A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

I was a schoolboy in Washington DC in the 1950s when the Salk polio vaccine first appeared. Desperate mothers queued to get their children protected. Everyone knew of someone paralysed or dead from this terrible disease. And we were recently so close to global eradication.

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If you don’t want history to be re-written please share this video widely - because the only way to stop that happening is to constantly call this boll**** out with the actual facts

Huge thank you to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for her thought-provoking lecture last night on digital inequalities. Fantastic turn out at City Hall in Bristol, with a light show to welcome everyone! We will be sharing a recording of the talk soon for those unable to make it in person.

And, of course, under the NHS there will be no charge to the patient. We share the cost as a nation.

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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...

Yvette Cooper on Kuenssberg this morning refreshingly impressive on colossal societal problems.

Here’s how to comment on psychopathic presidents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In other news the OBR report the government keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...

What sort of person would pay people to play video games in his name and then claim to be one of the world's top players? Astonishing read. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Well said Wes

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Why do other BBC departments continue to use Musk's malignant platform? It is a global menace.

I'm finding this comforting at the moment

The Guardian will no longer post its content to X

Xcellent to see The Guardian joining the Xodus. Let's see it on @bsky.app

Extremely important. Clear and readable.

Checking to see if my new display name works.