Israel’s military is preparing to invade Rafah - dropping bombs in the city where a million displaced Palestinians are seeking shelter, ahead of a ground invasion.

This is a deadly escalation while 70% of Gaza is facing 'catastrophic hunger' and children are starving to death.

The COVID vaccines have prevented tens of millions of deaths but they can also cause rare serious side effects. People who experience them should receive timely care and compensation. The New York Times article on problems with the US system.⁦⁦⁩ nytimes.com/2024/05/03/hea…

What junior doctors’ unpaid overtime tells us about the toxic side of medicine theconversation.com/what-junior-do… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Dr Claire Hooker

Publication alert ⚠️

Our trial shows measles-rubella vaccine delivered via dissolving microneedles has a similar safety and immunogenicity profile with traditional needle and syringe delivery methods.
Ed Clarke MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Read more here

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In Yogyakarta to meet with our collaborators at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Today will be a joint seminar on vaccination as a pillar of public health, with a focus on improving uptake using behavioural science. Love this flyer Tulodo UGM Sydney Health Sydney Public Health

Felt this earthquake in Yogyakarta tonight.

“Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation.” newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

“Scientists with East Asian and African names are less likely to be mentioned or quoted in stories that reference their work.” Findings from a study of US based media coverage by Hao Peng Science of Science David Jurgens summarised by Katie Langin science.org/content/articl…

Probably a good time to reflect on how devotedly and brutally mastheads and prominent commentators seek to undermine, discredit and destroy women who allege sexual assault, or report on sexual assault. There's been a lot of bullying masquerading as journalism; it infects.

Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm theconversation.com/evidence-doesn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating. Sending good wishes and peace to you.

Tonight we’re hearing about prevention of infectious diseases with A/Prof Meru Sheel at Raising the Bar in Sydney Sydney Health

What a shock: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. Male researchers brazenly described their priorities. '“Several said that they actively didn’t respond to emails, or acted in an exaggerated disorganised manner.'
kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

On this #WorldHealthDay , let’s heed the call for people-centred and tailored approaches. WHO/Europe’s Behavioural & Cultural Insights (BCI) approach can help us better enable, support and promote health behaviours that save lives and improve well-being.
#BCI #MyHealthMyRight

There are new flu vaccines on offer for 2024. Should I get one? What do I need to know? By Allen Cheng Allen Cheng theconversation.com/there-are-new-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

These are the best partnerships in research - decades of collaboration that just work. Vale Daniel Kahneman.

Daniel Kahneman, who changed psychology and economics forever, dies at 90.

Thanks for everything.

We remember him in 10 great quotes:

Watch what happens as Gates Foundation stops paying article publishing fees, shifts to peer reviewed preprints, & advocates for “low-cost digital publishing platforms”.

I predicted this 5 years ago!

Advancing Equity and Innovation in Research Publishing cgdev.org/blog/advancing…