I finished watching season one of Breaking Bad. Good stuff (but the season finale didn't feel like a season finale, but it doesn't matter, it's not like I have to wait two years for the next episode).
Anyways, I can't get over the fact that the premise would be utterly ridiculous in pretty much any country, but not farfetched at all for the US.
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
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Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #MarcoRubio #Africa #PublicHealth #USAID #SouthSudan
Kee Hinckley
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“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
“'It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies,' Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health at Duke University, wrote on BlueSky.
Hepatitis B, which can cause liver failure, is a significant health issue in Guinea-Bissau..."
https://undark.org/2025/12/23/cdc-hepatitis-vaccine-study/
#PublicHealth #HepatitisB #HepB #vaccines #immunizations #ChildrensHealth #research #grants #funding #bioethics #CDC #HHS #ACIP #GuineaBissau #GlobalHealth
Trump & RFK are bringing back the worst of U.S. criminal racist medical abuses of the past, like the Tuskegee experiment that killed over 100 African American men the South.
This time, in the name of proving that vaccines are unnecessary, or dangerous, they've awarded a $1.6 million grant to a group of controversial Danish researchers (The Bandim group) to delay the hepatitis B vaccine to children in Guinea-Bissau, despite the fact that it has already been proven safe and effective, particularly when given to newborns. This is in a region with high endemic hepatitis B prevalence (up to 20% of the population is infected). And it is particularly unethical and cruel, when any delay in vaccination increases the risk of lifelong, irreversible hepatitis infection and premature death.
Past studies by the Bandim researchers have been challenged by mainstream scientists, but championed by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. The grant smacks of corruption and cronyism, as it was awarded to the Danish team without any competition from any other scientists. A review published in Vaccine last month found that the Bandim researchers “have systematically over-interpreted the findings from their randomized trials” for 25 years.
#publichealth #hepatitis #vaccines #antivax #rfkjr #trump #cdc #africa #racism #children #ethics
Unnamed TNG skant beefcake
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"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."
#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban
Box464 (Not Hipster Santa)
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The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations:
https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Data #Research #FDA #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine #Medication
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations:
https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Data #Research #FDA #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine #Medication
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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This week's comic: The Listeria League
#food #foodsafety #health #fda #publichealth #consumers #cartoon #comic
Cory Doctorow
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Scots told to wear face mask if you feel ill
Scots advised to wear face #masks & stay away from #work, #school, #hospitals until they are better as flu cases across the country continue to rise
Public #Health #Scotland has advised anyone with flu symptoms to stay away from public settings and to wear face masks in high-risk parts of hospitals. Some #NHS trusts have also asked anyone with flu symptoms to avoid visiting hospitals entirely.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25677864.scots-told-wear-face-mask-feel-ill-flu-surge/
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
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A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #COVID #Vaccines #Fraud #Law #Health #PublicHealth #Utah #PamBondi
