World Health Network

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17 December 2025 09:15

COVID, flu, and RSV spread most easily this time of year, especially when we’re gathering indoors. Simple steps like improving indoor air quality, wearing a high-quality mask when needed, testing before gatherings, and staying home when sick can meaningfully reduce risk without taking away (...)

NEJM.org

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18 September 2025 14:40

RSV remains a severe infection in infants and children. In this report, data on the activity of clesrovimab, a long-lasting RSV monoclonal antibody, are described as compared with palivizumab. Full interim results for the SMART phase 3 trial: nej.md/4poVkDE #MedSky #IDSky #PedSky

Voices for Vaccines

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18 September 2025 14:40

Not every mother is tested for Hep B, even if they should be, and testing isn't perfect. Vaccinating at birth provides a second defense against this incurable infection. It doesn't all have to hinge on that one measure.

Prof. Damian Roland

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18 September 2025 13:56

On #WorldSepsisDay highlighting editorial (with @apsmunro.bsky.social ) "Time for paediatrics to screen out sepsis “screening” www.bmj.com/content/381/... (For example screening, by definition, requires patient to be asymptomatic. But many patients receiving a “sepsis screen” are symptomatic)

Healthwatch

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18 September 2025 11:20

Between 2015/16 and 2023/24 the proportion of physically inactive adults in the most deprived areas increased to 35% while in the least deprived it was only 15%. With absolute level of inequality between these areas increasing significantly between these years www.gov.uk/government/s...