Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"The #techbro takeover of the US continues: while #CDC employees "clap out" their principled ldrs who resigned,🚨Trump swears in a 2-decade Thiel adv to lead CDC. Thiel's Palantir already has all your data -controls your VP. Now: your #PublicHealth too.
🚨THIEL TAKEOVER"
-Cap Hunters

"The WH named J O’Neill, #RFKJr's top deputy, as actg CDC dir after firing S Monarez. The move paves the way for Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda to reshape fed health policy."
-Rs agst Trump
#USPolhttps://www.citizen.org/article/jim-oneill-unfit/

vruz
vruz boosted
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺
@Vittoria@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on National and Global Health Law, about CDC Director Susan Monarez's firing by Donald Trump. He says that the latest development is 'a very dangerous moment for the United States' and part of a 'systematic assault on science, public health and vaccinations'.
#CDC#Trump #vaccines#PublicHealth #science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010Uev4ocb8
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"The #techbro takeover of the US continues: while #CDC employees "clap out" their principled ldrs who resigned,🚨Trump swears in a 2-decade Thiel adv to lead CDC. Thiel's Palantir already has all your data -controls your VP. Now: your #PublicHealth too.
🚨THIEL TAKEOVER"
-Cap Hunters

"The WH named J O’Neill, #RFKJr's top deputy, as actg CDC dir after firing S Monarez. The move paves the way for Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda to reshape fed health policy."
-Rs agst Trump
#USPolhttps://www.citizen.org/article/jim-oneill-unfit/
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺
@Vittoria@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on National and Global Health Law, about CDC Director Susan Monarez's firing by Donald Trump. He says that the latest development is 'a very dangerous moment for the United States' and part of a 'systematic assault on science, public health and vaccinations'.
#CDC#Trump #vaccines#PublicHealth #science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010Uev4ocb8
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:
@bicmay@med-mastodon.com  ·  activity timestamp last week

"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya

#PublicHealth#GlobalHealth #money #finances #income#ChildrensHealth#ChildMortality #research#SDOH
N95Bias Ⓥ🏴‍☠️
@currentbias@zeroes.ca  ·  activity timestamp last week

"A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis."

God damn, finally.

https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1733

#PublicHealth#SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver
N95Bias Ⓥ🏴‍☠️
@currentbias@zeroes.ca  ·  activity timestamp last week

"A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis."

God damn, finally.

https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1733

#PublicHealth#SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:
@bicmay@med-mastodon.com  ·  activity timestamp last week

"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya

#PublicHealth#GlobalHealth #money #finances #income#ChildrensHealth#ChildMortality #research#SDOH
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“This is taking #political control of a once politically neutral mechanism for #funding #science in the US,” said Joseph Bak-Coleman, a scientist studying group decision-making at the University of Washington.

The changes will delay grant review & approval, slowing “progress for cures & treatments that patients & families across the country urgently need,” said the Association of American Medical Colleges in a statement.

#USpol#Trump#BrainDrain #research #progress #idiocracy #kakistocracy
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The admin has already terminated thousands of #research #grants at agencies like the #NSF & #NIH, including on topics like transgender health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation & diversity, equity & inclusion.

The order could affect emergency relief grants doled out by #FEMA, #PublicSafety initiatives funded by the #DOJ & #PublicHealth efforts supported by the #CDC. Experts say the order is likely to be challenged in court.

#USpol#Trump#BrainDrain #research #progress #idiocracy #kakistocracy
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Kia ora koutou, I've had a bit of a health scare;

strypey.dreamwidth.org/8010.ht

I'm OK, but I need to take a couple of days off doing anything potentially stressful, like working on anything related to fediverse.party or SocialHub.

EDIT: Huge thanks to all the medical workers and support staff who helped me last night. See the linked blog post for the story. You folk are legends and this government has betrayed you, along with the rest of us.
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

early warning;

(I am not a medical expert, take grain of salt as appropriate)

If you are sick, *rest*.

My flatmate and I have had a nasty illness over the last couple of weeks. It started with a runny nose, and proceeded to gut discomfort - especially in the kidneys - intense headaches, and fever. Leading to both of us having episodes where we passed out and woke up on the kitchen floor.

Not sure what it was but you don't want it, and if you get it nobody else does. Stay home!
WHN
@whn@forall.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

WHO is finalizing its global COVID plan — and it’s missing key protections. Public comment closes tomorrow, Aug 8.

Submit public comment now at covid19@who.int.
Learn more: https://whn.global/scientific/public-comment-on-who-strategic-and-operational-plan-for-covid-threat-management/

#COVIDisAirborne#LongCOVID#CleanAirNow#COVID19#COVID#PublicHealth #worldhealthorganization

Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHN calls on WHO to get the science right: Recognize airborne transmission as the primary mode of COVID-19 spread Make clean indoor air a core component of infection prevention Center Long COVID prevention, care, and monitoring Acknowledge COVID-19 as a vascular, multi-system disease with long-term impacts Define COVID-19 as a respiratory-transmitted disease (RTD), not a respiratory disease Ensure public access to effective respiratory protection (N95 or better) Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: COVID-19 is a multi-system vascular disease that starts in the airways — but doesn’t stay there. It can damage the brain, heart, endocrine system, and more. Calling it a "respiratory illness" is misleading and dangerous.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO’s draft plan barely mentions airborne transmission. But COVID-19 spreads through the air. We don’t fight waterborne disease without clean water. We can’t fight airborne disease without clean indoor air. This must be a core pillar of the plan, not a footnote.
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications
Five small dots in pink, orange, green, blue, and gray at the top left. Logo “whn.global” at the top right. Text: WHO is finalizing its 5-year global strategy for managing COVID-19 and future coronavirus threats. But their draft plan misses key scientific facts and downplays the ongoing crisis. The deadline to submit public comment is tomorrow, August 8. Purple box with white text: "Submit public comment to covid19@who.int" (email is underlined as a link) Small text at bottom: whn.global/whn-science-communications