Isaac Stopard

The Drain of Scientific Publishing

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‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it

“This is a very important development,” says Dyann Wirth, a malaria researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health who was not involved in the work. “We’ve been looking for this for a long time.”
🧪 #IDsky
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Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

NY TImes www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Exciting HPRU PhD opportunities (home fees only) at LSHTM with co-supervision at Imperial and UKHSA: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

Photo of Wistman's Wood, a tiny remaining fragment of rainforest on Dartmoor, by Neil Burnell.

The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article) Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

“People will die,” said @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

A very sad and counterproductive decision. Aid when you don’t know where diseases are is immensely inefficient. DHS is a vital long-term resource, both in counties with diseases like malaria, but also those finding new global threats. Everyone will be flying blind. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...

What we need is a housing strategy tailored to local needs, and in South Devon, that means more social housing available to buy or rent so our hospitals, schools, and other vital services can get the staff they so desperately need.

Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders (Gift Article) A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.

“We’re cutting off our hand to spite our face"

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Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the

In case you missed it: Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation | Sonia Lenegan

End female genital mutilation! Every woman and girl has the right to live free from violence and harmful practices.

Today is the International Day to #EndFGM

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls.

It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm

3 Senior Scientists or Postdoctoral Scientists in infectious disease modelling (80-100%) - Swiss TPH

Several postdoc and senior scientist jobs are available at @swisstph.ch working on infectious disease modelling, in great team led by Nakul Chitnis

Themes of
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dog movement, #rabies
#IDsky
#infectiousdiseasemodelling

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YouTube video by MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis Ep 114. Science in Context - Malaria nets with Prof Thomas Churcher (24-01-2025

NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with prof @thomaschurcher.bsky.social about the recent World Malaria report, #malaria control interventions, modelling and bed nets 👇
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💡Annual short course 15-26th September '25
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Accurately measuring mortality helps quantify the impact of conflict but remains challenging.

⬇️ In a peer-reviewed study, authors from @lshtm.bsky.social draw on multiple data sources to estimate traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip. 1/3

Looking for a PhD in #AI for #biodiversity #conservation? The AI-INTERVENE programme is for you! www.ai-intervene.net Partnerhip between @zslscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @kewgardens.bsky.social & CEH.

What about inequality in accumulated wealth though?

Looking for a PhD which focusses on improving #GlobalHealth?

These training studentships funded by MRC combines expertise from LSHTM & St George's, University of London to offer specialist research projects, skills & training. #PublicHealth

Learn more and apply👉 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/?ut...

Biodiversity loss: a health crisis The Earth is approaching a critical threshold of irreversible biodiversity loss. World leaders, environmental activists, and prominent researchers are gathered in Colombia for the 16th meeting of the ...

A Lancet editorial highlights the reality: nature & biodiversity underpin our survival. We must act decisively-75% of emerging diseases stem from disrupted ecosystems. There are ethical/moral arguments for protecting biodiversity. + Nature's health is our health. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Insecticidal nets prevent more malaria than anything else. Trials in Benin and Tanzania show newer nets that kill more mosquitoes are better than those currently used, but they are unable to assess their overall impact as you cannot leave people without a net and unprotected.

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