A new immunology 101 that digs into how different factors like viral infection and pollution can drive chronic inflammatory conditions. Hope you enjoy it! #Exposome @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Immunology 101: Chronic inflammatory diseases and "exposome" factors.

A follow up article to Immunology 101: Chronic inflammatory diseases that digs into some of the research into the Exposome and chronic inflammatory diseases

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I am so ANGRY about the state of the labour market for young people. It's just shit. I know so many young ppl who've applied for hundreds of jobs, been made to jump through endless hoops, barely receive an acknowledgement, and, if they do get a job, they are often treated horribly. It's just not on!

This is SUCH important research. Many vaccines require storage at cold or ultra-cold temperatures which limits shelf-life once thawed AND is exceptionally challenging in shipping vaccines and for resource poor countries. This research shows potential for dried vaccines that don't need cold storage!

Half of vaccines are binned - this plant could change that

Scientists have kept vaccines stable at room temperature for a year, which could transform global vaccination.

bbc.co.uk

Careful debunking of the misinformation that Trump and RFKJr touted in the press conference for Trumps wish to reduce the number of free vaccines available

CIDRAP Op-Ed: What the vaccine executive order gets wrong, and what it will cost us

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Weren’t donations going to cover it all originally b4 he bulldozed the wing. Navin’s snap payments are cut, free health care provision targeted and a war rages on but he gets all his building and gilding projects on the taxpayers buck.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3d ago

Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million on White House grounds construction, a significantly larger price tag than previously reported. Taxpayers would cover most of the cost, according to records reviewed by The Post.

This is blatant misinformation from Bhattacharya. Unfortunately, we knew natural immunity was not good enough before the vaccine because too many people died, needed hospitalisation or got long COVID. Furthermore vax not tested routinely on pregnancy and were not mandated for pregnant women

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

a stammering NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya criticizes Dr Fauci: "He leaned into the mandates, denying natural immunity" 🥴

My very quick take on what Trump’s executive order targeting vaccines means - top line little for now which is good but could have repercussions later down line. .

Can Trump override the CDC vaccine schedule?

What Trump's Executive Order targeting childhood vaccines means.

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My very quick take on what Trump’s executive order targeting vaccines means - top line little for now which is good but could have repercussions later down line. .

Can Trump override the CDC vaccine schedule?

What Trump's Executive Order targeting childhood vaccines means.

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Utterly nonsensical. No good science backs this up but a lot of data says it could be bad- inconveniece is a huge barrier that prevents people getting vax or completing full course so splitting vax up further will compound this. In a country where measles clearly now endemic this is utter insanity

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 5d ago

BREAKING — Trump is planning to sign an executive order today that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines, breaking the MMR into three separate shots and making other key vaccine changes. @lenasun.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social

Climate change has enhanced the number and frequency of wildfires across the globe. This has huge health implications too especially for those with respiratory conditions.

Why severe wildfires are becoming more frequent in the UK and how to cope with the health risks

Wildfires are actually common in the UK, although most are typically small and of short duration. Hot, dry weather can dry out vegetation providing fuel for fires and increase the risk of wildfires. C...

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New data further reinforces that SarsCoV2 infection has knock on effects for some- enabling previously latent viruses such as EBV to wake up. This was particularly notable in people who developed long COVID but could be seen in infection anyway 🧵🧪 #Covid @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

This Republican led witch hunt against Fauci is disgusting - no real questions were addressed to learn lessons from pandemic and meanwhile US struggles with food poisoning outbreaks hampered by Republican cuts to CDC and measles continues to surge with little effort by RFKjr to combat.

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing

Anthony Fauci’s lawyer condemned the vote from the Republican-controlled committee as a ‘crude political stunt’

theguardian.com

Against all odds, with an HHS that has defunded mRNA research programs, the FDA just approved the first mRNA flu vaccine

A few people have asked me to write a simple explainer about chronic inflammatory conditions like autoimmunity or allergy so here is an immunology 101 about what we understand about why they occur. Will dig into more research studies in a future post. Hope u enjoy

Immunology 101: Chronic inflammatory diseases are increasing but why?

An overview of some of the ideas as to why some of us get chronic inflammatory diseases

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A few people have asked me to write a simple explainer about chronic inflammatory conditions like autoimmunity or allergy so here is an immunology 101 about what we understand about why they occur. Will dig into more research studies in a future post. Hope u enjoy

Immunology 101: Chronic inflammatory diseases are increasing but why?

An overview of some of the ideas as to why some of us get chronic inflammatory diseases

open.substack.com

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John O'Connell@jdpoc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your Much Needed Afternoon #TimelineCleanser ... Have fun at work, and if you can, make someone's day.

I saw this interview + applaud the journalist challenging RFKJr who repeatedly denied culpability for spreading disinformation that contributed to vaccine hesitancy, told out right lies about Lyme disease,Tylenol + RSV b4 eventually grudgingly conceding the MMR vaccine protects against measles

RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR

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Chilling

I don’t know- a president lying and a department hiding the truth really should be surprising and shouldn’t happen but in Trump’s administration he can never be made to look wrong even the contortions are so obvious to all.

CNN@cnn.com · 2w ago

"Nothing about what happened Friday, when the Justice Department dropped its case against a purported Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandal, was completely surprising," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. "But that’s also what makes it so scandalous." | Analysis: https://cnn.it/4xe4Dte

Trump puts his ‘anti-weaponization fund’ back on the table

Trump puts his ‘anti-weaponization fund’ back on the table

The missive comes a day after Trump declared the fund “dead” in a Cabinet meeting at Camp David.

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🧵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

this is a great feature from @nature.com albeit not a good news story as shows how mosquitoes are spreading throughout the world driven by climate change and trade routes. 🧵 #ClimateChange

How mosquitoes are conquering the world — in four charts

Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their range.

nature.com

Hear hear although in UK still much to do regarding tackling inequalities to address changes in north versus south in longevity

The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar

Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar

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Good summary of what the insanity that was the Fauci hearing yesterday was about- basically a senators vendetta against Fauci and overall an attack on science versus conspiracy theories. An absolute shocking display from the Republican senators involved.

Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned

Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bag

theguardian.com

Some good news as looks like the US will finally release the 600m dollars that had originally been approved for GAVI to support international vaccine programs but were then held back due to objections from RFKjr who demanded they remove thiomersal from all vaccines

State Department agrees to reinstate vaccine funding for Gavi

The department had been withholding $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds for the international vaccine partnership.

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Looking at this feed today is depressing. Senators fuelled by hate and disinformation are being unspeakably horrible, hostile, inane in their showboard questioning of Fauci who had one of the most challenging roles during the peak pandemic

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

"He killed people" -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville calls for Dr Fauci to be immediately imprisoned for "the lies he gave to President Trump"

The irony is that Trump (even if Fauci was steering it) helped shepherd Operation Warp Speed to develop a Covid vaccine but now he is pushing ever more anti vax agenda as measles cases spiral in the States

Trump reportedly pushing RFK Jr to cut vaccines more aggressively

White House has halted changing vaccine schedule as it is unpopular, but anti-vaxx Trump set on ‘alleviating autism’

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Absolutely devastated to hear that the SFTC cuts mean that funding for astronomical research at Jodrell Bank has been stopped. The changes to UKRI funding and especially SFTC are really harming UK science

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities

theguardian.com

As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable. www.wired.com/story/measle...

Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable.

wired.com

The British edition of CPAC, the US (ultra)-Conservative Political Action Conference, took place in London last week. @mccoolingtons.bsky.social reports on how its young organisers are part of a web of culture-war connections – from the US Christian right to Viktor Orbán's influence network