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Prof. Calum Semple @profcalumsemple.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Delighted to be attending the University of Liverpool's Institute of Infection, Veterinary, and Ecological Science FIRST Research & Impact Away Day. Many one health collaborations that will improve health at population level for animals and humans.

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Janet Scott @drjanetscott.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

From the other place. Good to hear SLs surveillance teams have swung into action. It’s a terrifying time for patients and contacts waiting for those results. @profcalumsemple.bsky.social

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sierra Leone will this week become the 1st country to launch a nationwide preventive #Ebola vaccination campaign for people at the highest risk. Over 3 weeks, will deliver 20k doses of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine in a drive that will be repeated every 2-3 years. #IDSKY www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Ten years ago Ebola tore through Sierra Leone. Can a vaccine drive stop history repeating itself?

Memories of 2014, when the disease ravaged west Africa, are raw, while risk remains high. This week the first ever nationwide prevention programme begins – and doctors hope it will be enough to fend o...

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Liverpool City Council @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#News: #Liverpool has announced plans to make it one of the greenest cities in the world to film in. It aims to pilot a network of ‘plug & play’ facilities across key sites, creating a unique "carbon clean" production zone. ➡️ liverpoolexpress.co.uk/ambition-to-... #ImprovingLiverpool 📽️🌍

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Ambition to create 'plug and play' zone in city centre announced - Liverpool Express

Liverpool has announced plans to pilot a network of 'plug and play' facilities across key filming and TV sites in the city centre, which would create an unprecedented clean, creative production zone.

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Liverpool City Council @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#News: Liverpool has made climate change history, as the world's first UN ‘Accelerator City’. UN officials bestowed the honour today, in recognition of the city's pioneering work, at the start of a special #climateaction conference. More: liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-ce... #BeTheChange

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Liverpool celebrates UN award as it makes music history - again! - Liverpool Express

Liverpool has made climate change history today, with the City officially being given UN ‘Accelerator City’ status. The UN has honoured the City for its

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My new post takes a look at the topic of “immunity debt” What does this term mean, and why has it been so controversial? What explains the weird reemergence of seasonal pathogens since the pandemic? Is Covid-19 damaging immune systems? Let’s find out! 💥 #MedSky #IDSky #PedSky 🧪

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What is "immunity debt"?

A new study sheds further light on this seemingly controversial issue

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Prof. Calum Semple @profcalumsemple.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We evaluated some commercially available lateral flow antigen tests designed to detect Monkeypox virus in people with suspected Mpox disease. They are not very good, and a negative test result posses a high risk of false reassurance. doi.org/10.1101/2024... . Doing this require huge team work.

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Diagnostic accuracy of three mpox lateral flow assays for antigen detection in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Kingdom

Background The ongoing outbreaks of mpox, the disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV) highlight the urgent need for a rapid and low-cost MPXV diagnostic test to accurately detect and control mpox dis...

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

If you're in the North East, I am giving a University of Newcastle Public Lecture next Thursday, Curtis Auditorium, 530pm, on Inclusive Health, talking about how we can include disabled people.

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