BBC News - Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases www.bbc.com/news/article...

When celebrating @mhairijan.bsky.social smashing her Viva (🎊🎉🥳), colleagues mentioned A&E attendance after Scotland qualifying, soon @colingpaterson.bsky.social told of his football finger trouble. In the article was a nod to Craig David, just days after I referenced him RE: AMR! Funny old world!

"Encouragingly, 89% of the public viewed scientists as intelligent, 65% thought they were honest, and 65% believed they were working to solve real-world problems." Richard Horton's latest Offline: Is there really a trust crisis in science? tinyurl.com/2x59cw6b

After the well attended SAPG Network Event yesterday, I had a silly idea that had to be brought to life. I present to you, a mock-up of a Public Health poster on the topic of setting a default 5 day course for certain antibiotic prescriptions, referencing the evergreen career of Craig David.

New gonorrhoea treatment hailed as breakthrough; first new antibiotic treatment in in three decades could help combat the global rise of drug-resistant infections.

The White House has turned COVID.gov from a public health resource into a politically charged platform promoting the lab-leak theory and attacking specific scientists and the pandemic response in general. Let’s fact check its 5 headline claims… 🧵

🌍 We recently visited Nairobi & Kilifi for a partnership meeting hosted by the Kenya Medical Research Institute Centre for Virus Research & Wellcome Trust Research Programme. Together we aim to drive impactful research to tackle viral threats & improve global health. gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

“In these challenging times, the global health community is fortunate to count on John Green and his inspiring advocacy.” My review of 'Everything is Tuberculosis' by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, published in @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I recently posted some ramblings about Gout on my Substack: disdisco.substack.com/p/gout-a-jou... The themes in which are also reflected (and better articulated) in this months The Lancet Public Health! See below for links: