Our GNAAS PHEM Crew-Course is back, bigger and better than ever. It's also based in Keswick at our Rescue HQ(!) so you get to play in the Lake District while you train https://t.co/PvfbNRuyWO
Looking forward to my annual trip to Newcastle for this excellent event for foundation and ST1-3 doctors. It’s a chance to learn more about careers in pathology and chat to current and former trainees. Looking forward to helping judge the @ACP_Pathologist poster competition.
Nasty Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda 🇷🇼
28 cases so far with 6 deaths from this horrible virus which is similar to Ebola
As ever, healthcare workers are bearing the brunt and sadly getting infected.
Hopefully the outbreak will burn itself out soon.
https://t.co/uBRBZrlgcA
Today, @UKHSA has published its latest annual HIV data for England. The report details a stark increase in HIV diagnoses in England.
Read our full response on the BASHH website: https://t.co/c4pGDypp12
Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
https://t.co/clCeKqILrP
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 #diabetes started producing her own insulin < three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells.
She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells that were extracted from her own body. https://t.co/rzQiizNM1s
A NEW nasal spray that trap & neutralize not only SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, RSV, Adeno & many other viruses & bacteria that are inhaled into the nose, immobilizing them until they die. The substance is >99.9% effective & contains no drugs 1/
Trump will be remembered in history for giving the internet such an amazing gift…
It will be an even bigger gift to Harris and America in general though.
https://t.co/dIKbLNRKmq
Are you a doctor that certifies death? Are you prepared for the changes in death certification which come into force from September 9th? Here is a short thread.
1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time.
In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEurope
Here’s what I think you need to know.
Are you surprised?!
🆕️🔥Systematic review and meta-analysis
In the context of endemic or non-outbreak settings, discontinuation of isolation for VRE patients has not been associated with an increased rate of HA-VRE infections #idxposts
https://t.co/yZOlpug9ua