Streaming live on YouTube. Chris Stewart Executive Office giving evidence on planning in Northern Ireland and how we were 18 months behind on pandemic flu plans in early 2020. Coffee break now & back at 11.30

President Biden and I have forgiven nearly $153 billion of student loan debt for over 4 million people.

That’s more money in their pocket to pay for child care, rent, or their mortgage.

Hats off to the #measles vaccine!

It's like a superhero in a tiny vial, swooping in to protect you and those around you from a potentially lethal illness.

#WorldImmunizationWeek

Fabulous news and a great story of opportunity for all, inclusivity and a thread of how a new Ireland will look.

Mark Simpson Stephen Grimason was the BBC's political editor at the time of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Speaking to BBC News NI he shares behind the scenes stories of broadcasting the news from how he broke news of the deal on live television from a 'treehouse'.
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Sad to say that former BBC NI political editor Stephen Grimason died last night. He was 67. He was also a former Director of Communications at Stormont with the NI Executive. Stephen will be deeply missed, but always loved, by family, friends and colleagues.

In world wide competitive market for Doctors we are a million miles from being competitive.

The study budget alone is mind blowing and puts us to shame

Teams with a better defence than Liverpool #WHULIV

Easily one of the best doctors I’ve had the privilege of observing these past 35 years. 👍👏🙏🏻

Our own wee Towpath. Thanks Timmy for highlighting like no one has ever done before. #Genius .

THIS & more THIS

Critical Mark (& Rafael) & many of us saying this for years-frustrated as access to those listening is limited. More clinicians (without baggage) needed in SPPG as prioritizing across & between areas is complex and interpreting the evidence is not simple.

Norn iron's Antrim coastal route is world class. With some of the finest coast views in the world.

Around every corner there's something unexpected and joyful.

I met Alastair preparing to fly his drone
This could be interesting....

Happy child despite the hassles of dialysis. Suspect mum & dad aren’t always this happy.

Well worth a read.

Sometimes the obvious is far too simple….

Excellent thread on short sighted loss of doctors leaving the workforce with worked examples. Well done all involved with this. An example to all trade unions.

Good thread on new (& old) drugs for protecting kidneys in patients with diabetes (& indeed all CKD).

👉NONE ARE NEPHROTOXIC.

👉RAASi agents can be pressure ‘toxic’ if sick, vomiting or septic.

👉Look for the agent that reduces potassium & AKI events in trials…..

🚨 #Tweetorial alert🚨

1) Welcome to a📷 #tweetorial by the @goggledocs team

Our topic for today is Novel agents in #CKD in #T2D

#MedTwitter #NephTwitter

🙏 to A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL for funding this tweetorial.
They have had no input into the content❗️

Possibly Liam Neeson’s first review and award for drama appeared in a local Ballymena newspaper back at the start of the 70s This story resurfaced this week on a fascinating Ballymena facebook page It all began at Larne drama festival ⭐️⭐️

Liam Neeson’s first success….?