Swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

By suddenly cutting funding, the US administration has put “20 million Africans on death row” AIDS activist Zackie Achmat, speaking @pihcanada.org event

So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

By suddenly cutting funding, the US administration has put “20 million Africans on death row” AIDS activist Zackie Achmat, speaking @pihcanada.org event

So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Wait, a dog named "mouse" was mistaken for a LION roaming in IRELAND??

JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

As expected, Canada joins many other western nations in cutting international aid Global solidarity is dying 😔

This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!

Humanity has missed the 1.5 C climate target Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding

Swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In the world of global health, the US FDA is seen as a “stringent regulatory agency (SRA)” Not anymore, I guess

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!

Humanity has missed the 1.5 C climate target Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding

I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted Why All Vaccines Should Be Free @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Tuberculosis incidence remains high among the Indigenous communities in Canada 🇨🇦 We know what to do but are failing to do it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

WHO issues guidance to address drastic global health financing cuts share.google/rBpSiKyagjxV...

When I read headlines like this, I always think of Paul Farmer who said “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world”

I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted Why All Vaccines Should Be Free @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Just look at the stats from the most recent #Tuberculosis in Canada report (released Oct 2025, but covering 2023). It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000. Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000... publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...

Tuberculosis incidence remains high among the Indigenous communities in Canada 🇨🇦 We know what to do but are failing to do it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I got my Covid and flu booster shots recently The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Congratulations Team 🇮🇳 Women World Champions!! 🏆

I got my Covid and flu booster shots recently The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

(this is true of politics and journalism too)

Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination

On the power and injustice of the foreign gaze: “But it is also about power – the kind that distances people. That foreign audience might be a powerful policymaker, a set of academics, or a philanthropist. The question is always: who is looking, from where, and what gets distorted in the process?”

North American kids deserve better Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

OMG www.cnn.com/2025/11/01/p...

Kid is a born scientist!

“The more proximate you are to people’s lived realities, and the more embedded you are, the less distanced by class you are, the more you see. The higher you go…the higher your propensity to not be very useful.” @seyeabimbola.bsky.social www.ontheory.com/interviews/s...

North American kids deserve better Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

When I read headlines like this, I always think of Paul Farmer who said “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world”

Aid cuts are devastating health services in Africa The sudden dismantling of USAID has led to more death and disease www.economist.com/middle-east-...

A totally needless tragedy youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?...

This is terrible Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain www.economist.com/britain/2025...

A totally needless tragedy youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?...

This is terrible Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain www.economist.com/britain/2025...

How do I look?? Happy Halloween 🎃!!

Aid cuts are devastating health services in Africa The sudden dismantling of USAID has led to more death and disease www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Check out our new paper @nejm.org. RSV, COVID-19 & Influenza vaccines continue to show consistent effectiveness & safety based on a review & synthesis of 500+ research studies👇! We worked hard to evaluate the evidence so you can be confident about getting vaccinated this fall!

Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov Quick summary: not good www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks for posting this @madhupai.bsky.social and for the mention @tivabaral.bsky.social! Certainly brightens up a dreary day down in NYC!

The Rich Flee And The Poor Take The Bus by @troytassier.bsky.social gets a special mention in today’s lecture on pandemics by @tivabaral.bsky.social

Food insecurity is a self-inflicted, manufactured problem in the richest nation in the world

The global return of childhood vaccine-preventable infectious diseases Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age! www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...

How many people are already being killed by climate change? www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

The global return of childhood vaccine-preventable infectious diseases Truly outrageous that we are failing children everywhere in this day and age! www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/vacc...

"Climate change will not cause the end of humanity" Just a few billion people in the Global South