Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social

Misuse of crowd control weapons like rubber bullets, tear gas, and pepper spray, can lead to significant harm. The US government must stop abusing such ‘less than lethal, weapons, says @p4hr.bsky.social ‘s Dr Rohini Haar.

NEW: A @propublica.org & @frontlinepbs.bsky.social analysis found dozens of cases in recent months which officers deployed "less lethal" weapons in ways that flout the government’s own rules — like aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin and deploying chemical agents near children.

If her order is carried out, she will literally be sending them back to prisons, brutal torture, and death in Myanmar. This is some of the worst of the worst foreign policy ever seen from the Trump Administration in Southeast Asia.”

By revoking temporary protected status for Burmese residing in the US without US citizenship & asserting that it is safe for them to return to military controlled #Myanmar in the middle of a civil war, Homeland Secretary Kirsti Noem is treating those people just like her family’s dog that she shot.

Do join us for this online 2 hour workshop on the new #crimesagainsthumanity treaty on 24 September - the new phase of the journey starts next year, and it's time to get up to speed! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In remembrance of September 11th, we honor the strength, resilience, and unity of our nation. #NeverForget

“Young people who took to the streets to protest corruption and poor job prospects could face decades in maximum-security prison under a set of laws set up to combat al Qaeda” www.wsj.com/world/africa...

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... It is horrifying

I spoke with CBC about Israel’s double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in #Gaza, which seems to be part of a widespread and systematic campaign to deny healthcare to civilians by attacking facilities, restricting supplies, and now blocking access by foreign clinicians. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of states. www.wired.com/story/senate...

Any outbreak if you do absolutely nothing eventually burns itself out. The caveat here is if we use prevention measures that are highly effective the outbreak ends quickly and deaths and hospital admissions are avoided. Two children died needlessly in Texas. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...

Exactly a year since the second declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, the disease has steadily continued to spread undeterred in several African countries. The resources to help control it have not really matched the emergency. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

💯 “Researchers should not have to endure death threats or public attacks when they engage publicly and try to combat misinformation” @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social www.americanscientist.org/article/supp...

The elimination of an infectious disease is always a cause for celebration. Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem. This the direct result of the years of work and the dedicated efforts of real life public health heroes. www.who.int/news/item/08...

Horrific sexual violence has been a feature of conflicts in #Ethiopia, especially in #Tigray. Now, with escalating risk of war with #Eritrea, it's crucial for Ethiopia and the African Union to provide justice and remedies for the victims and prevent more atrocities. phr.org/our-work/res...

A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated. “We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.

The indescribable cruelty of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

"The International Court of Justice has broken with business-as-usual and delivered a historic affirmation: those suffering the impacts of climate devastation have a right to remedy for climate harm, including through compensation” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🧪

The world’s highest court declares that countries are legally obligated to act against climate change and that failing to do so is a "wrongful act" that could lead to reparations. www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

Already worse than 2019…&it’s July. “Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large, smoldering outbreak…have driven the United States to a troubling new milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.”

From the American Medical Association & other medical societies: "We know strong physician leadership is essential to reducing preventable illness, hospitalizations, and death... We come together as physicians from every corner of medicine to reaffirm our commitment to these lifesaving vaccines."

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...

New abortion data is out from the Society for Family Planning's #WeCount study. And, once again, we see that abortion numbers keep going up post-Dobbs. /1

With abortion becoming increasingly inaccessible, more people are discussing seeking a form of permanent birth control because they fear getting pregnant against their will. 1/3

"For decades, major medical societies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases Soc of America have automatically endorsed ACIP’s recommendations, confident they were grounded in rigorous evidence" "That trust is no longer warranted" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Apropos of the likelihood of increasingly forcible response to protests in the US and the use of ‘less than lethal’ weapons like rubber bullets and tear gas www.wired.com/story/what-t...

Farewell Sly Stone, funky genius and hard living dude. Frankly astounded that he survived this long. youtu.be/gZFabOuF4Ps

Peaceful protest is a fundamental human right. But preparing for encounters with common crowd-control weapons used by law enforcement, like teargas & other chemical irritants, can help protect you and others from the health impacts of these weapons.

On what should be a national holiday in much of the world, take a moment to think about that day in 1944, when so many people from so many different countries and backgrounds risked and in many cases gave their lives for our future. Eternal gratitude.

“These measures are a clear attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution which operates under the mandate from 125 States Parties from all corners of the globe.” www.icc-cpi.int/news/interna...

Today, ASH sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to reject harmful Medicaid changes in the House-passed reconciliation bill. This would strip coverage from millions and harm patients with blood disorders. #Fight4Hematology Contact your Senators now: bit.ly/4mNSl6v

(Reuters) - Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the US CDC resigns as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID vaccines and is leaving the agency. reut.rs/4ksJLZt

A dark day in my hometown of Boulder, Colorado.

My work was used in a recent piece for The Conversation: "There’s a new COVID variant driving up infections. A virologist explains what to know about NB.1.8.1". The links in the paragraph "Genomic sequencing has confirmed …" point to my report for Australia. theconversation.com/theres-a-new... 🧵

4 #women executed in the past wk in #Iran for drug-related charges. Iran executes more women than any other country, w/numbers increasing by 90% in 2024. #humanRights

#ICRC employees killed in #Gaza by #Israel airstrikes, which follows the march airstrike on ICRC medical facilities. #IHL www.jurist.org/news/2025/05...

Of 5000 exchanged 🇺🇦 POWs 200+ have died in RU prisons. Autopsies reveal beatings, torture, medical neglect—not the strokes claimed on RU death certificates. Bodies returned mutilated and decomposed to hide evidence. 95% of released POWs endured systematic torture. apnews.com/article/russ...

#Iran authorities are carrying out a horrific state murder spree, with at least 113 reported executions in the first 25 days of May alone. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Calling medical journals "corrupt," Kennedy says gov't scientists may be barred from publishing in Lancet, NEJM, etc going forward. #NIH may establish its own journals, he said. Meanwhile #CDC 's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is on the budget chopping block. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r...

New working paper on Medicaid, based on Medicaid expansions, finds: *Medicaid reduced mortality hazard for new enrollees by 21% *expansions were cost-effective *lack of health insurance explains about 5-20% of the mortality disparity between high- & low-income Americans www.nber.org/papers/w33719

Protesters risked being shunned by society to warn that Haiti is running out of HIV medication months after the administration of President Donald Trump slashed more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall aid across the globe.

The spread of Mpox in Sierra Leone is unlike anything we have ever seen - and we have been keeping an eye on this bug in the region for >15 years. Given geographical spread, 50/50 men vs women, this is no "sexual network". This could be the next one. clt.npha.gov.sl/outbreak.aspx

MMR vaccination rates among U.S. kindergarteners have fallen below herd immunity in hundreds of counties from 2022–24, per a Feb 2025 study. Hotspots include Wisconsin and Gaines County, TX, where rates dip under 80%, raising risk of measles outbreaks.

Trump and RFK Jr. say today's kids are "the sickest generation in American history." Is that just a feeling? Here are some facts: About 46% of children born in the U.S. in 1800 did not live to see their 5th birthday. In 1900, the figure was 24%. Now it's under 1%.

About 4 in 10 students at the School of Public Health — the school most affected by terminated federal grants — are international.