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Rebecca O’Connell

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/10/2026
Trump and RFK jr. want to use your tax dollars to let children die from preventable diseases in Guinea-Bissau. Stand Up For Science says: NOT ON OUR WATCH!
NEWS ALERT banner over portraits of RFK Jr and Trump with a bold headline that reads "Trump and RFK jr. want to use your tax dollars to let children die from preventable diseases in Guinea-Bissau"
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 29/07/2026
We support you, Dr. Fauci. 💚 Rand Paul - maybe spend less time on political theater and more time *effectively* stopping the war with Iran.
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Anthony Fauci invokes fifth amendment in Covid origins hearing, repeatedly declining to answer questions – live
Medical adviser says he invokes right not to answer questions and accuses Senate committee chair Rand Paul of having ‘obvious obsession’ with him
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
As the AIDS epidemic is expected to worsen due to all the aid cuts, it is important to remember the history and the heroic efforts that helped control this once devastating epidemic At Wits university in Joburg, they have this poignant exhibit of TIME covers on AIDS over the decades 👇🏾
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating. Much of that devastation was avoidable. This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/12/2025
This year, I’d like to say a special thank you to our incredible emergency services who are working hard to keep Londoners safe today and during the festive period. You are London at its very best.
A man and woman in paramedic uniform at the rear of an ambulance
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Just another of those days when I hate this government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Do NOT allow them to rewrite history with disinformation. #COVID vaccines worked remarkably well and allowed us to come out of a global pandemic. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It may be September but have you read one of @theipaper.com best paperbacks of July, Unheard? Currently in good bookshops and on special offer here www.amazon.co.uk/Unheard-Prac...
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Being heard is an important part of what makes us human. When we are not heard in healthcare, we become dehumanised. How can we ensure the voices of most powerless in medicine are listened to and valued? I explore this in my book ‘UNHEARD: The Medical Practice of Silencing’ out now.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Thread of the day I get quite emotional about the USPSTF—they represent the BEST of science, the BEST of evidence, a kind of “church/shul/temple” when it comes to transparency, rigor & conflicts of interest RFK Jr is doing SO MUCH to make people sicker & at ⬆️ risk of death—he makes my blood boil
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Susie Freeman, Jubilee, 2000, wedding dress with (a lifetime average) 6,279 contraceptive pills, from a women’s health exhibition #womensart
Photo of a long dress with pink top and flowing transparent skirt with thousands of pills sewn into it
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say
Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty
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Paul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The federal HIV guidelines face a shutdown. A trusted, living resource -- used by clinicians, programs, and public health agencies for decades -- may disappear due to “budget decreases and revised priorities.” Big mistake. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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Federal HIV Guidelines Face a Shutdown — A Critical Loss for Clinicians and Patients
Each week, our HIV clinical group gathers to review active patients, share updates, and celebrate good news. On our whiteboard, we list four columns: Inpatients, Outpatients, Issues, and Celebrations....
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It's been a privilege to serve as an expert on NIH HIV guidelines panel alongside many dedicated colleagues. We do this work pro bono because it matters. This resource ensures a high level of care for people with HIV. Another short sighted pro disease move. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
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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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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 06/06/2025
Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅
The cover of The Lancet with this quote from our commentary: "If we in academic medicine give in to the campaigns against diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the consequences will include resegregation and fewer opportunities for marginalised groups."
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Tristan J Barber @tristanjbarber.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
@thelancet.com is bang on point www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Rebecca O’Connell @rebeccaoconnell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ah sad loss
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 12/05/2025
1 in 5 of the UK’s care workforce have a non-British passport. Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”. I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I wrote about the devastating impact that international aid cuts will have on the HIV sector globally for @the-independent.com “We cannot sit back and watch this humanitarian disaster unfold. We must act.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...
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I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – we should be very afraid of cuts to Aids funding
Hospitals will see a surge of people with Aids-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I love him I must marry him.
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British HIV Association @bhiva.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Short BHIVA statement following UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Upholding the rights of women does not need to erode the rights of our trans peers. We all face many intersecting issues, often stemming from the same misogynistic, homophobic, and anti-trans groups. 1/2
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Solidarity with trans women after today’s Supreme Court ruling. The rollback of LGBT rights — especially trans rights — is global, bankrolled by billionaires and the far-right. Trans rights are human rights. We must defend the Equality Act and its protections for trans people.
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Positively UK @positivelyuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
‼️We have four new #vacancies, all part of same work stream aiming to shape and deliver an exciting new #peersupport service across #EastAnglia. More information - positivelyuk.org/about-us/vac... Share across your networks or apply yourself!
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 09/04/2025
Why it’s important to look at health outcomes stratified by sex (even though our government is no longer interested)—this is how we discovered female patients accounted for more heart disease deaths than male patients and started investigating why.
Photo of a slide showing deaths in thousands over time. Female patient deaths exceeded men’s in the mid 1980s.
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Calling the #hepatitis #HBV #NoHep community worldwide - help us understand the impact of cuts. We can speak out better if we collate experiences. Takes 2 minutes. You can remain anonymous. Please share. @who.int @whoeurope.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info #MedSky #EpiSky #HepSky #USAID #CDC 🧪
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cannot agree more...
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’m finding it very hard to understand the stance of the Royal Society here. Science is part of society, not separate from it, existing in some strange metaphysical bubble. I look across the Atlantic, aghast at the damage being done to science and scientists. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 22/03/2025
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Mary Jackson worked at NASA as the first female aerospace engineer, overcoming tremendous prejudice, she joined the organisation in 1958. (Artwork by M.Metzlar) #WomensArt
Artwork featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman in a jacket and with glasses, smiling, facing slight left on a grey background surrounded by a curved line and small white star shapes
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 14/03/2025
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The worst part of a society manipulated by politics is to see the poor defending the rich who are responsible for their poverty.
~Paulo Coelho
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
'Woman wiring an early IBM computer' from the 'Documenting Science' series (1938-58) by photographer Berenice Abbott #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting white woman in shirt and trousers with her back to the viewer holding wires while working on a large computer which has multiple wires
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote only in 1971. 🇨🇭♀️ A reminder that progress is recent—and the fight for equality is far from over. ✊🏼💜 #HumanRights #WomensRights #IWD
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#StandUpForScience
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WHO @who.int · 08/03/2025
Today is #InternationalWomensDay Progress on #GenderEquality in health care is too slow. Women have distinct & changing health needs at different stages of their lives. Health care should be easy to access, fair & tailored to meet each woman’s unique needs & circumstances. 🔗 bit.ly/3DmZQ2o
Against a blue background, graphic representation shows a diverse group of women holding a megaphone and placard. In the background are two yellow and black striped tapes. The text reads 'Women's health needs change from the time they are born to older age. But they often hit roadblocks to receive the right diagnosis and treatment they need.'
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Word of the day is ‘whiffling’ (17th century): fickle, inconstant, and making it up as you go along.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Trump, Musk and gang's inhumane policies are causing untold harm to be people & causing mass trauma So many people are struggling with lost jobs, lost grants, lost career dreams, even as people will miss their treatments & care Even if the carnage stops now, it will take years to recover & rebuild
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
At a time when science, equity and inclusion are under such attack, editors have a key role to play and stand up for principles 10 things editors and journals can do to be better allies: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A website has been started in response to the orders to take down references to women’s accomplishments in government offices. We are not going to let them erase us this time. womenrefusingtobeerased.org
womenrefusingtobeerased.org
Women Refusing to Be Erased
Join us to inspire, educate, and uplift women/womxn.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13/02/2025
#USA: As healthcare providers, we are deeply concerned by disruptions to the US government’s lifesaving PEPFAR programme for people living with HIV. Our latest has details about what impacts we’re witnessing in countries where we work ⬇️ www.msf.org/uncertainty-...
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Uncertainty around PEPFAR programme puts millions of people at risk | MSF
The US government's decision to temporarily freeze funding to PEPFAR has had immediate effects on people living with HIV.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13/02/2025
#USA: We are calling on the US government to immediately resume funding for the full range of PEPFAR operations as well as other critical health and humanitarian aid. Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/uncer...
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Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk
MSF is calling on the US government to immediately resume funding for the full range of PEPFAR operations as well as other critical health and humanitarian aid.
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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! In the last decade, our main fight at the #WomenInSTEM Archive has been against indifference, but now with active organized attempts by the government to efface women scientists, we continue our promise to keep providing a home for these stories.
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning. Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals. Our full statement: buff.ly/42AO8LI
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The CDC is a national treasure of the US and has done great work for almost 80 years I can’t believe this stuff! www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
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Aaron Richterman @draaron.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
CDC HIV datasets and national surveillance reports have been taken down... this is public data. make it make sense www.cdc.gov/hiv-data/ind...
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Dr. Maya @drdrmaya.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...
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Site Index
STIs are common. Many are curable - all are preventable.
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