Prof Sheena Cruickshank
@sheencr.bsky.social
Immunologist and science communicator based at UoM fascinated by our immune response to threats (pathogens, pollution) & microbiome. Member IndependentSage person most likely to share random dog and nature pics 🧪👩🔬 #AcademicSky #SciCom #ImmunoSky
changing policies on food avoidance are having impacts on the incidence of peanut allergies in children. What the new research shows and how policies changed- my latest in @theconversation.com @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social 🧪#HealthPolicy #Allergy
Are peanut allergies actually declining?
Introducing potentially allergic foods early on may actually help reduce the risk of developing a life-changing allergy.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
changing policies on food avoidance are having impacts on the incidence of peanut allergies in children. What the new research shows and how policies changed- my latest in @theconversation.com @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social 🧪#HealthPolicy #Allergy
The module 2 confirms what we really knew that the leadership was inadequate and more most be done to prepare for a future pandemic. I hope this will be acted upon because way too many lives were risked and lost because of Johnson, Cumming, Hancock et al’s flaws
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The module 2 confirms what we really knew that the leadership was inadequate and more most be done to prepare for a future pandemic. I hope this will be acted upon because way too many lives were risked and lost because of Johnson, Cumming, Hancock et al’s flaws
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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This is CDC now directed to push disinformation -which given RFJ been empowered to remove multiple staff has been made easier to do. For the avoidance of doubt extensive studies conducted by multiple groups show NO link with Autism #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵
Great to support Coop Medlock Primary with the road closure today with Amy and Armin from the lab doing some black carbon pollution monitoring and we chatted to journalists at BBC NW TV too @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Great to support Coop Medlock Primary with the road closure today with Amy and Armin from the lab doing some black carbon pollution monitoring and we chatted to journalists at BBC NW TV too @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
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A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how
With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.
go.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
The joys of train travel in UK when your train is cancelled at short notice and your replacement is delayed and slower……
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The joys of train travel in UK when your train is cancelled at short notice and your replacement is delayed and slower……
Excellent if worrying from @angierasmussen.bsky.social on the latest trends on flu in the states and canada. Highlighting how difficult it is with the cuts to CDC for monitoring viruses and testing human infections.
The Real Subtypes of the 2025 Flu Season
Have you ever been to a party where you sensed the messiness before it happened?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Excellent if worrying from @angierasmussen.bsky.social on the latest trends on flu in the states and canada. Highlighting how difficult it is with the cuts to CDC for monitoring viruses and testing human infections.
Timeline cleanse- our woodpecker visitor is becoming a regular
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Timeline cleanse- our woodpecker visitor is becoming a regular
This is fucking terrifying. In one meeting acip could shatter access to multiple vaccines by attacking adjuvants, childhood vaccines schedule and hepatitis B
ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is fucking terrifying. In one meeting acip could shatter access to multiple vaccines by attacking adjuvants, childhood vaccines schedule and hepatitis B
Rhetoric on immigration, and conditions and prices for skilled visas and international students gets more prohibitive already. Some of the stories here so important to read
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Rhetoric on immigration, and conditions and prices for skilled visas and international students gets more prohibitive already. Some of the stories here so important to read
Not good at all
Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Africa CDC says at least nine cases have been detected of Ebola-like illness, which kills up to 80% of those infected
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Not good at all
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New reflections from me about the challenge of countering disinformation when the state itself is distributing it
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November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New reflections from me about the challenge of countering disinformation when the state itself is distributing it
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For some, the first 48 hrs of 'flu are critical.
Call your GP or 111 for treatment if you receive an NHS 'flu vaccine based on risk, even if you have only been exposed.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Call your GP or 111 for treatment if you receive an NHS 'flu vaccine based on risk, even if you have only been exposed.
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Climate change poses multiple challenges to our health. Our new article coauthored with @kathelse.bsky.social considers the rise in infections and pollution combines with the impact of climate change on our immune system and what we need to do to better understand this 🧪 🧵#EcoImmunology
The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome
Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Climate change poses multiple challenges to our health. Our new article coauthored with @kathelse.bsky.social considers the rise in infections and pollution combines with the impact of climate change on our immune system and what we need to do to better understand this 🧪 🧵#EcoImmunology
so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
The role of ecoimmunology in tackling the emerging threats of climate change and the exposome
Nature Immunology - Climate change creates a multitude of challenges over the human life-course, influencing our exposomes and shaping immune function — requiring researchers to consider...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
so excited to share our article in @nature.com Immunology on the many challenges of climate change has for our immune function, infection susceptibility and disease and the need for new ways to research this. Will do a thread later! 🧪 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to @sheencr.bsky.social and @ardwickclimate.bsky.social on winning ‘Best Health Creation Approach to Seeking and Using Community Insight’ at the 2025 Excellence in Health Creation Awards!
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Ardwick Climate Action Group bags accolade < Social Responsibility
Ardwick Climate Action, a group based in Ardwick, Manchester, working with University of Manchester researchers, has been recognised for its work by The Health Creation Alliance.
www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @sheencr.bsky.social and @ardwickclimate.bsky.social on winning ‘Best Health Creation Approach to Seeking and Using Community Insight’ at the 2025 Excellence in Health Creation Awards!
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We all suspected this but this definitely seems to confirm suspicions of Trumps awareness of Epsteins actions
Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates
In new batch of emails released by House Democrats, Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump ‘spent hours’ at his house with one of his victims
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We all suspected this but this definitely seems to confirm suspicions of Trumps awareness of Epsteins actions
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Scary amount of hyperbole and disinformation as Kennedy and Makary make some fairly wild claims about HRT 🧪
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Scary amount of hyperbole and disinformation as Kennedy and Makary make some fairly wild claims about HRT 🧪
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
How Rosalind Franklin was so much more than a wronged heroine and was in fact an equal contributor solving the structure of DNA. This is from a few years ago but worth a re-read
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How Rosalind Franklin was so much more than a wronged heroine and was in fact an equal contributor solving the structure of DNA. This is from a few years ago but worth a re-read
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The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
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Coral Spawning 2025
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...