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What is at stake in the shutdown
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What is at stake in the shutdown - The Berkshire Edge
This shutdown, although painful, will hopefully stop some of the worst changes that would increase poverty.
https://theberkshireedge.com/what-is-at-stake-in-the-shutdown/
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let’s bring in the lawyers
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/children-vaccines-measles-whooping-cough-rights-united-nations-conventions/
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Be kind. You have nothing to lose and SO MUCH to gain
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tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports. Cases in US are rising and at highest level in a dozen years.
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Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports
The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total.
https://apnews.com/article/tuberculosis-cases-2024-globally-who-report-f4b7c7ca37d5afc8b1a2fcc8740c3581?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Global
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly. Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer. Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/canada-has-lost-its-measles-elimination-status-says-ottawa-2025-11-10/
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One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans. Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands
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And one day when HPV vaccine is universal the scourge of cervical cancer will be gone.
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Rosa DeLauro
7 days ago
The Trump administration has “agreed” to fully fund SNAP benefits, after being ordered to do so by a federal court. Until that money ends up in people’s pockets, this nightmare is not over. If food assistance is distributed, it'll be despite Trump’s efforts, not because of them.
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Brien Center to close its Great Barrington office
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more necessary resources moving away from rural areas/small towns adding to inequality
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Brien Center to close its Great Barrington office - The Berkshire Edge
According to an email obtained by The Berkshire Edge, its office at 60 Cottage Street in Great Barrington will shut down on January 30, 2026.
https://theberkshireedge.com/brien-center-to-close-its-great-barrington-office/
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“The Global Council,” Ms Byanyima noted, “has recommended new approaches that would ensure that health innovations are clearly considered as global public goods in times of pandemics, and that there is sufficient capacity across the world to produce them quickly.
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G20 health ministers take on dangerous inequalities
G20 Health Ministers and international organisations meeting in Polokwane, South Africa, are focusing their attention on an urgent shared threat to public health: inequalities. Delegates from across t...
https://mg.co.za/partner-content/2025-11-06-g20-health-ministers-take-on-dangerous-inequalities/
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24 corporations are giving Trump millions to build his new White House ballroom. 16 of them have government contracts. 14 are facing federal enforcement actions. Coincidence? We doubt it.
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Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/israel-dissidents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.RtaP.6WJ7D6B3wUjJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze
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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/usda-tells-grocery-stores-they-can-t-give-discounts-to-people-hit-by-trump-s-food-stamp-freeze
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Here’s what we know about SNAP benefits in light of the federal court rulings - The Boston Globe
Have questions about SNAP benefits in light of two court rulings on Friday? Here's what we know so far.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/metro/snap-benefits-court-rulings/
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Democrats sue after Trump administration says it won’t pay November SNAP benefits
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Democratic AGs and governors sue USDA for suspending SNAP benefits
More than two dozen Democratic states are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/27/nx-s1-5587255/snap-benefit-shutdown-contingency-fund-food-stamps?utm_source=npr_newsletter&orgid=382&uniquet=&utm_id=55520065&utm_medium=email&utm_term=10426611&utm_content=20251028&utm_att1=&utm_campaign=breaking-news
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Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches.
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Tell Congress: Act Quickly to Keep SNAP Funded in November!
Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches.
https://action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-snap-November?akid=s1231998..31nvv4
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Nick Kristof
18 days ago
If you know anyone who was exploited on Backpage before it was closed down for human trafficking, tell them that there is a pool of money available for survivors and free legal help in applying for it:
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Backpage Survivor Remission Network
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. What a wonderful low tech idea that works and can be easily implemented
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In Fight Against Malaria, an Unexpected — and Snuggly — Shield
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/health/insecticide-treated-baby-wraps-carriers-malaria.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.jJdr.dL81Mzi_fFXG&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months. That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
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Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/vaccines-rfk-jr-cdc-acip-panel
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Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/health/diptheria-somalia-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk8.f0jg.ZbAXkANaENg-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Hyde Park Trish
20 days ago
At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.
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Go Toronto 🇨🇦 Go
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ask your Representatives who sit on the House Agriculture Committee to write to USDA Sec Rollins now
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Heather Cox Richardson
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Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims
Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...
https://www.cbpp.org/press/statements/trump-administration-is-legally-required-to-provide-snap-in-shutdown-contrary-to
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Hope in hard times: Working together can still deliver for global health - RESULTS
It’s felt difficult to find good news on global health recently. The U.S. government dismantled much of its global assistance infrastructure earlier this year. Other governments have slashed foreign [...
https://results.org/blog/hope-in-hard-times-working-together-can-still-deliver-for-global-health
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Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/jewish-notables-open-letter-un-sanction-israel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Dr. Lucky Tran
24 days ago
Research shows that it takes around 3.5% of the population actively participating in actions to bring about transformative change. Keep going!
#upupup
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Our food pantries and our states cannot adequately handle the influx of people experiencing food insecurity
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How can blue states fight back against Trump? With fiscal disobedience | Eric Reinhart
By holding back federal tax revenues, Democratic governors can turn a one-sided assault into a constitutional showdown
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/19/blue-states-fight-back-against-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Stephanie Nolen
27 days ago
When US aid ended earlier this year, a Somali maternity hospital had to fire staff + close. But not everyone got the news. When one woman arrived in late stage labor + gave birth outside the locked gate, the staff came back to work. They're still working for free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
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A Somali Hospital Closed After U.S. Aid Cuts. Fired Employees Reopened It Without Pay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/health/somalia-hospital-reopen-employees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.J34m.pG9YfweMe2jr&smid=url-share
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“one problem is driving the next…malnourished children are more vulnerable to disease. They are displaced by drought and war, arriving in congested camps where they are packed in next to other underfed children, who also haven’t had the chance to be immunized.”
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America’s Retreat From Aid Is Devastating Somalia’s Health System
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/health/somalia-children-malnutrition-usaid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU8.2Jk6.0KIaeL1MFCbR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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In America, we value free speech and human dignity. Who benefits when these rights are silenced? Authoritarians thrive on our rights being stripped away. Truth grows from protest.
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‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
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‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/cdc-firings-government-shutdown-hhs/
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The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.
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This Nobel Peace Prize front-runner didn't win -- but did get the 'alternative Nobel'
The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.
https://n.pr/43fHNEZ
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Dr. Lucky Tran
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They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
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this is going to be frightening. Hang on tight. Glad to live in a small town and fully immunized, including a Nuvavovax a few weeks ago
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. Appropriate choice for today, the international day of the girl child.
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‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/malala-yousafzai-growing-up-getting-cynical-how-getting-high-nearly-broke-her?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/small-spanish-town-headlines-immigration-villamalea?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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What is at stake in the shutdown
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What is at stake in the shutdown - The Berkshire Edge
This shutdown, although painful, will hopefully stop some of the worst changes that would increase poverty.
https://theberkshireedge.com/what-is-at-stake-in-the-shutdown/
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Harvard engineering school to make significant staff layoffs: ‘A painful moment’
"This is a painful moment for our School," the dean said.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/10/harvard-engineering-school-to-make-significant-staff-layoffs-a-painful-moment.html?gift=6bd6175c-33a8-4dbb-98fe-d01f986c9e21
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Senator Bernie Sanders
about 1 month ago
Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.
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