Vital article. If even an experienced science journalist can fall afoul of the institutional misogyny threaded through medicine, what chance do the rest of us have?
This is about the U.S, but the issues around “women’s complaints“, of course, apply internationally.
HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero
Aliki Chapple
Read my full story here and why I think women deserve better:
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Study reveals positive news, but experts say deaths and cases may rise again as fewer teenagers get vaccinated
Women who received an HPV vaccine in early adolescence have virtually zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, according to a groundbreaking study, but falling vaccination rates could see a rise in avoidable deaths.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization, and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause 99% of cases. About 3,300 women in England are diagnosed with the disease every year. Continue reading...
When your name is called during a meeting but you weren't listening...
📷 Hanne Siebers
Another great article from Ben Dolphin, reminding us about the dangers of ticks.
This spring has been particularly bad for me, I got dozens of ticks in the West Highlands on 2 trips despite taking all precautions. Pretty sure it’s due to high deer densities. Does rather put you off wild camping!
Who says there’s no good news around these days? 🥳🎉🍾
EN DIRECT, canicule : une vague de chaleur « étendue, durable et intense » sur la France, avec un « pic caniculaire remarquable » à partir de dimanche
‘Sarn Rhiw’ - #RSThomas
(Destinations, Celandine 1985).
This is where RS Thomas and his wife Elsi Eldridge lived in retirement.
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
For the first time since the U.S. government began collecting the data, young Black men are dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men.
capitalbnews.org/young-black-...
Météo-France a placé 53 départements en vigilance orange pour la journée de vendredi et prévoit que « très peu de régions devraient rester à l’écart des fortes chaleurs ». Les températures ont dépassé 35 °C à Paris et Lyon.
For the first time, the rate is surpassing that of their white peers. It's a generational warning that public health officials have yet to match with resources.
At a time when racist and anti-Muslim extremism is being nromalised and sponsored by Moscow, the @OxfordUnion choosing to invite Yaxley Lennon is disgusting. I hope that every serious public figure now boycotts this group of attention-seeking students.
bylinetimes.com/2026/06/17/p...
Ticks may be tiny, but their bite can have big consequences. In his latest article, Ben Dolphin takes a closer look at ticks and what we all need to look out for.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ticks-a...
The world's most prestigious debating society is set to host the far-right agitator just days after his return from Moscow and questioning under anti-terror legislation
One day last month at around 4pm, I spent about 10 minutes off-path, walking through heather. I got home half an hour later, flumped on the sofa with a bowl of twiglets, got the fire going, had dinner...
