Arafura is talking its book here but Germany should not even be in this talk, in the sense that it should have been there securing rare earths and critical minerals. But German industry just likes to play the victim and run to China, not actually do something about it www.mining.com/web/south-ko...

Winter might be over, but the A&E crisis isn't. According to NHS England, 93.6% of beds in hospitals are occupied. A safe occupancy level would be 85%. When wards are full, EDs become overcrowded. We call on the government to tackle this problem – which is hurting patients.

“Among the 121 patients that were either PCR-positive or culture-positive and had urinary antigen testing, the urinary antigen was positive in only 31 (25.6%)” www.idsociety.org/science-spea...

“The mortality rate was highest in the patients with vaginal/vulvar cancer (19.0%), followed by patients with endometrial cancer (18.4%), ovarian cancer (18.3%), and cervical cancer (14.5%)” www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/news/age-rac...

What Constitutes “Too Sad”? Psychiatric Classification and the Pathologization of Grief #psychiatry #grief #depression 🧪 www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/what-co... (1/4)

Low-dose naltrexone has grown in popularity for depression, but the second randomized trial just turned up negative. Get the full details on this anti-inflammatory set-back: psych-partners.com/low-dose-nal... #psychiatry #pmhnp #naturopathic #therapy #naturopathicmedicine

A dive into some recent studies on GLP-1s and substance use disorders via @medscape.com #Medsky #addiction #harmreduction #Psychsky #psychiatry #behavioralhealth #mentalhealth

A few reminders: • Reassess every psych med regularly • Rule out nonadherence before calling a med ineffective • Stopping a med is as clinical as starting one • In older adults, benzos + anticholinergic burden deserve extra scrutiny • Taper slowly, one med at a time

A bloated med list is not a badge of clinical sophistication. Sometimes the best psychopharmacology move is not what you add. It is what you safely take away. #Psychiatry #Deprescribing #PsychMeds #MentalHealth #psychiatrist #depression #anxiety

#Clozapine saves lives—but #myocarditis is a hidden #risk 🫀 Using patient #heart cells, researchers found #DNA methylation markers that could help predict who’s at risk. Toward safer personalized #psychiatry 🧠 #Schizophrenia #iPSC https://ow.ly/XSgP50Yh82W#Clozapine

Pritelivir active against drug-resistant #herpes in phase 3 study: i-base.info/htb/53453 The US FDA has given #pritelivir Breakthrough Indication designation, with submission of a New Drug Indication expected by the end of March. #CROI2026 #HIV #HSV #CureHerpes #IDsky #HIVsky #GUMsky

🆕 The burden of chronic hepatitis B and C in 2022 and progress towards elimination: a global report www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky #IDSky #HepSky #MedSky

The best research collaborations improve treatment for patients & strengthen the partners behind them. PAMAfrica undertook a portfolio of #malaria trials with efforts to strengthen research capacity for all partners. Read about the legacy of this Africa-Europe partnership: bit.ly/3PMe8PX

UK to build new contact-tracing system and stockpile PPE under £1bn pandemic plan First new preparedness strategy since 2011 focuses on a range of threats and includes funding for a new ‘biosecurity hub’ @maevecullinan.bsky.social reports⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Stopping GLP-1 drugs can quickly erase cardiovascular benefits medicine.washu.edu/news/stoppin...

New Research Double-dose azithromycin mass drug administration, facial cleanliness, and fly control measures for trachoma control in Oromia, Ethiopia (Stronger SAFE): a cluster-randomised controlled trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Exchange programmes work best when expertise flows both ways. Meet Candice Soares de Melo & Jessica Thibaud, two South African researchers who spent time at MMV through the RAFIKI mentorship programme. See how the experience is shaping their work back home: bit.ly/4rMsltz

In the past three decades, there has been growing recognition of the complex interplay between mental health and physical health among people with #diabetes www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D #T2D #GDM #mentalhealth #MedSky #EndoSky #PsychSky

New from Australia: Evidence of White Matter Neuroinflammation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Diffusion-Based Neuroinflammation Imaging Study Free fulltext: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

Pediatric Anesthesia Discussion: Emergency Trauma Anesthesia Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Firearm and Non-firearm Injuries open.substack.com/pub/ronlitma...

Alcohol prep pads recalled over bacteria risk. Certain alcohol prep pads may be contaminated with the bacteria Paenibacillus phoenicis. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

"The heat impact goes beyond these kinds of injuries: heat stroke and accidental deaths. It can lead to a full spectrum of diseases ranging from increased risk for heart attack events, respiratory illnesses and kidney failure." abcnews.com/Health/extre...

“Overall microbiologic improvement, defined as bacterial load reduction in specimen cultures, was achieved in 35 of 51 patients (68.8%), and lung function improved in 20 of 27 patients (74.1%)” www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

World TB Day: A New Clue Offers Hope Against The Deadliest Infection. www.sciencealert.com/world-tb-day...

As Kennedy overhauls America’s approach to vaccines, deadly and disabling diseases could return. “I think there always was a worst-case scenario. I don't think I imagined it could or would be this bad,” one expert said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

As much as we all want to avoid consuming or breathing in dangerous chemicals and pollutants, they may be impossible to escape. Here are the ones an oncologist is most concerned about: