Racing to the bottom. Not good:
"First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.’s latest firings have doctors outraged."
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h/t @BrianJopek @NatureMC
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#PublicHealth
This motherfucker. “His inner circle has explicitly said they should just let people get sick and die in the past. He is a eugenicist,his friends are eugenicists, just like the Nazis before them.Brian Jopek (Mastodon)
DINARA-WELVET has reached Southeast Asia.
Today in Timor-Leste, we are holding a workshop with local professionals and young people to discuss One Health, biosecurity, biodiversity, environmental protection, public health, and preparedness.
Thank you, East Timor, for joining us on this adventure!
You can find more abour DINARA-WELVET here: associationredefine.substack.c…
#OneHealth #TimorLeste #Biosecurity #Biodiversity #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHealth #CapacityBuilding #EuropeanUnion
Building One Health capacity where ecosystems, conflict, and public health collideREDefine // Civic Intelligence
It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
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#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
An effort to onboard folks back into masking up in solidarity with those most impacted among us and to cherish the health of ourselves and our neighbors. Mask up! Well fitting masks work! Holler for free masks, 845!Celebrate845
🌎 Story of the Day:
A new plan to destroy forever chemicals instead of regulating them could favor industry over public health.
📖 Quote:
Both offer the appearance of meaningful action while allowing industry to continue to profit and pollute at the expense of public health.
Source: The Guardian
Title: Why Trump administration’s plan to attempt to destroy Pfas is ‘nonsenscial’
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"Ram Raghavan started researching ticks more than 16 years ago when he learned that a 7-year-old child died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne disease. His daughter was 7 years old too, and he believed – and still does – that nobody should die from a tick bite."
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Ticks are emerging earlier and staying active for longer. Experts in the central U.S. advise people to take precautions when spending time outside in wooded or grassy areas.Jess Savage (KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR)
"Some public health specialists told ABC News that monitoring travel exposures is an important part of containing and tracing the spread of a disease.
However, they warned that broader bans can have unintended consequences that may negatively impact global public health and hinder containment efforts that should be considered when making these decisions."
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#PublicHealth #ebola #outbreak #IDmastodon #travel
As the U.S. restricts some travelers from entering amid an Ebola outbreak, experts warn that broader bans can have unintended consequences.Dr. Jade Cobern (ABC News)
Airport screening for infectious diseases is a set of public health measures applied at border entry and exit points to detect and delay the spread of communicable illnesses. Authorities rely on a layered approach to monitor crowds.Blaze Trends Health & Lifestyle Desk (Blaze Trends)
Live-streamed on May 22, 2026.Dr. MarkAlain Dery, an infectious disease specialist whose work can be found at The Dr. Dery on Substack, joins MR to discuss the recent Ebola virus and Hantavirus outbreaks through the lens of our incompetent HHS and cuts to health care programs.
More from Dr. Dery: substack.com/@thedrdery
To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com
The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the US Senate or the House of Representatives.
The term "Imperial Health Boomerang" will unfortunately become a very well known one, this is an intense but necessary watch for anyone who cares deeply about public health in the US.
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Live-streamed on May 22, 2026.Dr. MarkAlain Dery, an infectious disease specialist whose work can be found at The Dr. Dery on Substack, joins MR to discuss t...The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder (YouTube)
Reuters: Social media as bad for children as smoking, British doctors say. “Social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children, senior British doctors said on Tuesday, as they urged…ResearchBuzz (ResearchBuzz: Firehose)
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has quietly removed a federal public health webpage offering explicit safer-sex and harm reduction guidance for mpox. The deletion confirms fears among LGBTQ+ health experts that the Trump administration is once again illegally scrubbing medically vetted information tied to queer communities from government websites."
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#PublicHealth #lgbtq #CDC #mpox
Critics warn that the Trump administration is once again scrubbing medically vetted LGBTQ+ public health information from federal websites despite a judge's order requiring restoration.Christopher Wiggins (Advocate.com)
🌍 How can citizen-generated air quality data support better health outcomes?
We hosted the first #CitiObs Citizen Science Dialogue — 50+ participants from around the world discussing air quality, health, and community-led monitoring.
Key takeaway: citizen science is not only about data — it's about awareness, trust, education, and action.
Recording & resources coming soon.
👉 citiobs.eu
Politikere anerkender behovet for at gøre noget ved danskernes kostvaner.Jyllands-Posten
📘 The 2024 UNSCEAR report draws on a wide range of scientific sources — but the criteria used to select those publications matter enormously for how we interpret its conclusions.
Pages 13–14 detail the methodology. Essential reading for anyone working in radiation protection, environmental health, or public health policy.
🔗 unscear.org/unscear/en/publica…
#UNSCEAR #RadiationProtection #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHealth #OpenScience #EvidenceBased
The UNSCEAR 2024 Report Volume II is comprised of the main text of the 2024 report to the General Assembly (A/79/46) and one scientific annex. Annex B: Evaluation of public exposure to ionizing radiationUnited Nations : Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
Public health is the invisible architecture of modern human longevity. The field is fundamentally responsible for the dramatic increases.www.sflorg.com
#Trump admin shutting key #US researchers out of #global #virus response talks, documents & sources reveal
Key officials responsible for leading US #research on #InfectiousDisease threats have been #barred from speaking directly with the #WorldHealthOrganization [#WHO] — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus #outbreaks, according to documents & multiple sources.
#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #health #PublicHealth #NIAID
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The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading in central Africa is a distinct species from the Zaire strain that existing approved vaccines target. A claim submitted to IsItCap this week asks whether the current vaccines can stop it.
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#Ebola #Bundibugyo #vaccines #publichealth #factcheck #science #virology
Explore the effectiveness of existing Ebola vaccines against current outbreak strains. Verdict: mostly_false.IsItCap
Product Details Publisher : Oxford University Press (April 4, 2023) Language : English Paperback : 912 pages ISBN-10 : 0197570941 ISBN-13 : 978-0197570944MedicineeBook
the current ebola outbreak is such a tragedy... and every time i read something about it, i think about the gutting of USAID and the evisceration of CDC and how the US pulled funding from WHO.... and all the death that could have been avoided.... and all the hard work of the people in those institutions who spent decades setting up global public health measures...
Meanwhile on the #Ebola front, the Democratic Republic of Congo ( #DRC ) is experiencing what is now the 2nd worst #EbolaOutbreak on record, and it promises to get worse…a lot worse. This virus strain is rare, which is part of the problem. There is no vaccine yet. The outbreak is worsened by several factors, including: armed conflict in the area; geographic isolation; lack of contact tracking; and finally, the loss of USAID $$ necessary to support prevention and outbreak support. So the #TrumpRegime is at least partially responsible for this #PublicHealth disaster. #Africa
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Congo suspended flights to the eastern city of Bunia and regional health ministers warned of escalating cross-border risks from Ebola as the outbreak spread ...Bloomberg Podcasts (YouTube)
Vaccines teach our immune system to recognise and fight specific germs—no infection needed. 🌱
- They’re rigorously tested for safety.
- Different formats exist (live‑attenuated, mRNA, protein subunit, etc.).
- Widespread immunisation cuts disease spread, protects the vulnerable, and eases strain on health systems.
#VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #ScienceMatters #Immunisation #StayInformed
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Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.Google News
“I’ve been organizing for 15 years, and it’s always been the case that women are leading our fights,” said Danny Cendejas, a campaign specialist for MediaJustice, who works with grassroots movements across the country that are opposing data centers. “We are definitely seeing everyone join the fight, but we have to recognize the truth, and it’s women, trans, queer and nonbinary people leading the work.”
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#PublicHealth #environment #climate #water #DataCenters #AI #tech
"The DRC’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces, the outbreak epicenters, have been compromised by international aid cuts and armed conflict that has led to significant displacement.
"Another challenge is distrust of outside authorities and the spread of misinformation, which led youths to torch a hospital in Ituri province yesterday after authorities refused to release to the body of a local football player who died of suspected Ebola.
"To combat misinformation, volunteers from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are going door to door advising people in Mongbwalu on how to protect themselves and when to seek care."
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Andrew Huberman has repeatedly emphasized that psychedelics interact with neuroplasticity and learning states.
We are aligned with this direction.
→ Heightened plasticity increases the importance of post-experience infrastructure, monitoring, and continuity systems.
#Psychedelics #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #PsychedelicResearch #Neuroplasticity #PublicHealth
“Let’s not care about what the government does”.
If you do not care what your government does, people lacking adequate food and housing will be subject to health problems that can lead to early death or disability. More on that: open.substack.com/pub/anniezhe…
Be thoughtful about what you and your neighbors vote for. Your votes represent your district.
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My name is Annie He, and I’m an MPH student studying public health policy.
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For some people, hunger means going through a day with just one meal. In the long term, it leads to nutrient deficiencies and chronic illnesses. There are many different causes of food insecurity.Annie He (All About US Public Health Policy with Annie He)
A safe summer swim feels simple — but behind it are water testing, pollution monitoring, public health rules, climate resilience, and environmental accountability.
Our latest EU in Practice piece looks at bathing water quality in Europe.
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#EUinPractice #BathingWaterQuality #SafeSwimming #WaterQuality #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalProtection #ClimateResilience
Why Europe Tests the Water Before You Dive InREDefine // Civic Intelligence
With #Ebola cases rising in the #DRC it’s worth comparing the present day picture where the US has totally stepped away from international cooperation on #PublicHealth. Even before Trump gutted US capabilities, the last big Ebola outbreak 10 years ago, we saw the unsurprising disaster that resulted from putting outbreak management in private hands cbsnews.com/news/american-comp…
Profit-seeking at the expense of everything else removes our ability to manage public health properly
Costly mistakes were made by U.S. company during the Ebola outbreak, including misdiagnosing cases, AP investigation findsCBS News
Tom’s Hardware: Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town’s drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of …ResearchBuzz (ResearchBuzz: Firehose)
Thailand has also increased screening for travellers arriving from Ebola-affected zones. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.The Straits Times
America’s 911 dispatchers are straining under pressure, leaving thousands of callers waiting during emergencies.Artis Curiskis (Mother Jones)
"For now, what are most alarming are not the outbreaks themselves but the slow and uncoordinated responses by the institutions that Americans rely on to keep them safe, including the U.S. government and the World Health Organization. If the world cannot properly handle known threats that it has contained before, then it is dangerously unprepared for the next novel one."
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#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #surveillance #biosecurity #CDC #WHO #USAID #ebola #outbreak #USpol
We’re already playing from behind, but it’s not too late to limit the damage.Stephanie Psaki (The Atlantic)
Claims that ivermectin can treat hantavirus are spreading online right now. There is no peer-reviewed evidence supporting this. An IsItCap user submitted the claim after seeing it circulate on social media.
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#hantavirus #ivermectin #misinformation #factcheck #publichealth
Ivermectin is not a proven cure for hantavirus according to medical experts. Verdict: false.IsItCap
Africa increases surveillance after hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship raise concerns over zoonotic disease preparedness and travel risks.The 14 (The-14 Pictures)
Uganda and DR Congo race to contain a rare Ebola outbreak as officials warn of rising cases, weak preparedness and cross-border risks.The 14 (The-14 Pictures)
Bangladesh measles outbreak: 500+ deaths reported. India shares 4,000 km border. Check your family's MMR vaccine + booster status. GoDavaii reads vaccine records + flags missed doses in 22 Indian languages. #HealthAI #PublicHealth
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WhatsApp Messenger: More than 2 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.WhatsApp.com
Bangladesh measles outbreak: 500+ deaths and counting. India border is 4,000 km. Bachhe ki MMR vaccine + booster record check kar lena. Aapki Maa-Papa, aapki memory; aapka phone, aap ka backup. #PublicHealth #MeaslesOutbreak
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WhatsApp Messenger: More than 2 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.WhatsApp.com
The Ebola outbreak erupting from the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate wildly, with cases nearing 750, deaths reported at 177, and around 1,400 contacts now being traced, the World Health Organization reported in a press briefing Friday. The latest numbers already place the outbreak as the third largest on record, though it was only first reported a week ago, on May 15. And WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the outbreak is still “spreading rapidly.” #ebola #EbolaOutbreak #DRC #Africa #Virus #Virology #PublicHealth
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Ebola outbreak risk level increased as deaths reach 177 with nearly 750 cases.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
