My new Medical Anthropology article '"There's No Constant": Oxytocin, Cortisol and Balanced Proportionality in Hormonal Models of Autism' is live today! Please share. Durham Anthropology AnthroHealth Durham. bit.ly/3cP3fWl #anthropology #sociology #autism #medanth

April 2021 issue is now live! We're grateful to all our authors, reviewers, collective editors, section editors, IAB members and staff. Your labour, care, collegiality, and enthusiasm keeps us afloat and radically at the forefront of open access. Visit medanthrotheory.org

Our Reviews section, steered and cared for by Dr Bridget Bradley includes a book review of Aaron Denham's 'Spirit Children' by Sjaak van der Geest; & a comparative book review (new format!🚨) of Frederic Keck's, Fearnley's and Porter's ethnographies by Rebekah Thompson. 15/

The table outside the potting shed is starting to overflow with colour

So happy this was published today, a long but great journey with the amazing Chamithri Greru 🎉 thanks to everyone involved! nature.com/articles/s4159…

An African swine fever vaccine. It is from #Vietnam. @hung_cenpher, this is a great breakthrough and efficiency based on the local effort to solve local problems. en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-succes…. I can't wait to have that tested and deployed in Sub Saharan Africa CTLGH ILRI.org

Life cycle of the blackberry...

On #WorldNTDDay, our Chair Catherine West launched a week-long exhibition in UK Parliament to raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases 🧵👇

📣 JUST PUBLISHED: The Government’s response to our report on the impact of body image on mental and physical health has just been published. You can read it here: gov.uk/government/pub…

Trains of Great Britain - A portrait GWR (This is the extremely delayed 7:29 that departed from London so full that no-one else could get on - fingers crossed for the 8:29, jk that's delayed till 8:51 too)

Friday is World Kiswahili Language Day. Follow Umoja wa Mataifa for updates on the UN's work in Kiswahili, a language spoken by 200+ million people around the world. un.org/sw/get-involve…

Imagine cruel people in their nice cosy homes take all the time and effort to put up spikes in Trees so that the little birds looking for shelter from the cold wind rain and heat in Trees as nature intended are met with cruel spikes to hurt them and leave them with no shelter

Travelling this summer? Help protect pigs from #AfricanSwineFever's devastating effects! 🚫🦠 🐽 Declare pork products to border security 🐽 Avoid packing pork products 🐽 Dispose of food properly to prevent wild pigs from eating them 🐽 Clean clothes appropriately as the virus

🗨️ We want to hear your views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures like Botox, fillers and chemical peels safer. This will help to shape a new licensing scheme and protect people from poorly performed treatments. Have your say 👇

A #GeneralElection is on the way, but whatever the result, it's action we need. All parties must prioritise nature’s recovery in their campaigns and pledge to act immediately post-election. To whoever wins: we'll do all we can to make sure that happens.