Closing the gap in European rare disease research funding! Rare disease patients in some European countries miss out on clinical trials and treatments. RDCTN co-lead Prof Rachel Crowley is working with ERDERA to change that, shaping fairer health policies across Europe. 🤝 More:

Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave. Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...

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Congratulations Dr Aoife Carolan who gave a fantastic talk at the @atscommunity.bsky.social Congress in Orlando. She described our familial pulmonary fibrosis patients in our specialist clinic and our research in @rcsi.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @irishlungcheck.bsky.social

Important resource of single cell transcriptomics from the aging lung 🫁 now openly available.

KaminskiMed@kaminskimed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just in time for #ATS2026: The Lung Aging Single Cell Atlas portal www.lungaging.com is up again. It is a bit slow, but FULLY functional with more functions to follow soon. Check it out. The full paper is here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just in time for #ATS2026: The Lung Aging Single Cell Atlas portal www.lungaging.com is up again. It is a bit slow, but FULLY functional with more functions to follow soon. Check it out. The full paper is here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally out!! The first single cell atlas of Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE), a lethal, poorly understood lung disease that predominantly affects females. Kudos to Drs Ruwisch, Justet, Schupp & team for this groundbreaking effort!!! Just in time for #ATS2026 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis atlas reveals aberrant cell states and their zonation as an alternate roadmap to lung fibrosis

Zonated inflammatory programmed mesenchymal niches drive elastotic and fibrotic remodeling in pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.

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In Brussels at the EU PFF Patient Summit I heard from patients about the effects of a diagnosis of familial pulmonary fibrosis. Our panel discussion on Innovation in Cell & Gene Therapies offered some hope for the future of treatments. @ipfthurles.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study showed men with SSc more likely to have diffuse disease & cumulative digital ischaemia, myositis, & ILD than women, and were more likely to have anti-Scl-70, anti-Jo-1, anti-PM/Scl & anti-RNA-polymerase III antibodies AC&R doi.org/10.1002/acr....

Irish Society of Human Genetics (@ishg.ie) will be holding its annual meeting this year at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin on September the 4th. Early bird tickets open on June 1st and the abstract submission deadline is June 12th. ishg.ie/conference

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Registration is now open for our 2026 conference on September the 4th! We'll be hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, in Dublin, with some amazing keynote speakers. All the information about the conference, can be found via our website @ ishg.ie/conference/

"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.” My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds

Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

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In diseases like Sarcoidosis Granulomas are ubiquitous and mysterious, and RIPE to be demystified by spatial omics analysis. Kudos @jonas_schupp for this groundbreaking work. Read paper at academic.oup.com/ajrccm/artic... #CureSarcoidosis

Spatial transcriptomics uncovers hybrid, proinflammatory, and profibrotic cellular niches in pulmonary granuloma of patients with chronic sarcoidosis

AbstractBackground. Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology, characterized by the formation of immune cell accumulations (granulomas) in the lung and

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📣Call for Papers! 📣Looking for articles with a focus on interstitial lung disease🫁 Deadline: June 1, 2026 academic.oup.com/ajrccm/pages... Submit here: tinyurl.com/3h7dmm2x @atscommunity.bsky.social

Human Lung Aging lungaging.com 60👤 200k cells 25 cell types Transcriptional Entropy🤠 is superior to gene expression in predicting chronological age in general capillary EC Somatic mutation burdens 3~7 mut/MB vary across cell types Naftali Kaminski lab #NatComm 2026 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cutting the carbon emissions of inhaler use and ‘green’ EDs were among the initiatives discussed at a recent event focused on delivering healthcare more sustainably. @HSELive www.imt.ie/news/green-i...

Green initiatives are ‘transforming healthcare’

More than 350 people attended the HSE West and North West climate and sustainability conference in Sligo on March 5

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🚨 New Harvard study warns that weakening air standards is a direct threat to our kids' lungs. 💨 Clean air isn't a luxury—it's a necessity. Let's stand with health experts to protect the air our children breathe. #CleanAir #ClimateHealth #momsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds

Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs, environmental rollbacks and other plans

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US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows

Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

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For each kilogram burned, the low-smoke fuels produced between two and three times more ultrafine particles than wood or coal. Investigation by @ovadnevaite.bsky.social My latest for @theguardian.com on UFP from smokeless and low-smoke fuels. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Smokeless’ fuels produce more ultrafine particles that get embedded in lungs, study shows

The tiny size of the particles means they can become deposited deep in people’s lungs, causing a health risk

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And here's another reason to tackle SUVs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Autobesity’ on course to worsen air pollution caused by motoring

Trend for bigger, heavier cars means more particles get released from brakes, tyres and road surfaces

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Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London - TfL are also poised to expand 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Bring on right to roam for England.

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds

Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands

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This is not an accident. This is what happens after decades upon decades of treating our waterways as an open sewage paired with a forever expanding meat and dairy industry. We should all be terrified of this.

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

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After a negative decade - finally a good year for IPF patients - Inhaled Treprostinil associated with a smaller decline in FVC & fewer clinical-worsening events (but also ~30%). Still no improvement - but let’s all hope momentum continues #CurePF4ALL www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Inhaled Treprostinil for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | NEJM

Preclinical data indicate that inhaled treprostinil may be useful for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) through an antifibrotic mechanism, a premise that is supported by clinical...

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In the last 10 years, we have learned that air pollution is linked to cognitive decline and dementia. But bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. Ajit Niranjan reports on progress on #airpoolution on the Breathe Cities and @c40cities.bsky.social networks.

Guardian Environment@environment.theguardian.com · 5mo ago

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution

#CleanAir is a human right but we need to assert that right. Dr Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah speaks about how air pollution can effect your #health and the #environment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnG4... @rcsi.bsky.social @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @momscleanairforce.org @mumsforlungs.bsky.social

"Straight from the playbook of tobacco". The Stove Industry Association has been pressuring councils to tone down their public health campaigns, telling them they were exploring options for potential legal action. This stinks even more than the burning they promote. #WoodBurning #AirPollution

Lobbyists send legal threats to councils over anti-wood burner campaigns

At least eight councils receive legal threats alleging flyers criticising wood burners are in breach of advertising codes

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Immune-microbiome coordination defines interferon setpoints in healthy humans @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @spitzerlab.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @joelbabdor.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social

OpenAI announces ChatGPT is now at the level of real scientific reviewers, “It just tells you to do single-cell RNAseq in response to every query” says Sam Altman

Air pollution contributes significantly to lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, and lung fibrosis 🫁. Are we making the matter worse with ‘low smoke’ fuel? @irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social @ilfa-ireland.bsky.social @ild-ipfdoc.bsky.social @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

Irish Medical Times@irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The burning of ‘low smoke’ manufactured fuels are potentially more harmful to human health than traditional home-heating methods, new Irish research has found. www.imt.ie/news/low-smo...

The burning of ‘low smoke’ manufactured fuels are potentially more harmful to human health than traditional home-heating methods, new Irish research has found. www.imt.ie/news/low-smo...

‘Low-smoke’ fuels found to be potentially more harmful to health – study

Study finds that replacing smoky fuels with ‘low smoke’ counterparts results in a two- to three-fold increase in ultrafine particle emissions

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New Post! Will Childhood Air Pollution Lead to Adult Brain Disease? Dr. Ray Dorsey Answers at Moms’ Annual Summit on March 4 www.momscleanairforce.org/dr-ray-dorse...

Will Childhood Air Pollution Lead to Adult Brain Disease? Dr. Ray Dorsey Answers at Moms’ Annual Summit on March 4 - Moms Clean Air Force

“The seeds of adult-onset brain diseases are often planted early and possibly in childhood,” says neurologist Dr. Ray Dorsey. “One of the causes of these seeds is likely outdoor air pollution."

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#ChurchOfRockAndRoll #54 Van Morrison wrote & sang the songs on Astral Weeks, and is usually the only name credited with its creation. But the album's producer + musicians played a massive part. The album couldn't have been what it was without them #AstralWeeks #VanMorrison