Global health correspondent @Reuters. Formerly @TelGlobalHealth and @Channel4News, briefly in Myanmar and Czechia
London, England
Joined August 2010
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DEATH BY THE DOSE - toxic cough syrup made in India has killed scores of children. Here's how this happened - and why no-one has been held to account w/@krishnadas56
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I've done a bit of personal writing over the years. Today I published by far the most difficult essay I've written. On @STATNews, I share the story of my mother, Regina Bosch. She was brilliant--three Ivy degrees--and funny and charismatic. She was also seriously mentally ill.
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WARNING: SENSITIVE CONTENT: Bangladesh is battling a measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,100 people, mostly children under five, in a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps reut.rs/4jVxpvm
So sad to hear. Helen Branswell was an icon, I always knew I was on the right track if we asked similar questions in press conferences - including just last week. Thoughts with all of you @statnews
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. trib.al/3bBswKg
A global shift - there are likely now more children in the world with obesity than underweight. Here's what that means for young people in Jakarta, Indonesia
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When medically necessary, caesarean sections can make the difference between life and death for mothers and babies.
But even though caesarean sections have become very safe in many parts of the world, they remain complex medical interventions, with risks and a recovery that can be challenging.
Miss World #Uganda Muhoza Trivia Elle’s “Layers of Life” gown tells that story in a unique and powerful way: raising awareness of the realities of caesarean section childbirth while celebrating the strength of mothers who have experienced it.
Learn more about caesarean sections in @WHO’s Q&A: bit.ly/4iHNXq3
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A 33-year-old Gazan mother with ovarian cancer has had no treatment in the last three months, and the cancer has spread to her bones and lungs. After Israel attacked the enclave, cancer patients like her have been dying at double the pace as before reut.rs/4qdphaP
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THIS is bloody amazing
Great news for new parents: intensive care admissions for RSV in babies have halved in England, thanks to the maternal vaccination programme. 👶👶🏾👶🏼
If you're pregnant, don't miss out. Contact your maternity service or GP practice to get vaccinated & help protect your newborn.
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An NHS journey... (anecdata, obviously).
1) Child breaks collar bone. Goes to hospital. Waits for six hours. It is missed. Return a day or two later. It is identified.
2) Follow-up appointment cancelled, by phone, 1 hour before the appointment (while on the way) (1 of 5)
5) Call GP. GP surgery says link is the only way to book a telephone appointment - keep checking for 7 days, until the link expires. No real answer for what to do if link does expire. (4 of 5)
Researcher Dr Simon Scofield: "We did not conduct any experiments to see if it is attractive to cats, but given that the active ingredient [nepetalactone] has well-known cat-attractive properties, I would expect they would quite like it." theguardian.com/global-devel…
In an Ebola outbreak, WHO guidelines say even hours matter.
Yet the response to the deadly and fast-spreading epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is weeks if not months behind - and missing thousands of people who may be at risk.
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🚨 The @AfricaCDC statement on the new #Ebola outbreak in #DRC is deeply concerning.
🔬 This is a non-Zaire ebolavirus outbreak
🧪 13 of 20 samples tested positive
⚠️ 246 suspected cases reported
🕊️ 65 deaths, including 4 laboratory workers
This highlights the urgent need for enhanced surveillance, rapid diagnostics, infection prevention and control, and protection of frontline healthcare and laboratory personnel.
A flowchart from an epidemiologist on when to worry about hantavirus nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opini…
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Reuters reports the Trump adminstration wants to condition any future funding to @gavi on the organization agreeing to phase out use of vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal. I wrote late last year about how unnecessary & impractical that would be. statnews.com/2025/11/19/rfk-…
The Trump administration has told global vaccine group Gavi to phase out shots containing the preservative thimerosal as a condition of providing the group with funding, a U.S. official and a Gavi spokesperson told Reuters. reuters.com/business/healthc…
