Ending social injustice requires determined action from everyone. Here are 3 things you can do: 📢 Speak up against discrimination 🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training 🌍 Engage in climate action

Vaccines are rigorously tested, effective, and save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines! But you may be worried about what's in them. So, let’s break it down. ⬇ Check out the latest episode of Plot Twist. youtube.com/shorts/TH1kz...

A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Everyone has the right to quality health care! People with #DownSyndrome must be able to access the health care they need - without stigma & discrimination - incl.: 👩‍⚕️regular check-ups ℹ️ information on health promotion 💪quality & affordable services that support happy, healthy lives bit.ly/41HLpOL

The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33% Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

Risk perception of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast and their healthcare practitioners: The importance of histopathological terminology, and the gaps in our knowledge. Riggi et al. note most studies are from the Anglosphere. www.hh.um.es/Abstracts/Vol_40/40_3/40_3_297.htm

Read our MJA Insight+ article about @melodytaba.bsky.social's PhD research with @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social - outlining 5 things you can do to engage young people in social media communication about health: insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/10/how-...

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

✅ WHO does not impose lockdowns or policies on countries. It does not have the authority to do this and isn't trying to get it. Only governments can make those decisions. Know the facts ⬇️

Congratulations @melodytaba on another great paper

Great piece on medicalisation

Trump and Musk are going after Social Security, Medicaid, the VA, and public education. In what universe, in what world, in what religion is it morally acceptable to cut programs for hungry children in order to reward the wealthy?

Great to see @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social PhD student Sumathy Ravi's umbrella review including 30 virtual care diabetes reviews is out today! Virtual care can improve diabetes management, but we need better study design to know if video consultations work. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

I did not know this - switching over right now…. @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

Congrats Melody!! Superstar! It's been an absolute pleasure :)

🚨 Drastic cuts to global health funding are leaving millions without essential HIV services. Young people, key populations, and marginalized communities are being abandoned. Millions are at risk. Act now, save lives! Learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/41CDnrD #ZeroDiscrimination

How great to see not 1 but 2 ultra talented PhD students from @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social submit their theses 🥳. Well done @oliviamac17.bsky.social and @melodytaba.bsky.social !!!🙌🙌👏👏👏🙌🙌

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

Decisions to decline breast screening and/or breast cancer treatment based on the potential harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment: a qualitative study. @dr-skcj.bsky.social et al: Implications for the way informed choice is considered. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

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Read our new article and why we need AI health literacy NOW

It is critical we maintain & build trust in science. Most people in most countries do trust scientists, AND agree that scientists should engage more in society & policy making. For those of us working in health and equity, this is not the time to be silent. www.nature.com/articles/s41...