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Professional non-stupid person and Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal. (Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-028)
Today I learned that Moby Dick, published in 1874, was only 56% unassisted human writing, the rest was either purely AI or AI-assisted. www.linkedin.com/posts/samill...
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m a rotary cannon 👋
Richard Ferro, MD MSc@richferro.com · 2d agoIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm appendicitis
“While incidence is decreasing, the disease is becoming more complex, characterised by a shift toward older and more vulnerable populations, an increasing role of comorbidities … , rising relapse rates, and the continued urbanisation of transmission” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
More than 90% of visceral leishmaniasis cases in Latin America occur in Brazil with 54 003 confirmed cases between 2007 and 2022. In Latin America, it is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum an...
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“The Serum Institute of India has already manufactured and stockpiled about 620 000 doses, at financial risk. Pollock said this could allow development to continue without another funding round or manufacturing campaign.“ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Research response to the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak
Efforts to develop vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics against the Bundibugyo ebolavirus have accelerated since Uganda declared its outbreak over on July 28, 2026, even as transmission increases in ...
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As with every issue, it's full of goodies.
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The Lancet Microbe@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 5d agoOur August issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #malaria #mpox #tuberculosis #TB #RSV #AMR #CRE #Jingmenvirus #Streptococcus #Pseudomonas #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #OA
In our latest Tracking Report @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social shares why politics shouldn't shape vaccine policy: "The goal of vaccine policy should be to make it easier for parents to protect their children—not to inject politics and uncertainty..." Catch up & subscribe ⤵️ mailchi.mp/messages/pan...
The polio vaccine, once given on a sugar cube in the UK, has helped protect millions from a life changing disease. Thanks to the NHS vaccination programme, polio is now extremely rare in the UK. Vaccination works. ✅
It was said, at the advent of "the cloud", that putting all your proprietary data on third-party servers meant you had rocks in your head. Well, here we are.
Dylan Reeve@dylanreeve.com · 2d agoThis story is a nightmare... And 50TB is comparatively so little data. They could (should?) easily have held a local copy of the data on a basic SOHO-grade NAS. A good reminder not to put all eggs in one basket, I guess?
Well done @theroyalparks.bsky.social , finally opened Queen Elizabeth Gates at Hyde Park Corner to cyclists. Thank you! Was always frustrating the unnecessarily designed-in pedestrian/cycle conflict of funnelling everyone through the narrow side gate Apsley Gate next please! 🙏
Two spur-winged plovers (Vanellus spinosus), native to the Middle East & Africa, recently hatched at the San Antonio zoo, and they're like 90% legs at this age. As adult wading birds, they'll have striking black and white coloration. (📷: San Antonio Zoo)
Happy to be part of this free online series introducing the use of statistics within clinical trials, conceived and developed by the superstars of ADVANCE-ID #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
ADVANcing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases (ADVANCE-ID)@advance-id.bsky.social · 2d agoDemystify clinical trial design & enhance your research toolkit!📊✨ Join our statistical seminars supported by @advance-id.bsky.social & @who.int Explore clinical trial theory & real-life examples with global experts. Master the numbers in the mission against disease here: ad-id.co/stats
Still gobsmacking that Andy Burnhams response to the deaths from the climate crisis has been to pledge to try & stop the sale of single use barbeques. A monumental mistake. Time to do the right thing. Fund our firefighters & say no to new oil & gas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Apologies to my neighbours who just heard me swearing loudly because of this. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Did COVID-19 Actually Come From a Lab? Two Top Scientists Debate Its Origins
Anti-science Republicans are once again asserting that COVID-19 came from a lab. But does the 'lab leak' theory have any actual scientific merit? Doctors Angela Rasmussen and Ashish Jha discuss.
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I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
You can sign this petition to help fix the fact that far too much of our billionaire backed media is owned by people who don't live in this country and have the opposite of our best interests at heart. When it gets to 100,000 Parliament will debate it 👇🏽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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The BBC increasingly just report on what is being said by the billionaire press. They allow them to set the agenda which means our national conversation becomes about same trivial nonsense the Daily Mail are talking about. And it's becoming deadly. novaramedia.com/2026/08/13/b...
BBC Failing to Inform Viewers About Climate Emergency, Says Polanski
The BBC is failing to properly inform viewers about the realities of the climate emergency, choosing instead to follow the lead of rightwing newspapers owned by billionaires, Zack Polanski has said.
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Brilliant #BoldPolitics this wk @zackpolanski.bsky.social interviews @annastavrianakis.bsky.social: • UK Complicity in genocide • Flouting international law • Arms dealers' dodgy dinners for MPs • Where we really rank on arms spending AKA why war never goes out of fashion youtu.be/nxOZUUagC_o?...
How Defence Spending Has Changed
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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bioRxiv/medRxiv have been dealing with endless bot attacks recently (plus usual DDOS stuff, etc). Tricky to address without impacting genuine users - many of you affected. Apologies. We're working with our hosting service on solutions & think we're getting there [he shouts in his Red Queen costume].
"Active surveillance constitutes the foundation upon which this invisible success is built; it is the constant, unglamorous, and costly work of observation that enables intervention at the margins and averts catastrophe." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The silence of the alarms: Cyclospora and the fragility of foodborne surveillance
The summer of 2026 marks a turning point in the epidemiology of foodborne infections, not because of the re-emergence of a known pathogen, but because of the systemic vulnerabilities exposed by this e...
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"We see it as a treatment option that has a very good chance of helping and very little chance of harm" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wing and a prayer: how probiotics might save bat species from a killer fungus
Bat experts were shocked at how fast white-nose syndrome had spread to Canada’s northernmost colonies from the US. Now, the race is on to find a cure before species disappear
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Lancet Microbe: The silence of the alarms: Cyclospora and the fragility of foodborne surveillance Francesco Branda et al @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social bit.ly/3S7iJh6
"As soon as a disease is controlled by vaccines, people forget why the vaccines are needed; immunization rates drop, diseases resurge, and people rush to vaccinate once again." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How Trump’s order on vaccines is sowing confusion, doubt and fear
The order cannot effect change, and is only ‘undermining trust in vaccines’ as CDC guidance remains the same
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I think it's better we stay put and avoid smearing ourselves all over the place. academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...
Inevitable future: space colonization beyond Earth with microbes first
Discourse for scientists and space administrators on how and why to elevate microorganisms as essential components of future colonization strategies of our
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“If we start just using it on everyone, we’re not going to learn what we need to know.” That’s one side of a fierce debate over using Ervebo, a vaccine against Ebola Zaire, in the current outbreak caused by a different virus, Bundibugyo. The other: waiting for perfect evidence could cost lives. 🧪
‘Mismatched’ vaccine being rolled out against Ebola outbreak
Amid ethical questions, DRC proceeds with shot that may offer some protection against the Bundibugyo virus
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