Linda Geddes
Journalist at Freelance
Science Correspondent at The Guardian
Science journalist (ex @guardian @newscientist), broadcaster, and author (CHASING THE SUN, BUMPOLOGY). Loves a good 🔥
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1 week ago |
gavi.org | Linda Geddes
West Africa still bears the scars of the Ebola outbreak that erupted there a decade ago. With more than 28,600 cases and 11,323 deaths, many people in hard-hit areas of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia know of someone who lost a loved one, if they didn’t lose someone themselves. The tension and anxiety that permeated everyday life, with harsh curfews and quarantines, is also hard to forget.
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1 week ago |
gavi.org | Linda Geddes
More than 3 million children died from antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related infections during 2022 – with drugs of last resort increasingly being deployed to fight such infections, new data suggests. The study highlights the urgent need for global and regional strategies to control AMR in children – particularly in South-East Asia and Africa, where many of these infections occurred.
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1 week ago |
gavi.org | Linda Geddes
One of India’s most dangerous snakes could become even more toxic in areas of the country rendered hotter and drier because of climate change. Researchers have discovered that local weather patterns can predict the characteristics of Russell’s viper venom, with snakes in drier regions producing more protein-degrading enzymes that can damage human tissue.
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2 weeks ago |
gavi.org | Linda Geddes
Oral vaccines against bacterial gut infections could be rendered more effective by delivering them alongside harmless bacteria, data suggests. Although the study was in mice, researchers hope it could trigger a shift in the design of vaccines against these bugs. Drug-resistant infections caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella species are increasing.
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3 weeks ago |
gavi.org | Linda Geddes
Postable, relatively painless, easier to administer than traditional vaccines, microarray patches (MAPs) could transform immunisation in low-income and pandemic settings.
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RT @catdl: Great piece for @newscientist by @LindaGeddes https://t.co/h1USO5dzCd
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