Adewole Adekola

First injection to stop HIV approved The shot, given six times a year or every other month, is an alternative to taking daily pills to protect against ever catching the virus.

Excellent news for HIV prevention in England & Wales 👏

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trypanosoma

Low Prevalence and Concentrations of Campylobacter Detected on Retail Chicken Breasts Since 2014, Campylobacter has been the leading bacterial cause of foodborne illness in the United States, resulting in millions in economic losses eac…

New from @kovaclab.bsky.social: Campylobacter — a leading cause of foodborne illness — was detected on only 1.9% of retail skinless, boneless chicken breast samples.

Low prevalence + low concentrations = positive trend for poultry safety 🐔

🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X25001875

We're celebrating #WorldHealthDay🎉

LSHTM's alumni & students are making valuable contributions to #maternal & newborn health. Find out how studying #PublicHealth & #Epidemiology has helped them achieve their #GlobalHealth dreams.🌍

Keisuke's blog 👉
www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...

The RSV vaccine has resulted in a 30% drop in hospital admissions in older adults across England. 📉
Our study in @thelancet.bsky.social demonstrates the benefit of the programme during its early stages.
📰🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

A world map illustrates the differences in life expectancy between females and males at birth in 2023. Areas shaded in darker purple indicate a greater male life expectancy compared to females, while lighter shades represent regions with higher female life expectancy. Notable data points include Ukraine with a difference of 13.3 years, Russia at 11.8 years, Togo at 0.4 years, and Nigeria at 0.6 years. The data source is the Human Mortality Database (2024) and UN World Population Prospects (2024). The map is attributed with a CC BY license and published by Our World in Data.

Women live longer than men, but how much longer varies widely around the world

NASA Sends Experiment to Space to Study Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria - NASA In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new experiment aboard the International

NASA’s GEARS experiment on the ISS aims to rapidly detect #AMR bacteria using metagenomic sequencing, protecting astronaut health and improving hospital infection control on Earth—paving the way for faster, life-saving diagnostics.
#infectiousdisease
www.nasa.gov/missions/sta...

NASA’s GEARS experiment on the ISS tests how #AMR bacteria adapt to space, using metagenomic sequencing to track their growth and survival. Insights from this research could help safeguard astronauts on deep-space missions and improve infection control in most settings.
#onehealth

More than half of the Gm-negative infections in soldiers in the Ukraine conflict are resistant to carbapenems - fascinating presentation on #AMR in conflict settings from @catanita.bsky.social
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA2025 #globalpublichealth #MDRI

#EpiSky #IDsky - do you know that every Friday we publish the #CDTR - ECDC's bulletin on active #PublicHealth threats?

Today's issue focuses on:
➡️ #Mpox
➡️ #ShigellaSonnei
➡️ #Chikungunya
➡️ #SARSCoV2
➡️ #Ebola
➡️ #YellowFever
➡️ #AvianInfluenza
➡️ #MERSCoV
➡️ #Respiratory viruses

Read more bit.ly/3WPtLGU

The deadline for this is Friday! do get in touch if you have any questions.

The advert is now live here:
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202...

Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩‍💻. Get in touch if any questions!

Illinois officials prepare to respond to possible human bird flu cases as virus spreads in animals Medical experts here in Illinois sat down with the I-Team to explain what they're doing to keep bird flu from becoming the next human pandemic.

H5N1 is spreading in U.S. dairy cattle, with gaps in testing, weak biosecurity, and interstate movement fueling the outbreak. Human risk is low but evolving. Stronger surveillance and intervention are needed. #BirdFlu #H5N1 #OneHealth

abc7chicago.com/post/bird-fl...

Acting ahead of crises means protecting people's lives and livelihoods with benefits that reach far into the future.

Learn more about the 5 benefits of #AnticipatoryAction 👇

More 👉 bit.ly/3H45C6W

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

CDC Data Are Disappearing The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

The CDC is a national treasure of the US and has done great work for almost 80 years

I can’t believe this stuff!

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

📢 New report on #RSV maternal vaccination in England (Sept 2024):

📊 1 in 3 women who gave birth in September were vaccinated against RSV.

💡Coverage is expected to rise in the coming months as awareness increases and more women are informed.

More info: www.gov.uk/government/p...

I miss this view...and the lovely people there 😍

RFK Jr. wants evidence that vaccines do not cause autism.

The evidence is there. He refuses to see it.

We were in Rwanda at the International Conference on #NTD #Research in #Africa to share and learn more about the ever-growing knowledge on NTDs. #InCORNTD is always a great time meeting with friends and collaborators in the #schistosomiasis 🪱 research space 🧪

💡 Dr Sam Fenton @thefentagon.bsky.social is a population geneticist who joined the lab in 11/2024. Having previously worked on a range of different systems, his work in the group focuses on using #wholegenomesequencing #WGS to test the efficacy of drugs tackling #Onchocerciasis (#RiverBlindness)🌟

James Harvey III, Tuskegee airman, leader of the team that won the US military's first aerial gunnery competition for combat aviators. AKA, Top Gun. James Harvey is a handsome Black man in WW2 uniform with an indomitableble look of calm confidence.

Tom Cruise in an aviation suit and Rayban aviator sunglasses from Top Gun.

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:

In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."

The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.

So they refused to announce a winner🤡

“We know how to live in a world without tuberculosis. But we choose to not live in that world”

I’m so excited to read @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social new book!!

Please stay tuned for my interview with John in March!

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It will be interesting to see the level of disruptions Deep Seek is going to have on stock tech and maybe cause a rethink about investment in tech stock, tech policies, sanctions and bans. Interesting times to be alive 😎

#tech #deepseek

Arguably, what the Biden chip ban has done is to incentivize some of the world's smartest AI researchers to figure out how to build AI systems without requiring a ton of the latest Nvidia chips.

DeepSeek is just the beginning

I guess it's to give room for a wide margin of error, just in case the intention is not clear...and to avoid what it's and buts

Your sweeping generalization and anecdotal submission about Africans, especially Nigerians, reflects the same flawed reasoning you criticise in Badenoch. Perhaps start by addressing the bias in your own analysis.

Remove the log from your eyes first...

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