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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 11d

Patients left to suffer as painkiller crisis hits Gaza - - www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... "Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs" making children suffer agonising pain unnecessarily is sheer sadism by #israel #gazagenocide

Gaza patients being left to suffer as hospitals hit by painkiller…

Israeli restrictions leave doctors short of vital drugs

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief

Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors

www.theguardian.com

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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · 11d

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 11d

Patients are being left to suffer as a painkiller crisis hits Gaza’s hospitals

More than 167,000 people have been reported injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry

Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

A doctor examines a child injured at Nasser Hospital, southern Gaza

Patients are treated in makeshift tents in the courtyard of Nasser medical complex, southern Gaza

Doctors operate on a patient at Al-Awda hospital, northern Gaza

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Aug 27

On Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza and killed 20 people, including five journalists – Mohamed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, Hussam al-Masri, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Mariam Dagga

Just last week, we reported on the infections crisis at Nasser

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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · Aug 21

In Nov, we reported doctors in Gaza using vinegar when antiseptics ran out, with food shortages, that’s no longer an option.

Now, hospitals are overwhelmed, infections are spiralling, and doctors say they’re “flying blind” against drug-resistant bacteria.

Our latest investigation for ⬇️

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Aug 21

Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks

Now it’s every day

Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed as infections surge amid health crisis

Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions where bacteria can spread unchecked

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Aug 21

Nasser, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, has been forced to operate at twice its capacity in grim conditions with little to no supplies

But patients are no longer responding to the little medicine they have because of the spread of superbugs

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Aug 21

According to the UN, at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed since May while seeking food, with 994 killed near GHF sites

A recent report by Doctors Without Borders suggests that Israeli forces are targeting people at these sites

Palestinian patients are being treated in makeshift tents set up in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Aug 21

Before the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was set up in May, Gaza’s Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with patients roughly every two weeks

Now it’s every day

Here’s what medics on the ground told us 👇

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed as infections surge amid health crisis

Sudden surge in mass casualty events, many at aid points, has created conditions where bacteria can spread unchecked

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jun 13

Drug-resistant infections already contribute to an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the UK

And if these infections were to grow out of control, life-saving antibiotics would stop working altogether

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨The UK would struggle to tackle a superbug epidemic – that’s the stark warning from a parliamentary committee assessing the rise of antibiotic-resistant bugs

www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

MPs raise the alarm over superbug risk

Public Accounts Committee says UK has missed key targets and is weakening its ambitions

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jun 11

Meet Misbah, our antimicrobial resistance (AMR) reporter

From ICUs in Ethiopia to ministries in Pakistan, she’s seen AMR up close – and recently used that insight to help shape a policy paper for UN agencies grounded in the lived experiences of those most affected 👉 bit.ly/3T7itMh

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jun 5

A major outbreak of animal disease could cost the UK billions, according to a new government report

The report highlights serious flaws in the UK's biosecurity and disease monitoring – where only 5% of live animals coming into the country are currently undergoing physical checks

UK unprepared for major animal disease outbreak, report warns

National Audit Office flags serious flaws in biosecurity despite rising threat of disease

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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CARB-X @carb-x.bsky.social · May 15

During the panel, @koutterson.bsky.social and fellow panelists @misbahsk.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and Sujith Chandy from @icarsglobal.bsky.social will unveil a new tool to estimate the impact of AMR across 122 countries.

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CARB-X @carb-x.bsky.social · May 15

Join CARB-X Executive Director @koutterson.bsky.social at the @cgdev.org panel “From Evidence to Action: Designing an Effective Independent Panel on Antimicrobial Resistance” in Geneva, Switzerland! 🧪
📆 Wednesday, May 21
⏰ 6:30 – 9 PM CET
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4dhswHJ
#AMR #Superbugs

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Peter Yeung @peter-yeung.bsky.social · Apr 10

Excellent panel on effective approaches to impact #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com

@lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute

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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · Apr 3

Less than a week to go till #IJF25

Join me and these fantastic reporters who put impact at the heart of their journalism!

@tbij.bsky.social will be around. If you want to talk environment, health, investigative journalism or anything else- drop a message! Let’s grab a coffee or gelato ☕

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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · Mar 25

I am working with @mellino.bsky.social to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals.

Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 Have you ever tried to take your employer to court or helped somebody who has? We want to hear from you!

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Feb 17

Did you know that sex is a trigger for about 60% of the women living with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)?

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Rachel Schraer @rachelschraer.bsky.social · Feb 13

New today: @tbij.bsky.social can reveal the life-saving treatments against snake bites that contain so little active ingredient, experts say you may as well give a patient water. Others sold in sub-Saharan Africa are made for Indian snakes and are guaranteed not to work shorturl.at/isLOr

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Kat Lay @katlay.bsky.social · Feb 5

Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients

Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs

www.theguardian.com

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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · Jan 13

If you've ever had a UTI, you'll know the thought of extreme infections which are resistant to antibiotics is just... awful.

This important reporting by @misbahsk.bsky.social really puts into perspective the scale of the problem of anti-microbial resistance and how it impacts all of us.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jan 9

Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters

For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger

‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs

Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Rozina Breen @roziebreen.bsky.social · Jan 9

Women are all too often hidden in the story of public health around the world.

Gender equity in health & policy matters ~ and I’m proud to lead a newsroom that goes where the spotlight should [also] be.

Formidable reporting from @misbahsk.bsky.social

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jan 9

Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters

For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger

‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs

Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Misbah Khan @misbahsk.bsky.social · Jan 9

Everyone knows someone that has had a UTI. Some people are suffering from these infections over and over again. Burning bladder pain that doesn’t go away…

My latest for @TBIJ shows why antibiotic resistance is making these infections harder to treat:

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jan 9

Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters

For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger

‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs

Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Jan 9

Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters

For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger

‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs

Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Claire Wilmot @clairelwilmot.bsky.social · Dec 21

For @tbij.bsky.social, I took a look at a few different AI tools being rolled out in some of the highest-stakes conflicts on earth. 🧵

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · Dec 19

A growing number of tech companies now say they’ve developed AI technologies that will help end wars

But what are these tools? How do they work? And what are the risks when they are applied to deadly conflict? 👇

Can AI bring peace to the Middle East?

There has been a surge of interest in AI as a tool to help end wars. But the assumptions baked into these tools risk repeating the mistakes of the past.

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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