🌍 TB is preventable and curable — yet still one of the world’s leading infectious killers.

For #WorldTBDay, Fatima Karmadwala & I will be speaking on “Fighting poverty and stigma to defeat TB.”

🗓 23 March | ⏰ 12:30 GMT
📍 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Come and work with us in the @nihr.bsky.social Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections @hpruezi.bsky.social. We have a post for a clinician to do a PhD in emerging infections and/or vector borne disease, working on national clinical studies.

I really enjoyed this meeting for the Emerging & Zoonotic Infections Health Protection Research Unit. So much great science, and a fantastic training environment for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. I feel very fortunate to have been involved, and I'm sure its 3rd iteration will be superb

Let's stop Shein raising cash in London | Good Law Project

Shein: the environment trashing, tax dodging, fast fashion outfit with a *very* troubling supply chain wants to float on the London Stock Exchange.

We're working with Stop Uyghur Genocide and Leigh Day to stop them in the courts. And we'd very much appreciate your support.
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Misty day in Liverpool

New publication from @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Morning BlueSkyers

If any of you enjoy The Trawl @thetrawl.bsky.social please can you repost this request to @bsky.app for a bookmark tab

Would hugely help not having to look at the hellhole that is X

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Relax people - we have an extra 48hr to submit abstract to @escmid.bsky.social global! #IDSky #ESCMIDGlobal

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Bird flu virus detected in raw milk in California | CNN Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.

Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.

Unearthed university investigation found research ethics failings at French medical institute Studies conducted by Didier Raoult and colleagues flouted French and international ethical standards, report concludes

Quand Didier Raoult est dans le journal *Science* ce n'est pas en tant qu'auteur, c'est en tant que sujet de honte de la recherche française.

#JeSuisUnGrandChercheur

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Beyond T cell exhaustion: TIM-3 regulation of myeloid cells We provide a comprehensive review of 20 years of research on TIM-3 functions in myeloid cells and T cell exhaustion.

A #ScienceImmunology review from earlier this year by @kuchroolab.bsky.social and co-authors discusses emerging roles of TIM-3 in immune responses including in #myeloidcells. #WeekendReads

Third case of #leptospirosis confirmed after #floods in #Valencia

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Absolutely. False hope is the worst of all, and can place a lot of strain on relationships with healthcare

This can be very variable between people. It can be a bit harsh to crush all hope immediately, just as it is to introduce false hope. Simplest is just to ask how far the patient wants to go in any given consultation. Delivering bad news can be a process, not a single event.

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All pediatricians and infectious diseases doctors right now
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Is the GMC on Bluesky yet?!

Today, we conducted a simulation admitting a person with mpox into our Emergency Department & then critical care. Royal Liverpool Hospital is one of a handful of hospitals designated to look after people with Highly Infectious Diseases, like mpox, & it's important to regularly test our readiness.