Alasdair Munro

New article from me and @TAH_Sci 🔥 On what immunity debt actually means, and why it alone is sufficient to explain disturbances in seasonal communicable disease dynamics post pandemic academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

🔥 PhD opportunity 🔥 Interested in a @moderna_tx -funded PhD focused on deconvoluting the immunological mechanisms that protect against whooping cough to inform novel vaccine design with me, @afvallejop & @NoMoreMrNEISGuy? Apply here before 18.06.25! findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

If you delve into these teams’ approaches for deriving the list of potential confounders to adjust for, you will usually find the process to be biased by data availability from studies that were launched without a fully prospective design.

Hate to use platform for this but I’m desperate Does anyone (doctor pharmacist w/ access to Medicine Supply Notifications) have ANY information on when Scopoderm Hyoscine patches will be available? My son moved to glyco few months ago due to shortage & not tolerating. DMs open

Too little caffeine = paralysis Too much caffeine = panic attack Just right caffeine = brief burst of productivity, then panic attack, then paralysis

When people found a way to make safe vaccines with no mercury, he renamed his anti-vaccine organization from “the world mercury project” to “children’s health defense.” Responding to his fear mongering never ends his fear mongering because fear is his only product.

For anyone still interested in mortality trends, our good friends at the CMI have issued their half year update, which shows that mortality in 2025 is running at just about the lowest level yet, but still only comparable to 2019 which was (at the time) a very low outlier.

Congratulations to @unisouthampton @UHSFT’s @SaulFaust on being named an Honorary Fellow of @FacultyPharmMed! The honour was presented at an awards ceremony in London last week. It recognises his exceptional contributions to the field 👏 Read more: fpm.org.uk/blog/honorary-…

【Encapsulated Organisms】 Important to know these encapsulated pathogens, especially in infections in asplenic patients! Some Nasty Killers Have Some Capsule Protection Level: Intermediate Importance: ★★★ #IDMedEd #IDFellow #MedEd #TxID #IMResident

EXCITING NEWS! Our new book, Research-focused Careers for Paramedics, has now gone to press and will be available from August 2025. Pre-orders are open, and you can get 25% off with the code PAR25 until December 2025. wiley.com/en-gb/Research…

Now acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and EV-D68 Since the pandemic, epidemic spikes in EV-D68 with respiratory cases seems to have been decoupled from cases of AFM - but why…?!

Finally made it to @iicoxford (stupid trains) Managed to catch the end of @jcarapetis talking about Group A Strep - and the exciting prospect of vaccines! Why has it not happened yet? Likely to get GBS vaccines before GAS... Fear over the MANY immune sequelae probably a factor

Looking forward to being in Oxford for the next few days at the @iicoxford Speaking about the SNAP trial with Anna Goodman on Tuesday Might be at a loose end tomorrow evening if anyone fancies a Nando’s…

Indeed, and in fact this is the most toxic chemical known to humankind - it has the lowest lethal dose (LD50) of any known substance Which goes to prove the point - it's the dose that makes the poison

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Botox IS botulinum toxin, that's how it works en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum… You need to grow Clostridia & purify the toxin (which is deadly at nanogram doses, depending on whether inhaled, injected or eaten).

Southampton is proudly turning #Red4Research ❤️ Teams at @unisouthampton and @UHSFT are wearing red to celebrate everyone who plays a part in making progress possible. Find out how you can get involved in @NIHRresearch 👇 bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/join

Great to see @LabourSatvir cut the ribbon to officially open a new commercial research centre 📸 Working with regional partners, @UHSFT will host the multi-million pound @NIHRresearch centre set to increase access to cutting-edge clinical trials. 🔗👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/regional-…