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We've just published a new blog post about #Mpox, identifying key symptoms, and outlining what we know about clade 1 🦠 Find out how we are working with partners to respond: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/23/mpo…

Impressive presentation by World Health Organization (WHO) IMST at the WHO R&D Blueprint meeting today! They shared a helpful summary of #mpox clades and subclades, while highlighting that there’s still a lot to learn.

Advance notice: Recruiting London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine over next year Genomics Post-doc Clinical Post-doc/CL (maybe 2) for UK ID trainees Modelling Post-doc Diagnostics RA UK & Global Health. Focus STI/Syphilis but may be opportunities across my work. Adverts here/LSHTM. If interested get in touch!

The UKHSA has more information about the clade 1 mpox outbreak and resources for travellers. Find out more here: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/23/mpo…

Did you see professor Sanjay Bhagani, infectious disease consultant at the Royal Free London, on yesterday evening's BBC London? In the interview, Sanjay shares facts and busts myths about Mpox. Watch the interview from 12:30 on BBC iPlayer 👇 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

NEW: We're thrilled that Thomas Waite OBE has been appointed to our board of trustees. "I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with Terrence Higgins Trust towards a future where there are no new HIV cases and HIV stigma is a thing of the past," said Professor Waite.

⭕️Very interesting AMR determinants in the oropharyngeal microbiome of MSM attending an #STIs clinic: ⭕️The most frequently detected resistance gene was msr (D) (88.4%), followed by gyr (A) (67.1%) ⭕️Younger age associated with mtr (R) ⭕️Using mouthwash associated with lower

Check out this excellent chart from World Health Organization (WHO) on confirmed #mpox cases across #Africa by clade & subclade. ✳️Clade Ia: DRC, CAR, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Sudan ✳️Clade Ib: DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda ✳️Clade IIa & b: Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, Liberia, Cameroon,

Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne MP shares the experience of his grandson Lyle getting very unwell with #RSV when he was a baby. This was before the RSV vaccine was made available to pregnant women in the UK. 📹: Department of Health and Social Care

Initial reporting for day 1 of the #polio vaccination campaign show over 86,000 children received a vaccine yesterday. I admire the courage and determination of the families, the vaccinators and the health workers involved in the campaign. We call on all parties to continue

Congratulations on this excellent paper - prevalence of #mpox in 16 countries from discarded condoms ranged from 0.6 to 2.7%- all clade IIb - high rate of co-infections with other STIs, HIV & Hepatitis Suggests #mpox needs to be considered/ tested for rash illness in STI services

Join the ECDC/EACS webinar on the #mpox outbreak today 4 September at 15:00-16:40 (CET). Webex link: bit.ly/4e9p695

Vaccines can prevent children becoming seriously ill from common illnesses, like #Measles. Is your child up to date with their routine vaccinations? Contact your GP practice to book any catch-up doses. More info: nhs.uk/childhoodvacci…

My pleasure today to present at the Danish Parliament lessons learned on UK’s AMR experience. Many important points noted, for example this from my @ WHOEURO colleague Danilo Ali-Fo-Wong on projections that AMR will decrease global life expectancy by 1.8 years in the next decade

🆕World Health Organization (WHO) launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens Work of WHO's Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). Longer thread on this later... who.int/news/item/04-0…

As the UK initiates TWO RSV VACCINE programmes (older adults maternal women to protect their babies)- great to see US publication on vaccine effectiveness (VE) in older patients. VE against hospitalisation was 75%. UK Health Security Agency Department of Health and Social Care NHS #hellomynameis Steve (he/him) 💙 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

We have published routine data on #mpox clade 2b cases, which we've seen since 2022 in the UK. These numbers are not part of the current outbreak of mpox clade 1 reported in the DRC & several neighbouring countries. [1/2]

Explore the fascinating world of medical entomology and follow Jolyon Medlock and his team as they uncover the latest trends in vector-borne diseases and more 🔽

Delighted to see Neil Cunningham first author paper going upstream to detect food related outbreaks in Eurosurveillance #stec #climate UK Health Security Agency eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…