A new study looking at COVID-19 data from 🇦🇺Vic hospitals has found: ▪️Up to 25% of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital contracted the virus after admission. ▪️mortality was 6 percentage points higher for people who caught COVID-19 in hospital. 🩺 www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Polio, skin rashes due to bacteria and a threat of cholera are just some of the major infectious health threats facing displaced people in Gaza. This is such an appalling health catastrophe unfolding in plain sight 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Satellite images show the impact of the damage to Gaza's critical water and sanitation systems.
Pan-beta-coronavirus subunit vaccine prevents SARS-CoV-2 Omicron, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV challenge journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
All of the above please Meaghan!
Just over a week ago I decided to scale back on X and try to start again elsewhere. So far I’m finding Bluesky pretty good - a good number of folks are here and it’s a much nicer place. Also been trying threads but the engagement is lower and it’s really algorithmy. Looking like I’m sticking here!
Chuffed to see this work published in E-Life. Sterling work by Dr Emma Brown, and impossible w/o excellent co-authors. We describe a functional role for the Zika virus M viroporin as well as demonstrating its potential as an antiviral target. elifesciences.org/articles/684...
I can only imagine the calibre of the so- called experts Trump will recruit to investigate ‘child health’ in his agreement with RFKJr one of the biggest peddlers of vaccine misinformation in the world! 🧪
Ex-president takes stage with Kennedy in Arizona, hours after independent candidate suspends White House bid
Our new paper is out! 🧪 Improving Quality in Adult Long Covid Services: Findings from the LOCOMOTION Quality Improvement Collaborative www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The protracted form of COVID-19 known as ‘long covid’ was first described in 2020. Its symptoms, course and prognosis vary widely; some patients have …
A new short piece by me in the BMJ reflecting on the Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 report and how "emergency planning" needs to be incorporated into "everyday planning" www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Health in all policies is also emergency preparedness in all policies, writes Christina Pagel The UK Covid-19 inquiry’s module 1 report on the resilience and preparedness of the UK had “no hesitation...
Massive fall in life expectancy among indigenous people in British Colombia since pre-pandemic times. Isn’t this the province whose director of public health was a covid minimiser and mask denier? 🧪