Melissa Co

PhD student @KingsHSPR. she/her.

[• Zee • @AdunniBrown]

Today's my birthday and this is how I am celebrating—by raising funds to support postpartum and menstrual needs in Nigeria!

Please look at the campaign, donate (if you can) and share widely!

https://t.co/XkbgHpZnNn

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles All quiet on the WhatsApp front #bookgame #socialbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Oh, the People You’ll Ghost! #bookgame #socialbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Fifty shades of “hey!” #bookgame #socialbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles The god of small talk #bookgame #socialbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Three Men in a Bubble #bookgame #socialbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Breakfast at Tiffany's Back Garden #bookgame #socialbookgame

[NPR @NPR]

Friends and family agree that Breonna Taylor was drawn to a career in health care because she cared about people.

"She always said that she would be a legend," a friend says. "I just never imagined it would be like this."

She would've turned 27 today. https://t.co/LABXT71WTx

[Dr Jess Wade liked it here once @jesswade]

UK academics: @UKRI_News have a call for proposals to improve the access of Black students to postgraduate research. Projects can be up to £400k and last for up to 4 years. Don’t just tweet platitudes.

https://t.co/7Rj4qvr294

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@elyse_couch @ClarissaGiebel @JamesRuFletcher @MonicaCations @arc_nwc @IPA_Online @livPCMH @livuninews Thanks for sharing!

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

We’ve published a review of disparities in risks and outcomes of #coronavirus.

The review looks at factors including age, sex, geography and ethnicity, and will help to inform the government’s future response to the pandemic.

Read it here: https://t.co/9wfHgFJtuP

[BBC Health News @bbchealth]

Coronavirus: Ethnic minority report is published https://t.co/PhI5tIGOFJ

[NPR @NPR]

"We know that these racial ethnic disparities in COVID-19 are the result of pre-pandemic realities," a health equity researcher says.

"It's a legacy of structural discrimination that has limited access to health and wealth for people of color." https://t.co/hIrAWZgf9E

[NPR @NPR]

1/ @NPRCodeSwitch created a (very non-comprehensive) list of names of black folks killed by the police since Eric Garner's death in 2014.

Here's some of what they learned about each person's final moments before the police ended their lives: https://t.co/2642n6dUNx

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Choux Dog, a memoir of how Nike started selling croquembouche #bookgame #bakingbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles One hundred yeasts of sourdough #bookgame #bakingbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Oven light we cannot see #bookgame #bakingbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles Miss Pettigrew Bakes a Soufflé #bookgame #bakingbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles The Crust of Molten Crisco, by Alexandre Dumas #bookgame #bakingbookgame

[Melissa Co @melissaco_]

@Foyles The unbakeable lightness of beignets #bookgame #bakingbookgame