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110. The yeasts: Candida part 3, C. auris and Candida resistance Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 26/05/2025 · 55m

Callum and Alyssa are BACK! With. Candida-do attitude, they round off our Candida mini series by discussing C.auris, and Candida resistance mechanisms.

Wear clean underwear.

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#IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould

NHS England » NHS and local government to roll out world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea Thousands of gonorrhoea cases could be prevented over the next decade thanks to the NHS’ world-first vaccination programme against the infection. Eligible patients, which includes gay and bisexual men...

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Delighted that @ukhsa.bsky.social has played a pivotal role in developing and synthesising evidence to support the national vaccination programmes for gonorrhoea and mpox. This is in addition to hepatitis A and B and HPV. 1/2

📢New session just announced for #UKCVN2025!

We're discussing vaccine research in immunocompromised groups with:
🔹Dr Parker on uptake & effectiveness
🔹Dr Kinsella on MMR post-transplant
🔹Dr Longley on novel therapies & responses

📍11th–12th June | Sheffield & online
Register now🔗 ow.ly/p9nY50VVpEI

So this happened….. shocked and thrilled! What a wonderful conference! #BIASpring2025
Congratulations to @rajlaz.bsky.social on her presidential appointment.

Nice work and was a prize winning talk. You will get email with info. Well done

My last day today as HSST Professional Affairs Secretary for @biainfection.bsky.social. It's been an amazing experience and I'm pleased to announce @amyreadmicro.bsky.social will be taking over and will do an amazing job!

😱climate emergency 😱

@infectiondave.bsky.social closing with his favourite case study from Clinical Infection in Practice #BIASpring2025

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@infectiondave.bsky.social starting the day with our Journal Club session
#BIASpring2025

My fav take home message: vaccination is key. Modified Vaccinia Ankara vaccine 2 doses > 80% effective. Protection limited in post-exposure setting ~ 20% within 4 days of exposure. Need to focus vaccination on those with ongoing exposure #BIASpring2025

Helpful review of tecovirimat RCTs for Mpox...No benefit over placebo. Raising basic standard of care however in all settings could make a difference. Therapeutic options limited #BIASpring2025

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Thanks to Catherine Houlihan @ukhsa.bsky.social for an interactive update on Mpox @biainfection.bsky.social trainees/clinical day. Key practical messages:
HCID units/PPE no longer required
24hr testing no longer justified BUT
Still notifiable
Still need to prevent transmission #BIASpring2025

My post below feels so last year..all the questions in the first session were asked via Slido. It feels like this should be a game changer in terms of who asks the questions. Remaining anonymous probably also helps so we may never know. #BIASpring2025

Today is the first day of the BIA 27th Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting with the Spring Trainee Day 2025. We hope that everyone in attendance has a great day. #Infection #InfectionTrainees #BIASpring2025

Was the 'end of global health' writing on the wall #BIASpring2025. Reliance on a single donor i.e. US is a key issue. We need to rebuild differently (and straight away!)
Great Q&A session with Prof Joe Jarvis
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#BIASpring2025 Prof Joe Jarvis: What can we do?
-Lobby our government
-Document what is happening
-Keep talking about 'silence = death'

But no clear way forward...

The end of global health (as we know it). Prof Joe Jarvis opening #BIASpring2025
highlighting the devasting impact of US funding cuts on global health. The issue is not a lack of money just how it is spent as described by @drtedros.who.int 👇🏾

A decision-making model for public health authorities in circumstances of potentially high public risk

How do you balance public health risk with individual rights? Here’s how we tried to do it in a complex XDR-TB case, great collaborative effort!

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If anyone wants to help me audit this at the #BIASpring2025 let’s do it!

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Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference Gender inequity in science and academia, especially in senior positions, is a recognised problem. The reasons are poorly understood, but include the persistence of historical gender ratios, discrimina...

Who asks the most questions at scientific meetings? The infection workforce is diverse age, gender, discipline. Questions from different perspectives help us all learn. #BIASpring2025

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Vending machine that provides free menstrual products at a train station in the UK

When we are losing ground at a rate I have never known I am grateful for our wins. Thanks to the campaigners who made👇🏾possible

Join us for networking, & clinical/scientific updates. Aim to learn at least 3 new things, speak to 3 people you haven’t met before, and ask at least 1 question. #BIASpring2025

Please find me and say hello! Especially if you are attending for the first time or don’t know many people going. #BIASpring2025

Staying when it is not working creates a smoke screen that could prevent meaningful change. Not an easy decision as an individual as leaving is for the benefit of the greater good over individual opportunity.

Closing the loop: What's beyond the brown bin? Taking a closer look at what happens to Bristol's waste once it leaves our house

Where does our waste go when it leaves the house? We take a closer look at the people and processes behind Bristol's recycling efforts

A collage of deck.blue's branding application showing the logo on a shirt, a bag, stickers, cards, mousepad and an bus-stop ad

just in case you didn't know, deck.blue's branding was designed by @tullece.blrgms.com way back in October 2023 when I launched the Patreon!

check the full brandbook here: www.behance.net/gallery/2075...

Could we move towards a model more like the childhood imms model, and make and schedule standard imms appointment at age 60 or 65 to receive all recommended vaccines at one appointment? Why not make it a general well being check up to add value for time. #IDSky #vaccines

Final point in this 🧵was going to be about how combination vaccines fit with current policies. UK recommendations for vaccines for older adults vary by age 60(shingles, but staggered intro from age 70, 65...) 65(flu, pneumo), 75( RSV, COVID-19) and a need to increase uptake of nonseasonal vaccines

Still to be answered
does higher antibody concentration
= improved efficacy, and effectiveness?
= in theory should mean longer duration of protection but remains to be seen
=how do we lessen the reactogenicity? - we need studies with prophylactic paracetamol