Emma Wilkinson
@emmajourno.bsky.social
Freelance journalist writing about medicine/health/biosciences. Bylines in BMJ, Pulse, Pharmaceutical Journal, Sunday Times, Lancet, BBC and more. Co-founder Freelancing for Journalists. Co-author of Ultra Women. Often found running up Sheffield hills.
Pasteurisation was invented for good reason. Good lord can everyone please just learn some basic science Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US
As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people
theguardian.com
🔴NEW🔴 Joint investigation by me and @hannahalothman.bsky.social at the Guardian Anne and Jane were 10 when they were sexually abused by a man working in their British army school. Two police investigations later, he has never been interviewed or arrested. Why? www.opendemocracy.net/british-army...
Legal loophole denies justice to child abuse victims in British Army school
Exclusive: Questions over whether alleged abuse fell under military police’s jurisdiction is "travesty of justice"
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This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
theguardian.com
The evidence of positive impact of clean air zones on children’s health and development is really clear. Is every Reform policy based on just being pig-headedly wrong just for the sake of it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bradford Council leader 'confident' of scrapping Clean Air Zone fees
Stephen Place says he is still committed to "stop charging people" for driving around Bradford.
bbc.co.uk
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
The independent review into ADHD, autism and mental health conditions very strongly concludes that it is systems that have failed people who are not getting the support they need www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
GPs should take on long-term ADHD management, landmark review recommends
GPs should take on long-term management of ADHD under nationally-mandated shared care arrangements, a landmark review recommended.
pulsetoday.co.uk
And you know what they’ve summed it up pretty perfectly. One day I really want to write a feature about the madness and wonder that is Crookes Social Club
Emma Wilkinson@emmajourno.bsky.social · 3d agoI’ve always said we’re the cool kids up in Crookes 😎
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has issued an urgent reminder to freelance journalists that their deadline for submitting claims for articles has moved. mjauk.org/new-alcs-dea...
New ALCS deadline looming - Medical Journalists’ Association
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has issued an urgent reminder to freelance journalists that their deadline for submitting claims for articles has moved. Members must upload detail...
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Reaching the time of life where I've asked for a standing desk for my birthday to try and just somehow make my back happier...
Usually when a small child starts a tantrum with ‘I can do whatever I want’ you think aww bless, it’s nap time…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
Just walking home from an interval training session in the park where I had on shorts and a t-shirt and spotted quite a few dogs wearing coats? Sure it’s a bit cooler but seems a tad dramatic for the start of autumn….
Drip Dog in Arc'teryx Gear
ALT: Drip Dog in Arc'teryx Gear
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Every woman now nodding in unison.... And yet it is dismissed, under researched, etc etc. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55
theguardian.com
Same story for health visitors. If you want to shift to prevention you need the workforce to deliver it. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Back to school, but where are the school nurses? Nearly two in five lost since 2010, leaving children at risk of missing vital preventative support I The King's Fund
The King’s Fund warned that school nurse numbers have fallen by 38% since 2010, risking children missing vital preventative health support as need rises and services face mounting workforce and fundin...
kingsfund.org.uk
‘The cruelty is the point’ - how people you work within systems that do this I will never understand
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 6d agoICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Slim now, pay later: online pharmacies promote sales of new diet drugs despite ad ban observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Slim now, pay later: online pharmacies promote sales of n...
Campaigners say failure of drugs regulation has allowed use of ‘shocking’ tactics to boost sales
observer.co.uk
Are blood test subscriptions an early warning or a waste of money? www.thetimes.com/article/19f2...
Are blood test subscriptions an early warning or a waste of money?
Celebrity-fronted companies promise regular private testing will ‘revolutionise’ healthcare, but GPs say unreliable results are clogging their schedules
thetimes.com
It’s so obvious you should not do this but of course people are going to do this
HuffPost@huffpost.com · last wk.This new service promises to help users understand their body better — but it comes with numerous risks.
I’m not really a betting gal but a decade from now might be interesting to see how much osteoporosis we have going on… (point also made in the piece)
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · last wk.GLP-1s are now the secret weapon at the nursery gates says one writer, 36
Hey news I’d like more of this sort of thing Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
theguardian.com
If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I.
Trump, Mounjaro, and medical misogyny articles win BMJ honours at prestigious awards buff.ly/cQFSFUP
Trump, Mounjaro, and medical misogyny articles win BMJ honours at prestigious awards
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I should clarify the 25% uptake is of Y13 students who are the easier population to measure quickly. It is freshers who are most at risk so something to really keep an eye on 😬
Emma Wilkinson@emmajourno.bsky.social · 2w ago@ukhsa.bsky.social say that 75% of Y13 and university students eligible for meningitis B vaccine have not had the jab as of Sept 20th. This is really worrying. It feels like you 'could' do mass vaccination at school/uni rather than asking teenagers to book through a pharmacy but what do I know 🫠
@ukhsa.bsky.social say that 75% of Y13 and university students eligible for meningitis B vaccine have not had the jab as of Sept 20th. This is really worrying. It feels like you 'could' do mass vaccination at school/uni rather than asking teenagers to book through a pharmacy but what do I know 🫠
It's the Sure Start hokey cokey everyone (let's be clear this announcement is good news because it never should have been disbanded in first place as highly evidenced effective way to spend money but also gahhhhhh) www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
Infant feeding and mental health support to be rolled out across England by 2028
Parents will get enhanced infant feeding and mental health support, supported by health visitors and midwives, at more than 1,000 Family Hubs.
pulsetoday.co.uk
