Tim Lahey
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Infectious diseases doc, ethicist, and medical educator in Vermont ❤️🏳️🌈🕊️
With whom will you build bridges?
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Study splits Americans into nine political groups. Where do you belong?
Polling 10,000 Americans, the Pew Research Center found divisions on the political left and right, plus the Tuned-Out Middle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/study-splits-americans-into-nine-political-groups-where-do-you-belong/
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
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For years, the need for longer durations in immunocompromised patients was treated as the exception to every shorter-duration bacteremia discussion. BALANCE may have finally put that belief to rest. Dogma continues to lose ground.
#idsky
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
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#Ebola
update from DRC: Confirmed cases are now at 635, with 127 confirmed deaths. There were 37 new cases yesterday including 12 deaths. It appears the number of case contacts being followed is still quite low, about six per confirmed case.
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Video: ADA Leader Apologizes to Researchers Ejected From Meeting
CEO says the organization will commission a review of the events
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/121701
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Prof Gavin Yamey
6 days ago
👏👏👏 Fantastic seeing people with a moral compass standing in solidarity with physicians and scientists Colluding with MAHA/MAGA authoritarianism is never justified
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Greg Folkers
6 days ago
Nature Africa: The missed opportunity from a past Ebola outbreak by Paul Adepoju
go.nature.com/4uqFo5c
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The missed opportunity from a past Ebola outbreak
Donated blood revealed promising antibodies against Bundibugyo, but the path to a treatment was never completed.
https://go.nature.com/4uqFo5c
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States can do more to mitigate medical neglect by ICE
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“They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center and now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They’re taking our lanyards. It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House
The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/05/diabetes-researchers-ousted-conference-after-criticizing-trump/
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Dr. Syra Madad, DHSc
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could top 20,000 cases in worst case, CDC says Experts said they hope the CDC report will help galvanize the response to the crisis.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could top 20,000 cases in worst case, CDC says
Experts said they hope the CDC report will help galvanize the response to the crisis.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ebola-outbreak-dr-congo-top-20000-cases-worst-case-cdc-says-rcna348726
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA
8 days ago
🔄 Re-upping this: tomorrow is the last day to sign our open letter to Congress regarding the proposed use of third-country facilities for Americans potentially exposed to or infected with
#Ebola
If you agree, please consider adding your name and sharing with colleagues. Thank you for the support
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀
8 days ago
Uganda's Ministry of Health has a dashboard for its
#Ebola
#Bundibugyo
cases, perhaps recognising that this will not be a case of cases and done.😔 It doesn't include contacts or suspect cases (which IMO helps inform the public of the scale of the threat & work underway)
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“Brazen indifference”
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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From Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer, ICE Detainees Report Medical Neglect
And families are left with impossible choices
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/equity-in-medicine/121597
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Amy Maxmen, PhD
9 days ago
CDC modeling suggests the Ebola outbreak could grow by 20K cases over the next 3 mo w/out a stronger response -- on the scale of the world's worst outbreak in W Africa. But models are only as good as the data they're based on & the data is *very* poor.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Modeled Scenario Projections for the Ebola Disease ...
This report describes using a transmission model to project Ebola outbreak growth over three months.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7522e1.htm?s_cid=OS_mm7522e1_w
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Evolving story but very worrisome that law enforcement were engaged (at points) violently to eject experts due to editorial speech
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121619?xid=NL_breakingnewsalert_2026-06-05&mh=d272622e66ffe588f3af47be1677682b&zdee=gAAAAABm4uKOp9B4J4xWasJRGrm_J2jC3aSFSIJwmQU4BB-05O665SLaj3Ld8cMAEj99w8_iCdH7LbaOlrBrIE69slDppbiVQX5VSg7vF6FBzSgg7sspQk0%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ADAclasAlert_060526&utm_term=NL_Daily_Breaking_News
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Hey cool, I’m gonna open this here box!
#bioethics
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s...
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In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/science/embryos-gene-editing-crispr.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
11 days ago
🆕💥🟢Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV): what first responders/clinicians need to know.
#idsky
www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
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Kristian G. Andersen
11 days ago
".. and because it’s not funded [..] we can’t be part of the conversations and be at the table. It’s all at the mercy of people still being willing to work with us despite all the limitations that we have, and despite the fact that we pulled our funding to them.”
www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/n...
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NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola
While NIH-funded centers weren’t on the front lines of virus responses like the CDC or USAID, some researchers involved in the network said the cuts have damaged relationships with experts in other co...
https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/nih-cuts-infectious-disease-research-funding-hampers-ebola-preparedness/
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Chise
11 days ago
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.
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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years
If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/personalized-vaccine-melanoma-cut-risk-cancer-returning-five-years-rcna347424
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Patrick Crowley
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What the ICU hears when I tell them to stop the meropenem that’s been on for 12 days after negative cultures finalized.
#IDsky
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Onisillos
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"However, it is important to remember that preparedness is not static. It requires sustained investment, coordination, and public trust."
www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/e...
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Ebola at the World Cup? Here’s what we should actually worry about
“Infectious disease threats during the World Cup will almost certainly look much more familiar than frightening headlines suggest,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/ebola-world-cup-travel-public-health-measles/
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Ouch, but true “No one is surprised to see the maximum selfishness of US government policy these days. Because it’s just one thing after another. They’ve already withdrawn from WHO…they’ve already destroyed USAID… no one is really expecting a lot of them right now”
www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/t...
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As Ebola outbreak in Central Africa grows, the U.S. turns itself into a fortress
The U.S. is taking extraordinary steps to keep Ebola out. But its policies may create risks for Americans infected overseas and discourage volunteers from responding to the outbreak.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/28/trump-ebola-travel-restrictions-discourages-medical-volunteers/?utm_campaign=stat_plus_today&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9-7wh5xJ28f2y04jQCPUgu_8YxXJYBIABcRmumbGXaaP1yP7rUiUQ6yWqOy8Arc2IOqF1pji5yzmUMoQHMdfCMa3ZZwg&_hsmi=421164076&utm_content=421164076&utm_source=hs_email
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Antisense oligonucleotide yields 20% functional cure of chronic hepatitis B — and 16% experienced grade 3-4 infections adverse events
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Dice Bae Dice
ALT: Dice Bae Dice
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We will look back at the medical abuses in ICE detention as a modern day
#bioethics
failure akin to Tuskegee & Japanese internment during WWII New one with
@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social
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@healthaffairs.bsky.social
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Hey kids, let’s play another game of, “Is This The Onion, Or Is This Your Real Life?”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
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Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/trump-ebola-kenya.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Greg Folkers
19 days ago
Reuters: US CDC seeks staff for Ebola screening as outbreak response expands Next: a bake sale to pay them
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Charles Ornstein
19 days ago
This is just crushing. Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer.
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"AI does not humanize medicine, but it can remove one of the most durable excuses for failing to do so."
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Artificial Intelligence Is Not the End of the Physician
This Viewpoint argues that artificial intelligence can be used to unburden physicians from administrative work that pulls them away from patient care.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2848376?guestAccessKey=b1a7f52b-309a-4655-b5aa-5a9bfaced016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=etoc-tfl_&utm_term=052626
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"This is not a simulation. It is a practical step that the American and global public health communities must take to prevent a worst-case scenario from undermining what we all pray will be an international celebration of sport and cooperation."
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | FIFA, We Have a Problem
Ebola surveillance and collaboration are critical to keep World Cup fans and athletes safe
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/121432?xid=nl_secondopinion_2026-05-26&mh=d272622e66ffe588f3af47be1677682b&zdee=gAAAAABm4uKOp9B4J4xWasJRGrm_J2jC3aSFSIJwmQU4BB-05O665SLaj3Ld8cMAEj99w8_iCdH7LbaOlrBrIE69slDppbiVQX5VSg7vF6FBzSgg7sspQk0%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SecondOpinions_052626
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Prof Gavin Yamey
20 days ago
New piece in
@newyorker.com
Yes, it’s true, in a kooky right wing rag last November Jay Bhattacharya—who now leads the US pandemic response—said the US should stop all pandemic preparedness & response efforts Instead, individuals must just get healthy—so at least the strong will survive 😢 1/2
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Kristian G. Andersen
20 days ago
"Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories" No wonder, given that media, pundits, politicians and, yes, scientists have reveled for years in conspiracy theories that the last major pandemic was concocted and covered up by evil scientists.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US
Ever-growing influence of social media and AI means such ideas spreading at faster rates than before, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/25/ebola-hantavirus-conspiracy-theories
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AI deemed dangerously sycophantic when giving relationship advice How would that behavior play out in medicine?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence
Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
21 days ago
From Thomas Mann to Rene Dubos to John Green, how authors and books shape our understanding of TB My essay in
@theunion.org
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Hey Adam Douglas Thompson and
@newyorker.com
now do the Department of Health and Human Services
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“It’s palpable right now in the pancreas cancer world — we’re excited”
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How scientists found a weakness in one of the the deadliest ‘undruggable’ cancers
An experimental pill has shown unprecedented success in treating pancreatic cancer, upending conventional wisdom about the disease.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/24/pancreatic-cancer-seemed-undruggable-then-scientists-cracked-key-target/
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
22 days ago
In normal times, the fact that government officials at HHS blatantly lied to the public and got caught would be a scandal of unusual size. Everyone involved in this disinformation scheme against the people of the United States should be held accountable.
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No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says
The agency’s analysis contradicts claims made by former vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/no-child-deaths-definitively-linked-covid-shots-fda-says-rcna346514?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6a110a2da88c290001712dd3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium
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Keren Landman
22 days ago
SCOOP: US is sending PHS officers to Kenya to screen Americans returning from Ebola-affected areas. Will they assess individual risk, or treat everyone as high-risk like hantavirus cruise passengers?
landmansplained.com/p/news-alert-the-us-government-plans-to-screen-americans-for-ebola-overseas-1d65
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NEWS ALERT: The US government plans to screen Americans for Ebola overseas
Dozens of uniformed personnel are expected to deploy to the DRC to staff a field unit this week.
https://landmansplained.com/p/news-alert-the-us-government-plans-to-screen-americans-for-ebola-overseas-1d65
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Renee DiResta
22 days ago
This is what the antivax movement does to kids. You are under no obligation to kowtow to these people when they try to impose their delusionals on your school districts or anywhere else.
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Antibiotic Steward 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
21 days ago
Obeldesivir,you might hear more about it soon! No approved treatments for Bundibugyo Ebola strain,experimental therapies under consideration Gilead's obeldesivir &Mapp's MBP134 antibody cocktail show promise in animal studies Vaccine development may take months
#idsky
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Experimental treatments could help US Ebola patient
The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease symptoms after exposure to the virus and other therapies, U.S. health officials said.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/experimental-treatments-could-help-us-ebola-patient-2026-05-22/
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“We’re in a dangerous moment for public health,” Todd said. “Federal agencies are being undermined by leaders who dismiss science and silence experts, particularly when it involves LGBTQ+ people.”
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BK. Titanji
23 days ago
As Ebola resurfaces in eastern DRC and Uganda, familiar patterns are returning too. Fear, travel bans, stigma, and selective compassion. I wrote about what this outbreak about preparedness, whose lives we value and what we owe each other.
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What We Owe Each Other: Ebola, Borders, and the Politics of Shared Humanity
As Ebola resurfaces, familiar patterns of fear, exclusion, and selective compassion return with it
https://bktitanji.substack.com/p/what-we-owe-each-other-ebola-borders
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Dr. Céline Gounder
23 days ago
My colleagues and I published op-eds about Ebola this week. Here's where we agree. Read & subscribe (for free!)
www.celinegounder.com/p/three-ebol...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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My colleagues and I published op-eds about Ebola this week. Here's where we agree.
Ebola experts published op-eds this week. Different angles, same diagnosis: the response infrastructure was dismantled before the virus arrived.
https://www.celinegounder.com/p/three-ebola-opeds-one-conclusion
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Amy Maxmen, PhD
23 days ago
Ebola was caught too late in DRC. Blame greed & corruption for the neglect of Congolese citizens; blame the US for cuts to aid; blame a chronic lack of funds for healthcare. Also: The WHO has definitely gotten faster, at least in early days. My timeline of W Africa outbrk:
nautil.us/how-slow-res...
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How Slow Responses Made the Ebola Outbreak So Deadly - Nautilus
As a rule, huge organizations move sluggishly, bogged down in democratic decision-making processes and bureaucratic policies. Ebola, on the other hand, moves fast. People become desperately sick and c...
https://nautil.us/how-slow-responses-made-the-ebola-outbreak-so-deadly-235353
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Prof Gavin Yamey
23 days ago
🚨 Trump & RFK Jr have a new & extremely inhumane approach to global health: holding vulnerable people to ransom 🆕 My latest article in
@bmj.com
examines how the Trump administration is withholding life-saving health aid from countries & from Gavi to extract concessions
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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“NIH is flagging just the fact that this co-authorship was there as evidence of a foreign component without looking further... Everybody’s very confused by this interpretation right now.”
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Jason Moore
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Grant funding in the U.S. has additional big problems
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#nih
#grants
#funding
#agenticAI
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Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01297-y
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“Elon Musk gleefully boasted about feeding the United States Agency for International Development into a ‘wood chipper.’” Now we are seeing real-world life-and-death consequences of their historic carelessness
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o...
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Opinion | I Survived Ebola. This Is What Scares Me Most About This Outbreak.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opinion/ebola-outbreak-virus-spread-usaid.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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The American people will be thrilled to be rid of experts in or insurance coverage for preventive care
apnews.com/article/trum...
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RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings
The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care like mammograms for millions of Americans.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-preventive-services-task-force-fired-63fc5ce14d92c89393fefc361c5fcfde
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Ebola is worse now than it had to be, after Trump and Rubio savaged funding
www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/u...
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"We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past — valuing some lives more visibly than others, focusing only when a person from a high-income country becomes infected, or treating frontline health care workers as expendable" 🔥
@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/e...
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I saw Ebola as both doctor and patient. I wish people cared more about the Africans I worked alongside
“As another Ebola outbreak unfolds, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/ebola-patients-suffering-health-care-workers/
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