Colon cancer is on the rise around the world. This new report concludes that early-life exposure to gut bacteria that produces colibactin, which is mutagenic, may be contributing nature.com/articles/s4158…

We made a promise to our service members that we’d care for them when they came home, and that promise is now being broken by the Trump administration. I know my colleagues across the aisle aren’t comfortable with this. I urge you to call them and share your stories ☎️.

This week our first participants at University of Exeter are receiving their IMP! Well done to David Strain and the team!! Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU) University of Derby Lindsay Skipper Professor Ian Maidment

So, this is the meeting room for the Bristol Aerosol Research Centre at Bristol Chemistry. Notice anything unusual?

Meaningful time w fellow #LongCovid advocates at Sen. Susan Collins & Senator Patty Murray's bipartisan biomedical research hearing. Heartening to hear Senate GOP Appropriations Committee & Senate Appropriations Dems's questions & bipartisan support for biomedical research! Meighan Stone | @meighanstone.bsky.social John Haughton MD, MS 🌻 Bridget Michael Sieverts

Hispanic Texans embraced COVID shots and lowered their death rate | My interview with ⁦T.L. Langford⁩ ⁦Texas Tribune⁩ with stunning graphics by ⁦Yuriko Schumacher⁩ texastribune.org/2025/05/01/tex…

"Brexit led to an increase in the chances of patients dying in hospital because it led to EU nurses being replaced replaced quickly by less qualified non-EU nurses, academics have said." theguardian.com/politics/live/… 1/2

This must be the briskest, most straight-talking piece of UK journalism I've seen on covid for years now. Well done Sarah Rose McCann, and thank you. yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/covid-v…

Our amazing Texas Medical Center, the first biomedicine city of 120,000 employees, 60+ institutions, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Univ Texas Med School, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas A&M engineering in medicine

But I don’t take any big pharma money. We develop low cost vaccines that actually bypass big pharma showing there’s another way, sometimes without patents, 100 million doses administered so far to the world’s poorest people

#WIAC2025 Indoor air quality experts don’t mess around when they meet up for a conference. Windows open (cross wind), air purifiers, and lights that inactivate microbes, coupled with real time reporting of the air. 🤘

The PCR positivity map is out, and weekly surveillance is reporting quite a large increase from 5.3 to 6%. There's a higher level across all areas, but some are worth pointing out. jamestindall.info/skeuomorpholog… 1/7

And this wave has definitely now reached Devon and Plymouth, and is just starting to spread into Cornwall. A good time for you to start being more cautious, if you're there. 7/7

This is outrageous. The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on Earth. The government should be increasing nature protections, not undermining them. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

On over 2 million women Real data. Not the antivaxx bullshit of Jfk Jr and the current disgraceful American administration gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0…

What they’re really saying: “Don’t depend on the U.S. Federal Government for any science-driven or evidenced based policies”. Little by little MAHA is revealing itself as an economic stimulus engine for the very corrupt but lucrative wellness, influencer industry

PSA: stop fucking stealing from scientists

Key Findings: 👉"Fragmentation of large microclots correlated with increases in cytokines associated with pro- and anti-inflammation, as well as vascular injury." #LongCovid

Prof Dame Jenny Harries (UK Health Security Agency - UKHSA, NHS Test & Trace) is giving evidence to the Inquiry today. You can view it on the live stream (and via playback) through our YouTube channel 📺 now 👇 youtube.com/@UKCovid-19Inq…

A great step towards better-informed rehab of real physical damage. And it goes without saying that it's still a great idea to try to limit instances of infection in the first place.