I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over. So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.

Still incredibly disappointing that Canada can look at the consequences of aid cuts by other countries earlier this year, and then not only put out a budget that slashes $2.7 billion from international assistance, but put that $2.7 billion in a column labelled "savings".

In Syria, the need to rebuild from the country's long civil war is colliding with the desire to learn the full truth about what happened. My report from the Daraa region, where I spent a day with a White Helmets team that's still digging up the country's dead.

Join us in the Green Zone at @cop30brazil.bsky.social! Be part of a series of events designed to foster meaningful dialogue, share innovative solutions, and inspire climate action! Let’s drive the climate conversation forward, together. Register today! 👉 bit.ly/30COPseshPul

A year ago today, Trump was re-elected for a second term. It’s been a lively 12 months, marked by trade wars, government cuts, controversial executive orders and falling approval ratings (although he is still beating himself). An #FTEdit 🧵 of eight charts illustrating a contentious presidency 👇

The number of Chinese scientists taking on leadership roles in international science projects is growing rapidly go.nature.com/4hJH0Cd

Less than ten days remain until the deadline for Canadian/other non-visa-requiring applicants to apply for the 2026 Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy @uoftdlsph.bsky.social @ed4socialchange.bsky.social More info and apply 👉 www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/institutes/c...

Delighted that Kamran’s Editor’s Choice highlights our new BMJ Collection 📈 🇨🇳 And our cautionary editorial arguing that well designed, large scale research can benefit #globalhealth, but international collaboration is key to unlocking China’s full potential:

NHS staff need to “build a broad movement to oppose the influence of racism and the far right,” doctors and other health workers say. In an open letter published in The BMJ a group of healthcare staff warned that a “wave of racism” was affecting patients and staff www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Watch his victory speech for how it gives zero time to the nonsense binary of "idpol" vs "class politics". The stars of that speech are the *multi-ethnic* working class. It's a speech grounded in the rich complexity of material reality, not two dimensional caricatures and facile abstractions.

"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.

The @nejm.org Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.

Tragedy that no one is talking about

What a day to be a (bandwagon) Blue Jays fan! The joy of playoff sports and being Canadian 🧢🏟️⚾️🇨🇦💙♥️ #GoJaysGo

Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities have surged in the past five years. Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health www.bmj.com/content/391/...

From 2020 to 2024 the number of attacks on healthcare tripled. Hospitals and health workers are coming under fire writes @rebeccacoombes.bsky.social in this Editor's Choice www.bmj.com/content/391/...

"Women’s health is not only underfunded and under-researched—it lacks the political priority and urgency that only political solidarity and action can hasten." @jocalynclark.bsky.social via @bmj.com #womenshealth Upending women’s health

⏰ Please join us online Tue Oct 21 at 14.00 UK time for the official Launch of @bmj.com Collection on #womenshealth #innovation Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr Ru Cheng & the authors will discuss how we chart an equitable, ethical & data-driven path for impact and catalyse more investment. 🔗 Register:

⏰ Please join us online Tue Oct 21 at 14.00 UK time for the official Launch of @bmj.com Collection on #womenshealth #innovation Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr Ru Cheng & the authors will discuss how we chart an equitable, ethical & data-driven path for impact and catalyse more investment. 🔗 Register:

🇨🇦🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from 3 of the 300 or so Canadians at #WHS2025 Giving thanks for the privilege of gathering #WorldHealthSumnit to discuss the challenges & cooperation around global health And for the safety & health that our citizenship has given us recognising that many are not so fortunate

🚨 Check out our new @bmj.com Collection on #WomensHealth #Innovation www.bmj.com/collections/... And register to join our Oct 21 webinar in the QR code below:

AI can increase access to #CervicalCancer screening in low-resource settings, but the technology requires investments throughout the entire healthcare chain to be effective. New study from KI, Uppsala University and @helsinki.fi published in @bmj.com today 🧪 #GlobalHealth news.ki.se/ai-can-impro...

Lessons from #EDI efforts in European clinical practice guidelines can inform inclusive & sex and gender sensitive innovation and research agendas www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Women’s leadership can make health technologies more inclusive and impactful

How can a decolonial feminist approach to #innovation produce greater #genderequality and health equity?

Effectiveness and impact of #Diagnostics depends on integration with local health systems, not just use of the #AI technology

#femtech requires robust and stringent privacy and security safeguards because of sensitivity of data related to #SRHR

Ethical use of #digitalhealth technologies is imperative to ensure research improves systems for #womenshealth

Bridging the sex and #gendergap through contemporary, innovative clinical trial designs is a crucial way forward #HealthResearch #DigitalTools #AI

Placing a few women, people of color, or a person with a disability on stage for the formal photo-opp, when only white men are in the leading roles, is not inclusion or diversity, it’s “diversity-washing”, diversion and deception. 🤬

Dozens of employees at the CDC — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.

As the #DSEI2025 arms fair draws to a close, listen to the new BMJ Medicine & Science podcast episode. @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Mark Bellis discuss the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health ⏯️ www.bmj.com/podcasts

“The growing movement around women’s health innovation is to be welcomed. But to be genuinely transformative, it must be political” @jocalynclark.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...

This guy is now effectively doing MBS propaganda for free, making out that what what needs to change in Saudi Arabia is the general culture, rather than the specific ruling regime. Once again, petrodollars buy us a fascinating case study in motivated reasoning. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🇺🇸 Almost unbelievable that the powers-that-be in the US would imperil their country, the health of the nation. their economy, and the rest of us with these decisions gutting CDC. Massacre is apt. Impossible to recover from. What a bunch of boneheads. What a world.

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

NEW: The BMJ Collection on Women’s Health Innovation, developed w/ @gatesfoundation.bsky.social is now live www.bmj.com/collections/... @jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth

In honor of today's announcement, Alex de Waal proposes that the Nobel committee does not award the Nobel Peace prize in 2026. Nor next year, nor the year after, not until world leaders get serious about peace. And that would not an unprecedented act. Read more here: shorturl.at/DCwOg

We're pleased to be co-sponsor of this landmark clinical trial, which is assessing effective malaria treatments in first-trimester pregnancy. Read more below about the recruitment of the SAFIRE consortium trial's first patient.

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. go.nature.com/4ocbFu6

With official aid is shrinking, can philanthropy fill the gap? Or is it time to rethink the system entirely? A new episode of our #ThinkChangePodcast asks how development cooperation must evolve in a changing world. 🎧

I welcome President Trump's announcement about the ceasefire in #Gaza & hostage release. It is a big step towards lasting peace for both Israelis & Palestinians. I hope all parties will respect the agreement, so the suffering of all civilians finally ends & all hostages are brought home respectfully

Looking forward to connecting with colleagues at the upcoming #WorldHealthSummit & contributing to conversations about the path forward for global health and cooperation. DM to meet up to discuss publishing in @bmj.com

Despite regulation, commercial sunbeds remain popular with young people and indoor tanning is experiencing a boom in popularity. An outright ban of sunbeds is likely to be cost effective for the NHS, says this Analysis www.bmj.com/content/391/...

"The MAGA methodologists are unchecked: their hubris extends to believing that they know best about science and medicine." The cult of MAGA methodology is out of control, and it’s causing harm, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Choice www.bmj.com/content/391/...

🇺🇸 The plans laid out in the new US #globalhealth strategy depend on credibility the Trump administration does not have, write Larry Gostin & Steve Morrison in @bmj.com

Incredibly dangerous for a senior politician to suggest that there's some zero-sum game to be played between mourning the losses of Oct7 and protesting an ongoing genocide. And incredibly cynical given that the protests are directed at his own complicity www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Finally someone digs into the problematic conflicts of interest baked into the business model of Tony Blair Institute. TB's "trademark evangelism is now focused on AI, its power to transform government & why everyone should listen to Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle" (and the head of EIT).

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