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Posts by Liam Farrell

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A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

This is so sad. “Nights are the hardest.

“I can’t sleep because of our own situation,” Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. “I can’t sleep because of what I know what’s happening around the world. I can’t sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering.”

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Slopaganda - how Iran's viral videos skewer the US The unpopularity of the war in the US and abroad meant Iran's Lego videos landed on fertile ground and spread organically across the internet worldwide, writes Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray.

Slopaganda - how Iran's viral videos skewer the US www.rte.ie/news/2026/04... via @rte

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Covid jabs huge success, but work needed on trust in vaccines - key findings from Covid report Immunisation saved hundreds of thousands of UK lives, but vaccine hesitancy remains an issue.

The rollout of Covid vaccines – the largest immunisation programme in UK history - was an "extraordinary feat" which saved hundreds of thousands of lives, the Covid inquiry says

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If the swelling profits of the pharma industry, with no related rise in benefits, weren’t problematic enough, the wellness industry—selling health/wellbeing products to pple who are well + don’t need them—is worth ~3 x value of the pharma industry. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Father of the Bride #Jaipur Incredible few days

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The more things change, the more they stay the same—cynical old men suckering gullible and vulnerable young men into doing their dirty work for them. happening in #Iran now, I saw it for years in Northern Ireland.

Farrell, Liam. Are You the F**king Doctor?:

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Dealing death is much more antiseptic when you are thousands of miles away; you don't actually understand what it is you do, see a young man's head exploding, smell burnt flesh, comprehend the thousands of individual tragedies.

Farrell, Liam. Are You the F**king Doctor?

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What you need to know about meningitis B now Speed is of the essence in recognising and treating invasive meningococcal disease, of which there is an outbreak in young people in Kent caused by group B meningococcus bacteria (MenB). Emma Wilkinso...

What you need to know about meningitis B now www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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Religious determinants of health and foreign aid cuts: no thank you for your inattention The world’s most powerful American, by some estimates, made two important statements this week. First, he urged a de-escalation of the Middle East war.1 Second, he argued that “health cannot be a luxu...

'Aid cuts kill, yet the public outrage over this moral failure is essentially non-existent. An invisible war, on poor and disadvantaged people, is being prosecuted under the cloak of a cost of living crisis and to boost defence spending.'

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"I hate flying," she said, "So cramped, stuffy, no room."
"And don't forget the terrorist threat," I said reassuringly.

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My little village #Rostrevor #Ireland, before and after the attack by Iran

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"I hate flying," she said, "So cramped, stuffy, no room."
"And don't forget the terrorist threat," I said reassuringly.

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Sending America's most hair-trigger agency into America's most hair-raising environment? What could go wrong

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Jon Stewart isn't so sure Trump is actually talking to Iran's "top person"

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#Hedgehog is back!!!

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The power of tenacity, with cares and graces: a revolution in oncology and The BMJ www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam?
Trump had a plan for getting out of Vietnam.

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Even #Mordor is going green for #StPatricksDay

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Even #Mordor is going green for #StPatricksDay

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An hour and 20 minutes to walk from Brompton Cemetery to the John Snow pub next to the site of the water pump.
There are worse ways to get some steps in on a Sunday afternoon.

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And he's buried in Brompton cemetery should you wish to say hi to the father of epidemiology

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Dementia service of GAA commentaries launched online A initiative supporting people living with dementia has been unveiled in Croke Park, with the late Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh's iconic GAA commentary used to spark memory and connection through reminisc...

Dementia service of #GAA commentaries launched online www.rte.ie/sport/footba... via @rte

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'What every writer/musician/artist wants, really really wants, is to be paid;' adapted from the great #TerryPratchett

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My role-model GP Magazine 4 December 2017 ‘Ah, the fall of the leaf,’ said my senior colleague happily, as we drove slowly down the boreen, (slowly, to avoid running over stray leprechauns), ‘T…

Memories of the #CheltenhamFestival
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