Professor in Medicine researching transmission of emerging infectious diseases and impact of unsafe water on health in low income countries
Joined April 2010
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11 Mar 2024
Pretty good observational evidence that microplastics may indeed be reducing human life expectancy pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3844…
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11 Dec 2023
Whooping cough notifications are up on last year but still well below pre-covid levels. Pre-covid infections were higher than the prior decade. This is my article in the Conversation
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22 Nov 2023
I seem to have made this years Most Highly Cited researcher list for my peer-reviewed papers uea.ac.uk/about/news/article…
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21 Nov 2023
Our latest article for @ConversationUK discussing our review of the evidence that air treatment can or cannot reduce risk of respiratory infections
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20 Nov 2023
Our latest peer-reviewed paper, this one reviewing the evidence on air treatment and respiratory illness
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31 Oct 2023
My latest article this one on the "unprecedented" rise in Cryptosporidium infections in the UK over past 2 months. theconversation.com/infectio…
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31 Oct 2023
My latest article this one on the "unprecedented" rise in Cryptosporidium in UK theconversation.com/infectio… via @ConversationUK
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13 Oct 2023
Our latest covid paper comparing ways of monitoring the pandemic thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
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19 Sep 2023
My latest article this on on the Nipah virus outbreak in India theconversation.com/nipah-vi… via @ConversationUK
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12 Aug 2023
"The occurrence of Legionella spp. in high numbers in drinking water supplies is preventable through implementation of basic water quality management measures" WHO Guide to Ship Sanitation. So a well known risk that should have been prevented. who.int/publications/i/item/…
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19 Apr 2023
My latest comissioned article. This time on the surge of cholera cases we are seeing globally. theconversation.com/cholera-…
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13 Apr 2023
Do #doctorstrike cause an increase in #deaths ? Probably not, at least in the short term, and may even lead to fewer deaths according to this review from 2008 europepmc.org/article/MED/18…
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29 Mar 2023
My article about the recent "pausing" of the @ONS covid survey which has published its final COVID infection survey and why it's been such a valuable resource theconversation.com/the-ons-… via @ConversationUK
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2 Feb 2023
I remember reading this paper almost 20 years ago and it shows why we need to be cautious about even usually short infection tranmsission chains in mammals as with avian flu nature.com/articles/nature02…
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21 Jan 2023
This review shows why maintaining covid supression (delays infection) after vaccination leads to more severe disease (hospitalisation and death - Figure 3) as as seen in China thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
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6 Jan 2023
Last week of 2022 Omicron XBB.1.5 estimated at 40.5% of infections in U.S but this estimate has been revised down to just 18.3%. Still growing but a lot less rapidly than originally thought cnb.cx/3GLmvEr
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6 Jan 2023
My latest commissioned piece for the Conversation. China's COVID situation is dire – but it shouldn't pose a big risk to other countries theconversation.com/chinas-c… via @ConversationUK
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5 Jan 2023
My latest article in French. La fonte du permafrost de l’Arctique libère d’anciens virus : faut-il s’inquiéter ? theconversation.com/la-fonte… via @FR_Conversation
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19 Dec 2022
A repeat of the CDC study on mask mandates in schools and covid using a rather bigger dataset than previously. After the first few weeks no real difference in paediatric case rates journalofinfection.com/artic…
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10 Dec 2022
People who post that “we know N95 masks are better than surgical masks” either do not understand the science or don’t want the evidence to undermine their beliefs. Let me explain. Firstly, how do we judge evidence in public health?
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10 Dec 2022
The recent RCT is not perfect but is, so far, the best quality study on covid and mask type (randomised design and objective outcome). Despite the ill-informed kick back from many, its conclusions are consistent with balance of earlier evidence.
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10 Dec 2022
For me people should wear whatever they prefer. But N95 masks may not fit well in women or older people (fit testing). In people with some pre-existing lung disease can make breathing more difficult. So to advise them for general population when no obvious advantage is harmful.
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