Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now. heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...

This is an excellent piece with a historical perspective on the dangers of the catastrophic attacks on public health in the U.S.

@johncreedon.bsky.social fab DJ’ing…Sultans homage to bathroom “furniture”!!

GPs urge public to get flu vaccine now as severe H3N2 variant arrives early, with seven deaths already recorded and hospital admissions up 50% in recent weeks. csalert.ie/4pH0mei

v. interesting for the authors of this: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Why scientists have to become better communicators and learn how to engage different audiences.

Landmark portraits of Munster women unveiled as part of Accenture's Women on Walls at University College Cork Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine

Irish winter modelling meetings have commenced and flu has indeed kicked off strongly. Got my flu jab last week at local pharmacy. No appointment needed and no charge. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

“Franklin did not succeed, partly because she was working on her own without a peer with whom to swap ideas. She was also excluded from the world of informal exchanges in which Watson and Crick were immersed” Excellent read here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

James Watson, accredited with discovering the structure of DNA… dies…

Good overview of the battles ahead for AMR, food and medicine. If only we had effective vet vaccines that reduced AMR in food-producing animals… hmmm… Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar

Economic importance of investing in innovation, research & development wins Nobel prize… if only we converted theory into practice!

A trip to the ‘90s with @johncreedon.bsky.social tonight… Ted Hawkins & A House…. with some more First Aid Kit in case of any injuries while jolted back to more recent days!!! Most excellent!

great to combine music and statistics… musicistics? @statsepi.bsky.social might enjoy this…

The sun sets on a fine Sunday, with tomorrow marking the Autumn Equinox. By Thursday, daylight will dip below 12 hours for the first time since spring.

“All of the 21 top earners in our analysis for 2024 were men”!

Today is St Swithun’s Day and it’s raining but…

An eternal truth I stumbled across watching a stand-up clip from @danagould.bsky.social, which explains so much of the nonsense I see on social media: “Everything looks like a conspiracy if you don’t know how anything works.”

Up the rebels!

very cool!

Delighted to be one of these folks! Really looking forward to getting going on EVADERE!

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Reactogenicity. A scientific term to describe the strength of the immune response to a vaccine. This is not the same as adverse effects and is very important to understand. Reactogenicity is the physiological response to being vaccinated; your immune response is responding to the vaccine. 1/5

Current and new vaccines could avert over half a million deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance annually and reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses each year. Here are 6 things you need to know about how #VaccinesWork to tackle #AMR: bit.ly/4l7LKm2

A big first for nextgen Covid vax! A manufacturer is accelerating a "universal coronavirus vaccine." It's set to be the first pancoronavirus vax going into phase 2 trial – a mucosal form might be developed too. More in my latest Covid vax update @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/06/30/a...

The news that do not make it into English: Spain's socialist government will increase its contribution to the Vaccine Alliance @gavi.org by 30% to €130 million gacetamedica.com/politica/esp...

Proud that our Taoiseach of @gov.ie was there! Vaccines effectively allow people to live healthy lives. GAVI levelled the playing field of equitable access, saving millions of lives. Uncertain global health security now will haunt us all for decades to come, socially, economically and medically.

Always ‘one atom away’: The long, rocky journey to an HIV prevention breakthrough | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

@aivrt.bsky.social would be of interest….

“The project, Manufacturing in Africa for Disease Immunization and Building Autonomy, known as MADIBA, aims to produce 300 million to one billion doses of high-quality vaccines annually against the most common diseases affecting Africans, including Ebola and measles.” cc @sarahruncie.bsky.social

"Attending a seminar"

I gave him Scottish smoked salmon as a gift. He ripped the packet open and devoured it on the spot.

… to the tune of a famous Fun Boy Three hit!!!!

Cork invited to host WHO Summit of Mayors in 2026, bringing European health leaders together to tackle climate and health challenges in the rebel county. csalert.ie/3FBwS01

Whooping cough (pertussis) is also known as “100 day cough” bc it can cause 100 days of coughing so severe that rib fractures are common. It also makes small children stop breathing without warning, often fatally. Vaccination can prevent up to 89% of infections but requires boosting every few years

Well worth a read. Imagine the success that could be achieved if Irish universities and Irish research were actually funded up to average levels and universities actually had appropriate human and capital resources? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Countries like Ireland might take note that investment in health research seems to generate substantial economic returns. 🤔

Antibody-mediated restriction of M. tuberculosis is associated with reorganization of the tissue-level immune response to infection and depends on the collaboration of antibody Fab and Fc @cp-immunity.bsky.social Alter/Fortune www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

nice summary! thought-provoking…

Anyone in @uccresearch.bsky.social attending this?

This 2017 "classic" from @edyong209.bsky.social might as well have been written today including the quotes from me, @stuartbuck.bsky.social, @cragcrest.bsky.social, Hilda Bastain, and others. "How the GOP Could Use Science’s Reform Movement Against It" www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Ageing well means making small, consistent choices that lead to better mobility, clearer thinking and richer social connections down the line.

The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after the virus was found in wastewater. This highlights why global eradication is still out of reach and underscores the importance of consistent vaccination efforts. bit.ly/4mxaxkU

How many of us have already changed plans to attend a US-based conference, this year? Such a pity for everyone, including PhD students who thrive on being exposed to international meetings www.nature.com/articles/d41...

At the end of the day... there's always The Creedon Show. Let the cares of the day drift away @rteradio1.bsky.social 8-10 weeknights.

Success in academia often has more to do with luck, patronage and the job market than “hard work”. Good academics acknowledge this. I worked hard, but I was in the right place at the right time on occasion. Historians far more talented than I have fallen between the cracks.

Submit your abstracts today for the 6th ESCMID Conference on #Vaccines! The programme covers topical issues such as the impact of viral vaccines since COVID, reevaluating childhood immunisation programmes, and more! For more info visit our webpage: ow.ly/tpvO50VV1Qx #IDSky #clinmicro