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🗣️Health Misinformation UNPACKED- FULL PROGRAMME: Discover who'll be speaking at our flagship event on health #misinformation 15 Sept 2025. Join us to hear about concepts, challenges & potential solutions. Details/book your ticket👇 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…
More women at higher risk of breast cancer should be offered surgery Rose Legood discusses analysis by LSHTM & @QMUL which found having risk-reducing #mastectomy for women with lifetime #BreastCancer risk could save thousands of lives. lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…
BREAKING: New study reveals a novel form of type 1 diabetes in African youth, challenging global assumptions. Findings show that 65% of young patients lack traditional autoimmune markers, raising an urgent call to rethink diagnosis & treatment across Africa. 🔗 Read more:…
🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…
🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Dr Nadine Beckmann will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…
👋Don't miss LSHTM research funding opportunities! We have 2 new PhD #studentships for home fee students as part of @NIHRresearch Health Protection Research Units for #Vaccines & Immunisation, & #InfectiousDisease modelling. Find out more & apply 👇lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and…
Decline in UK childhood vaccine uptake In @bmj_latest, Ben Kasstan-Dabush & Tracey Chantler argue coordinated action needed to improve #vaccine confidence & convenience to combat outbreaks affecting children in disadvantaged areas. bmj.com/content/390/bm…
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“We need to adopt long-term mitigation strategies, build better housing & reduce greenhouse gas emission” On @bbc5live, Penny Murage discusses health implications of more frequent #heatwaves in the UK & how we can better prepare ourselves. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
"We must recognise health problems are information problems" @adamjkucharski explains why tools like vaccines are 'not enough' to tackle disease epidemics, #PublicHealth interventions should now include steps to counter health #misinformation. lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/exp…
#Measles: Why is it spreading & what can we do about it? In this episode of the #LSHTMViral podcast, Liam Smeeth & Heidi Larson discuss the dangers of measles, global trust in vaccines, misinformation & how to tackle falling #vaccine coverage. Listen🎧pod.link/1497329104/epi…
🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Professor Heidi Larson will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR @vaccine_trust lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…
🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Alasdair Stuart will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…
How hygienic are public swimming pools really? In @BBC_Future Jackie Knee discusses waterborne infectious disease outbreaks & the presence of bacteria & #parasites in swimming pools like #cryptosporidium, which is tolerant to chlorine. bbc.co.uk/future/article…
Child dies in Liverpool after contracting measles Ben Kasstan-Dabush & Beate Kampmann discuss the threat of #measles, risks of low vaccine uptake & why two doses of the #MMR vaccine is vital to protect children & communities across the UK. 👉lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…
🔥Recent global heatwaves and floods show the urgent need for climate & health expertise 🌎Find out more about the MSc Climate Change & Planetary Health at @LSHTM and be part of the solution Available in person & online Apply now👉bit.ly/4eQwI21