marilyn leadsom

Infection Prevention Practitioner........ Addicted to Quality Improvement Initiatives

[jonathanwatts @jonathanwatts]

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests.’ https://t.co/yCRx5zzzWF Smart move to share conservation knowledge and lobby for richer countries to pay for what they have taken for granted for too long.

[NEJM Clinician @NEJMClinician]

Carboxylic acid in skin drives the attraction of #mosquitos to humans https://t.co/e2UEgBKldP #IDTwitter

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

These cats typically have reddish-brown coats in the summer that turn silver-gray in the winter. Now, an all-black Canada lynx with a genetic mutation called melanism has been observed for the first time https://t.co/ympb91MPv9

[Save Antibiotics @saveantibiotics]

Good news: There’s a potential new #antibiotic to treat increasingly drug-resistant #UTIs.

Bad news: it’s been more than 20 years since we had a new UTI treatment option. @BARDA @ReporterGoodman https://t.co/rjxjRfU8sp

[marilyn leadsom @marilynleadsom]

UTI antibiotics study finds that doctors treat women (and some men) with wrong drugs nearly half the time | CNN https://t.co/xylWHhI6Tn

[Marc Mendelson @SouthAfricanASP]

@nigeltwitt From the @washingtonpost article

“Just in case” - the death knell for antibiotics @ShabirMadh @saspid_paeds @fidssa1 #FIDSSA2022 @WSPID @ISID_org

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

These are pictures from China as parts of the Yangtze, the world’s third-largest river, dried up during its historic drought this summer.

We're in a #ClimateEmergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #cop27egypt #cop27

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

These 4 countries are almost entirely powered by #renewableenergy:
1. Iceland 🇮🇸
2. Paraguay 🇵🇾
3. Norway 🇳🇴
4. Costa Rica 🇨🇷

We have the solutions. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate #tech #renewables #renewableenergy #GreenNewDeal #cop27egypt #cop27

[Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI) @ceri_news]

Another busy and exciting month! Download the latest edition of our newsletter here:

https://t.co/41yCkNYqvo

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

Good news on COVID-19 variants. The current sub-lineages BQ.1s & XBBs are not causing a deadly wave of infections in world. In South Africa, which many times see things early in Omicron evolution BQ1s & XBB low prevalence & no cause for great concern.

[ᑕᗩᑭE TOᗯᑎ @CapeTown]

#morningCapeTown!
What's your Weekend plans?

📸 @RyanWarneke

[Bruce Whitfield @brucebusiness]

So, ⁦@Netcare_Limited⁩ is on a massive drive to cut waste. They have distributed 100 000 pairs of these school shoes, with plans to double by September 2023. They are made from what? Drips. It takes six drips to be repurposed into tough, wearable footwear.

[Dr Angel Borja @AngelBorjaYerro]

This is how the global ocean should be seen

We have only one #ocean at Earth

the "Spilhaus projection"

[Nicolas @Atipico1996]

Imagine living in developed country where face masks are the norm and not stigmatised. That’s Japan with almost 10 times less COVID deaths than England.

[Save Antibiotics @saveantibiotics]

“Microbes outnumber us, literally, billions to one. So we’re not going to be able to stop them unless we outsmart them,” @DrTomFrieden told @POLITICOPulse New report from @ResolveTSL: https://t.co/xhUDwhzDhw

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

An encouraging sign for one of the (if not the) most immune evasive new variants
XBB is dominant in India and Bangladesh without a rise in cases or deaths to date
https://t.co/kraBgpFU4V and @OurWorldInData

[Germany In Africa @GermanyInAfrica]

Our #CountdowntoCOP27 continues with #SDG2: Zero hunger.
The German government 🇩🇪is working with farmers across Africa to increase the continent’s self-sufficiency in food.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Germany 🇩🇪 has some of most environmentally friendly trains in the world. They are powered by hydrogen and oxygen. The only waste they produce is water.

We have the solutions. Time to ditch fossil fuels & implement them.

#ActOnClimate #climateemergency #climate #GreenNewDeal

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

What will happen in the COVID-19 variants? Will we have another large wave? Will a new variant emerge? Important questions that we are working over time to answer, the answer at preset is simple: We do not know & need to continue tracking... https://t.co/nIyGMGcOap

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

Very early fire season in Cape Town, South Africa. Strong winds, unusual heat and dryness for this time of the year. Firefights working to try to contain fire at one of Table Mountain, one of the nature wonders of the world.