Good morning, #SOA25 delegates – Day 1 is here! 🎉

Welcome to ICC Birmingham and the first day of what promises to be an inspiring few days of learning, connecting, and sharing.

Let’s make it one to remember! ✨

Death rates year-to-date continue to track the best year on record (2019) very closely.

Ordinarily we expect death rates to fall over any 5-year period, so this isn’t as good news as it sounds. But it’s a big improvement on 2020-23.

Next update 8 January.

www.actuaries.org.uk/system/files...

Winter wonderland. ❄️🦊 This fox looks cozy and content in the snow.

Credit: @annelouiseavery.bsky.social

#Wildlife #foxoftheday #Nature #Foxes

“… cities that have embraced climate action will be cleaner, greener, more resilient, and more liveable, with urban environments that prioritise sustainability and the health and wellbeing of their residents”

The climate crisis is a health crisis. We should prioritise action that addresses both

Bring back the Family Doctor overnight if funding was made available to GP practices
Poll of 1000 GPs just 2/3 working the hours that they want
Extrapolated to 35000 GPs
8000 willing to do 1-2 more sessions
2450~ 2-3 sessions
800~ 4-7 sessions
1750 are out of work
Potentially 3500 GPs FTE available!

18th October 2024 07.43
Craster

Amazingly, the WHO has acknowledged the importance of clean air in schools.
We may be able to end the pandemic after all.m

Successive UK govts have dealt with active travel in way that has been self-immolating - let's hope this really is different

"Cycling & walking are considered to have v high returns for taxpayers’ money, at £5.62 for each £1 spent – double the returns of roads"

www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

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Science girl
@gunsnrosesgirl3💕 #nature #garden #animals #photos

Iridescence of Blue Morpho butterflies
📸 Kelvin Hudson

18th August 2024 05.58
Craster

18th August 2024 06.32
Craster

I notice an increasing number of people I follow on the bird place moving their activity over here. I wish I could recreate the activity and networks I have over there. Hopefully soon. 🤞

Healthcare agencies, hospitals, care homes, and schools [in fact, anywhere where large numbers of people mix together in poorly ventilated spaces], should be prepared for rising cases of influenza, RSV and COVID-19.
Actions, not inaction and indifference, matter.
HT @ICT_magazine

Scientists remind us of 'unlearned lessons' after COVID: Ventilating Helps prevent diseases
@aireamos @MA_Campano

Ventilate, but not only because of COVID
Ventilation Is good for many things....

H/t @jljcolorado

www.niusdiario.es/ciencia-y-te...

Yoho National Park, BC

Mount Rainier National Park