Jamilla Hussain

@independentsage.bsky.social

Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise Flu season has come early and cases are rising among children, NHS England says.

I get that decision making re:when/what vaccines to give each yr is complex&about weighing up risk

But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩

Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...

3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

The release of hostages and prisoners shows that even in the worst circumstances, change is possible. The bombs must stop, and guns must stay silent. Aid and food must flow freely.

The suffering is immense.

We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.

It's possible.

Massive news for Leeds.

Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.

So come along if you're free.

trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...

I just keep thinking how very Big Bang Theory this is 😂

I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

As many parents will tell you, the earlier you set the boundaries (whilst recognising the big feelings are real), the better … for the little person and family unit as a whole

#nobelpeaceprize

ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social

3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%

87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%

2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%

Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%

ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?

Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)

Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.

Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today

Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard

Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social

@laurasheard.bsky.social

A gentle warning from Carl Sagan

This - as any historian who has studied the subject of immigration knows - is what always happens over time & there is no reason to believe it will not continue. The only enemies of this benign process are those that highlight & seek to profit from division.

Does she also think that walking through a community and seeing no black or Asian faces means that integration has failed?

😂

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

A chilling read as a UK citizen

I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors

I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it

“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”

*cries in public health*

And supplement industry

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Dementia's broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults at risk for providing care About 26% of both households and immediate families of older adults include an individual with dementia—often requiring relatives to step into unexpected caregiving roles, according to a new Universit...

Dementia’s broad reach: More than 1 in 4 families of older adults at risk for providing care news.umich.edu/dementias-br... by @umich.edu

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving

I used to wonder why med-tech investors don't have independent experts, especially medical statisticians, evaluate whether the tech actually works. I eventually realized that they simply don't care.

🤦🏼‍♀️

BGS warns that older people have been overlooked in the Assisted Dying Bill debate | British Geriatrics Society The BGS urges MPs to consider the needs of older people ahead of the second report stage debate in the House of Commons and the pivotal third reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ex...

Updated statement by the British Geriatric Society on te assisted dying bill

Risks still not adequately addressed

#assisteddying

www.bgs.org.uk/bgs-warns-th...

@katiewhitemp.bsky.social

It still concerns me that the only direct consultation with marginalised groups on the #AssistedDyingBill has been the tiny bits I’ve done

I summarise the key findings here

MPs must not take the silencing of these groups as reassurance

#AssistedDying
@katiewhitemp.bsky.social