James Gallagher
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Presenter of Inside Health on @BBCRadio4 and health and science correspondent, @BBCNews . Contrary to popular opinion my middle name is not Tiberius.
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New series investigating the state of our drinking water. “We have that attitude to water that…it will always be there and that’s not true,”
@hancloke
tells me. Producers
@t0mb0nnett
and
@AlunBeach
@BBCRadio4
#podcast
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PM Boris Johnson conscious and not on ventilation
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It’s time to fall in love 💕with your microbes, it’s a relationship that lasts a lifetime: Join me for The Second Genome - at 1100 on
@bbcradio4
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If these don’t become known as “Christmas baubles” I’ll be disappointed
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Going to repeat my personal rule for judging all "new strain" or "new variant" stories... Viruses mutate all the time so it's important to ask whether the behaviour of the virus has changed. We've been given the "scare" but not the "answer".
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This one took me by surprise… Staying warm: What does an unheated room do to your body?
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After an unrelenting year, I’m done... Merry Christmas everyone.
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This is a doubly-huge story... Oxford vaccine alone is a massive deal that will change the course of the pandemic, but also major shift in UK immunisation plan to effectively double the number of people offered the first dose (second dose delayed)
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I think I’m going to be updating this a lot in the coming days. New coronavirus variant: What do we know?
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I will never get bored of graphs like this.
Hopefully this will help make some sense of 2021 and we can put 2020 behind us - A guide to vaccinology: the basics
@OxfordVacGroup
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"My vaccine side effects and what they really mean" is tonight's Inside Health on
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
from 2100. We ask why some people get them and others don't and if they mean you've got more protection. . And
@mgtmccartney
looks at blood clots
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Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
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Gulp... It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second 100,000 cases and just four days for the third 100,000 cases
@WHO
#coronavirus
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Went for a socially distant solo run... jogged past a group of teens sat on a bench, wearing face masks and passing a joint between them.
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Massive news - Huntington’s breakthrough may stop disease
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A lovely, incredible and joyous story…
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Sickle cell: ‘The revolutionary gene-editing treatment that gave me new life’
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Leaving work quite a lot happier than I started it. Yes it’s early vaccine data, there’s significant practical hurdles and winter is still going to be hard. But it’s nice to have a bit of hope after months of staring into the abyss
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Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children
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Have I dodged Covid? No! Taken three years but finally caught up with me
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This is a fascinating tale... Oxford vaccine: How did they make it so quickly?
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The question I’ve been asked constantly… Omicron: Why do boosters work if two doses struggle? Thanks
@JonathanKBall
@Daltmann10
and Prof Bangham for their time and brains
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This is as promising as you can get from such an early stage trial... Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response
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Have I dodged Covid and what does it mean?
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Covid: New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern
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It’s mind-blowing: How bacteria are changing your mood
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Me and
@RagsandRuby
delighted with our win for
@BBCRadio4
’s Second Genome programme at the
#MJAAwards
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Proud of that England squad, didn’t win a shoot out in the final against the best team in the tournament, but there are other forms of winning in life which they nailed… see you at the World Cup
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Covid: The bus journey that saved hundreds of thousands of lives - the remarkable story of the Recovery trial
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oh my...
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This is pretty incredible… HPV vaccine cutting cervical cancer by nearly 90%
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Wow.
@MarcusRashford
‘s twitter feed was the little shot of hope and faith in humanity I needed this morning
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Like a “hit and run” killer and a “master of deception” that our bodies are not prepared for
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Medical questions
@CMO_England
should be asked: Should people worried about their eyesight go for a drive with their family to check? If your wife is so ill with Covid you need to rush home from work & you think you're about to fall ill too, should you take a 260 mile drive?
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Let’s have some happier news for once… mMiraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
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Chief Medical Officer Prof Chris Whitty tonight saying the Tier 3 measures alone "will not be sufficient, I think that is very clearly the professional view".
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Gut bacteria 'boost' cancer therapy
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Coronavirus: What it does to the body
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It’s been so long since I’ve been for drinks I forgot cocktails come decorated with cheese
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In non-coronavirus news... Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe
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'Remarkable' therapy beats terminal breast cancer
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More from the Sage documents tonight. This is what science advisors though we should be considering immediately on September 21
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Deeply honoured this evening
And the winner of the ABSW best news story award 2018 is
@JamesTGallagher
at
@bbcnews
Read his entry here: Congratulations!
#abswawards
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New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
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Sage documents just published say variant that emerged in India could be up to 50% more transmissible
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Covid-resistant people inspire new vaccine tactic
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Had an urge to dig Pandemic out the back of the cupboard, can’t think why
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Epstein-Barr virus is looking a pretty convincing cause of multiple sclerosis... from studies involving millions of people to the intricate analyses of what is happening in the body.
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Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK
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Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists
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Misophonia: Scientists crack why eating sounds can make people angry
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@DrCJ_Houldcroft
You know there’s a new variant when you’re a BBC journalist and your morning alarm goes off when you’ve been working for two hours
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Covid: UK approves Moderna's Omicron booster with tackles the variant and the original
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So at the moment the UK press have the scary headlines, but no scientific detail from
@PHE_uk
or
@uksciencechief
to know how significant this is.
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Optogenetics is so cool....
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Why I put my poo in the post
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Covid: Is UK now a breeding ground for new variants?
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Made a container pond this year and the jewel in the crown - the miniature water lily - has bloomed
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Have I managed to dodge Covid and what does it mean if you've still not caught it. I find out on Inside Health at 2100 on
@BBCRadio4
and forever on
@BBCSounds
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What would you do with a
#thirdthumb
? I had way too much fun
@royalsociety
's summer science exhibition
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Here's the modelling for winter that is leading to a new lockdown discussion. Black line was the government's "reasonable worst case scenario" capping out at under 1,000 deaths per day. (from the brilliant
@bbclaurak
)
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Managed to get 1 year old and 2 year old asleep at the same time and for long enough to script and file my
@BBCRadio4
Six o'clock news piece and record a spot on Health Check with
@claudiahammond
- a feat never to be repeated!
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Love this story... 'Healthiest hearts in the world' found
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Scientific advice to government on the likely impact of staying with Plan B or tightening restrictions:
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Million-year-old viruses help fight cancer, say scientists
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Mum - teaching assistant; Dad - lorry driver; go back another generation and coal mining/landlord. Only here through hard work I'm afraid.
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Career goals being ticked off fast... last week made it onto
@BBCNewsbeat
, this week presenting Inside Health on
@BBCRadio4
(helping out for a couple of weeks)
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Magic mushrooms can 'reset' depressed brain
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Mounting evidence on the new variant and what it might take to control it...
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Teenager's sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy
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It’s a story with llamas, what’s not to like? Llama blood clue to beating all flu
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And as predicted: “Personally, I suspect writing this piece has tempted fate therefore ensuring I catch Covid by Christmas!”
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There’s no doubt 'Long Covid' is happening, but the explanations are hazy, this is what we think is going on:
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Help! On the next Inside Health we're debating medical language... have you ever felt belitted or blamed by phrases like your baby is "failing to thrive" or you've "complained" of a headache or told your cervix is "incompetent". Let us know at InsideHealth
@bbc
.co.uk
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“Given we’re in the low foothills of this virus, this is fucking petrifying,” says NHS managers...
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Taking cancer apart piece by piece, gene by gene:
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Distraught
@NickHopeTV
is leaving the BBC. 💔 Your talent - a blend of passion, knowledge and unrivalled commitment - has taken you to heights many of us only dream of. You should be so proud and know you’re now at the start of something even greater.
‘𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙.’ 💔✌🏻
🙏 to all who supported my mission ‘to give a voice to those who’d have otherwise gone unheard’ over the last 11 years!
An epic time in 🇯🇵 ends an unbelievable BBC chapter x
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New glasses and a new series of Inside Health back on air tonight at 2100 on
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
- kicking off with all things hay fever!
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Faux meats and Vegan ultra processed foods on Inside Health
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
at 2100. Good for the planet, but are they good for us…
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'Butterfly child' given life-saving skin
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Vaginal birth and Caesarean: Differences in babies' bacteria
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One does not simply walk into Morden...
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The video is jaw dropping and the personal stories of patients and doctors are incredible.
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New series of (
@mjauk
podcast of the year) Inside Health heading your way this evening…on
@BBCSounds
and
@BBCRadio4
… we’re exploring what sweeteners do to the body
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Early days, but positive signs here... Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough'
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Tonight's Inside Health is the remarkable story of how the UK's Recovery Trial saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Covid patients.
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
at 2100:
#inspirational
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Sounds like you'll be hearing a lot about this today - Coronavirus R0: Is this the crucial number?
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And for everyone asking... This is how the Oxford vaccine was made so quickly
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Go Maragret!!! Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
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