Report from @asthmaandlung.org.uk marks one year since the publication of the updated asthma guideline (NG245) and assesses initial progress across the UK. www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/ng245-one-year /n

There was a time on old Twitter when I would get online on MLK Day and write a long thread about his radicalism and the defanging and sanitization, his warnings and the quote misusage, and the collective not singular effort. I guess I am old or exhausted because by now I think folks should know.

Tobacco sleaze - MEPs push for EU trade officials to face scrutiny over dealings with Philip Morris International. www.politico.eu/article/mep-...

Kerry James Marshall.

Remember, it's only technically Orwellian if it's from the Orwell region of England, otherwise it's just sparkling authoritarianism

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Patrice Lumumba, radical leader of the Congolese independence movement, was murdered on this day in 1961. “The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretense, to independence without restrictions."

'The political and medical necessity to improve this sluggish rate of progress will come into sharp focus over the coming year.' @swoolnoughtkf.bsky.social responds to the latest NHS waiting list figures. https://bit.ly/49njAQH

Dismal: latest NHS data show that as of 4 January less than half of healthcare workers (46.9%) have had a flu vaccine this winter season. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/... #LungSky /n

"High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them" www.bmj.com/content/392/... @bmj.com

All Together Fairer: Addressing health inequity in Cheshire and Merseyside medicalcare.rcp.ac.uk/content-item... @rcphysicians.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social

Some other Mitfords, courtesy of @paraicodonnell.bsky.social vspr.st/2014/02/09/t...

The @rcphysicians.bsky.social view on digital and AI report. rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...

Climate change, migration, displacement, and health: past, present, and future @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?

The @healthfoundation.bsky.social Evidence hub: What drives health inequalities? www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub #RespEd #LungSky #StructuralViolence

RCP welcomes announcement of Bill to prioritise UK medical graduates for training places rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med... @rcphysicians.bsky.social

Short course in health economics and policy at Oxford (online). Run by my friends. Recommend. #healthpolicy www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...

So if one doesn't do 'faulty, fraudulent or highly defective' research all else is fine? Where's the limit @royalsociety.org? There's much to choose, including Destroying and defunding research/infrastructures Hundreds of thousands of deaths Monetising creation/distribution of child abuse images

Murder www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies. High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/392/...

ERS: Academy of thoracic imaging 18–20 February, 2026 | Antwerp, Belgium www.ersnet.org/events/acade...

“If you come into my house and steal my jacket, don't then ask me whether I'm ready for my jacket” Julius Nyerere www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI2P...

Development and validation of PRECISE-X model: predicting first severe exacerbation in COPD. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @bmj.com #RespEd

The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles, with the greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @bmj.com #LungSky @ashorguk.bsky.social

European Respiratory Society clinical practice guideline for the management of adult bronchiectasis. publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/... #RespEd #LungSky

New government investment has delivered expanded stop smoking services that are working hard to reach smokers in all communities and reduce health inequalities. ash.org.uk/resources/vi... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org #LungSky

Editorial: Occupational asthma - still an underestimated burden? thorax.bmj.com/content/81/1/1

New in Thorax: Time to diagnosis and long-term outcomes for adults presenting with breathlessness thorax.bmj.com/content/81/1... #RespEd @bmj.com #LungSky

Health Leaders support action to create a Smokefree Generation www.fresh-balance.co.uk/news/health-... @freshsmokefree.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social

Isn't it great that there is Patricia Lockwood?

Happy Birthday Christy Turlington.

This, by Richard Sennett, is delightful and wise. www.waterstones.com/book/the-per...

Genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Favourite thing from 2025. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma... @lrb.co.uk

Men in the Sun, by Ghasan Kanafani, is a powerful read. www.waterstones.com/book/men-in-...

Splendid m.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbc...

Merry Christmas Mr Mandela.

A heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Did you know? CDC has an RSV dashboard As we roll out monoclonal antibodies for infant RSV, the rate of infant hospitalizations is under 10% what it was 2 years ago & 34% vs last year Many more kids home & healthy for the holidays Still early but hope it continues www.cdc.gov/resp-net/das...

Happy birthday, Tony Wheeler.

This level of industry opposition makes the measure look better and better.

Debunking claims that the smokefree generation (which applies to all tobacco products) conflicts with EU law. And other attempts to delay UK law in the courts which have failed over the last 20 years @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social ash.org.uk/media-centre...

Australia has now banned engineered stone, after hundreds of tradespeople were diagnosed, while in California, 435 silicosis cases in engineered stone workers have been confirmed since 2019, with 25 of them workers dying. archive.ph/yobET#select... @asthmaandlung.org.uk #RespEd #LungSky

So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic... 1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.

Get your flu vaccine and protect Gran at Xmas👇

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love. Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying. Arthur C. Clarke 16 Dec 1917🎂 #BookSky📘

"integration of tobacco cessation into mental health services — supported by political will, training, and equitable resourcing — is both necessary and achievable." www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org