Hamish Houston

We wrote a description of the first 3 cases of oropouche virus in the UK. doi.org/10.1016/j.ji... #IDSky

The FHJ debate: The General Medical Council (GMC) should support a mandatory register of interests for UK doctors

with a great debate section: "This house believes The General Medical Council (GMC) should support a mandatory register of interests for UK doctors"
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Vote here:
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Today - 01/07/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Featured on Today program: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 1:50-1:58)

and Daily Mail: rb.gy/v1te97
(also available at press reader): shorturl.at/gRY1p

Congrats to Chris van Tullekan and team @futurehealthj.bsky.social for superb special issue on #commercialdeterminants and #conflictsofinterest in public health and policy:
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/futu...

Great to present feasibility study on AI to detect invasive pulmonary mould infections from CT scans at #BIASpring2025.

Proof-of-concept but need to develop surrounding infrastructure to develop this and other AI projects within NHS.

#IDSky @drneilstone.bsky.social

Can’t vote - is link broken?

New: Our analysis indicates that the Trump administration's proposed 90-day policy review would result in at least 100,000 lives lost over the next year. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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An paper by colleagues at UCLH about how badly we record AMR as cause of death on death certificates and a new definition for “AMR-attributable mortality”. academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic... @gpollara.bsky.social

Chronic cough in preschool aged children ### What you need to know A 20 month old boy is brought for review in general practice because his parents are concerned that he has had a persistent cough for nearly six months. Six weeks ago, he wa...

Interesting article as I’ve a coughing son at home. As an adult doc I hadn’t heard of “protracted bacterial bronchitis” before. Recommendation for 2weeks co-amoxiclav makes me nervous from AMS perspective but NNT of 3 is impressive. What do you think #IDSky ?
www.bmj.com/content/386/...

Good day to remind everyone

Around the globe the measles vaccine has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Yawn

Very pleased to have joined the #IDSky community on here and to make my first bloop!