Tim Bonfield

Tim Bonfield

@timbonfield.bsky.social

A dad. A citizen. A science communicator for Cincinnati Children's. Opinions are my own.

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Tim Bonfield
@timbonfield.bsky.social
Joy Resmovits@joyresmo.bsky.social

I hope you'll take the time to read this heartbreaking story from Mensah's roots and realities series for @thetrace.org: The Intergenerational Fallout of Gun Violence www.thetrace.org/2024/12/gun-...

thetrace.orgThe Intergenerational Fallout of Gun ViolenceIn Philadelphia, gunfire has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, and children. The losses reflect the institutional racism at the root of America’s shooting epidemic.

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Bluesky
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Altmetric@altmetric.com

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

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CincyKidsRad
@cincykidsrad.bsky.social

Dr. Sam Brady is part of a power-packed physics posterior exploring if exposure index can be used to develop diagnostic reference levels for digital radiography #RSNA24 #RSNA2024 🧵

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Jon Mosser
@jonmosser.com

The #HPV #vaccine 💉 has been around for almost two decades. Now, we're starting to see the tremendous impact on cervical #cancer we'd all hoped for. Complements previous UK analysis in @thelancet.bsky.social estimating a 97% reduction in cervical cancer for cohorts offered HPV vaccine @ 12–13y.

thelancet.comThe effects of the national HPV vaccination programme in England, UK, on cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia incidence: a register-based observational studyWe observed a substantial reduction in cervical cancer and incidence of CIN3 in young women after the introduction of the HPV immunisation programme in England, especially in individuals who were offe...
JAMA@jama.com

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/4i9ghPC

Tim Bonfield
@timbonfield.bsky.social

Impressive life change that occurred within weeks of receiving a new gene therapy for the rare condition #AADC. Worthy of sharing on #medsky and #sciencesky ?

Tim Bonfield@timbonfield.bsky.social

For folks looking for a news resource about pediatric science and innovation, check out the Research Horizons blog from Cincinnati Children's. scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org Subscribers can get regular updates delivered via email. And from time to time we'll post links on Bluesky as well.

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Tatiana Prowell, MD
@tmprowell.bsky.social

#WearAMask for a healthy & #HappyThanksgiving! Syst rvw (N=15 articles, 50 flights): If no 😷 required, risk of #COVID19 ⬆️ w/ flight time, compared to flights <3 hrs: 😣 3-6 hrs: 4.7x ⬆️ 😩 >6 hrs : 25.9x ⬆️ >6 hrs flights w/ 😷 required had no transmission reported /1 #MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth

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