Tom Yates
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Epidemiology, infection
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/37299-tom-yates/about
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NEW PREPRINT! We systematically reviewed molecular epidemiology studies looking at strain discordance in pairs of people with TB disease and history of household contact We found 30 studies from 18 countries. Excluding 4 studies at high risk of bias, we had data on 1544 household case pairs [1/n]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Strain Discordance Among People With Tuberculosis and a History of Household Contact, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: In this systematic review of molecular epidemiology studies, we describe the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strain discordance amo
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5929224
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What's actually Real is that most RCTs are conducted using Real data from Real patients facing Real challenges being cared for in Real hospitals. It is very much the real world and it's ridiculous to imply otherwise, even unintentionally.
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Together Alliance
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'Racism makes my blood boil' ā 5 reasons to join anti-Far Right march
''People are being divided at demonised' ā we speak to five people from across the UK who will march against the Far Right on Saturday in London
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/racism-makes-blood-boil--36927318
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Phil Jones' body double
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List of all the countries in the world that ban all Afghan women from studying in their sovereign Higher Education institutions: 1. Afghanistan 2. United Kingdom Must make you proud to wave your flags, UK patriots with legitimate concerns. Wave them!!!
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Pathetic performative cruelty - like with narrowing family reunion eligibility, we are closing down safe and legal options
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In TB treatment trials, we need both ITT and PP estimates, as we use non inferiority designs for the efficacy endpoint Removing folk with poor adherence from analysis population may be informative censoring Shouldn't we be weighting our PP estimates, e.g. IPCW?
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It is hard to think of a more regressive choice than this one
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Oxford-Modum Bad Clinical Research Symposium feels a bit Eats Shoots and Leaves - punctuation needed!
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CALLING ALL FRENCH PEOPLE / FRANCOPHILES!! Where would be a nice place to break a journey between Calais and Tours? Will be driving and have my kids with me (primary school age) Looking for somewhere nice to amble about, a hostel/cheap hotel with parking, somewhere to eat, lashings of Orangina
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Looking for tips regards how to learn about discrete choice experiments Books, online courses, in-person short courses, etc If in-person, will need to be March - Sept 2026, as I am back on clinical service after that
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Georgia Tomova
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Meta-analyses in nutrition may pool estimates for completely incomparable effects without realising it, just because of whether/how energy intake is adjusted.
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will explain why, share results from a meta-scientific review & offer recommendations for ways forward š
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CALLING ALL FRENCH PEOPLE / FRANCOPHILES!! Where would be a nice place to break a journey between Calais and Tours? Will be driving and have my kids with me (primary school age) Looking for somewhere nice to amble about, a hostel/cheap hotel with parking, somewhere to eat, lashings of Orangina
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Looking for tips regards how to learn about discrete choice experiments Books, online courses, in-person short courses, etc If in-person, will need to be March - Sept 2026, as I am back on clinical service after that
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Ceri Oeppen
28 days ago
My initial angry thoughts on the Government's announcement about stopping student visas for those from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan and Myanmar. So much to say here... I've just scratched the surface of what's so wrong with this move:
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr...
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Damned if you do, damned if you boat | Sussex Centre for Migration Research Blog
https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centre-for-migration-research/2026/03/06/damned-if-you-do/
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Colin Yeo
23 days ago
From yesterday: Why the latest attempt to deter asylum seekers wonāt work | Wyon Stansfeld
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Why the latest attempt to deter asylum seekers won't work - Free Movement
From 2 March 2026 refugee status in the UK became temporary rather than permanent. This dramatic change is the Home Secretaryās attempt to deter asylum
https://freemovement.org.uk/attempt-deter-asylum-seekers-wont-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attempt-deter-asylum-seekers-wont-work
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King Charles: Stop Profiting At Britainās Expense!
Energy bills are soaring, and the King is getting rich at our expense. Sign the petition to demand the Crown Estate lower fees on seabeds and make wind farms more affordable to build.
https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/king-charles-stop-profiting
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This was very neat - paper here
ijpds.org/article/view...
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Carbon Brief
26 days ago
Factcheck: North Sea gas is not āfour times cleanerā than LNG imports |
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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Read here:
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IDEA! To measure QoL in trials, could you match patients at baseline (1 in intervention, 1 in control arm) then ask pairs to talk at specified times and agree who is doing better across various QoL domains? Direct comparisons, not trying to place themselves somewhere on scale. Has anyone tried this?
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UCL-TB
26 days ago
World TB Day Symposium 2026: 2 weeks to go Join us in London or online on 24 March for the annual UCL/LSHTM symposium Topics include: ā¢ Beyond the lungs ā¢ Global trends & health systems ā¢ The potential for AI Details and registration:
www.ucl.ac.uk/tb/events/wo...
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Stella Creasy MP
29 days ago
"There is an alternative way forward: being True ā not Blue ā Labour. True Labour doesnāt fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society ā and works to unlock such skills."
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Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. Itās time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy
We must get back to the partyās roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division ā and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/immigrants-labour-blue-labour-division-opportunities
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Can someone point me to published comment on the pros/cons of standardised risk of bias tools vs question specific tools?
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about 1 month ago
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Richard McElreath šāā¬
2 months ago
Possums in your yard? News got you down? Fear not, I have made playlists for the A and B sections of my ongoing Statistical Rethinking course. Click the section of your choice, sit back, and forget the possums and decay of the international order while your brain updates.
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Yair Wallach
about 1 month ago
One of the worst massacres I can remember
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Ben Goldacre
about 1 month ago
OpenSAFELY is open from today! Huge thanks to all who supported this vast collaboration: whole population GP data; in a productive platform; innovative privacy protections; unprecedented support from professions, privacy campaigners; &c Now it's over to users!
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02...
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OpenSAFELY news: you can apply to do non-COVID research, from today! | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
We are delighted to announce that - from today - you can submit applications to the OpenSAFELY service for non-COVID-19 studies.
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/02/opensafely-news-you-can-apply-to-do-non-covid-research-from-today/
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UNISON
about 1 month ago
āThe Greens won for a simple reason. Many traditional Labour supporters, in Manchester and across the country, want to see progressive values robustly defended against the far-right, not gleefully abandoned." Andrea Egan, UNISON Unions reaction:
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How trade unions have reacted to Labourās defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election
āWake up and listenā.
https://leftfootforward.org/2026/02/how-trade-unions-have-reacted-to-labours-defeat-in-the-gorton-and-denton-by-election/
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If the left goes into next election divided, we risk catastrophe Starmer should resign His successor must rebuild a broad party of the left - explicitly reject Mahmood's performtive cruelty, stop equivocating on Netanyahu's genocide, offer bold positive policies e.g. build loads of social housing
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Financial Times
about 1 month ago
Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances
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Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances
Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reevesā Spring Statement
https://ft.trib.al/x5HP0Co
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A split left risks gifting Reform a seat in which they should never have been in contention The blame here falls on both Starmer (for driving progressive folk out of the Labour Party) and the Greens (for building a second party on the left) And no, PR isn't fairer - see Israel, South Africa, etc
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Colin Yeo
about 1 month ago
This is an interesting companion chart to the top 10 nationality one. It shows differing grant rates. Why refuse so many Afghans when removals to Afghanistan are impossible? Terrible for the Afghans concerned and leaves the Home Office with huge support costs for no reason at all. Gesture admin.
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Starmer is wrong to use this as an attack line Harms of substance use are - in large part - a result of us taking a criminal justice rather than a public health approach Starmer's son can access heroin now, should he wish, but only in a harmful way (violence, infections, overdoses, incarceration)
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HOPE not hate
about 2 months ago
REVEALED: Matt Goodwin, Reform UKās candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, has been campaigning alongside racists and far-right activists in his bid to win the seat. Read the full story:
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/m...
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Meet the racists and far-right activists campaigning for Matt Goodwin in Gorton and Denton ā HOPE not hate
On 26 February, a parliamentary by-election will be held in Gorton and Denton and Reform UK has put up the far-right provocateur Matt Goodwin as...
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/meet-the-racists-and-far-right-activists-campaigning-for-matt-goodwin-in-gorton-and-denton/
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Worth a read
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about 2 months ago
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Clive Lewis MP
about 2 months ago
Right outcome. I voted against the ban on Palestine Action because it was authoritarian, and weakened our democratic rights. A Labour government should be building firewalls against authoritarianism - not building bridges for it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule
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Every time people express concerns about the level of immigration, they should be asked what their plan is regards the UK's ageing population If you don't want working age people to move to the UK, do you want higher taxes, lower quality public services, or to be working well into your 70s?
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How would you support our ageing population? - Office for National Statistics
There is a growing number of pensioners per person of working age living in the UK. Use our tool to change factors such as net migration and the State Pension age, and see how they affect this balance...
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/ageing/articles/howwouldyousupportourageingpopulation/2019-06-24
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CLIME Research Group
about 2 months ago
New publication alert š¢ Rouxjeane Venter, of CLIME recently co-authored an editorial with
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@ucl.ac.uk
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Iām the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Opinion | Iām the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html?smid=bs-share
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I'd be really interested in
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's take on the Nathan Gill case Is a 10 years prison sentence for saying something proportionate? Might the precedent result in activists in e.g. Russia who recieve western funding being imprisoned for expressing their opinions?
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For those who like to dig into the weeds, the Supplemental Material has finally been uploaded
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot
5 months ago
We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we canāt go home
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We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we canāt go home
The long read: Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukeleās government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never end
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/06/journalists-in-exile-president-el-salvador-nayib-bukele-now-we-cant-go-home
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Jonathan Bartlett
2 months ago
Please join us in person or online
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's recent work on 'How can different modes of survey data collection introduce bias?'
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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How can different modes of survey data collection introduce bias? | LSHTM
Survey data are self-reported data collected directly from respondents by a questionnaire or an interview, and are commonly used in health research. Such data are traditionally collected via a single
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/how-can-different-modes-survey-data-collection-introduce-bias
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ArtButMakeItSports
2 months ago
Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reno, 1598-99, šø by Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey
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For those who like to dig into the weeds, the Supplemental Material has finally been uploaded
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Yair Wallach
2 months ago
If we should fail?
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Jonathan Bartlett
3 months ago
'How to interpret hazard ratios', with
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thestatsgeek.com/2026/01/15/h...
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How to interpret hazard ratios
Survival analysis of time-to-event outcomes is very commonly performed using Coxās famous proportional hazards model. The model estimates hazard ratios for the āeffectsā of covariā¦
https://thestatsgeek.com/2026/01/15/how-to-interpret-hazard-ratios/
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Georgia Tomova
2 months ago
If you are interested in all things āØcausal inferenceāØ, please join our multidisciplinary Causal Inference Interest Group (CIIG). We host monthly seminars featuring speakers with various academic backgrounds and research interests. Links below. cc
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Written by a family friend
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This story should focus much more on the ground breaking STAMPEDE trial The big story here is innovative, ambitious, robust randomised trials, not squabbles between charities and regulators
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The Guardian
3 months ago
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
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Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects A make-or-break auction for the UK governmentās goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes. In Great Britainās most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/14/offshore-windfarm-contracts-to-fuel-homes-great-britain-record-auction?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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NEW LETTER We raise statistical and ethical concerns about a M tuberculosis transmission study Researchers intentionally delaying TB treatment should not be enrolling people with very low CD4 counts
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
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