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How a Jamaican student invented a self-disinfecting door handle for hospitals: ‘Design that fits reality’. Fabulous! Some positive news after all the doom and gloom dominating headlines. #infectioncontrol #diseasecontrol

Australia will recognise Palestinian statehood…. But continue with military contracts and refuse to impose sanctions.

Recognition of Palestine MUST be combined with actions to stop the genocide.

With the deliberate assassination overnight of Al-Jazeera journalists and plans to permanently occupy Gaza, the Australian government must take meaningful action and suspend military contracts with Israel!

US medical groups sue to reverse overhaul of vaccine recommendations The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and five other medical and public health organisations are suing US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr, following his purge of the US Center...

US medical groups sue to reverse overhaul of vaccine recommendations - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The time for Australia to recognise the state of Palestine is right now | Ed Husic So many countries have lost patience and are unable to stay silent – most recently France. This is the moment for us to take a similar stand

The time for Australia to recognise the state of Palestine is right now | Ed Husic www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Background use only': How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media Labor's response yesterday to mass starvation in Gaza was to condemn a Greens senator for mentioning it. Then it tried to spin itself as the victim.

Never mind dying babies, what about Senate decorum? Crikey reveals how Labor sets its priorities when it comes to genocide in Gaza. @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

More good news the prevention of RSV in newborns - maternal immunization "led to a 72 per cent reduction in babies hospitalised with the virus if mothers were vaccinated."

published last week in lancetchildadol.bsky.social - #MedSky + #IDSky www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Bivalent prefusion F vaccination in pregnancy and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation in infants in the UK: results of a multicentre, test-negative, case-control study In the real-world setting of the first season of vaccine implementation in England and Scotland, maternal RSVpreF vaccination was effective and equivalent to trial settings in reducing the risk of hos...

👶 Maternal RSV vaccine cuts hospital stays

A UK study finds that vaccinating pregnant women with the RSVpreF bivalent vaccine reduced RSV-related infant hospitalisations by up to 72%, mirroring clinical trial results.

🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#SciComm #RSV #Vaccines 🧪

Knish day?

Yes! Music grocery shopping, music in lifts... no escape. Nothing like sitting on a rock hearing the wind and the birds to clear your mind

Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’

While we stand by and watch and do nothing. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Australia condemns Israel for ‘indefensible’ #Gaza deaths as it joins coalition of countries denouncing #Israel.
Not enough. #Sanctions, divestment, stop all trade until aid is allowed in and a #ceasefire is in place

Exclusive: Smoking data taken down after link to vape ban A report showing increased smoking and vaping among young Australians was pulled after it embarrassed the government and led to complaints from other researchers.

The curious case of the disappearing smoking data. The Roy Morgan release was unequivocal: smoking rates among young adults are up after vaping ban which had "demonstrably failed". And then it disappeared and was replaced with something more amenable. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

The IHR (2005) State Parties have the right to decide whether or not to adopt & implement the IHR amendments. We regret 🇺🇸 decision to reject the amendments adopted by consensus by the WHA in 2024 —incl. by 🇺🇸, as 🇺🇸 played an active role in developing & negotiating the amendments with other countries.

Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

"NIH [.. is] instructed to nominate replacements that are aligned with the priorities of the administration of US President Donald Trump — and have been warned that political appointees might still override their suggestions and hand-pick alternative reviewers".

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine. Finally some promising news aimed at respecting International law and rights.

China love-bombs Australia while US demands to know what we'd do in event of war We are in an upside-down world now, where our greatest potential geopolitical adversary in our own region is love-bombing us and acting like the "adult" trading partner, while our real ally demands co...

“Our greatest potential geopolitical adversary”? Why do we crrate conflict when there is none? China is nothing but a trafing partner Unnecessarily inflammatory reporting @abcnews www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker shows Australia needs 'comprehensive reform', UN says UN rights chief Volker Turk said a coroner's inquiry into Kumanjayi Walker's death "uncovers disturbing allegations of institutional racism in Northern Territory policing and use of excessive force".

Police investigating police. When are we going to full independent, transparency?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

The largest measles outbreak in 33 years.
More than 25 years after America declared measles eliminated.

It’s past time for Secretary Kennedy to declare a public health emergency and prioritize kids over conspiracies.

Congratulations to A/Prof Hannah Moore and the RISE team for being awarded an NHMRC Partnership Grant to guide equitable and efficient #RSV #immunisation policy by using real world data and #mathematicalmodelling 🎉 🎉 🎉

#IDEpi #EpiSky #MedSky #australianacademia

Well past time we were silent on this.

Coalition happy to have quotas for Nationals on frontbench but not for female Liberal MPs, Tanya Plibersek says Labor frontbencher rubbishes Angus Taylor’s assertion that gender quotas ‘subvert democratic processes’

Been speaking about this for years. The Nats love a quota when it elevates mediocre blokes - how did Barnaby Joyce or Mike McCormack et al become Deputy PM? The leader of the Nats is always Deputy PM in a coalition govt. That’s a quota, gents. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In April 2025, the number of reported #measles cases went 📉compared with March: 18 countries notified 975 cases.

RO (402), FR (186), NL (111), BE (100) and ES (52) had the highest case counts.

Check the monthly measles report to find out more: measles-rubella-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu

CDC advisory panel, selected by RFK Jr., recommends thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines A CDC advisory panel has recommended that the preservative thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines, a largely symbolic move but one that could sow doubts about safety.

CDC advisory panel, selected by RFK Jr., recommends thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/r...

An update from Dr. Sean O’Leary on this morning’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting:

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr.

Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

#RSV

Governments are leaving ‘heavy lifting’ on Closing the Gap to underresourced Aboriginal groups, review finds ‘Inaction’ from governments and ‘baked in’ racism are hampering efforts to address entrenched disadvantage, according to first independent review

‘Inaction’ from governments and ‘baked in’ racism are hampering efforts to address entrenched disadvantage, according to first independent review of national #ClosetheGap Strategy
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

PM backs Iran strikes but says Australia is ‘deeply concerned about any escalation’ Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap communications facility in NT was used in US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites

What?! Why are we wading into this? It's not true that #Iran was unwilling to engage in dialogue. Countries involved have not pursued diplomatic channels nearly enough. Trigger happy. We want no part of it, Mr Albanese. #notowar
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...