1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

“If NIH doesn’t study the health impacts of climate, we are not going to be able to prevent some of those health impacts, and we aren’t going to be able to find ways to deal with them.” NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Happy International Women’s Day! youtu.be/zWfX5jeF6k4?...

Brutal Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...

If you have a: - Credit card - Checking account - Savings account - Mortgage - Car loan - Student loan - Venmo account The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.

“One is a quote from the amazing Mariame Kaba, who says, “Hope is a discipline.” She argues that hope is not this nebulous, airy thing. It is a practice that you cultivate through active effort.”

This was my antidote this week and it may be one I keep coming back to. Please read and share so we may all engage in magical thinking.

Irrespective of your views on US International Aid, please do read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social's essay in @nytimes.com today. He writes with firsthand experience of many of these programs and the genuine compassion of a true humanitarian. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

I was looking for something in my H5N1 deck and came across this slide. Look how much H1N1 spread in the US in 2009 compared to other countries in spite of it starting in Mexico. This should have been a warning about our public health failures.

It’s an open secret among medical professionals: Many drugs maintain their ability to combat ailments well after their expiration date. One pharmacist says he sometimes takes home expired OTC medicine so he and his family can use it. (Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) declared across the whole of Scotland. www.gov.scot/publications...

Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read. REPOST gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

#Breaking: U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus

This 1800 year old Redwood is a remarkable reminder of what nature can produce. Here’s to our generation and the next one. May we nurture more gentle giants. www.linkedin.com/posts/sheree...

I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

President Carter was one of a kind. He epitomized service leadership and embodied courage and humility. My friend, Catherine Moore, painted this. I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to hand deliver it while taking Young African Leaders to meet him. RIP, President Carter.

Wishing joy, peace, and love to everyone ❤️

Happy Holidays from all of us at WomenLift Health! 🎄 Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.

Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there? National Suicide Prevention Hotline Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 (USA) 1.833.456.4566 (Canada)

Merci bouquet, Gisele Pelicot! You mean so much to me. There are no words ❤️ www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

I was invited by @madhupai.bsky.social to submit a shortened, edited version of my post, "Farewell Global Health" to PLoS Blogs, "Speaking of Medicine". It's just been posted. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/12/17/t...

Anonymizing faculty applications (removing names, contact info, institutions, country, leaves of absences, gender, religion, race, age, etc) prior to interviewing led one dept hiring one women in 5 positions (2010-20) to 5 women in 5 positions (2021-24). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Given the events of the weekend, I am re-posting what I wrote about the importance of building a new opposition movement. Please read, act and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

MPGA: make polio great again

Proud and delighted to share that we @womenlifthealth.bsky.social have launched our Nigeria Signature Leadership Journey in partnership with WILAN Global. Women leaders in Public & Global Health in Nigeria, please apply!We look forward to serving you in 2025! www.womenlifthealth.org/nigeria-sign...

I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer in early 2020. If you’re on a journey with grief, this conversation may be a beautiful companion. “I hope this grief stays with me because it's all the unexpressed love that I didn't get to tell her” Andrew Garfield. open.spotify.com/episode/0ApB...

75 global health organizations! Will keep updating go.bsky.app/Df5hsLV

Hello, @bsky.app family! We’re excited to join this vibrant platform and connect with a community that believes in the power of women’s leadership to transform #GlobalHealth. Here's to #ReimaginingLeadership together! ✨

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Thankful, today and everyday, for all the amazing women leaders around the world. You will be celebrated at my Thanksgiving table tonight. Here’s to you! open.spotify.com/track/1yvMUk...

This #Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the miracles called Vaccines that have saved millions of people from smallpox, measles, polio, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, chicken pox, tetanus, shingles, typhoid, cholera, rabies, yellow fever, malaria, RSV, pneumonia, influenza, mpox, Covid-19...

Good morning! Thankful for all of you turkeys out there but especially those that want to help us feed others. #HCWvsHunger 2024 starts tonight at 6pm EST. You can help in many ways 🍎 post/repost 🍎 donate to any org fighting hunger & log donation at HCWvsHunger.org 🍎 invite everyone you know

Leaders - Three powerful things we might consider saying: - I’m sorry - I don’t know - How might we? (Or your version of a powerful question)

@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team and COO @iamrosewang.bsky.social ❤️ That’s it. That’s the post!

I write a monthly science column for some awesome small-town newspapers in rural New York. My main goal is to actively and diplomatically push back against pseudoscience. I'm the wife of a U.S. diplomat, so I know a few things about diplomacy:🧵🧪🔭

Bird flu virus has been found in raw milk sold in California

My parents were my first examples of leadership. I grew up surrounded by public health and social justice warriors. A rotavirus vaccine was my 4th sibling. It’s no coincidence that I do what I do. Fortunate to still have Ma’s wisdom with me, & I can only hope to keep dad’s legacy alive. mkbhan.in.

Another way to get listeria is from unpasteurized dairy - this infection causes serious illness and death. We should be just as worried about raw milk as we are about contaminated meat. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

The internet is a magical place sometimes. Thanks scholargoggler.com

The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

At #InSciLead, we reimagined what science could look like when equity drives progress. From inclusive trials to women-led innovation, the dialogue wasn’t just about barriers—it was about building solutions. #GenderEquity #WomenInScience 👉 dndi.org/events/2024/... @womenlifthealth.bsky.social

Thrilled that @womenlifthealth.bsky.social has joined @bsky.app!! I can’t wait to amplify our work in advancing women’s leadership in health. Cohort members, alumnae, GAB members, and partners, please let us know if you’re on here!

I explain how RFK Jr's plans could affect Americans' health. He is known for falsely claiming that vaccines cause autism & other health issues.

I've started a gender and health starter pack! Know someone who should be added (including yourself)? Please let me know! go.bsky.app/2iAj2rS