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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

The number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. Since 2010, the number of people using tobacco has dropped by 120 million – a 27% drop in relative terms. @who.int @ashorguk.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk #LungSky #RespEd www.who.int/publications... /n

WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030

This report presents WHO estimates of tobacco use prevalence among the population aged 15 years and older from 2000–2024, with trends projected to 2030. Estimates are at global, regional and country l...

www.who.int

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

I've had my flu jab.
Go get yours.

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 9h

Yesterday, the U.S. FDA approved Jascayd (nerandomilast) to treat IPF. This is the first IPF new therapy approved in more than a decade.
Congratulations to all our patients & yes, better drugs are on the way!!
Great day for the #CureIPF community!!
#ScienceMatters
www.fda.gov/drugs/news-e...

FDA approves drug to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

First new treatment in more than a decade for rare lung condition

www.fda.gov

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 7h

Just submitted an abstract to @pvrinstitute.bsky.social PVRI 2026 Congress, at the last minute 😅
Fingers crossed 🤞🤞and see you in Dublin!
#PulmonaryHypertension #medsky #pulmsky

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 8h

Scale.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Scale. On one side of scale, weighing heavily, a small gold weight marked “OCT 7 2023”. On the other side, much lighter, a huge bag (of sand?) marked “EVERY DAY SINCE.”

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 8h

18,457 names of children murdered by Israel in two years. Those are just the names we have so far.

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 12h

OMG thank you

Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 12h

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Annals of the ATS @annalsats.bsky.social · 12h

Unmasking Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Trajectories: Clustering Patient Journeys in Real-World Noninvasive Ventilation Use
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

🔓Open Access

🔗 tinyurl.com/4yrk6755

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Annals of the ATS @annalsats.bsky.social · 12h

Health Trajectories around Noninvasive Ventilation Initiation for Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

🔗 tinyurl.com/5x3d6sc3

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12h

“The government must publish any assessment of these risks and be straight with the public on the scale of the environmental challenges we face.” - Dr. Mike Barrett, @wwf.org.uk

Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 13h

Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets.

Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you @glaucomflecken.bsky.social

The ACIP Panel

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14h

Streeting surrenders to the crushing, parasitic capitalism of Big Pharma

Obscene

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments

www.theguardian.com

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 12h

This is extremely shameful
#Universities should shun contact with arms dealers, not protect them against peaceful #protest of their genocidal business
Peaceful protest is in great peril in the UK and globally, because these industries know that it works to bring about positive change

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · 14h

If you are looking for a stimulating challenge and an enriching work environment, the #PRBB is your place! 👍😎🧪#CareerOpportunity #ClinicalPathophysiology #HumanGenetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Epidemiology #PublicHealth
Check out our #joboffers 👉https://www.prbb.org/carrera.php#Ofertas-empleo

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20h

The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it

pca.st/podcast/35c7...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13h

thank you Michael!

Michael Pollard @kmichaelpollard.bsky.social · 14h

Almost halfway through my copy. It's both a fascinating and troubling read. I'm learning about people and activities that reveal my previous understanding of the anti-science crowd barely scraped the surface. Thank you very, very much for writing this book.

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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 13h

Nominations are open for the Elizabeth A. Rich, MD, Award! This award recognizes an outstanding woman who has made contributions in pulmonary, critical care, & sleep medicine, and will be presented at the #ATS2026 Women’s Forum.

Nominations close Nov. 24: site.thoracic.org/membership/a...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 14h

There are too many rich white people who've had no challenges in life working in media...is a thought I had when one of them was saying recently they appreciate how Bari Weiss challenges their perspective. Babe, most folks don't need that, it doesn't make you open-minded and intellectually curious.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 14d

Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are worth a combined $1.343 trillion.

We are truly living under an oligarchy dominated by billionaire power.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Mauro Biani @maurobiani.bsky.social · 13h

#diritto #Europa #Ungheria #libertà #stampa #magistratura #dirittiumani #ilariasalis
Europa Diritto in equilibrio su un solo voto.
Oggi per @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social

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