Wendy Thompson

Airfryer and microwave

#Microbiome #PublicHealth #OneHealth #MicrobesMatter #BiocidesBill #ProbioticPlanet

Bacteria strain that evades antibiotics is spreading in Europe The strain was first identified nearly a decade ago in the Netherlands and Germany, and has since spread to at least nine other European countries, according to Danish research.

#AntimicrobialResistance - so many threats.

"Fusidic acid, an antibiotic cream, is commonly used to treat impetigo infections, but it does not work well against the MRSA strain."

#AMR
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PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches

Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).

Fabulous news!

Thrilled to announce I've been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Career Development Award at @fbmh-uom.bsky.social , University of Manchester! My research will investigate the remarkable adaptability of Aspergillus fumigatus, a deadly fungal pathogen, to help combat drug resistance.

Measles: Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as cases surge Seventeen children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June.

“A child has died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital after contracting measles”

An avoidable tragedy.

Please get yourself and your kids vaccinated. For yourself and for others.

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No need for water at all when brushing your teeth. Just saying....

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Is it real?

This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
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All the museums in Lancashire

In UK most museums are not free.

In London, most museums are free.

I spotted a number of elephants in Sheffield city centre yesterday....

In Cutler's Hall

Oh my word - v cool!! Hope you send him my regards.

Wow!!

"NHS dentistry feels at its lowest ebb," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social in the @yorkshirepost.co.uk 

"One Yorkshire MP has it in her power to change this: Rachel Reeves."

"The political choices that brought us here were made at the Treasury."

"And any solutions will be too."

F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death

The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

New evidence shows big corporations including Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Mars, lobbied the UK government to drop plans on healthy eating.

If you agree the food industry is out of control sign here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

Is that a quote from or about him??

Exactly this! Is 'unpopular' a bad thing in the current political climate?

How will today's popular vote be judged by future historians?

@iadr.bsky.social @thebda.bsky.social @dentistgonebadd.bsky.social

University of Oxford announces new Professorship and Centre for Global Primary Care, with support from Dr Sadok Besrour Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford will expand its work in global primary care with a new centre and professorship, thanks to a generous £8.4 million gift from t...

We’re proud Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences will soon be home to the Besrour Centre for Global Primary Care and a new Professorship in the field. Thanks to a major gift from Dr Sadok Besrour, this new Centre will strengthen primary care worldwide 🌍 #GlobalHealth
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Oo - what a novel idea. Next they'll be saying they want to move them to 'The North'.....[defined as being above a line drawn from the Bristol Channel to The Wash].

I left the civil service >20 years ago....yet it's sounding very familiar!

Probably the most cynical, manipulative form of words you’ll read this week.

A stark reminder of why we can’t go on like this.

Growing any flowers too?

Another grooming gang.

I’m sure the press, Reform and others will be all over this.

Oh, I wonder white not?

Over a decade ago though...

Boys did well today! Next season will be a challenge to stay up.

Thought your football affiliations are elsewhere in the NW!

In our household this is big potatoes - my hubbie is more excited than I've seen him in a long time!