Flu season in Scotland has started early. Laboratory-confirmed influenza incidence per 100,000 population in Scotland:

Avoid the need for RIG. Get vaccinated against rabies before you travel. Vaccine (for additional post-exposure doses) easier to source than immunoglobulins. #JTravMed academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-...

Event @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social 11 Dec 2025 on Migrant Health & Mass Gatherings. Join in person or online: rcpsg.ac.uk/education/he...

Wish the tube would go there..

#MedSky #IDsky #GlobalHealth #TravelMedicine @rstmh.bsky.social @bmj.com @ukhsa.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

Less than 2 weeks to go. Sign up now for some fantastic #travelmedicine CPD. @bgtha.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social @travelhealthdoc.medsky.social #ID.Sky

Well done @mhragovuk.bsky.social - assuring mothers and tackling misinformation. Thank you www.gov.uk/drug-safety-...

🌍✈️ Update for Travel Health Professionals (UK) Public Health Scotland is closing the TRAVAX & Fit for Travel websites on 22 Sept 2025. Professional travel health advice is now at Travel Health Pro: travelhealthpro.org.uk Please share to keep colleagues updated! 🩺💙 #TravelHealth #PublicHealth

🚨 Just 1 month to go! The Faculty of Travel Medicine Annual Conference 2025 returns on 9 Oct. 📅 Book by 12 Sept with code TMC10 for 10% off (in-person & online). @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social @travelhealthdoc.medsky.social @rcn.org.uk #travelmedicine #IDSky

Here is the correct link: rcpsg.ac.uk/education/fa...

Adventure meets expertise 🌍 — applications are open for the RCPSG International Postgraduate Diploma in Expedition & Wilderness Medicine. Take your practice beyond the clinic and into the wild. Apply before 22 Sept to join this year’s intake! @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social

The Faculty of Travel Medicine Annual Conference 2025 is coming soon! ✈️🌍 📅 9 October 2025 📍 Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow Join leading voices in travel, expedition & global health for a day of learning and connection. #TravelMedicine #FTM2025 #GlobalHealth #RCPSG

@scienceofsportpod.bsky.social This might be of interest: www.nytimes.com/athletic/647... Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus cleared of doping charge with kissing defence

Please also consider visiting your local travel clinic before travelling to a country with significant rabies risk.

Very sad. Please remember to seek urgent medical advice if you are bitten / scratched by a mammal (predominantly dogs but can be many others) in a risk area of the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just take a moment and watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45L...

Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in travel medicine, infectious diseases, or global health: Webinar on Tuesday, 10 June 2025 @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social @fiona-w-rcpsg.bsky.social Join Dr Sam Allen as he shares the latest insights on teratogenic arboviruses. rcpsg.ac.uk/education/le...

Today is Clinical Trials Day. A moment to thank patients and researchers who help drive research forward. Their contributions have the potential to improve health outcomes and benefit generations to come. @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social clinicaltrialsday.org

Will you join me in signing this petition calling for a strong Global Plastics Treaty? This week, UN delegates are meeting to negotiate the solutions to our plastic pollution problem. This global crisis needs global action, so we need as many people as possible to take part! act.gp/42LGcHV

Check out this upcoming One Health event by @rcpedin.bsky.social www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/one-h...

Travel Medicine webinar series hosted by @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social . It’s free. Sign up here: community.rcpsg.ac.uk/event/view/l...

Consider entering the travel medicine essay prize of @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social . You have 24h left to enter.

Chickenpox is now a notifiable disease. Treatment and management protocols remain unchanged: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/11/c...

Thanks you for an excellent overview on the screening of lung donors for mollicutes @michaelisonmd.bsky.social #escmid2025 @escmid.bsky.social

Good morning, @escmid.bsky.social @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social . Great day ahead in Vienna at ESCMID Global 2025.

Applications closing tomorrow.

We have a salaried 4-year PhD student position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Exploring the eco-evolutionary dynamics of salt-induced cell clustering in bacteria. Reposts appreciated. umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...

Check out our research portfolio @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social. From HIV studies, vaccine trials, to big surveillance projects - we’ve got a lot going on. Great opportunity for a fellow to get stuck in. apps.nhslothian.scot/cirg/

We are looking for a research fellow for our clinical infection research group. Apply now. @emcat1.bsky.social @drtoniho.bsky.social @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk @edinburghaccord.bsky.social @nhslothian.bsky.social @ukri.org apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Thinking about the next step in your Travel Medicine career? Applications for the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine are open until 22 April 2025. @rcpsglasgow.bsky.social rcpsg.ac.uk/travel-medic...

Perhaps of interest to @escmid-esgitm.bsky.social members: channel.ersnet.org/media-113726...

“…an unwavering focus on growing long-term shareholder value.” Translate: we care about share holders and not the the planet. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Germany - what is happening to you? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Now your data is less safe than you thought it was. In the UK of all places. Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row www.bbc.com/news/article...

Recently started using the Runna app to get some structure back into my running & prepare for an event. If you want to check it out here’s a code to get 2 weeks free: RUNNAWX4MN2K www.runna.com

Crazy. Feeling sorry for everyone affected. www.thefederation.uk/news/mrcpuk-...

FDA approves chikungunya vaccine VIMKUNYA made by Bavarian Nordic - a virus-like particle (VLP) single-dose vaccine. Like IXCHIQ from Valneva, evidence is based on protective antibody production rather than clinical efficacy in the field. www.bavarian-nordic.com/media/media/...

Chikungunya vaccine approved in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Perhaps someone can enlighten me but I don’t understand the point of those plentiful fake accounts that follow me & who are largely pretending to be from single, nature & travel loving women. What’s the point?

It’s nearly 1pm and I’m desperate for another cup of coffee. But then there is this to consider: www.escardio.org/The-ESC/Pres...

Novel tickborne Orthonairovirus human infection discovered in China #IDSky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

People’s strong opinions on the value of oseltamivir and steroids in flu isn’t matched by the current equipoise of evidence. Please continue to recruit to the RECOVERY trial to help answer vital questions on best treatment. www.recoverytrial.net

Couldn’t join the livestream & did it in my own time. Thoroughly enjoyed the Decaf Project by @jameshoffmann.bsky.social . Thanks for the experience. It was truly fascinating.

It’s blowing a hooley…

Not a cozy Christmas movie: Flu back with a vengeance. Yet levels of staff vaccination down. www.england.nhs.uk/2024/12/wint...

Growing concern about reduced response to artemisinin for malaria in parts of Africa. #IDSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hydroxychloroquine - remember that one? www.science.org/content/arti...

My brief history of #tuberculosis since the 1944 cures @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @okoch.bsky.social @petermacp.bsky.social @catbonfiglioli.bsky.social @catherineberry.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @fcondrau.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2462873...