London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Healthcare in Europe @healthcare-europe.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 18, 2024 at 07:30 UTC

A person’s age 🧓, sex ♂️♀️ and location 📍 are correlated with the chance that they have a bloodstream #infection that is resistant to #antibiotics, according to a new study from ofile/did:plc:wwfkqabqdkg53w5gw2lrln3q'>@lshtm.bsky.social.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 27, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

Why can you see fleas, flies and golden mosquitoes in the heart of London?

In French Morning London, LSHTM library's Ann Datta, explains history of the vector & animal sculptures on the Keppel street building [in french]

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 23, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts

The Observer explores factors behind increase in resurgent diseases, highlighting research by LSHTM into vaccine hesitancy.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 19, 2024 at 10:38 UTC

In the i Paper Heidi Larson warns of risks of online vaccine misinformation & need to build trust with all communities amid concerns over current UK measles outbreak.

UK could 'lose control' of measles if NHS can't increase trust in vaccines (inews.co.uk)

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 16, 2024 at 10:26 UTC

Risk of death from #chikungunya continues for up to three months, new research suggests 🦟

Analysis of 150,000 records shows risk of complications from the #mosquito-borne virus persist even after acute infection subsides. Read more 👇 bit.ly/49dLxYK

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 13:22 UTC

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Therapy delivered by community 'grandmothers' empowers people living with #HIV to take their medication

Zimbabwe study suggests people living with long-term illness & common mental health disorders can benefit from Friendship Bench initiative bit.ly/4bfeipd

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 30, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

How is climate change spreading neglected tropical diseases?

In @ContextNewsroom @Kris Murray explains how #climatechange is impacting efforts to eradicate #NTDs causing mosquito-borne diseases like #dengue & #chikungunya to spread.

@mrcunitgambia

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 23, 2024 at 12:29 UTC

MMR vaccine pop-up clinics to be set-up in schools in bid to thwart measles outbreak

In the Mail Online Ben Kasstan-Dabush comments on the latest measles outbreak following low MMR vaccine uptake & pandemic decline which has triggered latest resurgence.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 20, 2023 at 18:12 UTC

£1.4m funding to identify mechanisms behind impacts of heat stress on pregnant women

The Wellcome trust grant will fund further study, by the MRC Unit The Gambia, of pregnant women living and working in 3 distinct heat environments across The Gambia.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 20, 2023 at 09:29 UTC

LSHTM researchers comment on the WHO's inclusion of Noma to its official list of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 13:16 UTC

WHO asks China for more information on rise in cases of respiratory illness and pneumonia

David Heymann in LA Times on pneumonia outbreak says background of 'seasonal respiratory infections likely' but cause needs to be determined.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 21, 2023 at 16:08 UTC

Take climate actions that bring major health benefits
The Lancet Pathfinder Commission report calls for leaders at COP28 to take actions on climate that evidence shows improve health & save lives.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 20, 2023 at 11:47 UTC

Report sets out 10-point plan to improve UK #cancer care

Experts in The Lancet Oncology including Ajay Aggarwal
say national cancer plan needed as report reveals disparities in care across regions & low survival rates for some cancers.

bit.ly/47ACArP

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 10, 2023 at 12:44 UTC

Tropical diseases move north “[Location] can have a huge impact on the direction of travel for some of these risks”.

Kris Murray in Nature on climate fluctuations impacting mosquito-borne viruses in Europe.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 06, 2023 at 11:22 UTC

Tampon that tests for STIs created by British startup

“Although research indicate[s] tampons could be used as sample type for diagnosing STIs...the recommendation [is] swabs & urine in men.”

In The Guardian Emma Harding-Esch cautions over at-home STI testing

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 30, 2023 at 17:37 UTC

LSHTM has been ranked 3rd in the world and 1st in the UK for public health in the 2023 Shanghai Ranking!

All thanks to the hard work of our community.

See the ranking 👉 bit.ly/3FJCNw9

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 20, 2023 at 12:32 UTC

This Vaccine Protects Against Cancer-but Not Enough Boys Are Getting It

“Now is the time we can start asking... are there other groups that should be vaccinated?”

Mark Jit in @WIRED on why boys & men are missing out on the HPV vaccine.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 18, 2023 at 08:56 UTC

October is Black History Month in the UK. This year's theme, Saluting Our Sisters, invites us to share, discover & celebrate black female pioneers who have shaped history, culture & society.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 17, 2023 at 15:14 UTC

How online dating fuelled record level of STIs in Britain

“Greater sexual contact numbers means larger sexual networks, facilitating transmission of STIs”

Emma Harding-Esch in @Telegraph on impact of dating apps on rise of gonorrhoea & syphilis.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 16, 2023 at 14:43 UTC

"Our review confirms that hot weather can increase the risk of unintentional injuries and accidents,”

LSHTM's Eveline Otte Im kampe talks to The i about a study showing the impact of high temperatures on health 🌡️🚑👇

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 11, 2023 at 14:25 UTC

"We must keep striving to ensure that the benefits of vaccination can be shared by everyone."

Ed Parker, Co-Director of LSHTM Vaccine Centre, says the new Open SAFELY report shows how #COVID-19 vaccines have saved lives on vast scale but gaps in uptake remain.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 09, 2023 at 15:00 UTC

Super-bedbugs are here and almost impossible to kill, experts warn.

"The insecticides we’ve used for decades to fight these bugs can’t always be relied on any more."

James Logan in Mail Online explains why bedbugs are becoming harder to remove.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 06, 2023 at 10:03 UTC

To mark The Lancet's 200th anniversary, its special issue features LSHTM's research on #SmallVulnerableNewborns

The analysis reveals the extent of preterm birth rates. #borntoosoon #Lancet200

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 04, 2023 at 15:56 UTC

"With bed bugs, we're seeing an ongoing increase in many parts of the world. And that's partly due to global travel..."

LSHTM's James Logan tells VICE travel, climate change, insecticide-resistance, and second-hand furniture could all be driving up infestations 👇

www.vice.com/en/article/w...

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 02, 2023 at 10:58 UTC

“I don’t think in this kind of situation that throwing parents in jail is going to help."

Heidi Larson talks to ABC News about the controversial idea of coercing parents to get their child vaccinated in a bid to tackle childhood diseases such as #polio.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 29, 2023 at 12:17 UTC

“There is very little data from regions we know are particularly vulnerable”

In Science, Ana Bonell discusses 2022 study of pregnant farmers working in extreme heat in the Gambia which found foetuses can show signs of strain before their mothers are affected: 👇

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 28, 2023 at 14:13 UTC

Nature feature on preventing respiratory syncytial virus (#RSV) highlights research led by LSHTM's Mark Jit.

Study looking at S Africa & Kenya suggests, in #LMICs, #vaccines are most cost-effective way to save lives & prevent hospitalisations. 💉🚑 👇

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 27, 2023 at 10:07 UTC

"A stark warning that this will become the norm due to climate change."

Antonio Gasparrini tells Forbes ONS data showing record 4,500 heat-related deaths in England in 2022 is shape of things to come.

Greatest mortality risk in London at over 29°C (84.2°F) 🌡️👇
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 13:39 UTC

“There is great potential in using these findings to train the human immune system to combat Shigella and other antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.”

Margarida Castro Gomes Spencer & Serge Mostowy explain how zebrafish research could lead to new ways to fight infection 👉 bit.ly/3PhNf2p

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social [ View ] Sep 22, 2023 at 12:50 UTC

“Urbanisation is leading to larger outbreaks”

LSHTM's Martin Hibberd talks to The Telegraph about dengue in Peru. He explains urban growth & increasing population density have brought man and mosquito into closer contact than ever before 🦟

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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