RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational,
that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical
cancer deaths. This is sh...
www.thelancet.com
Not even "no longer core Labour voters", but "largely dead".
Finally.
I have seen a few academics offering their takes on English HE in the last week.
I don't think the issue of insolvency is really being grasped in these. Basically, it is worse than people think ...
The Education Committee gives a good account of the issue: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
Not an English teacher, but I recall being told *at university* that the town of Milton Keynes was named after Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes.
This—on the rise of civic centers in red state universities—is brilliant harpers.org/archive/2026...
For decades, American leaders ignored the Iran problem. President Trump is the only President brave enough to do what should have been done for years: give Iran £300bn and control over a key strategic waterway
John Oxley
Charles West
PRESS RELEASE: UCU Hallam secures major win as Sheffield Hallam University drops plans for subsidiary company.
See ucuhallam.org/ezm8 for more info.
The UK’s higher education sector is in trouble. Dozens of universities are making redundancies and cuts to courses, trying to stay afloat amid uncertainty over where their money is coming from. ...
at an event today at the Institute of Historical Research: a genuine reminder of how much amazing work is being done on history AND how fortunate we are to have institutions like this+ people whose work sustains them.
just in case anyone wanted something to feel good about amidst the general gloom