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Tune into Dr Amy Belfield & Dr Michael Blank for βImmune aging in people living with HIV (on and off treatment), and using heat treatment for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteriaβ.
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Pure inadvertent comedy gold #IDSky
A research in context panel from the article, which reads: Added value of this study This study combined retrospective data and projections for the near future, up to 2030, across a broader set of countries, especially those most vulnerable to ODA shocks, to fully understand the effects of international cooperation and its potential fluctuations on mortality amidst the ODA funding crisis. Our models forecast an additional 22Β·6 million deaths across all ages, including 5Β·4 million deaths in children younger than 5 years, by 2030, under a severe defunding scenario; even under a mild defunding scenario, the projected number of excess deaths by 2030 is 9Β·4 million across all ages and 2Β·5 million among children younger than 5 years. Implications of all the available evidence Sudden and severe reductions in ODA funding could have catastrophic consequences, with a potential global death toll comparable toβor even exceedingβthat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even modest defunding that simply extends current downward trends is likely to lead to sharp increases in preventable adult and child mortality, potentially resulting in tens of millions of excess deaths in the coming years.
Published today in The Lancet Global Health: A modelling study on current worldwide trends in humanitarian and developmental assistance finds that cuts up to 2030 are projected to cause up to 22.6m additional deaths, inc. 5.4m children u5. Available Open Access - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
ποΈ The next episode of MIC podcast is here! π¦
Tune in to Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (including the rise in serogroup 026) & findings from the recent Infection Trainee Workforce Survey.
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ποΈ Episode 3 of the MIC podcast is here! π¦
Tune in to Dr Amy Belfield & Dr Michael Blank for βHow to get published in BIA journals with the editors, Professor Martin Wiselka and Professor Rob Readβ β‘οΈ www.britishinfection...
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π£ Microbiology Network teams across England
BIA Clinical Services Committee wants to connect with the 29 NHSE/NHSI Microbiology Network Leads to share BIA work & align practices.
π Know your local lead?
If theyβre happy to be contacted, please email admin@britishinfection.org
ποΈ MIC podcast Ep. 2 is out now! π¦
Dr Amy Belfield & Dr Michael Blank return with insights on new vaccines for gonorrhoea & how climate change is already altering infection prevalence in the UK.
π§ Listen here: www.britishinfection...
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ποΈ Today we launch the first podcast in the series of MIC! π¦
Join UK infection trainees Dr Amy Belfield and Dr Michael Blank in our first MIC Pilot Episode β‘οΈ www.buzzsprout.com/2...
π² Available now on all major platforms β tune in to the conversation!
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ποΈ Introducing MIC β new BIA podcast! π¦
Launching 16 Oct, join Dr Amy Belfield & Dr Michael Blank as they chat with authors from Journal of Infection & Clinical Infection Practice.
π§ Teaserβs live! share.descript.com/view/O8t3o3S...
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One of my favourite recent pastimes is looking through Keir Starmer's old Guardian op-eds. Here's a great one, from 2003. (h/t @tom-clark.bsky.social)
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
Pretty amazing graphic to go with the @financialtimes.com article about the cost of Trump's attack on US science
NIH is HUGE!
www.ft.com/content/67fd...
Stories In The Press: Exploring the philosophical connection between Bob Dylan and Emmanuel Levinas. Could Dylan be embracing Levinas's notions of alterity?
I think about my trans friends.
I think about how scared they are.
I think about the ways this government is targeting them, demonizing them, steadily eroding their rights and erasing them from sight.
I think about what it would feel like if this were done to my people.
I remember that it was.
Screenshot of Google search result for "how to unwrinkle ballsack". AI Overview: You can try using a steamer or iron to remove wrinkles from your scrotum
Thanks!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - nice review and global prevalence number!
"The UK currently has the worst paternity leave offer in Europe [at] maximum of 2 weeks' paid leave"
Among other things: mothers can't drive for 6 weeks after c-section and babies often in-and-out of hospital with follow-up care. Lack of paternity leave = stress, resentment + limited productivity.
π§ͺ UKHSA has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in West Midlands region. #IDSky #EpiSky
π₯ Individual is currently well & was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease unit
π° Currently no evidence of onwards transmission from this case
π www.gov.uk/government/n...
Very excited about this paper... minimal data on penicillin allergy outside of UK/US/Aus www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016... #allergy #ID
ADL: Never again*
*conditions may apply
Isn't it ΧΧͺΧΧ?
I get varying to responses to my last name when I'm on call. Even at 2am I've had both:
1-haha what a funny name
2-oh you must be related to X in Manchester, whose brother is Solly, do you know him?
>Happy to be #baigeled
A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.
Itβs time for THE charger.
Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.
It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!
#DigitalEU
By some remarkable turn, Mishpacha magazine mentions Emmanuel Levinas and Chouchani this week #shabbatreads
New game idea for #chanukah:
-With an opponent, each take turns to name a restaurant the other went to in the last five years
-Then the opponent has to describe where the toilets are
-Keep going until one of you gets stuck
>The brain retains so much useless information
Thankfully #chanukah coincides this year so some positive side
Looking for a nuanced reply to "what are you doing on #christmas" that doesn't involve being economical with the truth
