Charlie Firth

📖 DPhil Student @uniofoxford 💉Communication and Global Engagement Lead @oxfordvacgroup 🌍Global Health 💻 Health Communication

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

A MenB vaccine may also help curb drug-resistant gonorrhoea, linking two growing health threats and raising new questions about how vaccines are used.

Read more from the Department of Paediatrics' Charlie Firth ⬇️
https://t.co/YuU1R0BV2W

[Oxford Vaccine Group @OxfordVacGroup]

NEWS | The Oxford Vaccine Group are proud to share landmark findings from an Oxford-led study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

🔗 Find the article in full on the Oxford Vaccine Group website, linked in the thread below, or head directly to the NEJM page

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

AI invents new antibiotics that could kill superbugs gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers reveal https://t.co/80ToAOR7lm

[Charlie Firth @CharlieLFirth]

I’m pleased to see this new paper that explores how we can improve the dissemination of public health information by learning from global health communication practices published!

🔗 https://t.co/inJTcSDdKx

[germsjourney @germsjourney]

📢We're excited to share our newly published paper:

Communicating public health information to a global audience: an evaluation of methods to overcome barriers using a community-focussed approach

📝 Read it here: https://t.co/Ur4vPEgagz

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

🦠 It’s deadly. It’s airborne. And 2 billion people live in at-risk regions.

Nipah virus hasn’t made many headlines yet, but scientists are racing to develop vaccines before the next outbreak. https://t.co/aZs9dumplr

[Oxford Vaccine Group @OxfordVacGroup]

NEWS | Over the weekend, multiple news sources reported that Liverpool's Alder Hay Children's Hospital had confirmed the passing of a child after they had contracted measles.

🔗 Head to the Vaccine Knowledge website to learn more about Measles and the MMR vaccine, linked below

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

📢 The UK is proud to pledge new support to @Gavi �� helping protect millions of children from deadly diseases.

Our Minister for Development @JennyChapman visited @GSK this week, where British scientists are developing vaccines used by Gavi around the world 💉�📢 The UK is proud to pledge new support to @Gavi �� helping protect millions of children from deadly diseases.

Our Minister for Development @JennyChapman visited @GSK this week, where British scientists are developing vaccines used by Gavi around the world 💉�📢 The UK is proud to pledge new support to @Gavi �� helping protect millions of children from deadly diseases.

Our Minister for Development @JennyChapman visited @GSK this week, where British scientists are developing vaccines used by Gavi around the world 💉�📢 The UK is proud to pledge new support to @Gavi �� helping protect millions of children from deadly diseases.

Our Minister for Development @JennyChapman visited @GSK this week, where British scientists are developing vaccines used by Gavi around the world 💉�📢 The UK is proud to pledge new support to @Gavi �� helping protect millions of children from deadly diseases.

Our Minister for Development @JennyChapman visited @GSK this week, where British scientists are developing vaccines used by Gavi around the world 💉🌍

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

1 Billion children vaccinated, 18 million lives saved and $250 billion injected into the global economy.

The UK is proud to partner with @Gavi to make it happen. Our investment will boost growth, protect us from deadly diseases and save up to 8 million lives by 2030.

[Charlie Firth @CharlieLFirth]

Excited to share a new co-author paper in Frontiers in Big Data:

“LISTEN: Lived Experiences of Long COVID”
We used social media data + digital ethnography to explore how people manage symptoms, mental health, & supplements in the face of uncertainty.

🔗 https://t.co/P0b2KfCDw7

[Charlie Firth @CharlieLFirth]

@drtessjohnson Congratulations, Tess! Very well deserved.

[Oxford Vaccine Group @OxfordVacGroup]

Gonorrhoea: would you take a vaccine?

If you are a 13 or 14 year old or the parent of a child this age, 18-24 years old, or a sexual health service user, we want to hear from you!

The survey should take roughly 10-15 minutes to completeGonorrhoea: would you take a vaccine?

If you are a 13 or 14 year old or the parent of a child this age, 18-24 years old, or a sexual health service user, we want to hear from you!

The survey should take roughly 10-15 minutes to completeGonorrhoea: would you take a vaccine?

If you are a 13 or 14 year old or the parent of a child this age, 18-24 years old, or a sexual health service user, we want to hear from you!

The survey should take roughly 10-15 minutes to completeGonorrhoea: would you take a vaccine?

If you are a 13 or 14 year old or the parent of a child this age, 18-24 years old, or a sexual health service user, we want to hear from you!

The survey should take roughly 10-15 minutes to complete.

[Katie Laird @KatieLaird]

🚨 Funded #PhD Alert! 🚨
Tackle #Biofilms & #AMR in industrial laundry systems 🌍
2 projects:
🔬 Field-based w/ industry placements
🧪 Lab-based model development
📍UK + international placements
🎓 Start: Oct 2025
🔗 https://t.co/hY1OSTSZAp

[Charlie Firth @CharlieLFirth]

🎉 New paper published in Vaccine.

With 281M STI cases in 2020, and drug-resistant gonorrhoea rising, a vaccine is urgently needed.

The gonorrhoea human challenge model could accelerate development, but how feasible is it?

Well, find out here: https://t.co/xWqFENjiRQ

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Our latest data shows a rise in antibiotic-resistant #Gonorrhoea cases, particularly in popular tourist destinations across the Asia-Pacific region 🌴

Read our blog post for details of how to avoid catching gonorrhoea and how to identify the symptoms: https://t.co/dBUx3YUzhd

[Vaccine Centre @LSHTM_Vaccines]

📢This Thursday!
Don't miss the opportunity to hear from @CharlieLFirth @OxfordVacGroup speaking about his research on parental attitudes to changing #vaccination schedules in Nepal.🇳🇵💉

📅 20 March
⏲️12.50 GMT
📍LSHTM | online
🔗https://t.co/IKX3cpZ3hd

[Charlie Firth @CharlieLFirth]

🎉 New paper published in Vaccine.

With 281M STI cases in 2020, and drug-resistant gonorrhoea rising, a vaccine is urgently needed.

The gonorrhoea human challenge model could accelerate development, but how feasible is it?

Well, find out here: https://t.co/xWqFENjiRQ

[Bipin Adhikari @Bipinadhikar]

With the rise in access to social media, the spread of misinformation has flourished. Mainstream media must step up, fact-check, and engage the public to protect health and trust. #Misinformation #MediaResponsibility
https://t.co/qEm5diGOfj

[germsjourney @germsjourney]

photos from yesterdays conference! @medilinkdr @mmidsp #elipsehealth

[The Naked Scientists @NakedScientists]

News podcast: Andrew Duncan on @OxfordVacGroup's #malaria trial; @JohnTrows @Cambridge_Uni on a transplant breakthrough; Ena Onishi at @KyotoU_News on chimps and urination; @ProfMarkMaslin @ucl on aviation; and Malcolm Hilton @UniofExeterNews on tinnitus. https://t.co/POLpUr4DVB

[The Independent @Independent]

Scientists to give people malaria to study long-term effects https://t.co/uCej8zP2SO