Greatly honoured to be one of the first two winners of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social Walter Holland lifetime achievement award. I was privileged to know Walter well, a real champion of public health
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Research of today is a team sport. Much of it depends on scientists in research-support roles who remain largely unseen, uncredited and frequently underpaid.
Research is an ecosystem; every niche needs to be recognised
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New clinical trial data from vaccine makers show that their Lyme disease vaccine reduced cases by about 70%.
www.sciencenews.org/article/lyme...
All the talk is of a blue wave in the 2026 Midterms. But Republicans do not need to get more popular to hold the House - they just need to stop enough Democrats voting in key seats.
I've done a deep dive in my latest post.
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Apparently Raw milk sales not only increasing in the States but also the UK as the Guardian reports. This is unpasteurised milk with the âgoodnessâ of Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus, Yersinia, & tuberculosis bacteria left in. Yet the Guardian didnât say thisâŠ
This is the most breathtaking racism - unbelievable!
Oh poor you. That is not pleasant to have had
Apparently Raw milk sales not only increasing in the States but also the UK as the Guardian reports. This is unpasteurised milk with the âgoodnessâ of Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus, Yersinia, & tuberculosis bacteria left in. Yet the Guardian didnât say thisâŠ
Excellent news as RSV vaccine in pregnancy protects babies from developing RSV and massively reduces risk of getting seriously ill and needing Hospitalisation
Really sad to hear about massive drop in vaccine uptake for MMR & the huge measles outbreak of 2024 (biggest in Europe)- good article highlighting issues around convenience of access, vaccine hesitancy due to disinformation and complacency over risks of infection v disease
Six years of being ignored.
Yesterday that changed...
Four CVF members set the record straight.
Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement:
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Good RFKjr was challenged on his damaging actions cutting healthcare access, vaccine access and racist statements in congress but does anything happen because of this? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/p... "Personal data will be shared with the National Crime Agency where this data is needed for law enforcement purposes and is for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties."
Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context.
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Of course he did. For the avoidance of doubt there is ZERO evidence that drinking diet soda has ANY protective acids against cancer.
What a chaotic mess- vaccine recommendations on hold and inconsistent action across States all under RFKJrâs watch. Trust in vaccines is at an all time low and it will take years to repair the chaos he has wreaked. Why is he not impeached?
New piece of whether uk govt had abandoned pandemic preparedness:
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
I am updating my lectures on vaccines for my undergrad students and itâs quite depressing how things have changed in one yearâŠ
Thanks- wish this was less needed right now
Meanwhile the UK has lost its measles free status and the US is likely to - decision delayed at Kennedyâs request until after the electionsâŠMeasles is completely preventable with a vaccine.
If this action passes then vaccines realistically will be too costly to make as the costs of legal actions could be enormousâŠ.
Ie this would allow inclusion of autism as a factor despite a wealth of evidence showing no link between vaccines and autism
And even as organisations get things overturned he has enacted his attacks strike elsewhere - currently targeting the vaccine injury table to try and include any potential harm that researchers have investigated arguing that the analysis establishes association, even if no evidence of one is foundâŠ
Kennedy has surpassed every fear we had with multiple attacks on vaccine access resulting in a transformation in the make up of ACIP and reduced access to multiple vaccines
Vaccine skepticism is becoming widespread in USA with over 40% Americans-especially younger people- saying vaccine science is not settled. Honestly we have known about immune memory even BEFORE we knew how it workedâŠ
I am updating my lectures on vaccines for my undergrad students and itâs quite depressing how things have changed in one yearâŠ
You would think wouldnât you
