🚨 New paper! Working with colleagues from @cvrinfo.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & ISARIC4C study, we investigated the emergence of tecovirimat resistance during severe mpox infection in a patient with advanced HIV. 🦠 💊 🧬 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Proud supervisor post 📣 Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group student @mhairijan.bsky.social who graduated with a PhD on SARS-CoV-2 sero- epidemiology across urban and rural cohorts in Malawi. 🥳🎓🙌 If anyone is looking for a talented post-doc, look no further!

The ECDC welcomes 20 applicants for a 5-day observership at their headquarters in Solna. The call is open and will close on 19 May, so be sure to review the process and submit your application today! 💡Info: https://ow.ly/265Q50YQXo4 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

I am deeply honoured to receive this prize. Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for spotlighting clinician scientists & to everyone who came to my lecture. 🙏

Joseph Hughes@bljog.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fleming Prize Lecture @microbiologysociety.org : Unravelling Respiratory Viral Infections: from Bedside to Bench and Back Professor @drtoniho.bsky.social (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research)

@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group & Usher Institute PhD students, @hbsci.bsky.social & Milly Young presenting their work at #rti2026! 🫁🦠

Scotland on a sunny day - you cannae beat it! ☀️🗻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🎄✨ Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group. See you in 2026!

Wondering why flu is everywhere this winter & what you should do? 🦠🤒😷 Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇

Chris Baraniuk@chrisbaraniuk.com · 8mo ago

My latest for the BMJ - on the worrisome flu season currently unfolding in the UK. And why it is not too late to get vaccinated! www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group @emcat1.bsky.social student @elenvink.bsky.social who graduated from her PhD in Virology yesterday!! 🎓🎉🍾🙌

Proud supervisor post! 😬🙌 Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏 Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.

🚨New paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social! Analysis of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉 👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L

Fancy joining our clinical team in Glasgow? 🏥 🩺 🦠 Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot Closing date: 30 November 2025 👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Locum Consultant - Infectious Diseases and General Medicine:Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

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Am honoured and proud to be awarded the Fleming Prize! 🥺 Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏 Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!

Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 9mo ago

The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26

Yesssss SCOTLAND!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)

@socialinfluenza.bsky.social & I spoke to @theguardian.com about the early rise in flu cases in UK, the likely impact on the health service how you can protect yourself & others arounf you. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter

Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual

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UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria The UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim. The 15% reduction in the contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced this week – in a year when the UK, alongside South Africa, is co-host of the fund’s replenishment drive – risks encouraging other countries to cut back commitments as well, advocates fear. The Gates Foundation is a major private contributor to the Global Fund. The foundation also contributes to theguardian.org, which funds independent journalism at the Guardian Continue reading...

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Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇 COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.

Nature@nature.com · 9mo ago

“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19” SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies go.nature.com/3LeRVbd

🚨New paper from @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group PhD student @mhairijan.bsky.social on the evolving neutralising antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 in an urban & rural cohort in #Malawi, showing ⬆️ complexity of immune landscape across 3 waves. 🦠🩸🇲🇼📈 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating. Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉 #vaccineworks

UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report. 🟢 Flu has increased, particularly in children, but remains at baseline levels.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines

The two influenza A picks are different from the current Northern Hemisphere vaccines and from last season's Southern Hemisphere vaccines.

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@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬🔬🩺

Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Public Health at PHS, writes in our latest blog about the importance of making sure students are up to date with their vaccinations before heading to college or university. Read the full blog below ⬇️ publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202... #Vaccines4Students

Please repost this exciting opportunity! 📣

MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research@cvrinfo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢 VACANCY | Research Assistant/Associate - Data Analysis Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland. More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274

📣Come work with us! Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland. More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social Closing: 17 Sept 25 @cvrinfo.bsky.social

Excited to be starting this project with @louisapollock.bsky.social to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of #RSV vaccine in pregnant women in Scotland to protect young infants.🤰💉👶🦠🏥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research@cvrinfo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

💉 New Research to Track How Well RSV Vaccines Protect Scottish Babies Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland. cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...

🚨New paper 🚨 In 2 cohorts: 1) Malawi community cohort 2) UK adults with acute HCV We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir. 🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mhairi McCormack@mhairijan.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨 In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors) Here’s what we found 🧵1/n

Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏

Antonia Ho@drtoniho.bsky.social · last yr.

Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬 Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾 Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.

Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬 Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾 Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.

Spoke to BBC on the myriad of reasons why uptake of vaccines in adults and children are lower in ethnic minority groups. Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why are ethnic minority groups falling behind on vaccines? - BBC News

Data shows wide disparities in uptake of a range of vaccines, including measles, HPV, flu and Covid-19.

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