[Commentary] Recent disease outbreaks are predictable consequences of ecological and political systems, @wcs.org's @cwalzer.bsky.social argues. Preventing the next pandemic requires global investments in local, frontline monitoring rather than high-tech laboratories & top-down response frameworks.

“While many of the city’s raccoons are healthy, some are infected with rabies, a deadly virus that attacks the central nervous system… This year [NYC’s health department] has already logged two rabid raccoons in areas of Brooklyn where it has never seen them before: Midwood and Sheepshead Bay”

The global trade in live wild animals continues to create conditions that can fuel the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases and future pandemics. 🌏 More in a new white paper co-authored by WCS: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

STATEMENT: We now have confirmed infestations of the New World screwworm parasite in cattle, a goat, and a dog in the United States. We must stop illegal and unregulated cattle movement through Central America and Mexico. bit.ly/4vcREY4 🌎

Flesh-eating screwworm has reached the US—a comeback driven by organized crime, writes @cnn.com. We need governments to shut down illegal cattle ranching, says WCS’s Jeremy Radachowsky. 🌎 Read more: www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/a...

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is still growing rapidly. There are now 635 confirmed cases including 127 deaths. That's 37 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, all of them from Ituri province. insp.cd/sitrep-n26-m...

In the first weeks after the outbreak was announced it was quite hard to follow the numbers, both because suspect cases were accumulating with little testing and because it kept shifting who was putting out what numbers. Now we seem to have settled into a pattern with these situation reports.

Knicks fans burning sage outside MSG ahead of Game 4 to purge the bad luck left behind from Trump’s attendance

Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 29 May - risk to EU/EEA - VERY LOW. -- DRC (data as of 28 May): 125 confirmed cases, 17 deaths 906 suspected cases, 223 deaths -- Uganda: 9 confirmed cases, 1 death 3 cases travel related. bit.ly/ECDCEbolaDRC #IDsky #EpiSky #Ebola

"The problem was that the people handling the intervention only looked at this as a health issue; they did not try to understand the cultural aspects of the [Ebola] epidemic," Anoko says.   From 2015, for today 🧪🛟

First confirmed #Ebola Bundibugyo case now in South Kivu Province in the city of Bukavu, a 28-year person who died before diagnosis was confirmed. (But as a suspected case they received a safe burial.) Announcement from the rebel alliance that controls that part of DRC below:

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For over two decades, scientists researched the Bolivian "ghost dog," one of the world's least-known canids. The study found that this elusive animal lives primarily in protected areas and Indigenous territories within the Amazon, which are vital for its survival. Learn more!

Travel bans do not stop outbreaks. We saw this during #COVID19, #mpox, #Influenza and the 2014 #Ebola outbreak. This fuels stigma, disrupts aid and public health response, and hurt communities while doing little to prevent spread.

Trump just stole $1.8B. He’s going to give it to his business, his kids, and people like Flynn, Eastman, Giuliani, and the Oath Keepers. He’s doing this without court approval or Congress. This is a crime, but there’s no one to prosecute it because the DoJ is in on it.

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I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th

🚨Epidemic of Ebola virus Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern. www.who.int/news/item/17...

A year ago I warned what would happen if the US tore down our disease detection system around the world With Hantavirus & Ebola we are seeing VERY clearly what we’ve lost And why it matters Read my @theatlantic.com piece from last year outlining what happened www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The climate crisis is a health crisis. New recommendations from the WHO Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health call for urgent, practical action to protect people, strengthen health systems, and accelerate climate resilience across Europe and beyond. www.who.int/docs/librari...

The US government is working to extricate some Americans who had potentially problematic exposures to suspected #Ebola #Bundibugyo in DRC. But it won’t talk about it. When I and other journalists asked during a #CDC press conference, we got no answers. www.statnews.com/2026/05/17/i...

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We have the scientific understanding to reduce pandemic spillover risk—by protecting ecosystems, regulating wildlife trade, and improving how livestock and people interact with nature. The challenge now is political will and sustained investment, says WCS’s @cwalzer.bsky.social. bit.ly/3OKdjqQ 🌎

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Ghana’s president John Mahama eloquently outlines the critical importance of #OneHealth for Ghana, Africa, and the global community in general at the #OneHealthSummit in Lyon

President Emmanuel Macron strongly affirms France’s commitment to multilateralism, science, and #OneHealth at the #WorldHealthSummit in Lyon 🙌 @emmanuelmacronreal.bsky.social @prezode.bsky.social

WCS’s @cwalzer.bsky.social spoke at the #OneHealthSummit on the environment as core health infrastructure. Protecting nature is a primary medical intervention, he said, reducing spillover risk, stabilizing disease dynamics, and delivering co-benefits for climate, biodiversity, and human well-being.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Why migratory species health matters 🧭🌍 Join us 👉 Tuesday #CMSCOP15 at 12:45 as we explore how older individuals act as reservoirs of immunological and ecological knowledge that underpin resilient and connected migratory systems #OneHealth #WildlifeConservationSociety

There are many actions that governments can take to create an enabling environment to align what's beneficial for businesses with what's good for nature. 100+ actions for ALL actors in the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

“At 14 research agencies Science examined in detail, departures outnumbered new hires last year by a ratio of 11 to one, resulting in a net loss of 4224 STEM Ph.D.s. “ www.science.org/content/arti...

🧪 💉 Bill Foege is an absolute #PublicHealth legend And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health “Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.” Ht @boghuma.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

“…as Václav Havel said. Words turned into reality with the complicity of those who hear them.”

"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Point blank. 10-shots. Execution. A US citizen, a VA ICU Nurse. Then lying. Blocking a real investigation.

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Given recent events, here are seven essential reads, all 🎁 linked. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o... 1/7

Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

As a founding member of @who.int, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty. 1/4

“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”

Each Fall, billions of birds leave North America for the Five Great Forests in Central America, recent science co-authored by WCS and @cornellbirds.bsky.social showed. But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎

What can we learn from the bird flu outbreak that wiped out a generation of seals in Patagonia? Humanity must adopt and invest in the #OneHealth concept, write researchers from WCS Argentina. 🌎