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@healthaffairs.bsky.social
with @Jason Kindrachuk: Africa’s mpox outbreak demands urgent attention. 5,200+ cases in Sierra Leone alone. 220K vaccine doses ready but not deployed. Outbreaks anywhere threaten us everywhere.
#mpox
#outbreaks
#healthaffairs
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@time.com
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New
@time.com
article: Why HHS is Wrong to Bring Back the Stigmatizing Name Monkeypox.
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The U.S. has the tools—and the mandate—to lead on pandemic preparedness. But right now, OPPR is sitting empty. Thanks to
@thinkglobalhealth.org
for helping me tell this story.
www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/whit...
#HealthSecurity
#PublicHealth
#Biodefense
#ThinkGlobalHealth
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White House Empties Office for U.S. Pandemic Policy: The Gaps Left Behind | Think Global Health
Summer departures leave the White House without a senior official for pandemic preparedness, biosecurity, or biodefense
https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/white-house-empties-office-us-pandemic-policy-gaps-left-behind
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Dr. Stephanie Psaki
5 months ago
Gavi works in close partnership (operationally and financially) with governments around the world to distribute life-saving vaccines to children. Their work has saved nearly 20 million lives since 2000. Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.
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Kennedy Withdraws Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/kennedy-vaccines-gavi.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Atul Gawande
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of
@gavi.org
. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/rfk-vaccine-donations-gavi-00422705
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Dr. Stephanie Psaki
5 months ago
We don’t close military bases in unstable regions and hope for the best—we maintain forward deployment to prevent emergencies. The same logic applies to public health. New piece in
@justsecurity.org
about cuts to CDC’s presence around the world, with
@nikkiromanik.bsky.social
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Just Security
5 months ago
Dismantling CDC’s global presence risks eliminating a key layer of U.S. biodefense, write Drs.
@spsaki.bsky.social
and
@nikkiromanik.bsky.social
. One that is designed to detect and contain outbreaks before they reach U.S. shores.
www.justsecurity.org/114532/disma...
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Dismantling CDC’s Global Work is Dismantling Our First Line of Biodefense
As the Trump administration plans to weaken the CDC, Americans and the world will become more vulnerable to biological threats.
https://www.justsecurity.org/114532/dismantling-cdcs-work-dismantling-biodefense/
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It was an absolute honor to be the first repeat guest on the Scientista podcast! Thank you to the brilliant hosts, Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, PhD and Monica Medina for asking the tough, necessary questions about the state of health in America today. 🎙️
www.buzzsprout.com/2457318/epis...
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I couldn’t agree more with ACOG! “ACOG is concerned about and extremely disappointed by the announcement that HHS will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.” @acog full statement here:
acog.org/news/news-rele…
Please retweet this. It matters.
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Scientista
7 months ago
A must-read:
@nikkiromanik.bsky.social
discusses the importance of fighting misinformation and rebuilding public trust in science. Discover her path from a teenager in Nebraska to a leading force in pandemic preparedness and a lasting influence in public health.
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Behind the Scenes of Pandemic Response: Dr. Nikki Romanik on Science, Policy, and Trust
Dr. Nikki Romanik, former White House pandemic policy leader, shares her journey from a life-changing moment with the AIDS quilt to shaping U.S. pandemic preparedness. In this Scientista Podcast…
https://www.scientista.world/news-articles/behind-the-scenes-of-pandemic-response-dr-nikki-romanik-on-science-policy-and-trust
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reposted by
Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
8 months ago
Following our recent webinar,
@wilmotjames.bsky.social
,
@nikkiromanik.bsky.social
, & Dr Richard Migisha co-authored an op-ed for
@dailymaverick.co.za
highlighting the need to strengthen local infrastructure and global support as
#mpox
remains a pressing public health challenge in Africa. More ⤵️
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The silent epidemic: Mpox’s resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health action
Without US funding, there has been immediate disruption to controlling the mpox outbreak. Now is the time for global health leaders, philanthropic organisations and other high-income nations to step u...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-24-the-silent-epidemic-mpoxs-resurgence-in-africa-calls-for-urgent-global-health-action/
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reposted by
Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
8 months ago
Join us March 21st for our Next webinar to hear discussions on the current mpox landscape, past lessons in response, and potential next steps. This panel will be moderated by
@wilmotjames.bsky.social
w/ panelists
@nikkiromanik.bsky.social
& Richard Migisha Register ⤵️
brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Eric Topol
9 months ago
Update on the Measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
There likely hundreds of cases, so many not being diagnosed. And many more to come. All preventable.
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Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/texas-measles-outbreak.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
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NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5305276/trump-nih-funding-freeze-medical-research
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
9 months ago
Article from
@fortune.com
shares the
#USDA
is trying to rehiring employees it just let go amid an ongoing
#H5N1
outbreak. "...it is really important that USDA be a full, unrestrained, well-resourced partner in the work to protect these farm workers."
[email protected]
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The USDA is scrambling to rehire officials working to curb the spread of bird flu after firing them
The H5N1 avian flu has impacted more than 160 million birds, resulting in the deaths of 20 million egg-laying chickens since 2022.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/usda-rehiring-workers-curb-bird-flu-after-firing/
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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
9 months ago
Next Friday at 12PM EST join our Webinar, The cost of defunding
#PEPFAR
and the impact on the fight against HIV/AIDS, moderated by
@wilmotjames.bsky.social
w/ panelist Glenda Gray (WITS) &
@spsaki.bsky.social
(
@brownpublichealth.bsky.social
) Register here:
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reposted by
Brown University School of Public Health
9 months ago
We are thrilled to have the newest additions to Brown SPH,
@spsaki.bsky.social
and Nikki Romanik, who are joining us as senior fellows in global health security! As former White House officials, their expertise is critically important in our evolving world. Welcome!
sph.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
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Ashish K Jha
10 months ago
There have been 12 outbreaks of Ebola or Marburg (a close cousin) in the past 4 years Zero have landed in the US Why? Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world So Stephanie asks Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now?
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...
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Who is protecting Americans from Marburg right now?
The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/marburg-virus-ebola-who-cdc/
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