Effect of #PCV in Fiji, our recent paper in The Lancet Global Health shows that #VaccinesWork Thanks to our #Fiji collaborators, Gates Foundation and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 #WorldPneumoniaDay goo.gl/ByxjUs

#AntibioticResistance is leading to untreatable infections, and can affect people of any age, in any country. Learn more about antibiotic resistance and what you can do to tackle it bit.ly/2RaDQde

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The issue of #PPE availability for medical staff. This concern has been a driver for removing #medicalstudents from placement as well. #COVID19au As a doctor in an emergency department, I worry we'll face coronavirus without the right protection abc.net.au/news/2020-04-0…

Great info for your kids about COVID19.

Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs World Health Organization (WHO) now more than ever.

Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay! 🆎🅰️🅱️🅾️ Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs blood. Transfusion of blood & blood products helps save millions of lives every year. #Giveblood and make the world a healthier place! 👉 bit.ly/2AhZI3M

Definitely worth a 5 minute read Deakin Uni Medicine PHMers. And also a great example for IDR Debbie Baldi

CTI Review: ‘What lies beneath the airway mucosal barrier? Throwing the spotlight on antigen‐presenting cell function in the lower respiratory tract’ Pai et al, AITHM James Cook Uni onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #ClinTransImmunol #mucosal #lung #airways #macrophages #dendriticCells

The #HPV vaccine is available in more than 100 countries around 🌎🌍🌏, helping to protect millions of girls against #CervicalCancer. But it is still inaccessible to many in the poorest countries, where the vaccine is most needed 🚨.

If you have been on the fence about spatial, maybe this will help push you over the edge. Tissues not blood! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Academic life right now.

Grace W, MD MLabMed Thanks for this very practical piece Grace :)

We are currently looking for clinicians with a passion for medical education to join our teaching team at Deakin University Waurn Ponds campus. Looking forward to hearing from you. careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/job/…

Blood tests and diagnosing illness: what can blood tell us about what's happening in our body? Deakin Uni Medicine theconversation.com/blood-tests-an…

#CoverUpWhenYou #Sneeze High-speed 1000 frames/sec | Travel >25ft, turbulent moist exhaled air, mucosalivary filaments & spreading #Pathogen-bearing droplets | #PublicHealth #FluidDynamics | buff.ly/2mR1Qp5 | ICYMI 2016 Lydia Bourouiba Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) NEJM buff.ly/2mTfsR1

#Immune cell (orange) migration #Zebrafish inner ear | Ingested dextran (blue) | #Neutrophil | Cell in native state Adaptive optical lattice lightsheet #microscope | Wow | EricBetzig HHMI | Janelia bioRxiv buff.ly/2DIpwmS

Today I give my favourite two lectures of the year exploring antibacterial drugs. From Salvarsan the magic bullet for syphilis, through sulfa drugs, to penicillin, then on to antibiotics of last resort such as vancomycin and the rise of resistance. Chemistry at York

Sickle cell anemia traced to its origin 7300 years ago: a West African who mutated a gene carrying the disease, as natural defense against malaria. Fascinating medical story of DNA detective work: qz.com/1226427/everyo…