
Jeremy Farrar
@JeremyFarrar
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Scientifique en Chef Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Switzerland
Joined June 2013
RT @KulikovUNIATF: A new @WHO report reveals that corporal #punishment remains alarmingly widespread and causes significant harm to #childr….
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Denmark to abolish VAT on books to encourage reading
theguardian.com
Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
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RT @WHO: This year, there have already been 821 attacks on health care with 1121 deaths and 645 injuries of health workers and patients. T….
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RT @mvankerkhove: Reminder to apply for this interesting and really important @WHO advisory group. Check out the new terms of reference an….
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RT @etiennekrug: New @WHO report demonstrates that corporal punishment harms children’s health and offers no benefits to their behaviour, d….
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A very good article summarising the issues and complexity of screening - thank you
theguardian.com
In the US, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men – but experts can’t agree about testing
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Young adults who vape three times as likely to start smoking.
theguardian.com
Review warns e-cigarettes could act as gateway to smoking and are also linked to higher asthma and other health risks
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Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat via @NYTimes.
nytimes.com
City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.
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RT @TDRnews: 📣 Open call for applications: TDR Clinical Research Leadership (CRL) fellowship programme. Deadline: 15 September 2025. For de….
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RT @ShaunLintern: 🚨 Exclusive: Pioneering world-first gene therapy @GreatOrmondSt has cured a teenager's rare genetic condition that had bl….
thetimes.com
Great Ormond Street Hospital has developed, manufactured and delivered a world-first treatment under one roof, restoring hope for Remi Pereszczak and dozens like him
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Congratulations incredible win, first by @wallabies in Johannesburg in over 60 years? 🤩
theguardian.com
The Wallabies roar back from 22-5 down at half-time to stun the world champions in Johannesburg. Join Daniel Gallan for updates
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RT @DrTedros: Imagine. Your home is destroyed. You are surrounded by hostilities. You are hungry. You are thirsty. You are injure….
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Svalbard is heating seven times faster than the world average. Impact on glaciers & glacial microbes
theguardian.com
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
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“Bathers was an audacious manifesto on how we see the world when the artificial trappings of class and status, form and function, are filtered away to reveal the vital vibration of colour”
bbc.com
Georges Seurat's once-mocked painting Bathers at Asnières is both an "exquisite distillation of the very essence of summer" and "a modern wonder in the art of seeing".
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A generative deep learning approach to de novo antibiotic design
cell.com
A generative AI platform is developed for de novo antibiotic design, yielding lead compounds with selective antibacterial activity, distinct mechanisms of action, and in vivo efficacy against...
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RT @DreJoanneLiu: Pour la journée du 12 août où "J'achète un livre québécois", pourquoi pas L'Ébola, les bombes et les migrants. C'est une….
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Many people are playing sports in their 60s and beyond. Why that’s smart.
washingtonpost.com
There are many physical and mental health benefits of playing sports, but it’s important to take precautions before starting one, experts say.
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Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity
nature.com
Nature - By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases...
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