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Nicola Low

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Sexually transmitted infections epidemiologist @unibe.ch 🇨🇭, but Covid-19 changed everything. Now also emerging infections #mpox #pandemics @BEreadycohort.bsky.social orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11h
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
Photo featuring three rectangular vertical wood sculptures with blue and green inlayed stained glass, side by side on a wet beach with reflections
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13h
My goodness that is sleazy. Thank you for the warning. I will now have to begin every recorded interview by stating that this recording is for the use of the interviewer only.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 19h
“There are signs of a downturn in cases: More than 21 days have passed since a new case in 18 health zones, and the 278 infections confirmed near the end of September represent the lowest weekly case count since mid-June. Weekly deaths are now at 192…” www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/dr-con...
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DR Congo Ebola cases grow, deaths top 4,000 as officials struggle to ascertain numbers, trends
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 19h
DRC Ebola cases grow, deaths top 4,000 as officials struggle to ascertain numbers, trends An aid worker was evacuated to Europe after testing positive for the virus. Read more: bit.ly/4hpcz61 📷: UK Department for International Development / Flickr cc
Health workers helping in Ebola response
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 18h
#HIGNFY #BBC1 Have I got news for you needs a permanent host. Richard Ayoade is it
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...
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An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mary Quant (1930-2023), British fashion designer and fashion icon who was pivotal the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman wearing a white mini dress with black diamonds in a vertical stripe, with short dark bob hairstyle and both hands up
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#UKpol „Burnham… risks becoming the nearly man of British politics: the prime minister who asked the right questions but failed to come up with the right answers.“ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @mcgillperl.bsky.social @mcgill.ca invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Pandemic Prevention and Global Health Security to support a CIHR STEPS Team Grant focused on strengthening Canada's public health emergency response systems mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/10/2026
"An ambulance was seen arriving at the prison where Pike was to be executed and then leaving. Medical aid was being administered, according to online federal court records." The utter absurdity of the state trying twice to kill someone and then calling an ambulance. We must end the death penalty.
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Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyer says
Christa Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered a classmate. She would be the first woman the state has executed in more than 200 years.
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pink Cyclamen (1870) by Fidelia Bridges, US artist #WomensArt
Painting of a delicate pink flowering plant in a terracotta plant pot all against a sage green background
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.” President Jimmy Carter, born #OTD in 1924.
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Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Given the death of Esther Rantzen, it seems appropriate to share this: one of the most extraordinary things ever broadcast on television. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0H4...
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Story of Nicholas Winton BBC That's life Short version
YouTube video by vanilla lattae
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A fifth measles death in Pennsylvania. Entirely preventable.
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Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreak
Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Self Portrait with a Cat, 1938 by Swedish German painter Lotte Laserstein #WomensArt
Painting featuring a white woman with short dark hair wearing a white overall and holding a tabby cat on her lap while painting at the easil and looking outwards
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The work of contemporary potter Evelyn Ward (of evelynwardpottery, Instagram) #Womensart
Ceramic blue paint with white circular design
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
West Kazakhstan reports 57 pertussis cases, predominantly among infants under 12 months, amid vaccination gaps beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6…
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very bad news: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak
Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked on Sunday after promoting measures to prevent spread of disease, his party says
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than $2.9 billion has been raised for DRC’s #Ebola response. But as cases fall in Ituri, they are surging in Nord-Kivu, where conflict, staff shortages & late treatment are complicating efforts. Read the full HPW report📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/almost-3-bil... ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DRC: Dr. Kigombe dies of Ebola, colleagues protest lack of resources for response in Tshopo. www.radiookapi.net/2026/09/28/a...
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Décès du Dr Kingombe: les médecins dénoncent des failles dans la riposte contre Ebola à Tshopo
Les syndicats de médecins de la province de la Tshopo ont exprimé, samedi 26 septembre, leur profonde indignation face aux insuffisances qu’ils observent dans la riposte contre la maladie à virus Ebol...
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The response effort does not seem to be going well. DRC: Nursery school, hospital in Kisangani closed for 21 days after multiple Ebola cases. actualite.cd/2026/09/29/k...
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Kisangani : une école maternelle et un hôpital fermés momentanément après des cas confirmés d'Ebola
Le Desmet Hospital of Kisangani (DHKis), localisé dans la commune de Makiso, est temporairement fermé pour une durée de 21 jours en raison de la maladie à virus Ebola.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAHA in a nutshell: If any of these tech millionaires actually gave a shit about making AMERICA healthy and not just themselves, they’d use some of their gold coins to feed children and increase access to healthcare instead of hoarding their gold like dragons. Yes, it is that simple.
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Just seven countries—Angola, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen—accounted for 90% of all reported cases and deaths” www.cidrap.umn.edu/cholera/who-...
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WHO: Global cholera deaths rose by 30% in 2025
The 7,870 cholera deaths reported in 2025 represent the most since 1999.
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Jason Kindrachuk @kindrachukjason.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Epidemiology and phylogenomic characterisation of the 2025 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bulape, Kasaï province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective observational study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How does a bird virus infect a person? Surprising findings from B.C.’s human case of H5N1 avian flu theconversation.com/how-does-a-b...
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How does a bird virus infect a person? Surprising findings from B.C.’s human case of H5N1 avian flu
The human avian flu case in B.C. demonstrates there is much to learn about the complex factors that may result in a virus developing the ability to infect humans.
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧪 #HIVemergency #Fiji #InjectionDrugUse „UNAids is also concerned about the spread of the virus to the Pacific, with rising cases seen in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.“ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Children are dying’: Fiji hopes declaring an HIV emergency will help it tackle crisis
One in 60 adults Fiji lives with HIV but a recent emergency declaration may help address key issues such as syringe sharing
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter launches awareness campaign for potential victims of drugging and sexual assault
Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DRC Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases, with 48% death rate The WHO warns there are still too many deaths occurring in the community. Read more: bit.ly/3Teffu2 📷: UN Photo/Martine Perret/Flickr cc
Two Ebola workers with a cemetery behind them.
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The continuously high CFR, and especially the continuous high rate of deaths occurring in communities, highlights the seriousness of the disease and the persistent challenges in timely case detection and access to early and adequate patient care,” www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/dr-con...
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases, with 48% death rate
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“So far 13 cases in nine states have been identified, with eight patients hospitalized, including three with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)” www.cidrap.umn.edu/e-coli/cdc-c...
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CDC confirms multistate outbreak of E coli linked to raw milk cheese
Over half the patients are young children, and California and Nevada have the most cases.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Survey: Lack of knowledge, problems with access may affect adult vaccine uptake more than hesitancy Half of US adults greatly underestimate the number of flu-related hospitalizations that occurred in 2024-25. Read more: bit.ly/47oknyY
Woman thinking deeply about something while sitting on couch
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“A statement from the EU..said that while the declaration offers elements that will advance PPPR, it “also contains setbacks”.. Among the “red lines” noted in the statement was technology transfer, which it said must be voluntary and on mutually agreed terms” www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
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US, EU object to UN declaration on future pandemics
The objections prevented UN member states from endorsing a political declaration that aims for better international coordination.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Switzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de Weck
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Switzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de Weck
Brexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck
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Stephen H. Jones @stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Most academics I know were fundamentally anti-Wikipedia for a very long time. Salutary reminder that we get it quite wrong quite often.
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hepatitis B virus detected in wild New World primates in Brazilian Amazon— evidence of human-to-primate spillover linked to deforestation, Brazil beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a…
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Swiss People’s Party SVP is one of the oldest and electorally strongest radical-right parties in the world. But: electoral popularity ≠ policy popularity Voters keep supporting the SVP in elections, but only 2 out of 12 popular initiatives launched by the SVP have passed Data: Swissvotes
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#storage #declutter #stuff Lots of really good ideas here, but 🛑 stop advertising Amazon 🛑 don’t store your containers with the lids on - you just trap all the smells 📦 👟👞🫙📥🗂️🗑️ www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
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Create a ‘donation station’ and never buy round containers: professional organisers’ tips for a tidy home
Whether it’s streamlining shoes or being strict with toiletries, we asked the experts for the home organisation hacks they swear by
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Salmonellosis outbreak linked to school meals in Prague, Czechia: 363 people ill, including 22 confirmed cases and 50 hospitalized beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=a…
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you're at #ECSJ2026, please come to "The Peer Review Crisis." This is complex, but so important. It's not just the billions spent on APCs, it's also the billions spent on diluting signals of quality science. What are we doing? #scicomm #sciencejournalism #peerreview
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The Peer Review Crisis - WISSENSWERTE | 14.-16.10.2026 Hannover
The Peer Review Crisis Joint WW & ECSJ Session A2_Deep Dive Thursday, 15 October | 2:30–4:00 p.m. | Herrenhausen Palace Prof. Dr. Alice Fleerackers, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Civic Engagement, University of Amsterdam Marleen Halbach Theile, Editor-in-Chief, Science Media Center Germany (SMC) Dr. Mark Hanson, Group Leader, Centre
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cameroon reports 9660 measles cases across 113 districts as national vaccination campaign is postponed to October 2026 beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d…
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🎯 🧪 #Bundibugyo #Ebola Ein absolut hervorragender Artikel über Ebola, das Leben, die Politik und den Krieg im Osten des Kongo. Riesiger Respekt für Judith Raupp «Die Existenzängste sind viel grösser als die Angst vor Ebola» www.derbund.ch/ebola-im-kon...
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«Die Existenzängste sind viel grösser als die Angst vor Ebola»
Judith Raupp lebt im Ostkongo und ist seit Jahren mit Krieg, staatlicher Willkür und Leid konfrontiert. Nun kommt das Virus hinzu. Trotzdem will die Menschenrechtsaktivistin nirgendwo sonst hin.
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