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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 18d

Paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism

Laurie Tomlinson explains best available evidence shows #paracetamol safe to take during pregnancy & urges parents to seek reputable sources of information, & medical advice from GP.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22d

Yep.

Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, www.thestar.com/news/alarmin... via @thestar.com

"Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women’s health are spreading..."

Alarming rise in misinformation about women’s health on social media,

MONTRÉAL - Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and disinformation about women's health are spreading like wildfire on social media apps like ...

www.thestar.com

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · 22d

Every year the average retired woman earns £7,600 less than the average retired man. The Gender Pension Gap sits at 36.5% - more than double the Gender Pay Gap!

Call on public sector employers to do more, including making statutory parental leave pensionable, and sign here: bit.ly/3Vn1NS3

End the Gender Pension Gap for public sector women

This will make a real difference to millions of women and shows what can be done when pension schemes take this issue seriously.  We are calling on all other public sector pension schemes- coveri...

www.megaphone.org.uk

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · Sep 4

An interesting policy debate: should you just give institutions money to do research, or make them bid?

In think-tanks, two of the most effective outfits over the past twenty years have been Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities - both with core funding

www.economist.com/britain/2025...

How to take over a government via PDFs

The long march of the Resolution Foundation

www.economist.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · Aug 30

this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 6

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

www.theguardian.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s never been about “the science.”

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Jun 10

New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5R4v5zBIBaEBsboFyWfa40?si=U8rIt4vsT6yLe9fKzwlYsQ

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Riley @raaleh.bsky.social · May 20

Triangulating from “trans women are women” to appease transphobes until you land at the exciting new position: “no women are women.”

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · May 20

Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling

Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling

Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · May 18

taking the opportunity to shamelessly promoting my research on corporate power and UPFs off the back of @theguardian.com's investigative work

we need to start thinking about industry strategies in terms of a wider political economy of delay

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · May 13

🔴 Remember the £330million contract given to Trump donor Peter Thiel's firm Palantir to build an NHS data platform?

Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good

Scoop on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...

Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals

US spy tech firm's £330million software isn't much cop, experts say

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · May 13

Reading this brilliant article from @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al today.

Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢

#CDOH #PublicHealth

doi.org/10.1186/s129...

“Stop, don’t touch, run away!”: reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity - Globalization and Health

Background Injuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effe...

doi.org

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Jean Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @jeanmadams.bsky.social · Apr 2

We are hiring! We're looking for two post-doc researchers to help us deliver a randomised controlled trial of group model building to address inequalities in diet in English local authorities.

Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.

Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/

Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thanks so much, Cara!

Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · Mar 31

also @mrcepid.bsky.social !

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Martin White @martinwhite33.bsky.social · Mar 31

We did an analysis for the House of Lords Committee on Food, Diet and Obesity to look at the overlap between foods high in salt, fat and sugar (HFSS) and ultra-processed (UPF). We extended the analysis and it is published today (open access):

nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · Mar 31

@martinwhite33.bsky.social @jeanmadams.bsky.social + Mike Essman + Ben Hawkins

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Nancy Karreman @karremannancy.bsky.social · Mar 31

📣 Paper accepted! Our research on media framing of calorie labelling shows one way "lifestyle drift" occurs in obesity policy.

Analysis of 177 articles reveals how approaches get reframed as individual responsibility in public discourse.

#PublicHealth #PolicyResearch

www.ijhpm.com/article_4723...

Obesity and Lifestyle Drift: Framing Analysis of Calorie Menu Labelling in England in News Media

Background Successive government public health strategies in England have described structural influences of diet-related ill health, including obesity, while emphasising the solution of individualle...

www.ijhpm.com

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Britta KM @brittakm.bsky.social · Feb 4

Highly recommend this new 📜 on Tobacco industry & ENDS regulation by Ben Hawkins& @maizie333.bsky.social! ❤ the title "Reputational revival and industry survival" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reputational revival and industry survival: A rhetorical analysis of tobacco industry evidence before a UK parliamentary select committee.

The tobacco industry are facing an existential threat from increasingly stringent tobacco control policies. At the same time, their exclusion from pol…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mallory @this-is-mallory.bsky.social · Jan 28

MAHA wellness influencer caught promoting Nestle owned supplements 👇🏻

www.instagram.com/p/DFYeb2Ny-9C/

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · Feb 1

Remember when RFK Jr profited off the lie that vaccines cause autism? He’s been doing it for 25+ years.

Watch ⬇️
youtu.be/ZZCutMBhjpg?...

Remember when RFK Jr profited off the lie that vaccines cause autism? | excerpts from @WIRED

YouTube video by Andrea Love, PhD

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Feb 1

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

open.substack.com

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · Jan 27

Prof Mark Petticrew to speak at The National Alcohol Conference 2025 Copenhagen on "Commercial Determinants – How the Alcohol Industry Affects Your Health" 🗓 Jan 28-29, 2025 🔗 More: alkohologsamfund-dk.translate.goog/alkohol-samf...
👉 Read more: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 lnkd.in/enPCFqy9

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Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · Jan 27

The deadline to submit abstracts for our panel at the 7th International Conference on Public Policy (Chiang Mai/ hybrid) is coming up at the end of this week - come join us to discuss local policy for global issues!

Kathrin Lauber @kat-lauber.bsky.social · Nov 22

Researching local government action on global issues? 🥗🏙️ 🌳 The call for abstracts to join our panel on the 'local' as a site of innovation for planetary health at IPPA7 is now open until 31st Jan! www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...

IPPA - List of Panels

www.ippapublicpolicy.org

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