @peter-yeung.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Excellent panel on effective approaches to impact #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com @lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Less than a week to go till #IJF25 Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism! @tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I am working with @mellino.bsky.social to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals. Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Did you know that sex is a trigger for about 60% of the women living with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)?
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Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New today: @tbij.bsky.social can reveal the life-saving treatments against snake bites that contain so little active ingredient, experts say you may as well give a patient water. Others sold in sub-Saharan Africa are made for Indian snakes and are guaranteed not to work shorturl.at/isLOr
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (@tbij.bsky.social)
The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
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Kat Lay @katlay.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients
Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
If you've ever had a UTI, you'll know the thought of extreme infections which are resistant to antibiotics is just... awful. This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.
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Rozina Breen @roziebreen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Women are all too often hidden in the story of public health around the world. Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be. Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social 👇🏽
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Everyone knows someone that has had a UTI. Some people are suffering from these infections over and over again. Burning bladder pain that doesn’t go away… My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
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‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
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Claire Wilmot @clairelwilmot.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
For @tbij.bsky.social, I took a look at a few different AI tools being rolled out in some of the highest-stakes conflicts on earth. 🧵
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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
AMR is listed as a major security threat in Security plans around the world, including the UK. And yet.... Gaza www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024... by @misbahsk.bsky.social
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Gaza bombardment worsens superbug outbreaks
Israeli blockades and bombings have left doctors without basic medicines to treat infections
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Billie Gay Jackson @billiegayjackson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
NEW: Trans people across the country are having their HRT prescriptions refused or withdrawn by GPs - sometimes years after starting the treatment www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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Trans+ people finding it harder to access lifesaving treatment
Reports of treatment being refused of withdrawn are on the rise – and no official figures exist to track the issue
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🚨Major investigation just dropped at @dropsitenews.com in partnership with a consortium of independent European news outlets. A major player in global journalism is primarily bankrolled by the U.S. State Department, we can reveal. Story to follow in next post:
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We spent a year collecting a database of stories that were suppressed by the rich and powerful – yesterday MPs used their parliamentary privilege to talk openly about it This is what they covered 👇
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Zahawi, Al-Fayed and Ampika Pickston: All the silenced stories
MPs used parliamentary privilege during the SLAPPs debate to reveal stories suppressed by legal threats
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨We’ve teamed up with MPs to help us expose shocking stories silenced by legal threats – and they’re going to be revealed in the UK parliament today
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TBIJ teams up with MPs to uncover stories silenced by threats
TBIJ spent a year uncovering public-interest stories blocked by legal threats. On Thursday, MPs will use parliamentary privilege to discuss them
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hajar meddah @hajmedd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@benrst.bsky.social and I spent the last few months investigating aspiring "largest private-sector catalyst for decarbonisation", McKinsey read our report into the firm's polluting clients and connections w @theguardian.com + my first byline @ CCR 🥸 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels
Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis
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Franz Wild @wildfranz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
There is a growing and dire public health crisis taking place in Gaza - one you might not have thought about. Israeli blockades and hospital bombings are fuelling a superbug emergency, with civilians facing untreatable, life-threatening infections. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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Gaza bombardment worsens superbug outbreaks
Israeli blockades and bombings have left doctors without basic medicines to treat infections
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
With farm owners protesting today over the prospect of paying a highly discounted inheritence tax, I'm sure you've seen quotes about how they "feed the nation". But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Whilst reporting this story, I received images on WhatsApp from a doctor in Gaza showing a blast injury infected with superbugs. The man had survived the bombardment only to lose his leg to an infection. For many, life-saving drugs aren’t working.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
NEW: Less than 100 miles from where world leaders have been discussing how to meet climate pledges at COP29, BP is drilling for gas The project could inject more than 1 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (more than the UK emits over 3 years) www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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‘Greenwashing’ banks raised 1 trillion dollars for fossil fuel giants
NatWest among several banks in net zero alliance continuing to support the fossil fuel industry
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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