“Please get the truth out about our son.”

Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

Working with parents and professionals, we have updated the #stillbirth priority setting partnership. These are the top-12 research priorities for stillbirth in the UK. Thank you to everyone who contributed their time and to @tommyscharity.bsky.social for funding and @jameslindalliance.bsky.social

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.” The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.

We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.

It’s worse than you thought.

Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…

with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

I have to say that @deadder.bsky.social is one of my favorite political cartoonists. ❤️

Calling health professionals. We need obstetricians, neonatologists and midwives to participate in a face to face workshop in Manchester on 3rd November to determine the 10 top priorities for UK stillbirth research. stillbirthpsp.org.uk/intro.htm DM if interested. Travel expenses will be paid for.

#ISPID2025 starts today. Sending our best wishes to all involved 💜

Investigating the Association between Idiopathic Polyhydramnios and Stillbirth at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating the Association between Idiopathic Polyhydramnios and Stillbirth at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Would anyone like to do a PhD studentship looking at #polyhydramnios and #stillbirth based at @MFH_Research funded by a donations including those from @kmfoundation26? Also links with @mbrrace at the University of Leicester www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

On World Sepsis Day 2025, the Director General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of determining a global research agenda for maternal sepsis. We need your input to determine this agenda! redcap.link/PROGRESS2

Trends in maternal mortality and stillbirths by county in health facility data, Kenya, 2011-2022 - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Background Reports on maternal deaths and stillbirths in health facilities are a critical but underutilized source of information to monitor the quality of care. In addition, with increasing coverage ...

Trends in maternal mortality and stillbirths by county in health facility data, Kenya, 2011-2022

Rose Muthee, Martin Mutua, Helen Kiarie, Hannah Kagiri, Edward Serem, Simon Muchemi, Scolastica Wabwire & Ties Boerma

bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Do you have personal experience of stillbirth or are you a health professional who cares for people during pregnancy in the UK? We need you to prioritise the 10 most important research questions about stillbirth. Please complete the survey at www.stillbirthpsp.org.uk/survey.php

Service users’ experiences of maternity care in England informed by the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 2: A reflexive thematic analysis Background In 2019, NHS England launched the second version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2), recommendations that maternity providers are expected to fully implement, in an ongoing e...

Our papers evaluating maternity care in England informed by the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 2 are out today qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... and bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/bmjq... The SBLCBv2 is being implemented, but areas for improvement especially #pretermbirth

This important research project is researching the impact of #stillbirth on fathers in the 1st 12 months. For more information visit this website bit.ly/fathersgrief...

💡Novel project at Cork secondary school to increase awareness around pregnancy loss

🔗 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416...

#PLRG_SPRINGproject

@lauralinehan.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @echolive.bsky.social

OBGYN Rupture of the membranes is commonly referred to as ‘waters breaking’. This usually occurs just before or during labour. In around three in 100 pregnancies it occurs before 37+0 weeks of pregnancy (p...

Care of Women With Preterm Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes Prior to 24+0 Weeks of Gestation

M Hall, A Care, L Goodfellow, A Milan, C Curran, N Simpson, A Heazell, S Quenby, AL David, A Shennan, L Story, on behalf of the RCOG

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@bjog.bsky.social

OBGYN Objective To evaluate parents' psychological distress and emotional suppression in the antenatal and postnatal periods of a pregnancy following a perinatal death. Design Questionnaire. Setting T...

Psychological Distress, Post-Traumatic Stress and Emotional Suppression in a Pregnancy After a Perinatal Death: A Longitudinal Survey

Joanna Beaumont, @debbiemsmith1.bsky.social, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social et al

obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@bjog.bsky.social

We're asking for parents who've had a PMRT review or MNSI investigation at any time after January 1st 2019 to use your voice to change care. We have developed a survey to capture parents' views and experiences of these processes. The survey is here - www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Tile with the PLRG & BMFMS 2025 logos, details of 11 poster presentations from PLRG members, profile photos of Prof Keelin O'Donoghue, Dr Tommy Harty and Anne-Marie Farrell who are attending the conference, along with a QR code to the PLRG website, and details of various PLRG social media platforms (Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn)

#BMFMS2025 takes place 08-09 May in Belfast: bmfmsconference.co.uk/2025/en/page...

Looking forward to attending & sharing our work

@keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @npec-ucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

#PregnancyLoss #PerinatalDeath #Covid19 #NIPS #FetalMedicine

We're asking for parents who've had a PMRT review or MNSI investigation at any time after January 1st 2019 to use your voice to change care. We have developed a survey to capture parents' views and experiences of these processes. The survey is here - www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Warning over child deaths as aid cut Progress in reducing neonatal and under-5 mortality have stalled as experts call for greater investment in services. Udani Samarasekera reports.

My latest news story in The Lancet @thelancet.bsky.social

We're asking for parents who've had a PMRT review or MNSI investigation at any time after January 1st 2019 to use your voice to change care. We have developed a survey to capture parents' views and experiences of these processes. The survey is here - www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Wez from @dadmattersuk.bsky.social about how to support Dads in pregnancy after loss.

Really lovely to see a great turnout at the #RainbowClinic Learning and Sharing event today. Hearing how partners need greater involvement in care, and we need to address health inequity to improve experience.

I am so sorry to read this. Have you considered doing your critically important work based somewhere else but recruiting from the US? We would love to have someone you in our team.

The @jameslindalliance.bsky.social Priority Setting Partnership to find research questions for #stillbirth is open until 7th April. Please contribute if you can stillbirthpsp.org.uk/survey.php
We really need responses from UK-based healthcare professionals! Please retweet and copy in colleagues.

Impact of a dedicated antenatal specialist service for women with a history of stillbirth: the rainbow clinic - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Background Stillbirth in a prior pregnancy represents a significant risk factor for a subsequent stillbirth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. There is a developing body of evidence supporting the ...

Impact of a dedicated antenatal specialist service for women with a history of stillbirth: the rainbow clinic

Jack Le Vance, Michelle Plant, Samiramis Saba, Alexander Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social, R. Katie Morris, et al

bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

This looks really interesting. It will be very helpful to us in the MATREP study to look at PMRT reviews and MNSI investigations in the UK.

Thank you for reposting!

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U.S. spends 10x more for #stillbirth malpractice payouts than is spent globally for stillbirth prevention research. @umichsph.bsky.social @michigansocialwork.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkd-gm40-te

The number of patients entering clinical trials in the UK fell by 27% from 2018 to 2023 and new industry trials declined 38%.

To revive clinical research we need to streamline systems and dismantle bureaucracy, writes @masudhusain.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Do you care for couples after second trimester pregnancy loss? If so, we need your help! We want to understand professionals' experience and healthcare provision after second trimester pregnancy loss in the UK and Ireland
Survey available here - forms.office.com/e/xqRzJTqCqG