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Disinformation is costing lives and the health community is fighting back ahead of COP30 - The Global Climate and Health Alliance “We must fight the coordinated disinformation campaigns impeding global progress on climate change.” — António Guterres, UN Secretary-General By Shweta Narayan For the first time, ‘information integri...

🌟‘Information integrity’ is on #COP30 official agenda!
👉 @cop30brazil.bsky.social recognises that disinformation is destroying global cooperation & having a devastating impact on human health.
👉 Our lead campaigner @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social explains: climateandhealthalliance.org/blog/why-dis...

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries about peripheral immune tolerance.

BREAKING: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win the Nobel Prize in medicine for work on peripheral immune tolerance.

RACE 🇸🇬 DAY

#F1 #SingaporeGP

George Russell secures his first Singapore pole position, with Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row 👀

Here's our full Quali classification 📊

#F1 #SingaporeGP

The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean is currently my fav. I definitely need to see her in concert!

“A war on the bodies of women and girls” – reports from Sudan | LSHTM “A war on the bodies of women and girls” – reports from Sudan | LSHTM

🗣️"Women and children are bearing the brunt of overlapping humanitarian crises."

Maysoon Dahab, Assistant Professor @lshtm.bsky.social, discuses the rapidly escalating humanitarian emergency in #Sudan and its impacts on women & children.

🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

@lshtm-crises.bsky.social

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

Jane Goodall Dies at 91 While on Speaking Tour: She Was a 'Tireless Advocate' for Nature Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and animal welfare advocate who became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream...

We have lost a hero and role model to millions- RIP: people.com/jane-goodall...

Rest in Peace Roscoe Hamilton ✨

Roscoe brought smiles to the paddock and warmed the hearts of fans all over the world. Our thoughts are with Lewis during this difficult time.

Rest easy Roscoe, from paddock pup to Dogue icon, thank you for the pawprints you left on all of our hearts 🐾♥️

Time to switch day for night 🌘 as we approach Singapore! 🇸🇬

In a first, a gene therapy seems to slow Huntington disease Small study suggests uniQure drug could be first successful treatment for devastating brain disorder

“This is an immensely exciting development for the Huntington’s field.” https://scim.ag/4nnW62z

WHO statement on autism-related issues Follow @WHO for the latest updates

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA) Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

Important information from @ema.europa.eu on the safety of paracetamol

www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

ACOG Affirms Safety Benefits Acetaminophen Pregnancy "The data from numerous studies have shown that acetaminophen plays an important—and safe—role in the well-being of pregnant women."

For those searching for medically accurate information, a friendly reminder that @acog.org is a trusted source. Here’s their statement on Tylenol/acetaminphen. www.acog.org/news/news-re...

James by Percival Everett is without a doubt the best book that I have read this year. It is witty, profound, and moving in so many ways. I haven't loved a book this much since How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.

“I just can’t bleed out onto the page as some people do.” Zadie Smith writes about her preference for impersonal essays, and the tried-and-true method she uses to write them.

This chick already looks like it’s seen too much 💭🦤😂 #birds #humor

Today is #WorldMosquitoDay2025🦟

Watch our film on the impact of hidden #malaria in India & why it continues to pose a serious threat to #PublicHealth. Our experts stress the importance of ongoing research driving malaria control & elimination. @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

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The generative era of medical AI Significant progress has been made in recent years in applying large language models and multimodal artificial intelligence to health and medicine, transforming diagnostics, patient interactions, and ...

The generative era of medical AI: Cell
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

A new blood test can tell if cancer has returned months before a scan But whether patients should be getting the tests—as some already are—is not yet clear.

www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’ Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Lake Superior sunset.

Pandemic preparedness: WHO adopts landmark agreement – DW – 05/20/2025 It’s only the second time the World Health Assembly has adopted a health treaty, but key details of this Pandemic Agreement remain unclear. An analysis.

Pandemic preparedness: First Pandemic Treaty adopted

In Deutsche Welle, Daniela Manno discusses new the #WHO
#PandemicAgreement & says rapid sharing of #disease information will be vital in slowing transmission & to allow production of #vaccines & tests.

#PublicHealth

www.dw.com/en/pandemic-...

Member States approve WHO Pandemic Agreement in World Health Assembly Committee, paving way for its formal adoption World Health Organization Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of an historic global compact to make the world sa...

WHO Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the #WHA78, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of a historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics.

Read: bit.ly/4kjM6p4

New ways/data to dial the immune system up or down
—Probiotics to increase Treg cells, potential adjunct for multiple sclerosis and autoimmune diseases
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
—NK cells for cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m slowly working my way through all the recipes that I’ve been meaning to try

A couple years ago my friend gave me Circe by Madeline Miller as a gift. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and promised to read her other book, Song of Achilles. I only just got around to reading it and I loved it, even the pace of it which many people complained about. It was so beautifully written.

Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis During tissue formation, dynamic cell shape changes drive morphogenesis while asymmetric divisions create cellular diversity. We found that the shifts in cell morphology that shape tissues could conco...

My first post on Bluesky! Very excited to share our work just published in @science.org. We find that “Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis” - in angiogenesis and other tissues! www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...