London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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News and expert comment from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) one of the world's leading #PublicHealth universities. https://linktr.ee/lshtm

@lshtmalumni.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:24 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow, hear from five @lshtm.bsky.social MSc Global Mental Health alumni who are helping shape the road to 2030 through research, policy, advocacy, and care. 🌍💚

Read their reflections: www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...

@lshtm-dash.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:48 PMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

📊 Our four-day @lshtm.bsky.social course provides you with the knowledge to design, analyse and interpret quantitative systematic reviews in #PublicHealth

Ideal for aspiring #HealthData researchers to learn how to conduct high quality reviews

Apply by 19 October 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

@lshtm-vaccines.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:34 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

LSHTM experts reflect on “the significant milestone” of the launch of Phase I Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine clinical trial in Uganda by MRC/URVI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit.

👉 bit.ly/4e2JLOv

📸: MRC/URVI & LSHTM Uganda
@seruminstindia.bsky.social @cepi.net @ovg.ox.ac.uk @psioxford.bsky.social

Nurse administering vaccine to clinical trial participant in Uganda

@lshtm-planet.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:29 PMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

🌱 From soils and crops to animals, human health and the climate: plastic pollution can reverberate across entire food systems.

Explore a new technical brief and interactive One Health framework co-developed by @anhacademy.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social & @fao.org

👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

"Food systems are under growing threat from pollution throughout the plastics lifecycle, much of which they are driving." Joe Yates, Director of Networks, Partnerships & Impact, ANH Academy, LSHTM

@lshtmalumni.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:08 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

🌍 Attending #ASTMH in National Harbor this November?

Join @lshtm.bsky.social alumni, students, & staff at our reception: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002050903...

Presenting or exhibiting at ASTMH? Let us know! We'd love to attend your session and connect with you. Contact: [email protected] ☕️

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:47 AM

Reports of a suspected plague-related death in Russia have prompted quarantine measures.

In the @metro.co.uk, Brendan Wren explains while the risk to the public is likely low, "we need to monitor” and take sensible precautions.

Read more 👉 metro.co.uk/2026/10/05/w...

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:48 PMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

BREAKING NEWS: A suspected #plague death has been reported in #Russia

LSHTM expert explains current risk to humans is likely low, but shows importance of biosafety procedures.

#PublicHealth

"To prevent further transmission in cases such as this, the monitoring and isolation of laboratory staff and other key contacts is a sensible and precautionary measure." Brendan Wren, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, LSHTM

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:48 PM

BREAKING NEWS: A suspected #plague death has been reported in #Russia

LSHTM expert explains current risk to humans is likely low, but shows importance of biosafety procedures.

#PublicHealth

@lshtmcepr.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 11:00 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

#UKPHRST (@ukhsa.bsky.social 🤝 @lshtm.bsky.social ) is supporting the #Ebola outbreak response and continues to work alongside communities and local authorities in South Sudan to strengthen #Ebola preparedness.

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:24 AM

Looking to understand the impact and influence of commercial determinants of health (CDOH) on health equity and policy?

Our short course helps to build your understanding of CDOH concepts and practical research methods.

📅2 – 4 December 2026 | Online

Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4sYUYow

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@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 PMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

Health misinformation is a problem we can no longer ignore.

In @theguardian.com, Liam Smeeth warns about those looking to "profit out of people’s understandable fears and confusion when it comes to serious health issues."

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:36 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

📢 4 out of 10 UK adults aged 18-24 know someone who has suffered serious harm from a health decision based on #misinformation

Serious harms include:
-Contracting a preventable disease
-Delaying medical treatment
-Suffering symptoms longer than necessary

Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/res...

Graphic with the question: Has someone you know been seriously harmed after basing a health decision on misinformation? Four out of ten icons of people are shaded light purple with a dotted line to text reading: 4 in 10 Know someone seriously harmed by a health decision based on misinformation. Under the icons text reads: UK adults aged 18-24. Based on a survey of 2,110 UK adults carried out 9-10 September 2026.

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:48 PM

Health misinformation is a problem we can no longer ignore.

In @theguardian.com, Liam Smeeth warns about those looking to "profit out of people’s understandable fears and confusion when it comes to serious health issues."

@lshtm.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:36 AM

📢 4 out of 10 UK adults aged 18-24 know someone who has suffered serious harm from a health decision based on #misinformation

Serious harms include:
-Contracting a preventable disease
-Delaying medical treatment
-Suffering symptoms longer than necessary

Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/res...

@lshtm.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:54 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

Social care reform needs to be about more than protecting the NHS.

Following Andy Burnham’s speech at The Labour Party Conference, Shereen Hussein highlights the need to recognise social care as a major social and economic institution in its own right.

Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

"In social care, genuinely breaking the mould would mean moving beyond seeing care primarily through the lens of NHS pressures.” - Shereen Hussein, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, LSHTM

@lshtm.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:54 AM

Social care reform needs to be about more than protecting the NHS.

Following Andy Burnham’s speech at The Labour Party Conference, Shereen Hussein highlights the need to recognise social care as a major social and economic institution in its own right.

Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

@tb-lshtm.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 11:29 AMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

📢 Deadline extended to 7 October!

Know an outstanding emerging researcher in TB/HIV?

Nominate them for the 2026 Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize, recognising innovative research focused on sub-Saharan Africa.

Find out more 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

#TB #HIV #TBResearch

@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 2:35 PMReposted by @lshtm.bsky.social

🧬 Faster genomic surveillance could strengthen infection control in Tunisia.

New research by led @danaait.bsky.social shows whole-genome sequencing could be cost-saving when results reach infection control teams within four days.