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This is what courage looks like. While so many stay silent, these people took a stand. We need more of that—right now. 📌 21 civil service employees resigned from DOGE

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In the next FPH and University of Staffordshire Centre for Health and Development’s joint webinar, Dr Mike Oliver (Health Psychologist) will discuss organisational health literacy and its impact on population health outcomes and tackling health inequalities. www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

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Go figure.

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We published our first paper on long covid in early August 2020. COVID vaccines weren’t released till November 2020. Ergo, vaccines didn’t cause those long covid cases. www.bmj.com/content/370/... 🧪

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A student aged ~13 was sitting by himself while classmates were getting Gardasil. No parental consent. 'I can't wait until I'm 18 so I can have my shots MYSELF' he said forlornly. Maybe earlier, I said. There's a thing called Gillick competency. 'Really?' he said, brightening. #TheKidsAreAlright

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Imagine being told your symptoms are "just anxiety" when you know something is truly wrong. This patient's story highlights the importance of digging deeper. #MedSky closler.org/connecting-w...

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We ‘all’ want to see GPs? The ‘all’ seems to exclude NHS England & Govt There has been an overall real terms cut in funding for GPs in the last 8 years Without funding none of us will be seeing GPs Join me in persuading @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social & NHS England to increase funding for GPs

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Come and join us bring back Humanism into medicine - the human touch is needed now more than ever

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Delighted to see the front cover of our new book - coming out on 11 May - now on the webpage link.springer.com/book/9783031... @drkopacz.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social @juliomayol.bsky.social @upf.edu @uam.es @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @miriamcolleran2.bsky.social @closler.bsky.social

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Absolutely shocking by Trump. 👇

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BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops. US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against. UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.

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Has racism improved in the NHS and UK medicine? Mala Rao sees shoots of hope, but Victor Adebowale argues that any progress still has a long way to go www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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"Medical students shouldn't be faced with decisions about whether to disrupt their course, or abandon their medical career entirely, because they cannot afford to live while at university." @georgeawebster.bsky.social on why medical students need more financial support www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Truth to power. Well done, @martinmckee.bsky.social academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...

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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

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Our project working on co-creating ways of increasing uptake of cervical screening in Europe has moved over from the other place. Please do follow if you are interested in co-creation, inequalities, stigma, discrimination, etc. Working in Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, France, and Denmark

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Today (Feb 22) in 1943, three courageous young people in the group White Rose were executed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Germany. Sophie Scholl: "The greatest damage is caused by the silent majority that just wants to survive, submit and go along with everything."

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1/6 🧵Recently, @bmj.com called on medical journals to resist pressures to retract papers and self-censor language on gender www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program? A: Pretty f*cking evil. Solution: Dolly for Prez! Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social

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This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

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My book 'Poems About Education' (poems from NUT's and @NEUnion newspapers 'The Teacher' and 'Educate') are all now in one book and available here: www.waterstones.com/book/poems-a...

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Late last year a report set out serious governance failures at the Royal College of Physicians of London - we wrote about it here. It’s now abundantly clear that things are even worse now. If you are voting in the current elections, please reflect on this. www.bmj.com/content/386/...

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If you’ve been directly impacted by the Trump purge of government workers or his Executive Orders, please DM me. I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need. We’ve got to take care of each other.

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Infection by #COVID is a consequential new variable in our nation’s health that can substantially increase the incidence of serious conditions such as neurological disease, heart attack and stroke. Approximately 6% of U.S. adults suffer from #longCOVID. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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How should you respond to a regime that has disregard for health and wellbeing, ignores the central role of inequalities in poor health outcomes, and believes science and scholarship to be enemies of progress? @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in the latest Editor's Choice www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Challenging myself trainnning with a weighted vest for the @tacklecancer #DCCXV run in support of #cancerresearch @sylvestercancer. Support my team at 👉🏽: dolphinscancerchallenge.com/participant/...

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Evidence is what powerful people say it is. Brace for a very rough ride over the next few years.

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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#AcademicSky #neuroskyence

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The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) varies across different types of hormonal contraceptives, with the highest risk associated with combined pills containing third-generation progestins. ja.ma/4jLfmpj #MedSky

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"Now more than ever it is critical that we champion the importance and integrity of our work..." Read the latest #FPHPresidentBlog from @profkevinfenton.bsky.social on how we advance our profession in uncertain times. Read here ➡️ betterhealthforall.org/2025/02/03/w... #WhatIsPublicHealth

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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

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Meant to post yesterday but slammed and traveling. Grateful to @charlesgaba.com and @niema.net for getting the CMS website into archive form. This one is big and we know some links are broken. Let us know what you find & we will get to it! acasignups.net/25/02/08/lin...

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[It] "...will probably require doing something people in our increasingly polarized political climate are loathe to do: Less talking, more listening."

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I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

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This reminds me of the 1980s, when AI was all about automated reasoning. Almost all problems (especially medical ones) involve uncertainty. So automated reasoning can only serve as a guardrail in very limited areas like math that follow strict logic or rules. www.wsj.com/articles/why...

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OUT NOW! My chat with the one & only George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) about The Invisible Doctrine, capitalism, community, human nature & hope. A mindblowing chat with a true giant. Wherever you get your podcasts (and please subscribe!). Enjoy ✊️ linktr.ee/jameskennedy...

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