Nicola Low
@nicolamlow.bsky.social
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiologist, but Covid-19 changed everything. Now also emerging infections #mpox #pandemics @BEreadycohort.bsky.social
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986
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We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
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I fear this exactly. Failing to adequately prepare increases the likelihood of lockdowns. No one should want this.
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I fear this exactly. Failing to adequately prepare increases the likelihood of lockdowns. No one should want this.
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Why, Adobe, would you depict #Female and #Male hearts this way?
#Its2025 #MedSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
#Its2025 #MedSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Why, Adobe, would you depict #Female and #Male hearts this way?
#Its2025 #MedSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
#Its2025 #MedSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
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Kantha in Bengali means cloth, traditionally made from the best parts of old worn saris or dhotis. Also the name of a way of stitching in which variations of running stitch are worked though all the layers of cloth, quilting them together, creating intricate designs #WomensArt
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Kantha in Bengali means cloth, traditionally made from the best parts of old worn saris or dhotis. Also the name of a way of stitching in which variations of running stitch are worked though all the layers of cloth, quilting them together, creating intricate designs #WomensArt
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Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
Reposted by Nicola Low
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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Get serious, Europeans. You are your only hope.
"EU imports from Russia worth €124 billion have exceeded the amount of aid provided to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion." - stated Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.
censor.net/en/news/3586...
censor.net/en/news/3586...
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Get serious, Europeans. You are your only hope.
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Everyone should read this piece by the CDC leadership who resigned in Sept. We appreciate their continued leadership, support, and integrity within the public health space.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
"When you remove scientists from science, you don’t get truth. You get ideology. " Signed D3- Deb, Dan, and @drdemetre.bsky.social
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everyone should read this piece by the CDC leadership who resigned in Sept. We appreciate their continued leadership, support, and integrity within the public health space.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
We know there are so many other things they could be doing. We are stronger together.
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Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
Leading past donors including France, Japan and European Commission fail to contribute at pledging summit
Control of the deadly infectious diseases HIV, tuberculosis and malaria “hangs in the balance” after a shortfall in donations to a leading global health fund, advocates have warned.
Only $11.3bn of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria’s $18bn (£14bn) targeted budget for 2026 to 2028 has been confirmed so far. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall
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The small amount of aluminum used in vaccines is safe.
"One study published in Vaccine found that the amount in vaccines is much smaller than what people take in every day from food and the environment."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...
"One study published in Vaccine found that the amount in vaccines is much smaller than what people take in every day from food and the environment."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...
Does aluminum in vaccines harm kids?
Aluminum in vaccines doesn’t build up or harm kids. Studies show it’s safe, quickly leaves the body, and doesn’t cause chronic health problems.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The small amount of aluminum used in vaccines is safe.
"One study published in Vaccine found that the amount in vaccines is much smaller than what people take in every day from food and the environment."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...
"One study published in Vaccine found that the amount in vaccines is much smaller than what people take in every day from food and the environment."
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/d...
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Man in Washington state dies of H5N5 avian flu: doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Man in Washington state dies of H5N5 avian flu: doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
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Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into “a propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,” said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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I couldn’t WAIT to get nirsevimab for my baby. He barely noticed when RSV circulated in his class. It was amazing. Starkly different from when my older child had RSV as an infant and nearly needed to go to the hospital.
"In this multicenter case-control investigation, nirsevimab was 80% effective at preventing RSV-associated ICU admission and 83% effective at preventing acute respiratory failure"
More good news about RSV prevention - #IDSky + #MedSky.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
More good news about RSV prevention - #IDSky + #MedSky.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Intensive Care Unit ...
This report describes a multicenter case-control investigation that found nirsevimab was 80% effective at preventing RSV-associated ICU admissions among infants.
www.cdc.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I couldn’t WAIT to get nirsevimab for my baby. He barely noticed when RSV circulated in his class. It was amazing. Starkly different from when my older child had RSV as an infant and nearly needed to go to the hospital.
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist
The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m, A$84.7m) at a New York art auction, setting a new top sale price for a work by any female artist.
El sueño (La cama), or The Dream (The Bed), which depicts Kahlo asleep in a bed with a smiling skeleton wrapped in dynamite on the canopy above her, sold on Thursday night at a Sotheby’s auction of surrealist art after four minutes of bidding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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Yikes yikes yikes 😟
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yikes yikes yikes 😟
🧪 #Gonorrhoea #AntimicrobialResistance surveillance @who.int an enormously important resource.
But, the 5% #ceftriaxone resistance isn't a global average. 124/125 resistant isolates from Cambodia and VietNam, with known high resistance. None in 9/12 countries.
Important not to misinterpret.
But, the 5% #ceftriaxone resistance isn't a global average. 124/125 resistant isolates from Cambodia and VietNam, with known high resistance. None in 9/12 countries.
Important not to misinterpret.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🧪 #Gonorrhoea #AntimicrobialResistance surveillance @who.int an enormously important resource.
But, the 5% #ceftriaxone resistance isn't a global average. 124/125 resistant isolates from Cambodia and VietNam, with known high resistance. None in 9/12 countries.
Important not to misinterpret.
But, the 5% #ceftriaxone resistance isn't a global average. 124/125 resistant isolates from Cambodia and VietNam, with known high resistance. None in 9/12 countries.
Important not to misinterpret.
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"A new comprehensive Danish review now shows that the trials have been unable to demonstrate non-specific effects for the widely used vaccinations against measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough."
- #Medsky + #IDSky
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- #Medsky + #IDSky
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Randomized trials show no evidence of non-specific vaccine effects
A new Danish analysis of more than 25 years of research on non-specific vaccine effects shows that prominent researchers have systematically over-interpreted the findings from their randomized trials....
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November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"A new comprehensive Danish review now shows that the trials have been unable to demonstrate non-specific effects for the widely used vaccinations against measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough."
- #Medsky + #IDSky
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- #Medsky + #IDSky
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The sexually transmitted disease #gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The sexually transmitted disease #gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
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Ray Eames (1912 – 1988), US artist and designer who worked in a variety of media, including furniture and fabric design #Womensart
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ray Eames (1912 – 1988), US artist and designer who worked in a variety of media, including furniture and fabric design #Womensart
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...Getting a distributed network to share the funding load is the main plan now, along with applying for partial support in Germany.
More on OLSPub here: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
More on OLSPub here: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
...Getting a distributed network to share the funding load is the main plan now, along with applying for partial support in Germany.
More on OLSPub here: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
More on OLSPub here: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
“The disappearance of local knowledge is not a trivial loss. It is a disruption to the larger web of understanding that sustains both human and ecological wellbeing.”
Beautiful and powerful warning about #AI induced #KnowledgeCollapse by Deepak Varuvel Dennison
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Beautiful and powerful warning about #AI induced #KnowledgeCollapse by Deepak Varuvel Dennison
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
“The disappearance of local knowledge is not a trivial loss. It is a disruption to the larger web of understanding that sustains both human and ecological wellbeing.”
Beautiful and powerful warning about #AI induced #KnowledgeCollapse by Deepak Varuvel Dennison
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Beautiful and powerful warning about #AI induced #KnowledgeCollapse by Deepak Varuvel Dennison
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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With the Epstein emails at a new fever pitch, please read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social’s 2022 “They Knew” (as well as her prolific other writings) — it is a window into the past about things that seem only to be “discovered” now. Strongly recommend, I owe a lot to her thinking/writing.
They Knew
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville."—Timothy Snyder...
us.macmillan.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
With the Epstein emails at a new fever pitch, please read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social’s 2022 “They Knew” (as well as her prolific other writings) — it is a window into the past about things that seem only to be “discovered” now. Strongly recommend, I owe a lot to her thinking/writing.