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How vaccine fears & summer holidays could trigger a measles surge In The Telegraph Ben Kasstan-Dabush discusses 'worrying' rise in global #measles cases & explains high #vaccination coverage prevents spread of disease but UK rates lagging behind. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…

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🎉Meet our 2025 epidemic preparedness prize winners!🎉 They won prizes for research ranging from exploring health worker experiences in refugee settings, understanding neglected diseases to listening to communities during outbreaks. Hear more👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025

🎉Meet our 2025 epidemic preparedness prize winners!🎉

They won prizes for research ranging from exploring health worker experiences in refugee settings, understanding neglected diseases to listening to communities during outbreaks.

Hear more👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025
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Are you a nurse looking to expand your horizons in #GlobalHealth? Our Professional Diploma provides nurses & healthcare professionals with specialist skills for low-resource settings to make significant contributions to world health. Apply for Sept 2025 bit.ly/3pOgSKr

Are you a nurse looking to expand your horizons in #GlobalHealth?

Our Professional Diploma provides nurses & healthcare professionals with specialist skills for low-resource settings to make significant contributions to world health.

Apply for Sept 2025 bit.ly/3pOgSKr
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We need to talk about health #misinformation🤔 Join our flagship event on 15 Sept 2025 for ideas on how to defend yourself & your organisation from dangerous misinformation Info/book tickets: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve… In-person in London + online

We need to talk about health #misinformation🤔

Join our flagship event on 15 Sept 2025 for ideas on how to defend yourself & your organisation from dangerous misinformation

Info/book tickets: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

In-person in London + online
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154m deaths avoided but vaccination rates stall In NPR Edward Parker Vaccine Centre discusses "immense data curation effort" behind global #immunisation study revealing decline in routine vaccinations. npr.org/sections/goats…

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In this blog, our Student Liaison Officer London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Brandon Hill, explores the often-overlooked intersection between #AMR and #LGBTQ+ health, highlighting the need for more inclusive data and policies to address health inequities. Read more 👇 bit.ly/3HYkp7e

In this blog, our Student Liaison Officer <a href="/LSHTM/">London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</a>, Brandon Hill, explores the often-overlooked intersection between #AMR and #LGBTQ+ health, highlighting the need for more inclusive data and policies to address health inequities.

Read more 👇
bit.ly/3HYkp7e
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Join London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's 'Health Misinformation: UNPACKED' event this coming September, to hear from leading voices on how to understand and combat the rising tide of health misinformation in the UK. Monday 15 Sept 2025 13:00-17:00 London bit.ly/LSHTMHealthMis…

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Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and drink, study finds In CNN, Megan Deeney discusses new research which found opening prepackaged food items could cause micro- & nanoplastics contamination. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/hea…

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The latest in our LSHTM Rare Books series asks whether the snail is missing from our pantheon of gilded vectors of disease 🐌 This blogpost also looks at the work of helminthologist Robert Thomson Leiper (1881-1969) 📚 Read more here: bit.ly/3Gbe1Js #RareBooks #HistMed

The latest in our LSHTM Rare Books series asks whether the snail is missing from our pantheon of gilded vectors of disease 🐌

This blogpost also looks at the work of helminthologist Robert Thomson Leiper (1881-1969)

📚 Read more here: bit.ly/3Gbe1Js #RareBooks #HistMed
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Our 2025 winners focused on overlooked parts of epidemic preparedness: 🦟Better integrating neglected tropical disease interventions 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Bringing communities into outbreak response 🗣️Recognising health worker experiences in refugee settings Read more👉 bit.ly/4lwpRwG

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To mark the end of #Pride2025 at LSHTM, Yang discusses masculinity from a #PublicHealth perspective. He spoke to us about #diversity and #inclusion at LSHTM, and continuing important conversations beyond #Pride. lshtm.ac.uk/study/student-…

To mark the end of #Pride2025 at LSHTM, Yang discusses masculinity from a #PublicHealth perspective.

He spoke to us about #diversity and #inclusion at LSHTM, and continuing important conversations beyond #Pride.

lshtm.ac.uk/study/student-…
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Want to understand the complex #GlobalHealth challenge of maximising drug safety while maintaining public confidence? Gain an introduction to drug development, licensing, surveillance & policy with our online course. Running 10 Nov 2025 - 30 June 2026. bit.ly/3l2fR24

Want to understand the complex #GlobalHealth challenge of maximising drug safety while maintaining public confidence?

Gain an introduction to drug development, licensing, surveillance &amp; policy with our online course.

Running 10 Nov 2025 - 30 June 2026.

bit.ly/3l2fR24
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Loneliness impacting 1 in 6 people according to WHO report Shereen Hussein explains #SocialConnection is vital to health & wellbeing with need for policies & interventions to tackle isolation & foster meaningful connections. lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

Loneliness impacting 1 in 6 people according to WHO report

Shereen Hussein explains #SocialConnection is vital to health &amp; wellbeing with need for policies &amp; interventions to tackle isolation &amp; foster meaningful connections.

lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…
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How to cope in a heat wave In The Telegraph, Sari Kovats explains the risks #ExtremeHeat poses for older people and those with pre-existing health conditions as part of an article on how to stay healthy during a #heatwave. telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

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Want to boost your epidemiological analysis skills? Join our intensive course, in-person or online & gain a strong foundation in analysis technique, & learn the practical application & accurate interpretation of results. Runs 8 - 19 Sept 2025. bit.ly/3g7bhf3

Want to boost your epidemiological analysis skills?

Join our intensive course, in-person or online &amp; gain a strong foundation in analysis technique, &amp; learn the practical application &amp; accurate interpretation of results.

Runs 8 - 19 Sept 2025.

bit.ly/3g7bhf3