Graphic with the title “Re-think your drink.” Subheading: “The beverages you drink can have a big effect on your health.” Three illustrated drinks are shown: Two green beer bottles with a straw inserted, labeled “Heart disease” A can labeled “SODA” with a straw, labeled “Obesity” A cup of sugary red drink with lemon slices and a straw, labeled “Diabetes”

That soda or energy drink in your hand might be doing more than quenching your thirst. It could be fueling diabetes, heart disease & obesity.

WHO is calling for a global push to tax harmful products like sugary drinks & protect millions of lives.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/40A3T3N #Tax4Health

“I first learned about stillbirth at the time that I had one”

@dramybowers.bsky.social - a psychologist and bereaved mother - shares how denial and silence surround #stillbirth.

She’s breaking the #stigma.

#IamISA #EndStillbirths #HopefulFutures

Illustration of a nurse checking a patient's blood pressure against a yellow background. Text reads: "Most countries have laws to support & safeguard nurses at work, but only 42% have provisions for mental well-being."

This #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate nurses, the backbone of global health systems.

While nurses provide extensive care, only 42% of countries have mental well-being resources to support their nurses.

Let’s care for the carers 👉 bit.ly/4dcr5dz #HealthForAll #MentalHealth

Smiling woman with brown hair, black jacket, green purse with a green baseball hat with a Gila monster on it, standing in front of a cherry tree covered in pink blossoms.

In December I accepted a position as a senior investigator at the NIH in the National Human Genome Research Institute & Center for Genomics and Data Science Research.

Bringing the party in the desert to Maryland.

We are hiring postdocs & postbacs!

Please reach out :)

No Link Between COVID Vaccine During Pregnancy And Birth Defects, Study Says MONDAY, March 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women can get the COVID-19 vaccine without any fear of causing birth defects in their unborn child, a new st

Pregnant women can get the COVID-19 #vaccine without any fear of causing birth defects in their unborn child, a new study says.

Researchers found no link between #COVID vaccination in early #pregnancy and birth defects, results show.
www.healthday.com/health-news/... #Medsky #healthnews #healthday

Measles is preventable with just two doses of measles vaccine.

The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000.

👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.

Superstar Anya @dranyaarthurs.bsky.social Congratulations such important research 😘

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death. Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.

Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

@theisn.org #worldkidneyday Are your kidneys ok ?!

Hey placenta/pregnancy people - happy to share that we've now set #ANZPRA up over here! 🥳

This #WomensHistoryMonth we once again acknowledge and reckon with Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey, the Mothers of Gynaecology. These enslaved Black women, along with nine other women whose names have been erased, were subjected to human experimentation without anaesthesia. We say their names.

Led by the amazing @dranyaarthurs.bsky.social This is just the beginning @flindersuniversity.bsky.social

A common misunderstanding is that HPV is only a problem for people who are “sexually promiscuous.”

The truth: you can get HPV even if you’ve only had ONE partner. Its prevalence in adult populations is very high.

So we vax everyone.