that’s no fun!

Some vaccines are only as good as the fridge or cool-boxes they’re kept in. In the world’s most remote regions, the “cold chain” relies on both functional hardware and knowledgeable technicians who keep it all running.

Learn more about these backbones of public health: bit.ly/4uUOw3C via JSI

How the other half live!!! Keep living the dream!

Pandemics and the gothic, then and now: a hum in the background While the assertion, ‘no one really wants to talk about COVID anymore’, has become a common refrain, cultural evidence suggests otherwise. Rather, cultural materials indicate not only a sustained inte...

Great weekend read: Pandemics and the Gothic by @juliamwright.bsky.social

mh.bmj.com/content/51/4...

I’m sure St. Patrick would be very proud.

@statsepi.bsky.social

Saint Patrick’s Day and the mystery of the second Patrick According to one tradition, both men knew one another closely and were each involved in promulgating Christianity in Ireland.

For the day that’s in it.. theconversation.com/saint-patric...

An alternative route might give you better result…

Teaching: I’ve been bullied and seen others harassed in the most unbelievable ways Many principals bury their heads, do not want to become involved, or are disconnected from the staffroom zeitgeist

Sound familiar to any academics? www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

‘A load of nothingness’: What does International Women’s Day mean to your average Joan Soap? ‘I don’t want to shatter glass ceilings. I am already shattered,’ says one woman

G’on Siobhàn.. ‘I don’t want to shatter glass ceilings. I am already shattered,’ www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...

interesting work…

More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak Cases reported in seven schools and a nursery in Enfield amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccination in capital

A reminder that measles cannot be treated, it can only be prevented.

It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.

Very powerful!!

Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau WHO is aware of the proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. Based on questions raised in publicly available information and consultation with...

"Exploiting scarcity is not ethical."

WHO director @drtedros.who.int puts out a statement explaining basic research ethics to RFK.

www.who.int/news/item/13...

Seconds… www.nsai.ie/national-met...

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

US science after a year of Trump

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

www.nature.com/immer...
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Choice of 3? USA, Ireland, Cork?

This really should have been reviewed by someone who actually works in the world of vaccines! mRNA did not “spring up” during COVID-19, it “sprang up” during the preceding 10 or so years….

… and a nice thin stomach lining…

Newgrange Winter Solstice 2025 | Heritage Ireland Newgrange is the best known of the 3 great passage tombs in the Brú na Bóinne complex. The passage and chamber are aligned in a

Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.

heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...

LIFE AND DEATH BEFORE PUBLIC HEALTH Emily K. Abel

This is an excellent piece with a historical perspective on the dangers of the catastrophic attacks on public health in the U.S.

@johncreedon.bsky.social fab DJ’ing…Sultans homage to bathroom “furniture”!!

GPs Urge Public to Get Flu Vaccine Now as Severe Winter Outbreak Arrives Early GPs urge public to get flu vaccine now as severe H3N2 variant arrives early, with seven deaths already recorded and hospital admissions up 50% in recent weeks.

GPs urge public to get flu vaccine now as severe H3N2 variant arrives early, with seven deaths already recorded and hospital admissions up 50% in recent weeks. csalert.ie/4pH0mei

v. interesting for the authors of this:
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Why scientists have to become better communicators and learn how to engage different audiences.

Landmark portraits of Munster women unveiled as part of Accenture's Women on Walls at University College Cork

Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine

Baffled by adults battling down a street mobbed with partying students; hood or no hood…