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Can you help screen homeless people’s health needs via phone? Volunteers urgently needed so we can screen, test & treat for #COVID19, HIV, viral Hep & TB. Must be: Dr (F2 & above) with nhs email & DBS. To sign up email [email protected] w. name, number & DBS @FindandTreat
The whole world should listen to @DrMikeRyan 25 + years of outbreak experience - do not be paralysed by fear, or aiming for perfection - take action now against #COVID19
The UK has now performed >10,000 tests for #SARSCoV2! Can see clear increase in testing when case definition widened to increase Italy & Iran. Now >1200 tests / day 😯 Herculean effort by @PHE_uk labs from a standing start. #COVID19 (source: @DHSCgovuk data).
This is no mystery cononavirus anymore. This is re-emergence of a SARS-CoV in the human population. Copy of tree taken from github.com/blab/beta-cov, maintained by Trevor Bedford @trvrb Arrow is mine #Wuhan #nCoV
Incredible opportunity. 1 yr funded post, 30-50% overseas doing clinical/research/QI, rest @uclh Emergency Dept. Emergency Med ST 4+. Must be UK registered. Deadline will extend. @EADTMH @LSHTM Dm me or jobs.nhs.uk/showvac/1/2/91…
Holy smokes. This is the best aerial footage yet. ✊
WHO unveils sweeping reforms in drive towards “triple billion” targets who.int/news-room/deta…
New hepatitis C cases down by almost 70 percent in HIV-positive men in London -- ScienceDaily @grahamscooke @BritishHIVAssoc @drlaurajwaters sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
From 1 January - 10 February 2019, 327 cases of #LassaFever with 72 deaths (case fatality ratio = 22%) have been reported across 20 states in Nigeria. Twelve cases have been reported among healthcare workers. who.int/csr/don/14-feb…
Learning Emergency Care of sick children and babies #ETaT #HBB on DTM&H (London) 🙌Apply now for 2019 courses🙌 in London: lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/… and East Africa 🇹🇿 🇺🇬: lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/… 💥Full scholarships available on @EADTMH for LMIC students💥
Best value for money in COPD? Flu vaccination, followed by smoking cessation. Not so good? Expensive with little proven benefit... Telecare. #rcpeStAs18
Asylum seekers 'too afraid' to seek #NHS care, according to new report by @EHRC in collaboration with @DoM_Imperial & @DOTW_UK |via @guardian ow.ly/ptLa30mNqsS
The #Ebola outbreak DRC just became the second largest in history. In last 24 hours, 3 important statements on urgency of crisis have been published in @NEJM & @JAMA_current : nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
WHO voices alarm as academics denied visas to visit UK conference @WHO theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/o…
Sobering: DRC reports 4 confirmed #Ebola cases today, 2 each from Beni & Butembo, which are both large cities. That makes 14 cases in the past 3 days. NOT GOOD. Also 2 deaths (Google mistranslated the word). To date there have been 181 cases, 115 deaths.
NEWS: An individual has been diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in England. This is the fifth case of MERS diagnosed in England, with previous cases diagnosed in 2012/2013 - bit.ly/2P0bbqp
Hugely important announcement for #Nigeria as @CEPIvaccines awards $36M grant for development of #Lassafever #vaccine! ...
Hugely important announcement for #Nigeria as @CEPIvaccines awards $36M grant for development of #Lassafever #vaccine! ...

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara
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Ash Otter @asherichia
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Hannah Rickman @hannah_rickman
859 Followers 998 Following Mostly now on https://t.co/aBJg8HjUkG ID Dr | @wellcometrust Clinical PhD Fellow @LSHTM @MlwTrust | TB, epi, equity, climate🌍
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UCLH @uclh
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Tim Russell @timwrussell
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Bakani @BakaniDhliwayo
720 Followers 4K Following When i grow up i want to explore the galaxy and all the furthest reaches of the universe. For now I bake and dabble in vaccinology.
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Neil Cunningham @DrNeil_C
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mchow @mchow47999534
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Damien Mack @DJFMack
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Emma O'Brien @OBrienEmma87
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Ashley Price @davidashprice
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Clare @clare_f_ph
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Josh @JoshGahir
688 Followers 637 Following IMT2 🩺 Interested in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, & HIV medicine 🦠 General nerd 🤓🏳️🌈 he/him
prince @rashidiosigbem2
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Ernest Mutengesa @EMutengesa
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Comrade Wilson @wilson_comrade
86 Followers 655 Following I'm a Comrade, a political and a lovely person to be with, very smart and loyal to dose who see me as one of them. I don't like dishonest people.
London Infection Netw... @LondonECR
644 Followers 536 Following We are a London-based network for scientific & social exchange among Early Career Researchers interested in Infection Biology. Run by ECRs for ECRs. 👩🔬🧫🧬
Anna Checkley @anna_checkley
172 Followers 61 Following
Cariad Evans @cariadmevans
700 Followers 301 Following Consultant Virologist @SheffieldHosp | Chair of charity https://t.co/ZagEHPipni Mum of a gorgeous girl. Lover of the great outdoors.
Dr Roz Eggo @rozeggo
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Hector @HectorMaxwellS1
282 Followers 455 Following ID physician and microbiologist. Brit based in Perth. Dachshund enthusiast. 🦠 🧫 🐶🏳️🌈🇬🇧in🇦🇺
Joe Bloggs @infectogenomics
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Tom Samuels @ThomasHASamuels
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Becka Hardless/Hought... @HardlessB
63 Followers 225 Following ID/Micro consultant Hampshire hospitals. views my own.
Virology Advanced Pat... @VirologyAPDU
28 Followers 33 Following We are a team of medical virologists and clinical scientists working @uclh.
Tom Samuels @TomSamue1s
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Matthew Dryden @DrydenmMatthew
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VDS @valentinitadesa
106 Followers 460 Following
Ed Monk @EJMMonk
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Neil Stone @DrNeilStone
109K Followers 18K Following Infectious Diseases doctor. Clinician-scientist.Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid. Strictly my personal views only. No DMs for medical advice.
Jake Dunning @OutbreakJake
11K Followers 2K Following Personal account/views. Infectious diseases consultant & researcher. Emerging & high consequence infectious diseases. Humanist.
Susan Hopkins @SMHopkins
20K Followers 3K Following Infectious diseases clinician & epidemiologist, Chief Medical Advisor @UKHSA, (also work @RoyalFreeNHS @UCLInfectImm). Hon CBE. Research: https://t.co/dBBfE4KWna
Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks
7K Followers 439 Following Professor of Medicine @LSHTM | Consultant in Infection @HTropDis| #NTDs #STIs #StrepA #Trials | Roles @STIRIG_LSHTM @PHOSP_COVID @snap_trial @ControlScabies
Antonia Ho @DrToniHo
4K Followers 933 Following Professor of Infectious Diseases @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo & Honorary Consultant. Interests #epidemiology #flu #SARSCoV2 #ARI #GlobalHealth 🦠🧬. Views are my own.
Gabriele Pollara @gpollara
3K Followers 2K Following Associate Prof @UCLInfectImm & Consultant in Infection @uclh. Interested in infections: working out what immune responses do & the best antibiotics to use.
Ash Otter @asherichia
4K Followers 2K Following Researcher in microbiology ☣💉🦠 | PhD | Zoonoses, AI, diagnostics & tech 🦇👨🔬💻 | Views my own 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Peter Openshaw @p_openshaw
9K Followers 523 Following Mucosal immunologist and respiratory physician, working on lung infections (esp. COVID, RSV and influenza) at Imperial College London.
Laura Waters @drlaurajwaters
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Maria Van Kerkhove @mvankerkhove
111K Followers 565 Following Infectious Disease Epidemiologist; Director ai Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management; COVID-19 Emergency Manager and Technical Lead, WHE, WHO Opinions mine.
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MRC-Uni of Glasgow Ce... @CVRinfo
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Rob Heyderman @RHeyderman
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700 Followers 301 Following Consultant Virologist @SheffieldHosp | Chair of charity https://t.co/ZagEHPipni Mum of a gorgeous girl. Lover of the great outdoors.
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679 Followers 309 Following
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Meera Chand @meera_chand
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