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Offizieller Kanal. News rund um die BEready Kohorte. Motto: Bern, get ready. Impressum: http://www.BEready.unibe.ch
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This is Magnus. He just beat cancer. His family wrote the big news on their car and bought him balloons to celebrate. Magnus got so much love from strangers the whole way home. His human said, "I hope everyone has a Magnus in their lives, who shows them what determination and strength are." 14/10
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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The Sanger Prize 2026 is open for applications.

A fully funded three-month placement for undergraduate students from low and middle-income countries.

🔗 Apply now: www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
📅 The closing date for applications: 9th January 2026 at 5pm GMT
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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A new review of post-infection syndromes, including #LongCovid, and its diverse immunologic manifestations www.cell.com/trends/immun... by @virusesimmunity.bsky.social and colleagues
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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It's hard to predict what the new #ACIP will do, but it looks like it will recommend that the universal birth dose for #hepatitisB be jettisoned. Experts warn even a delay of 2 months before the first dose will lead to chronically infected kids & deaths. www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
CDC vaccine advisers appear likely to recommend delaying hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
A panel that issues advice on U.S. vaccine policy appears prepared to vote Thursday to recommend a delay in when most babies begin to be vaccinated against hepatitis B.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Study finds bird flu gene helps it survive human fever defences - adaptation to higher body temperatures in birds may explain why avian influenza viruses are more dangerous to humans. via @telglobalhealth.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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RÜCKRUF: H.M. Weihs GmbH ruft das Produkt „Sapori Amaretti 175 Gramm“ mit dem Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum 02.05.2026 und der Charge Lot L355122 1 aufgrund von erhöhter Blausäurewerte zurück. Mehr Infos: https://bit.ly/3MfyiQI

#Rückruf #Lebensmittel #Produktrückruf
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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What will everyday life look like around the world in five years’ time, when one in six
people is over 60? Photographers from the project ‘1 in 6 in 2030’ have been looking for
answers.
Here’s a sneak preview👇
www.horizons-mag.ch
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The world still isn’t ready for the next pandemic. The new G20 HLIP report Closing the Deal outlines how to strengthen global financing for preparedness.

We're proud to have our Senior Advisers @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social & @drsethberkley.bsky.social contribute.

Watch @nam.edu's full event here ⤵
Closing the Deal: Financing Our Security Against Pandemic Threats Public Briefing
YouTube video by National Academy of Medicine
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December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Bears repeating that one of Russia’s first major social media influence campaigns in the US promoted antivax views. Why? For it’s a way to do clear material harm to the country.

And here we are.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 13h
For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know. n.pr/4q7VSh5
Hepatitis B: What parents should know about the virus and the vaccine
For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel may vote to end that routine vaccination. Here's what parents should know.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution - Nature
The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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#Live now!

Join the launch of the Circular Jobs Global Baseline Report, with panelists presenting what employment across #CircularEconomy activities looks like & how one can leverage circularity to create #DecentWork.

▶️ tiny.cc/Circularity4...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_l-...
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
www.bernerzeitung.ch/hiv-heilung-...

"Wie ein Forscherteam um die Mediziner Christian Gaebler und Olaf Penack von der Charité anlässlich des Welt-Aids-Tages im Fachmagazin «Nature» schreibt, (...)"
HIV-Patient in Berlin vollständig geheilt – Genesung könnte neuer Therapie zum Durchbruch verhelfen
Ein 60-jähriger Aids-Patient lebt heute ohne HIV. Er verdankt dies einer Knochenmarkspende gegen Leukämie, die so eigentlich gar nicht geplant war.
www.bernerzeitung.ch
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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"Fathers get two weekends a month plus part of the school holidays, while the mother gets everyday life and everything else. For many years, this was the norm for child custody (...)"
Why shared custody isn’t the norm
Horizons - Background
www.horizons-mag.ch
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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We all want to live a long life, but the reality of it is complex. The new issue of Horizons reveals the extent to which science today can promote longevity, and the diverse approaches to dealing with the ageing process.

👉www.horizons-mag.ch
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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When vaccine materials are only written for sighted people, whole communities are excluded. Lesotho’s new braille leaflets shows what genuine public health inclusion can look like: bit.ly/4pDskr2
An inclusive first in Lesotho: vaccination info, but in braille
Visually impaired Lesotho parents say info in braille means the power to make informed choices, independently.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🔴 Starting now!

Launch of the International #YearOfTheWomanFarmer 2026.

Learn about the essential roles women play across agrifood systems & support actions to close gender gaps & improve women's livelihoods.

🖥️ buff.ly/naMugZE

#IYWF2026
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Kids play a key role in fighting AMR!

From practicing good hygiene to understanding the importance of vaccines, they can make a big impact in slowing the spread of #AMR.

Learn how to include kids in the fight against AMR!

Learn more: onehealthtrust.org/publications...
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.

After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM