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The John Snow Society

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The John Snow Society aims to promote the life and works of Dr John Snow, the pioneer of epidemiological method and celebrated anaesthetist.

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Here's the latest on the areas of US National Institutes of Health research funding cuts - in charts @nature.com #fundingcuts #doge #trump nature.com/articles/d4158…

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📢 Just one day remains to enter the John Snow Birthday competitions: 1. What's interesting/relevant about this postcard of a London city skyline? 2. Explain the table as a milestone in history of the modern epidemiological method? Can enter both or just one!

📢 Just one day remains to enter the John Snow Birthday competitions:
1. What's  interesting/relevant about this postcard of a London city skyline?
2. Explain the table as a milestone in history of the modern epidemiological method?
Can enter both or just one!
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New Global Burden of Diarrhoeal Diseases 1990-2021 modelling estimates out now: In children under 5 years, cholera-causing bacteria were in the top 10 of pathogens causing morbidity/death: Read more in The Lancet Infectious Diseases 👇 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

New Global Burden of Diarrhoeal Diseases 1990-2021 modelling estimates out now: 
In children under 5 years, cholera-causing bacteria were in the top 10 of pathogens causing morbidity/death:
Read more in <a href="/TheLancetInfDis/">The Lancet Infectious Diseases</a> 👇

thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
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New The BMJ Food For Thought article series leads with global study of processed food consumption by country. #GlobalHealth bmj.com/content/383/bm….

New <a href="/bmj_latest/">The BMJ</a> Food For Thought article series leads with global study of processed food consumption by country.
#GlobalHealth 
bmj.com/content/383/bm….
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After more than 3 years of intense negotiations, WHO member states have finally reached a consensus on a new treaty to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics. Find out more 👉 hubs.li/Q03kPSRN0

After more than 3 years of intense negotiations, WHO member states have finally reached a consensus on a new treaty to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics.

Find out more 👉 hubs.li/Q03kPSRN0
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The lives of 17th century Milan’s working poor—their health, diet, and drug habits—emerge from thousands of bodies buried under a public hospital. Learn more: scim.ag/44VMO7p News from Science

The lives of 17th century Milan’s working poor—their health, diet, and drug habits—emerge from thousands of bodies buried under a public hospital.

Learn more: scim.ag/44VMO7p <a href="/NewsfromScience/">News from Science</a>
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#Dataviz of the week: Study of a biology seminar series "Female speakers had smaller audiences, especially among professors, indicating higher visibility for male professors even with comparable productivity metrics [+similar topics]" Want the pre-print?👇 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…

#Dataviz of the week:
Study of a biology seminar series "Female speakers had smaller audiences, especially among professors, indicating higher visibility for male professors even with comparable productivity metrics [+similar topics]"
Want the pre-print?👇
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…
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The John Snow Society 'inaugural' Quiz is taking place in the Pumphandle Social, @lshtm on the 3rd June! ✨There will be prizes✨ Questions by Professor Jimmy 'The Answers' Whitworth

The John Snow Society 'inaugural' Quiz is taking place in the Pumphandle Social, @lshtm on the 3rd June!
✨There will be prizes✨
Questions by Professor Jimmy 'The Answers' Whitworth
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New in #TRSTMH: Mageto et al aim to identify the spatio-temporal patterns and risk factors of #cholera to be used in targeted control resources in #Kenya #GlobalHealth academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance…

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Thanks to all who came to the inaugural John Snow Society Quiz Tuesday night ⚡️ Professor Jimmy "The Answers" Whitworth was on top form in this jacket:

Thanks to all who came to the inaugural John Snow Society Quiz Tuesday night ⚡️
Professor Jimmy "The Answers" Whitworth was on top form in this jacket:
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Well done to the winning team: ...Quizzy Experimental Designs! ⚡ Who correctly answered niche questions such as 'What was Florence Nightingale doing during the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak?' and 'Provide at least one of Dr Snow's addresses in London?' Here with their prizes:

Well done to the winning team:
...Quizzy Experimental Designs! ⚡

Who correctly answered niche questions such as 
'What was Florence Nightingale doing during the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak?' and 
'Provide at least one of Dr Snow's addresses in London?'

Here with their prizes:
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🛑 Tobacco and air pollution are fuelling a silent epidemic of lung disease. “We take 22,000 breaths a day, yet respiratory health remains one of the most neglected areas in global health,” says ERS President Silke Ryan. bit.ly/43U5NNA

🛑 Tobacco and air pollution are fuelling a silent epidemic of lung disease.

“We take 22,000 breaths a day, yet respiratory health remains one of the most neglected areas in global health,” says <a href="/EuroRespSoc/">ERS</a> President Silke Ryan.

bit.ly/43U5NNA
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A wide ranging and engaging talk on the history of infection and transmission by John Snow Society co-founder Professor Paul Fine on Thursday evening at @lshtm - note the sartorial nod to the Soho cholera outbreak 👔 (Members can also own the tie - website link in bio)

A wide ranging and engaging talk on the history of infection and transmission by John Snow Society co-founder Professor Paul Fine on Thursday evening at @lshtm - note the sartorial nod to the Soho cholera outbreak 👔

(Members can also own the tie - website link in bio)
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Prof Vikram Patel of Harvard Medical School describes the "Profound sadness, radiating like a throbbing abscess deep in my belly" upon receiving a termination of research grant funding notice #USAFundingCuts The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Prof Vikram Patel of <a href="/harvardmed/">Harvard Medical School</a> describes the "Profound sadness, radiating like a throbbing abscess deep in my belly" upon receiving a termination of research grant funding notice #USAFundingCuts
<a href="/TheLancet/">The Lancet</a> 

thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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76 years ago, double Nobel Prize laureate Linus Pauling described the discovery of sickle cell anaemia as the first 'molecular disease'. It opened up new possibilities for research into these types of diseases. #WorldSickleCellDay Photo: Sickle and normal red blood cells

76 years ago, double Nobel Prize laureate Linus Pauling described the discovery of sickle cell anaemia as the first 'molecular disease'. It opened up new possibilities for research into these types of diseases.

#WorldSickleCellDay

Photo: Sickle and normal red blood cells
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Event alert this September📢 Online and open to all: Hear from leading voices on ways understand and combat health #misinformation 👇

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The World Premiere of the first Dr John Snow Musical (yes - a musical!) takes place in Chichester, England: "Something in the Water"🎭 It's practically sold out but there are a handful of tickets for the matinee tomorrow, Saturday 21st June: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bogno…

The World Premiere of the first Dr John Snow Musical (yes - a musical!) takes place in Chichester, England:
"Something in the Water"🎭
It's practically sold out but there are a handful of tickets for the matinee tomorrow, Saturday 21st June:

ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bogno…
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The John Snow Society sent a delegation down to balmy Bognor Regis 🌴to see the #WorldPremier of the John Snow musical: "Something in the Water" 🎭 - At University of Chichester We think it's a potential BIG winner and are in talks to support its transfer to London. More pics to come!

The John Snow Society sent a delegation down to balmy Bognor Regis 🌴to see the #WorldPremier of the John Snow musical: 
"Something in the Water" 🎭  
- At <a href="/chiuni/">University of Chichester</a>
We think it's a potential BIG winner and are in talks to support its transfer to London. More pics to come!
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Are you starting anaesthetic/ ACCS training this year? If so, register for our FREE webinar on 3 Sept. This interactive session includes: 🔹Training programme structure 🔹Intro to the curriculum and exams 🔹Looking after your wellbeing More info: ow.ly/MYZy50We43X

Are you starting anaesthetic/ ACCS training this year? If so, register for our FREE webinar on 3 Sept. This interactive session includes:  

🔹Training programme structure 
🔹Intro to the curriculum and exams
🔹Looking after your wellbeing 

More info: ow.ly/MYZy50We43X