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.
A “hospital bed” is generally considered to be an allegorical term that also encompasses all the medical, nursing and allied professions required to provide a patient the care they need. The Secretary of State for Health has just gone on the IKEA website and ordered some beds.
Breaking news - National EML Committee supports recommendation for liposomal amphotericin B as 1st line treatment of HIV-associated crypto meningitis (as per @WHO 2022 guideline) based on safety & cost
A real win for 🇿🇦!
I am recruiting for a postdoctoral position at #NASA Ames Research Center. The focus is on #genomics and population genetics to identify space-hardy microbes for #syntheticbiology. Please -RT. More details here: https://t.co/oFIgNgwMp8
The pay announcement today contains blatant dividing tactics from this Government, yet again aiming to pit the fight for fair public sector pay against a just immigration system.
Doubling a discriminatory tax on migrant visas wont fund pay increases 🧵
https://t.co/TmCd2kEgNQ
Americans don't usually get malaria in America. But in the past few weeks, 3 people in 2 states did.
Why?
My latest for @voxdotcom
https://t.co/mNl964cSbp
“They either don’t understand the impact of continued pay erosion on morale and retention, or they do understand and they simply don’t care”
Co-chair @_VivekTrivedi speaking on @BBCBreakfast this morning about the government’s negotiating position
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Open day session Thursday June 15 2pm to 4pm.
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‘Measles is the canary in the coal mine’: World’s most infectious disease makes unwanted comeback
#measles#infectiousdisease#globalhealth
https://t.co/4hiTufXH87
Andrew Pollard nails it again: The UK's NHS has transformed healthcare by training clinical research leaders, but they must have protected time to deliver. This cannot be achieved while doctors and nurses are drowning in a chronically understaffed system. https://t.co/CrPyn3JRro