Ash Paul
Public Hlth Dr,interested in evid-based health services commissioning,clinical leadership & hlth policy.My views are my own,RTs are no endorsements
Last synced from Twitter 91d ago
More testing means more iceberg
ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧻 - Virology Down Under 91d 2 tweets
Two things have made COVID-19 wave 2 look different from wave 1. One is outcomes in hospitalised patients and the other is much more testing. We usually only see the tip of the iceberg, but right now, more testing means more iceberg.
Ash Paul More #coronavirus testing means more iceberg via 91d
Covid-19: 'Too early to say' what Christmas rules will be says minister
BBC News 91d 2 tweets
Environment Secretary George Eustice says people "may not be able to get together in larger groups".
Ash Paul #coronavirus rules should be the same across all four UK nations this Christmas via 91d
Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel and Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing PCI
Jamanetwork.com 92d 1 tweets
This cohort study compares net risk for ischemic vs hemorrhagic events at 12 months among patients treated with ticagrelor vs clopidogrel during and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Targeting <i>KRAS</i>-Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: One Mutation at a Time, With a Focus on <i>KRAS G12C</i> Mutations
Journal of Clinical Oncology 91d 1 tweets
Ash Paul Targeting KRAS-Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: One Mutation at a Time, With a Focus on KRAS G12C Mutations via et al 91d
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies
Nytimes.com 92d 10 tweets
Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
Ash Paul Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning #coronavirus Antibodies. Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies 2 drop after clearing an infection, and that they represnt just one arm of the immune response against a virus. via 91d
Scientists Warn Americans Are Expecting Too Much From a Vaccine
Kaiser Health News 91d 8 tweets
Some argue that vaccines capable of preventing any COVID-19 symptoms should qualify for widespread use, but others want much larger trials to prove the vaccines can reduce hospitalizations or death…
Ash Paul Scientists warn Americans are expecting too much from a #coronavirus vaccine via 91d
Exclusive: Pandemic exposing managerial ‘skills deficit’
Health Service Journal 93d 3 tweets
The pandemic is threatening to expose a skills deficit among NHS managers, research exclusively shared with HSJ warns.
Ash Paul #coronavirus Pandemic exposing managerial ‘skills deficit’, says research via 91d
Indian child poverty charity offers free school meals in England
the Guardian 92d 4 tweets
Akshaya Patra, which feeds millions in India, opens first of three planned kitchens
Ash Paul Indian child poverty charity offers free school meals in England via 91d
Top NOAA Scientist Fired After Asking Trump Appointees to Acknowledge Agency Scientific Integrity Policy
The Daily Beast 92d 3 tweets
Asked to pledge not to manipulate research to political ends, the agency’s newly appointed chief of staff asked, “Respectfully, by what authority are you sending this to me?”
Ash Paul Top Scientist Fired After Asking Trump Appointees to Acknowledge Agency Scientific Integrity Policy via & 91d
Telephone Visits Surge During the Pandemic, but Will They Last?
Jamanetwork.com 112d 4 tweets
This Medical News article describes the use of telephone visits to deliver care during the pandemic.
Ash Paul Telephone Visits Surge During the Pandemic, but Will They Last? via 91d
Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority
Jamanetwork.com 92d 5 tweets
This Viewpoint looks at the range of medical and public health issues that could be adversely affected by appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, including weakening or elimination of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid work...
Ash Paul Health Policy in the US Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority via et al 91d
Colon Cancer Screening Should Start Earlier, at Age 45, U.S. Panel Says
Nytimes.com 92d 12 tweets
The draft recommendation acknowledges a trend of higher rates of colon and rectal cancer in generations born since 1950.
Ash Paul Colon Cancer Screening Should Start Earlier, at Age 45, Says via 91d
Dashboard designed to chart England's Covid-19 response finds major gaps in data
the Guardian 91d 7 tweets
Interactive tool combines statistics to help public understand complex information
Ash Paul Dashboard designed by & to chart England's Covid-19 response finds major gaps in data via 91d
JCVI: updated interim advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination
GOV.UK 123d 4 tweets
Reproducibility in therapeutic research | ReITheR
ReITheR 282d 1 tweets
Meta-research, Open Science, Reproducibility, reproducibility in therapeutic research, ReITheR
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection
Science Advances 202d 2 tweets
COVID-19 has become a global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Understanding the origins of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for deterring future zoonosis, discovering new drugs, and developing a vaccine. We show evidence of strong...
Preserving equipoise and performing randomized trials for COVID-19 social distancing interventions | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core 91d 2 tweets
Preserving equipoise and performing randomized trials for COVID-19 social distancing interventions
Ash Paul Preserving equipoise and performing randomized trials for COVID-19 social distancing interventions via et al 91d
“When you ask the community, magic happens”: a stocktake of public health in the pandemic
Marie McInerney - Croakey 91d 1 tweets
Amy Coopes writes In a year that had exposed both the critical importance of and chronic underinvestment in public health, what lessons has the field offered as many parts of the world confront a resu
Ash Paul “When you ask the community, magic happens”: a stocktake of public health in the pandemic by via 91d
How are acute trusts responding to patients’ mental health needs? A picture of great variation - The BMJ
The BMJ 92d 3 tweets
Physical and mental health will only truly be equal when we stop viewing them as distinct from each other, says Adrian James When I started my term as president of [...]More...
Ash Paul How are acute trusts responding to patients’ mental health needs? A picture of great variation via President 91d
Confounding Factors in Renal Denervation Trials
Hypertension 91d 1 tweets
Recent randomized sham-controlled trials have demonstrated significant blood pressure reductions following renal denervation (RDN) in patients with hypertension, both in the presence and absence of a
Ash Paul Confounding Factors in Renal Denervation Trials: Revisiting Old and Identifying New Challenges in Trial Design of Device Therapies for Hypertension via et al 91d