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I'll take it one step further: no politician should have better healthcare than any other American citizen.
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Join the next COSECSA–UGHE Global Cancer Lecture Series!
Topic: Empyema Thoracis
Speaker: Prof. Abebe Bekele
📅 1 July 2026
🕝 2:30 PM EAT | 1:30 PM CAT
Register now: bit.ly/4sym0Db
#COSECSA #UGHE #ThoracicSurgery #GlobalSurgery #MedicalEducation #Empyema
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Early Bird Registration is open for the 26th COSECSA Scientific Conference!
Theme: "Surgery in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance."
⏰ Early Bird rates close 31st August 2026.
Register now: bit.ly/3QGnwFN
#COSECSA2026 #SAM #Surgery #GlobalSurgery #Antimicrobial
US healthcare gap is growing bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026…
Study found 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines associated with additional protection against medically attended COVID-19 beyond individuals’ existing immunity, Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Trust in Cancer Information Sources and Awareness of HPV as a Cause of Cancer jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Prevention and Treatment of Peanut Allergy
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Hip fracture care in Africa: Time for action (South Africa, The Gambia and Zimbabwe). journals.plos.org/globalpubl…
This study found that 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines were assoc with additional protection against medically attended COVID-19 beyond individuals’ existing immunity, suggesting that adults can reduce their likelihood of severe COVID-19–associated outcomes by obtaining a 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccination. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Getting COVID-19 + flu vaccines together cuts heart attacks, strokes & death in older adults. Added value — infection protection and cardiovascular benefit. If you're 75+ or have chronic conditions, this is important healio.com/news/cardiology/2…
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Two of the most important biomedical breakthroughs came from science of the Gila lizard venom (GLP-1s) and yogurt (CRISPR genome editing).
"The system that turned that lizard into a medicine is now being dismantled."
"Less support for scientists means strange questions no one will get to chase."
gift link nytimes.com/2026/06/20/opini…
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Join the next COSECSA–UGHE Lecture Series with
Dr. Gita Mody discussing Lung Cancer.
• 24 June 2026
• 2:30 PM EAT | 1:30 PM CAT
Register: bit.ly/4sym0Db
#COSECSA #UGHE #LungCancer #GlobalSurgery #ThoracicSurgery
ACOG 2026 Maternal Immunization Schedule. acog.org/clinical-informatio…
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate. nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/fl…
Political appointees would be able to make funding decisions and could ignore the advice of independent scientists. They could also stop funding midway through the promised grant period.The OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
AI has entered the workforce: tax tech profits, not people nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Receipt of RZV during admission to a skilled-nursing facility or within 12 months was associated with lower dementia risk. Dementia Risk After Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination in Older Adults With a Recent Skilled-Nursing Facility Stay: A Target Trial Emulation: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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Join us for the next COSECSA–UGHE Lecture Series session featuring Dr. James Maloney on Mediastinal Tumors.
• 17 June 2026
• 2:30 PM EAT | 1:30 PM CAT
Register: bit.ly/4sym0Db
#COSECSA #UGHE #ThoracicSurgery #GlobalSurgery #Oncology #MedicalEducation
