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Attacks on healthcare (2020-24)

Number of attacks by geographical location

Healthcare worker deaths and injuries in selected countries (2020-24)

Kidnappings and arrests of healthcare workers

Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities have surged in the past five years.

Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

23.10.2025 12:05 — 👍 9    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

A flyer with a red to green gradient and black microbe pattern. The text reads "HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH from the Black Microbiologists Association

BMA wishes all our UK supporters a powerful Black History Month! 🇬🇧 This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power and Pride” is everything 💥
Read our new #MGen article on how we’re helping Black microbiologists thrive through #BlackinMicro Week: doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

15.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I really love teaching undergrads. They make me feel so valued and knowledgeable
Helping out in a microscopy lab today and it’s ‘miss please help, I can’t see anything’
Sweet summer child, please switch the microscope on 🥹

09.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Vaccines save lives

Vaccines cause adults

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!

15.09.2025 02:31 — 👍 78    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

As of 15 July, 877 fatalities and 5666 injuries have been reported among people trying to access food supplies. Image of an empty bowl and spoon against black background.

People are getting killed trying to get food.

877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

18.07.2025 14:05 — 👍 298    🔁 206    💬 7    📌 11

Vaccines: A strategic tool to prevent Antimicrobial Resistance | LSHTM Vaccines: A strategic tool to prevent Antimicrobial Resistance | LSHTM

🧬 Vaccines prevent 🦠 — they’re a key tool against antimicrobial resistance.

In this blog, @meganecarey.bsky.social highlights a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social report on how vaccines help stop the emergence and spread of drug resistance.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4jWkZji

19.06.2025 12:54 — 👍 13    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review For years, sleuths – whose names our readers are likely familiar with – have been diligently flagging issues with the scientific literature. More than a dozen of these specialists have teamed up to cr...

‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review

@averyorrall.bsky.social reports on an initiative from @reeserichardson.bsky.social and colleagues

04.06.2025 13:57 — 👍 20    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1

$900,000 grant to Retraction Watch’s parent organization will fund forensic analysis of articles that affect human health The Center for Scientific Integrity, the parent nonprofit of Retraction Watch, has launched a new initiative to investigate and rapidly disseminate problems in the medical literature that directly …

$900,000 grant to Retraction Watch’s parent organization will fund forensic analysis of articles that affect human health, directed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social

04.06.2025 18:05 — 👍 30    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

Today, we celebrate the establishment of the #WestAfrica Genomics Centre of Excellence in partnership with @nanoporetech.com.

The regional hub, a major milestone in scientific #research, will strengthen #Africa-led genomic sequencing, expand capacity and drive research across the continent.

03.06.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ida stands in a white lab coat talking to members of the public at Brighton pier.

Ida stands at the beach in a white lab coat, holding up a plastic model of DNA to her audience. The west pier is in the background.

Ida stands in a white labcoat with her back to the camera. The soapbox science logo is visible on her back as she speaks to her audience. The i360 is in the background.

Ida faces the camera smiling, wearing a white labcoat and standing in front of a sign describing the talk she gave; 'Ida Sey- Germ detectives, cracking the case of infections in hospitals'.

This past weekend I was delighted to be one of @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social speakers, talking about using DNA to track outbreaks in hospitals with members of the public at Brighton beach.

Volunteer- Shelley Wang
Image Credit- Stuart Robsinson/ Darren Baskill

#sciencecommunication

29.05.2025 13:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

This Saturday I’ll be at Brighton beach, talking all things Science as part of @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social @brightonfringe.bsky.social

Pop by and say hello- you may learn something new 🧬🕵🏽‍♀️

20.05.2025 08:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed.

I enjoyed reading @nature.com’s article on the use of AI in scientific research - and then taking the questionnaire myself to really tease out my own thoughts on the issue. When is it okay to use AI in our research (if at all)? Is disclosing our usage enough?

19.05.2025 10:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#Gaza: In the early hours of March 18, Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, after almost two-months of an already fragile ceasefire.

According to the Ministry of Health, hundreds of people have been killed.

18.03.2025 12:36 — 👍 323    🔁 179    💬 7    📌 14

It’s nice to see how the country and the world showed up! I joined in with the Hoosiers since I was visiting IU. Great job organizers!! #standupforscience2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...

08.03.2025 19:44 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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18.03.2025 11:25 — 👍 19    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0