I strongly encourage everyone to read these two pages from Bernard E. Trappy, M.D., for Minnesota Physician Voices. In brief, this NEJM article describes #physicians' observations and experiences in the wake of ICE's occupation and mass operations in Minnesota. www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... (1/5) 🧪

A protocol for 'MoLo' #liver #health project for the #Mongolian community in #London is now on line: a template for combining #education, healthcare & #research. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-72 #HBV #HIV #LiverSky #IDSky #MedSky 🧪 @crick.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social @emilymartyn.bsky.social

Our preprint addresses therapeutic drug monitoring for #HBV #hepatitisB. It may sound niche, but is a huge clinical & research gap. Better understanding could inform better #treatment & improve outcomes. 🧪💊 #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #Pharmacology #TDM #tenofovir www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

Our #liver #health project ‘MoLo’ for the #Mongolian Community in #London: #education, assessment for #diabetes, metabolic liver disease #MASLD, #HIV & viral #hepatitis, & linkage to care. Huge team effort with brilliant engagement. @who.int @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk #HBV #HCV #LiverSky #MedSky 🧪🇲🇳

A #trial that involves withdrawing a lifesaving #vaccine (backed by decades of safety data) in a low income, high prevalence setting? Over 1000 new #HBV infections predicted as a result. Flawed endpoints. No ethics oversight. Exploitative, corrupt malpractice. #LiverSky #MedSky #CDC @gavi.org 🧪

The #preprint movement has changed the academic ecosystem for the better: wider dissemination, community review, democratisation of access. Brave, disruptive & pioneering 🙌🏽🧪 Thank you @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social

Interesting to see this from #GSK... but lots of questions that still need answering (especially 'please can we see the data?'). Noting functional cure is still attained for a minority with #Bepi, and only when taken on top of standard of care #therapy with NA agents. #MedSky #LiverSky #HBV #NoHep 🧪

We describe #HBV infection in #Uganda, to determine #treatment eligibility. #Liver assessment by #fibroscan important to determine who should be treated. Some drug resistance motifs seen in the context of #HIV. @who.int @crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk #LSHTM #UVRI #MedSky 🇺🇬 🧪 doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

Strengthening clinical, translational, implementation #research in #Africa for the #elimination of viral #hepatitis is an urgent #PublicHealth priority. We have the tools, but the field has been neglected. 🧪 #HBV #MedSky @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social @who.int www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#HepatitisC #HCV has been neglected in #Africa but affordable pangenotypic #DAA #treatment, community engagement & #decentralisation offer improved prospects. We report a #microelimination programme in #Uganda. @ndm.ox.ac.uk @crick.ac.uk @who.int 🧪🇺🇬🌍💊 #MedSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dangerous retrograde step as #US #CDC pulls back on recommendations for #HBV #vaccine at #birth & dilutes advice for a proper three dose #immunisation schedule. This is a safe, cheap, robust & well-evidenced vaccine. There is no evidence of harm. 🧪 @who.int @gavi.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s a crucial moment to say this again, loudly: #vaccines cause adults. Let’s keep causing adults. 🧪 #HBV #NoHep #vaccineswork #MedSky #HepSky #IDSky #PublicHealth @who.int @gavi.org @altcdc.altgov.info @worldhepalliance.bsky.social

If timely birth dose #HBV #vaccine is restricted, there will be a predictable surge in new chronic infections. There are *no* documented harms of this vaccine dose in early life. In contrast, chronic viral #hepatitis leads to *over a million deaths a year worldwide*. #vaccineswork #MedSky 🧪💉

Make the wrong decisions for #vaccines & ‘preventable diseases can come roaring back’. A timely dose of #HBV vaccine at birth is one of our simplest, safest & best anti #cancer strategies. Universal access matters. Look at the figure below- a stunning success since roll-out. @gavi.org #MedSky 🧪

Thanks @kevinmckenna.co.uk for inspiring reflections on #HIV… views from the coal face of lived experience, healthcare delivery & politics… a potent cocktail! We need more voices, commitment to ongoing advocacy, & funding for #research & #implementation. #WorldAIDSDay @crick.ac.uk @england.nhs.uk 🧪

Congratulations to the Bishop group @crick.ac.uk for an inspiring #WorldAIDSDay event this week. Personal stories, #stigma, #treatment, #PrEP, #healthcare, wellbeing, #ageing, #research & partnerships… a mosaic of reflections. We have achieved a lot, but more still to be done. #HIV #MedSky #IDSky 🧪

#UKHSA report published today. www.gov.uk/government/p... Progress is being made towards ambitious high-profile @who.int goals for the #elimination of #HepatitisB as a public health threat... but we need to reflect on the challenges still ahead, & work to keep advancing. #MedSky #IDSky 🧪 [1/2]

#HepatitisB #reactivation in people living with #HIV when switched off #tenofovir... could become more of an issue as we move to dual #treatment and long-acting HIV regimens. #MedSky #IDSky #HIVSky #PLWH #HBV #NoHep 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/cid/... @cidjournal.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk @uclh.bsky.social

It's 💊World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week💊. Great to see #HIV #hepatitis & #STI themes being unified to share expertise, resources & infrastructure through the launch of an integrated framework. A call for investment and action! 🧪 #WAAW #AMR #HBV @who.int www.who.int/publications...

Project 'MoLo' for #Mongolians in #London offering education & screening focusing on #liver & #metabolic health & viral #hepatitis - fantastic community uptake. #MedSky #LiverSky #PublicHealth #Mongolia #NHS #NoHep #InclusionHealth #HBV @emilymartyn.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social 🧪🇲🇳

📢 OPEN CALL for applications from early career group leaders… join this brilliant institute which provides a platform for #science without boundaries. All disciplines welcome incl clinician scientists 🧫🔭🔬🧬🧪🩺🩻🦠🌍 @crick.ac.uk www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud... #career #PostDoc #STEM #research #funding

No words wasted in this headline: "Bleeding to death: the #science & #technology growth emergency". #Visa hostility holds us all back. Far-reaching implications for economy, equity, excellence & ethics. 🧪 @houseoflords.parliament.uk #STEM #UK #research publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...

The “canonical” story how Rosalind Franklin got wronged by Watson and Crick inadvertently makes her look far less scientifically competent than she was (“She did not realize the significance of her own data!”). This article offers a much more nuanced account of what happened.

PAHO meets this week to decide if we’ve lost measles elimination status. I warned in this interview that we’re marching toward that threshold—and getting this close signals widening vaccination gaps and eroding public health capacity. 🔗 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas... #Vaccines #Measles

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Yes this is happening in the NHS… and yes it’s also happening in schools, on buses, in cafes, at sports events and on the street. Nowhere is immune. Frightening times. #racism #UK #NHS

End of #USAID part of the ebb and flow of misplaced global health interventions? No doubt the abrupt termination of programmes is a disaster, but what comes next, & can the global community work to support local solutions? #MedSky #Ebola #HIV #PublicHealth 🧪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Community engagement in #Kilifi #Kenya to understand experiences & barriers to care for people living with #hepatitis #HBV in #Africa. @lou-downs.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @kemriwellcome.bsky.social #MedSky #IDSky #stigma #NoHep 🧪 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

‘Why #trains feel unsafe’. I agree… but should also note my commute feels unsafe *every day* with 10-15 people, plus luggage, bikes, dogs crammed into the link space between carriages. A disaster waiting to happen. I have raised concerns. Customer services don’t reply. #ChilternRail @theipaper.com

#Cholera is spreading fast. As for so many infectious diseases, we do have the tools to intervene… but poverty, neglect, disasters, and lack of real political buy-in perpetuate an epidemic ecosystem. @who.int @drtedros.who.int #MedSky #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#Treatment of #hepatitisB infection: huge consortium effort via the Health Informatics Collaborative. 🧪 #NHS data to inform clinical care, public health practice, funding & policy. #MedSky #HBV #NoHep @nihr.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social hic.nihr.ac.uk/viral-hepati... doi.org/10.1111/jvh....

All opportunities to develop and share robust evidence to help us enhance progress towards #elimination of viral #hepatitis should be welcomed! Note special issue of #BMCInfectiousDiseases planned for 2026. #HepSky #MedSky #GastroSky #IDSky 🧪

Even a one year pause in #PEPFAR funding predicted to cause >10,000 new #HIV infections over 5 years in #Africa. As always, vulnerable groups hit hardest… but impact for us all. @wellcometrust.bsky.social @who.int #LancetHIV #FundingCuts #MedSky #IDSky 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What has happened to your site @figshare.com? Our collections used to be a lovely summary with thumbnails but all that nice formatting has vanished. Old / new views shown as screenshots. No response from help desk. Is anyone else having problems? #figshare #openaccess #publishing 🧪

In our new piece in @bmj.com, @michaeldgreen.com & I argue that diversity matters when it comes to medical school admission not only for fairness, equality, & equity but also because research shows that population health outcomes are better with a diverse medical workforce A matter of life & death

Triple #elimination is possible - we have the tools to prevent vertical transmission of #HBV, #HIV & #syphilis. Congratulations to #Maldives on doing it, evidencing it & maintaining it... hoping more will follow your lead. 🇲🇻 🧪 #PaedSky #PedSky #MedSky #PMTCT #IDSky @who.int @sdgactioncampaign.org

Why invest in #Health #Science? #ETHICS, #EXCELLENCE, and #ECONOMICS. Link in thread. @bmj.com 🧪

UK and international aid cuts are fuelling a worldwide health crisis: so how can we push back? Some questions and reflections here: www.bmj.com/content/390/... #GlobalHealth #MedSky #EpiSky #FundingCuts #NIH #NIHR @who.int @uclnews.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk 🧪

#PANDAS: An #inflammatory or #autoimmune syndrome that is poorly understood: we need urgent #research, clinical pathways, education & multidisiplinry collaboration. Who is leading? Where is the funding? #PANS #immunology #MedSky #PaedSky #PedSky 🧪 sunlightlater.substack.com/p/one-year-o...

The problem is: unscrupulous people tick the boxes, fill in more forms, & get their work published, while decades of meticulously collected population data get thrown out by the publishers because those who stick to rules aren’t willing to scissor through the red tape (I know because I’m in there) 🧪

Early career group leader positions are open @crick.ac.uk. Diverse #science being done across many fields, all under one roof but with global connections, from molecules to patients to policy. 🧪🔬🧬🦠🌍💊🩺💉⚛️⚗️

The impact of cutting #ClinicalTrials - yes this is certainly very bad for investigators & #patients… but also for #biotech, drug development, #academia, training & scientific progress, global collaboration, economic health, and so, in fact, all of our futures. 🧪 #MedSky @naturemedicine.bsky.social

The number of people known to be living with #HBV is reported to have tripled in some areas of #SouthAfrica… as indeed in the #UK through routine screening of #NHS #EmergencyDepartment attendees. Increasing #diagnosis is essential to provide linkage to care & life-saving treatment. 🧪 #hepatitis

This is interesting as we realise something similar for hepatitis #viruses… maybe we should talk less about ‘resistance’ (binary) and more about ‘susceptibility’ (shades of grey). #AMR #HBV #AntimicrobialResistance #Infection #IDSky 🧪

It's #LiverCancerAwarenessMonth. Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and the majority of cases are caused by viral hepatitis. This October, let’s unite to integrate hepatitis into cancer prevention strategies. Read more on our white paper: https://bit.ly/4kRJeQk#LiverCancerAwarenessMonth

We just got the edge of #StormAmy in #Oxford. Blue sky and sunshine but howling wind. 🌬️🍁

Great opportunity for a #PhD for clinician scientists to join our amazing institute in London @crick.ac.uk #MedSky #science Details in thread / link ⬇️ 🧪🧬🦠🔬🔭🩺

This is bright news in dark times… the #vaccine alliance @gavi.org continues to reach children & save lives, securing funding despite cuts. Success in #Sudan, #Mali, #Haiti, roll out of wider #HPV coverage & readiness for roll out of new #malaria vaccine. 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 #PublicHealth #MedSky #VaccinesWork 🧪💉

For all who love #vaccines, the quest to eliminate #hepatitis viruses (A-E), #publichealth, #science, #research and #EvidenceBasedMedicine, please watch this to lighten the load and cheer yourself up 🤣🧪 #MedSky #HepSky