Given the billions being spent on war these days, it's a good time to read this @bmj.com series on the (h)arms industry!

"the arms industry should be seen as a commercial determinant of health"

Even as people are being killed, this industry is making billions in profit

www.bmj.com/collections/...

Beyond sputum: Why WHO’s new tongue swab test is a ‘major advance’ in fight against TB

indianexpress.com/article/citi...

Jobs View the current job vacancies at the Microbiology Society.

We are looking for new editors for Microbiology, the flagship journal of @microbiologysociety.org

Deadline for applications is 16 Feb 2026

microbiologysociety.org/who-we-are/j...

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

The five biggest challenges facing misinformation researchers The burgeoning field is still grappling with fundamental problems, from getting access to data to defining 'misinformation' in the first place

So what have I learnt about #misinformation research? I tried to condense it into a list of the 5 biggest challenges the field faces.
Second story in my package of stories about misinformation research is up here (and thread to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

We lost a giant in public health today.

Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.

His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Great to see European universities stepping up as infectious disease research and global health continue to be targeted and degraded in the United States.

Two exciting opportunities from the University of Geneva just posted - might be of interest to my broader network.

It breaks our hearts to have to say that CDC is no longer a source for evidence-based vaccine recommendations. 💔

But we are so proud of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for stepping up to protect kids. ❤️‍🩹

Childhood vaccine schedule from AAP 👇

downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

Use of the GSK MenACWY-CRM/MenB-4C Pentavalent ... This report updates recommendations for the use meningococcal vaccine among people 10 years of age and older.

💉 🧵 On Monday RFKJ changed the childhood vax schedule to longer recommend meningitis vax for all kids. Today, CDC’s journal (MMWR) publishes meningitis vax recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) BEFORE it was trashed by RFKJ🫡

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

more👇

🍽️Where can you find evidence based nutrition information now that RFKJ has hijacked federal nutrition guidance? 🥦

🍗Check out the professional societies for dieticians and nutritionists:

🥭Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics www.eatright.org
🍐American Society for Nutrition nutrition.org

Ambitious research aims to develop multivalent vaccines to protect against multiple deadly filoviruses Backed by up to $26.7 million in funding, researchers will design and test vaccine candidates against viruses including Ebola, Sudan, Bundibugyo and Marburg.

Can scientists design an all-in-one vaccine to protect against multiple deadly viruses, including Ebola, Sudan and Marburg?

@ox.ac.uk and partners, including the University of Leipzig and Moderna, are leading a new project with $26.7m from CEPI and @horizoneu.bsky.social.

cepi.net/ambitious-re...

CDC staff ‘blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.

As some of the scientists still at CDC fighting the good fight with all we have left, we appreciate when journalists use precise language in their headlines. It matters.💚

Career scientists weren't involved in this sham, & would not propose change based upon political ideology & vibes

G'night all 😴

#AMR shorts #19 – Are you a visual person? (AMR: antimicrobial resistance) We were in a lab team building event in 2012, and one of the games was to have a team member look at a picture for 5 seconds, and then they would come to the rest of us...

Got a bit busy after September, and hence the delay in this edition of the #AMRshorts newsletter. Happy new year everyone 🎇
#AMR shorts #19 – Are you a visual person?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/amr-sh...

How can we speed up TB clinical trials efficiently? Our latest work led by global TB experts, under UNITE4TB defines the ideal biomarker assays to reliably track treatment response, therefore helping trials be faster, smarter and more effective.

👉 Read at: https://bit.ly/4iVmPAu

Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback - Nature Ecology & Evolution A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...

My first lead author paper is out with Ben Kerr and @alisonfeder.bsky.social! We found that making an antiviral too strong can sometimes make resistance easier to evolve. This has implications for how we design drugs, choose doses, and think about viral evolution in the face of treatment. (1/n)

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy

🚨Job claxon 🚨

University College Cork is looking to appoint a lecturer in Medical Microbiology into a permanent, non-clinical post

A great opportunity in a microbiology powerhouse

For details go to my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... and enter reference number 092153

Global Philanthropies Commit $300 Million At COP30 Towards Climate And Health Solutions - Health Policy Watch This announcement was made at the high-level opening of the COP30 Health Day - where a new Bélem Health Action Plan was launched. The Action Plan aims to

🌫️ Air pollution, heat, climate-driven diseases — global philanthropies unite with $300M first step.

As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the world will be watching to see whether political leaders match this philanthropic momentum with real financing & policy alignment.

@wellcometrust.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

Working at the CDC Is a Living Hell Gaslighting, surveillance, and layoffs under the RFK Jr. regime.

“It’s like The Twilight Zone,” one CDC staffer says of the sudden shifts at the agency.

Scientists vanish, truth gets censored, and the new boss thinks expertise is optional. Tune in as “Data” and “Evidence” are written out of the script.

nymag.com/intelligence...

Advertising celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Microbiology Society and inviting delegates to Get Involved with the organisation

We're proud of our community and its impact over the last 80 years. Help us continue to amplify our members’ voices and advance the understanding of microbiology in tackling global challenges. Get involved with the Society - microb.io/Get-Involved

17th Annual McGill Global Health Night & Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity YouTube video by McGill University

Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity at @mcgillghp.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...

The Nature of Things: A beaver baby boom is transforming the surface of the planet

I've never clicked "watch now" so quickly

🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨

Please share widely

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What an inspiring couple!!

Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George announced as the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca

www.mcgill.ca/spgh/article...

Who gets to be called a "global health professional" and why?

Check out this blog post @plosglobalpublichealth.org!

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/11/07/y...

Ed Boards

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Houston Public Library to Install Five Inaugural Fellows - Houston Public Library Foundation The Houston Public Library will honor five outstanding individuals as part of the inaugural Honorary Fellows program.  The program honors exceptional individuals whose work, leadership, and contributi...

Many thanks to the Houston Public Library for this exciting new role, I’m thrilled to join some amazing colleagues!

houstonlibraryfoundation.org/blog/houston...

Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.

So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...