Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17/08/2025#Microbiome #PublicHealth #OneHealth #MicrobesMatter #BiocidesBill #ProbioticPlanet 17326
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025#AntimicrobialResistance - so many threats. "Fusidic acid, an antibiotic cream, is commonly used to treat impetigo infections, but it does not work well against the MRSA strain." #AMR www.euronews.com/health/2025/...euronews.comBacteria strain that evades antibiotics is spreading in EuropeThe strain was first identified nearly a decade ago in the Netherlands and Germany, and has since spread to at least nine other European countries, according to Danish research. 22515
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonWillem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social. preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen... I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).preview-uob.cloud.contensis.comPhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of BirminghamPhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches 01017
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonMike Bottery @mbottery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Thrilled to announce I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Career Development Award at @fbmh-uom.bsky.social , University of Manchester! My research will investigate the remarkable adaptability of Aspergillus fumigatus, a deadly fungal pathogen, to help combat drug resistance. 15677
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonKit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 13/07/2025“A child has died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital after contracting measles” An avoidable tragedy. Please get yourself and your kids vaccinated. For yourself and for others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/a... 1/2bbc.co.ukMeasles: Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as cases surgeSeventeen children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June. 310953
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This is wild! Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... 17612178
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonBritish Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 01/06/2025"NHS dentistry feels at its lowest ebb," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social in the @yorkshirepost.co.uk "One Yorkshire MP has it in her power to change this: Rachel Reeves." "The political choices that brought us here were made at the Treasury." "And any solutions will be too." 186
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/06/2025The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”nytimes.comF.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death 39542952269
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonBritish Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 19/05/2025New evidence shows big corporations including Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Mars, lobbied the UK government to drop plans on healthy eating. If you agree the food industry is out of control sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make… 189
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 16/05/2025@iadr.bsky.social @thebda.bsky.social @dentistgonebadd.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · 14/05/2025We’re proud Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will soon be home to the Besrour Centre for Global Primary Care and a new Professorship in the field. Thanks to a major gift from Dr Sadok Besrour, this new Centre will strengthen primary care worldwide 🌍 #GlobalHealth bit.ly/3YM8Ndcphc.ox.ac.ukUniversity of Oxford announces new Professorship and Centre for Global Primary Care, with support from Dr Sadok BesrourNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford will expand its work in global primary care with a new centre and professorship, thanks to a generous £8.4 million gift from t... 082
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonEddie Crouch @eddiecrouch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Probably the most cynical, manipulative form of words you’ll read this week. A stark reminder of why we can’t go on like this. 084
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAndy Wheatley @andywheatley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Another grooming gang. I’m sure the press, Reform and others will be all over this. Oh, I wonder white not? 42611
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Access to dentistry is an essential part of keeping antibiotics working. Keeping antibiotics working is essential for those with life-threatening infections. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @healthwatchengland.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social @thebda.bsky.socialnature.comSkimping on urgent care risks fuelling antibiotic apocalypse - BDJ In PracticeBDJ In Practice - Skimping on urgent care risks fuelling antibiotic apocalypse 000
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 16/04/2025@drneilstone.bsky.social Too bad that I missed meeting you in Vienna! Maybe Munich next year! 010
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025#ESCMIDGlobal conference has been great. Will there be more on dentistry next year? Just 2 posters in Vienna: one below from my undergrad student (tomorrow 12pm). But lots of dental AMS research exists and sessions were proposed by both UK and Australia! @ncas.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social 110
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 11/04/2025'Say AHHH to AMR! Public perceptions of toothache, antibiotics and resistance' (Poster P3861 at #ESCMiD Global) If you're in Vienna, come see my undergrad dental student's poster on Tuesday at 12pm! @dianeashiru.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social @evakrockow.bsky.social 011
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 07/04/2025UN HQ Geneva - viewed through the broken chair. The broken chair symbolises opposite to land mines and cluster bombs. V powerful. 020
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 03/04/2025An important message for US government from my research colleagues about the negative impact of US tariffs on US people's access to pharmaceuticals. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comTrade Tariffs on Canadian PharmaceuticalsThis cross-sectional study analyzes data from the National Institutes of Health, IQVIA, and the US Food and Drug Administration on pharmaceutical drugs manufactured in Canada and exported to the US. 000
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonInternational Assoc. for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research @iadr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025"Fighting the Antimicrobial Resistance Global Emergency: The Lifesaving Role of Dentistry" by W. Thompson, F. Cieplik, H. Benzian, et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @wendythedentist.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com #oralhealth #antibiotics #dentalresearch 033
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAntimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Hear the voices of Etta, Betty, and Jim. Their powerful testimonies remind us of a world before antibiotics, putting today’s challenges with #AMR into sharp perspective. A profound and moving reflection on the past that shapes our future. 0167
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAntimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 01/04/2025We should not stop traveling, but take precautions: Antibiotic-resistant “super-gonorrhoea” is rising in Asia-Pacific hotspots like Thailand & Vietnam. Use protection & get tested after unprotected encounters. Stay safe! #AMR #InfectiousDisease (ukhsa.blog.gov.uk)ukhsa.blog.gov.ukPublic health mattersWelcome to Public health matters - see blog posts 0207
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 23/03/2025youtu.be/7MMfB94QuA4 An idea which came to me whilst treating patients in their 90s - born before Fleming discovered penicillin. Here we captured their first hand memories of infection before antibiotics, whilst they were still available.youtu.beBefore the Breakthrough: Memories from a Pre-antibiotic EraYouTube video by PfizerUK 140
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Fighting the Antimicrobial Resistance Global Emergency: The Lifesaving Role of Dentistry @dianeashiru.bsky.social @thebda.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 001
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonThe University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 13/03/2025Lack of urgent care is driving antibiotic overuse and risking resistance, dentists warn Wes Streeting. 🚨 Research from @wendythedentist.bsky.social shows prescribing is still high post-COVID, and the government's 700k extra appointments fall short. Read more ⬇️ www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/d...manchester.ac.ukDentists warn Government on dangers of antibiotic over-prescribingIn an open letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, dentists have warned that a failure to fully meet demand for urgent dental care can only increase the pressures on our health service, as antibiot... 031
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonBritish Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Antibiotics have become a substitute for access to urgent dental care. Until this gap is closed we won’t see the end of DIY dentistry. And we’ll be fuelling antibiotic resistance, an existential threat to human health. 62614
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonBritish Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Read our letter to Wes Streeting www.bda.org/news-and-opi...bda.orgDentists: Skimping on urgent care is fuelling antibiotic resistanceIn an open letter to Wes Streeting, we have warned that a failure to fully meet demand for urgent dental care will only increase the pressures on our health service, as antibiotics become a substitute... 142
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonThe University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Prof Zoe Marshman was on BBC Breakfast this morning welcoming the announcement about the government’s Supervised Toothbrushing programme, which has received £11m in funding 🎉 if you missed it, head to 2:36:00 on the link below 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukBreakfast - 07/03/2025The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 0125
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAntimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 10/02/2025The WHO #AMR Survivor Task Force remind us: AMR infections don’t discriminate. Their stories are urgent calls for action: better diagnostics, smarter antibiotic use, global collaboration. @vanessacarteramr.bsky.social @theamrnarrative.bsky.social www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/preci...insideprecisionmedicine.comIn Conversation with Vanessa Carter and Sue CharlesAntimicrobial resistance remains a challenging and life-threatening global health problem, despite some progress in tackling the problem over the last decade. Listening to stories from patients who ha... 02011
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonWHO @who.int · 03/02/2025In 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.🧵 165117502122
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonJAC-AMR @jac-amr.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Antimicrobial-resistant infections can be a devastating event for transplant recipients. This systematic review showed that AMR caused a significant proportion of bloodstream infections in solid organ transplant recipients with high mortality:doi.org 031
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAntimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 17/12/2024AMR is a worry for cancer patients. Weak immune systems make one susceptible to infections, which are difficult to treat if resistant. The intersect of cancer and AMR requires balanced antimicrobial use, IPC, and new treatments to safeguard cancer care. www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-interpla...openaccessgovernment.org 077
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonAntimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The IDSA and the ASM have announced a new annual medical conference focused on AMR, beginning in early 2026 in the U.S. The event will explore advances in drug discovery, resistance mechanisms, and pharmacological topics. www.idsociety.org/news--public...idsociety.orgASM and IDSA to Launch New Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance 1148
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Research colleagues in UK. Is anyone paying more than the £25 per hour @nihr.bsky.social benchmark for public contributors which has been in place for more than a decade? My PPIs do more than just take part in meetings - they are co-researchers! Any advice?? @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNavy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social · 09/12/2024HMS Prince of Wales heading out of the Mersey this afternoon following a successful week-long visit to Liverpool. 250 family members are on board for the trip back to Portsmouth. Via: Activate Digital 1203
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Why did I secure a debate on the role of Physician and Anaesthetist Associates in the #HouseofLords last week? @TheBMA @EveryDoctorUK @TheDA_UK @AnaesUnited @PeterStefanovi2 @carolvorders 01710
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 09/12/2024@dentistgonebadd.bsky.social Oi Ollie!!! Who are you???? 🤣🤣🤣 000
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonKeep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said: "This is the true cost of Tony Blair’s ill-conceived PFI deals: hospitals crippled by debt, wards in disrepair, and trusts paying back many times their original investment — decades after the fact.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hosp...morningstaronline.co.ukHospitals haunted by £44bn in PFI debts 04129
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonUlf R. Dahle @ulfdahle.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Vanessa's story is a powerful reminder of how AMR changes lives forever. We need strong voices like hers to inspire action and awareness. @theamrnarrative.bsky.social @vanessacarteramr.bsky.social youtu.be/GUw6fRhwt3Y?...youtu.beVanessa’s antimicrobial resistance story (AMR)YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO) 078
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonJenny Harris @jnnyharris.bsky.social · 06/12/2024As of today, starting up here where the sky is blue #DentistsWithHerons Since 2020, 185 members in 6 countries 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 Rules as before: 🩶 post a picture (any quality) of a heron 🤍 include the hashtag; 🖤 all welcome who work in or with dentistry; 🩶 includes egrets and bitterns 0214
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 04/12/2024How are antibiotics like chocolates? And using this analogy, what is antibiotic resistance? vimeo.com/319680439vimeo.comAlan Partridge 'Antibiotics'I was asked to do a bit of animation for the BBC comedy, This Time With Alan Partridge. As a massive fan of Alan for a very long time it was an honour to be (a… 010
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 28/11/2024 @who.int invited us to host a side meeting on AMR at its first global oral health meeting. @vanessacarteramr.bsky.social shared her AMR infection survivor story WHO's Richard Brown Dr Suchit from the Dental Council of Thailand and the Norwegian chief dental officer Dr Stenhagen were inspiring! 062
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 26/11/2024'No health without oral health' - Tedros welcomed us to the @who.int first ever Global Oral Health Meeting. Proud to chair Thursday's side meeting on AMR, on behalf of FDI World Dental Federation. Helping dental teams keep their patients and themselves safe by helping keep antibiotics working. 132
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Listen to the fabulous Leanne Teoh on dental AMS! 020
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Mitigating the risks of antimicrobial failure. nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications... #WAAW2024nationalpreparednesscommission.ukMitigating the risks of antimicrobial failure - National Preparedness CommissionDr Wendy Thompson, Callum Wood and Professor Mike Bromley, University of Manchester AMR Network Antimicrobial resistance – a priority risk Ensuring sustainable and equitable access to effective anti... 010
Wendy Thompson @wendythedentist.bsky.social · 18/11/2024During World AMR Awareness Week, 20 UK dental organisations have come together to heed the international call to 'Educate. Advocate. Act Now!' cgdent.uk/2024/11/18/a...cgdent.ukAMR to kill more than cancer: dental organisations heed the call to ‘Educate. Advocate. Act Now!’ – College of General Dentistry 132
Reposted by Wendy ThompsonNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The UK has a national action plan on women, peace and security, and a national action plan on #AntiMicrobialResistance (#AMR). They need to be joined up 0348