Just why? So unnecessary.

There is now another patient with hantavirus infection, who is linked to the MV Hondius. The man „had responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event, and presented himself to a hospital in Zurich“ according to @who.int.

I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in @science.org is here (and some threaded thoughts coming): www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

🚨 I wrote in @statnews.com on the #hantavirus cruise ship outbreak & highlight how quickly outbreaks can evolve. It’s a reminder of what the U.S. has risked by stepping back from @who.int With World Cup ahead, global surveillance and coordination are essential. www.statnews.com/2026/05/05/h...

Seats are filling up for our 'Reimagining Global Health' course 2026. Join us! Wherever globally you maybe! Let's talk difficult but necessary topics to find/strengthen ways to impact change. Learn more about our updated reading list, agenda, faculty, and register: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

In these challenging times, I reached out to gain perspectives from inspiring voices in #globalhealth - on challenges, hope and pathways forward. Here are the answers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Z4... @gavinyamey.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @luchuobain.bsky.social

Shouting out my friends at the hot dog cart at McGill U which serves excellent hot dogs and happiness to all. In my case I also get nice playlist reccs. Check em out! #Montreal #McGill #Hotdogs

NEW: Elon Musk took $500 million in loans out at SpaceX, a move that would have been illegal at a public company. It’s just one example of the years of financial engineering he’s been able to get away with. Latest investigation with @susannecraig www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/t...

With comments from ASTMH member Ngozi Erondu of the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE).

Seats are filling up for our 'Reimagining Global Health' course 2026. Join us! Wherever globally you maybe! Let's talk difficult but necessary topics to find/strengthen ways to impact change. Learn more about our updated reading list, agenda, faculty, and register: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis. UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targeted last year alone.

How was Orbán defeated? With energetic campaigning and cunning exploitation of his weaknesses | Tibor Dessewffy

Should I watch the Golden State Warriors play-in game tomorrow in this injury laden season and be nervous OR just check the result post game and watch highlights? #dilemmas

Are you looking for some hope in the field of global health right now? Check out this wonderful video that @shashikalb.bsky.social put together and that I had the great honor to participate in, full of nuggets of wisdom and inspiration ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Z4...

Many thanks to @shashikalb.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this

Happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year for all those celebrating in Sri Lanka and beyond!

In these challenging times, I reached out to gain perspectives from inspiring voices in #globalhealth - on challenges, hope and pathways forward. Here are the answers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Z4... @gavinyamey.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @luchuobain.bsky.social

Collapse of US-Iran talks heightens fears of prolonged energy shock

🔔Exclusive: CDC just posted a tranche of genomic data from measles. 1,000 genomes have been sequenced, so researchers expect an answer to the elimination question within the month. "That we're even talking about this is nuts," said @kgandersen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

People in the ultraconservative corner of the internet are pushing to repeal 19th amendment, the legislation that made women equal citizens and allowed them to vote, in favor of “household voting” — where one family is represented only by a husband’s vote.

Yup, the Great Barrington Declaration architect “wants to see the return of childhood smoking & the demise of child labor laws & seat belts” He’s “a man who had to leave a prominent position at a libertarian think tank due to accusations of sexual misconduct” 1/2 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

U.S. continuously want to work ‘outside’ of established systems. Even when those systems largely favored them. Can someone read the signs of a global autocratic power building? Can you not see arrogance akin to extractive colonial powers from the past?

“Board of Peace!”

How can global public health teachers talk about the difference between charity (saviorism) and solidarity (justice)? Evelyn Rogan, a young student, did this beautiful art that we hope can be helpful for teachers & students speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2026/03/26/g... @plosglobalpublichealth.org

Yes, holding international conferences in the US right now is a bad idea - Visa and travel bans - Risk of ICE detentions - Racial profiling - Human rights violations It is very unsafe and these mathematicians are getting it! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Things that we think about and subscribe to as a society... I had no idea hate towards Duke was worth an Athletic/NYT piece.

Holy shit, every single aspect of this story is so tremendously infuriating. How many of these kids are there, forced to suffer?

Canada’s Primary Care system is at a turning point, what needs to change? Join us on April 21 for the Dr. Hirsh Rosenfeld Distinguished Public Lecture in Family Medicine, featuring Professor Alayne Adams. @shashikalb.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social

New episode of #ScienceCounterpunch out now. We discussed with veteran public health hero @gregggonsalves.bsky.social the capture of public-health institutions by political actors and charlatans dead-set on burning down US and global public health infrastructure 1/5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiej...

Antisemitism won’t help us uphold Geneva conventions or hold war criminals (as declared by ICC) like Netanyahu accountable. It impacts ordinary peaceful people.

Boston University, where I teach, has been taking down Pride Flags from faculty and office windows because of a new “content neutral” ban on public-facing flags and banners. This is a bad policy that infringes on free speech. Faculty are protesting. Today the President defended these actions. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Dylan Lopez Contreras, the NYC high school student who spent almost a year in immigration detention, held a press conference today and called for the release of others who remain confined. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/n...

Call for Nominations: The 2026 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillspgh.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...

I've organized & will moderate a webinar on the health & policy crisis of ICE detention centers April 30, 1-2pm ET, open to all Register/submit questions at: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/blog/event/t... I'd be grateful if you could circulate this Thx to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social for support

It’s like civilians do not exist. We really need to re-examine the role of state sanctioned terror in these conflicts. Increasingly healthcare and civilians are attacked with impunity.

Should have placed some bets.

Should have placed some bets.

Must read!

One battle after another. And Micheal B. Jordan! Please.

Mahmood Mamdani, the father of Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, is considered one of Africa’s leading political thinkers. In an interview, the Columbia University professor said he had sought not to interfere with his son’s political rise and discussed his next book. nyti.ms/4uvHHoI

Good food is for all. Best had w good community and best made w joy! Great to see the change and reckoning that’s taking place in restaurant world challenging toxic leadership and the idea of fine dining itself. Change is possible. Not global health but relevant. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/d...

In Opinion For eight months, Grammarly offered A.I.-generated editing suggestions, supposedly from writers like Stephen King, Kara Swisher, Julia Angwin and more — without their knowledge. “In this global crisis of consent, we must grab hold of the few anchors we have for enforcement,” Angwin says.

Ugh what a season. A rollercoaster of hope and no hope. I hope it gets better. But quite sad.

Lebanon | People are sheltering in the open air, by the roadside, along the shoreline, living under the sound of warplanes overhead, fearing for their lives and the safety of their loved ones Read the full statement from the ICRC Head of Delegation in Lebanon: ms.spr.ly/63328Ql4sY

‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump

Megalomaniacs in action. Terrible leadership.

Primary Health Care is a corner store of health equity yet it remains particularly challenging in resource-constrained and crisis-affected settings. This summer, learn more about how Primary Health Care can be maintained under pressure: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

There needs to be more guard rails/ action against leaders manipulating systems or exerting power to experiment on the vulnerable (esp. children). We cannot normalize valuing some lives over others - in war or in experiments or access to medicines.

FIRE RFK JR

New online summer course in the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health on strengthening Primary Care - which is essential for tackling health challenges and preparing for outbreaks. June 15-18 - Online. More here: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...