Pleased to have contributed to this—

Impact of and research priorities in early onset epilepsy: An investigation of parental concerns

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Dr Camilla Kingdon comments on the Child of the North (@ChildoftheNort1) report released today.

Read the full report here: n8research.org.uk/research-focus…

The terrible news of 5 infant deaths from whooping cough (pertussis) is a reminder of how deadly this illness can be.

If you're pregnant, it's important to have the #Pertussis vaccine when offered. It helps protect your baby in their first weeks of life ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/12/wha…

'Just because you don't know everything doesn't mean you don't know anything' - David Spiegelhalter in his interview with Sam Knowles.
Researchers need to be 'confidently uncertain', proclaiming their uncertainty to give people the full picture
#EvidenceKnowHow #MakingSenseofUncertainty

Excellent thread synthesizing our frantic work over the weekend resulting in a rapid response The BMJ . Some of the points we raise have not, to my knowledge, been discussed before and I suspect they are germane to other meta-analyses on this topic
bmj.com/content/385/bm…

I really enjoyed writing about my Radio 4 series ‘About The Boys’ for The Observer. Thank you to all of the boys who spoke to me so candidly for the series. They’re great.

Whistledown
Mohit Bakaya

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Ash Paul NHS England Shaun Lintern We in community pharmacy are spending hours trying to source medicines for our patients. And when we do? We lose money because the NHS refuses to pay us what it costs

It’s precautionary not to do randomised trials is the new EBM+™

When assumptions built in to models are wrong #6538

The expression of science,

and the delivery of science to the public

needs to be free from politics—

Incredible that this is a controversial statement..

gov.uk/government/pub… DEFRA & APHA assessment of the H5N1 outbreak affecting cattle in the USA, including implications for UK. The risk to UK of H5N1 in livestock is assessed as being VERY LOW.

'No-one is talking to them, no-one is telling them the truth. That needs to be a priority in learning the lessons from what happened.' Read the full response from Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza to the abuse against children at Whitefield School: childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/abuse-at-…

Definition of straw man arguments in science:

Say a piece said something it didn’t—

Interpret based on your own bias by cherry picking data—

Use ridicule, fear, and peer pressure—

Politics should not be dressed up as science.

Globally , 14.3 million children missed vaccination in 2022, with 8.3 million (56%) in Africa. As we mark the #AVW , Africa CDC reaffirms its commitment to advancing the immunization agenda and ensuring that all Africans have access to vaccines 💉 .
#AfricanVaccinationWeek

Indirect impacts of pandemic policies with no recovery plans

“the number of children and young people seeking help for anxiety and mental health disorders has surged by 48 per cent since 2019-20 — an increase Meddings suggested could be linked in part to social media use.”

Good thread on wild interpretations of data from ONS re long covid in kids— 👇🏽
Ps. The picture on the ground is reassuring