"Science communication builds careers." 🎙️ Lois talks about this in her feature in my "How I Started" blog post, where she shares how she launched NotiPHied, her podcast making public health more accessible. 🔗Link to read: www.jontakam.com/blog/how-i-s... @loisemilyking.com #JontaKam

👉🏾Swipe to see 7 steps from her journey if you are thinking about starting your own. Your podcast does not have to be perfect to start. Just make sure to start.✅️ 🔗 Read the blog post: www.jontakam.com/blog/how-i-s...

Let's demystify podcasting 🎙️ I have been revisiting my 'How I Started Series" focusing on building your public health brand. Launching a podcast is one way to share your voice, and build your brand. Lois King (@loisemilyking.com) shares how she launched the NotiPHied podcast. #JontaKam

Googles plans on changing their search engine to being mostly ai including even the search results…. Google this might be the end.

THE ODYSSEY (2026, dir. Christopher Nolan)

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 Episode 9 out now! I sat down with distinguished Prof. Devi Sridhar and author of 'How Not To Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us'! @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Link in bio (also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts).

unfortunately, kim il sung's clothes hang a lot better

This website visualizes social media as a room with 100 people 3 people are producing most toxic content Most people assume 43 are producing toxic content, because these 3 are hyperactive and amplified by engagement based algorithms. The other 97 quiet voices disappear thenoisyroom.com

People choosing appeasement cannot say they’re being apolitical. The opposite: they are the ones making political choices. True long-term advocacy for science is about standing up for truth and scientific integrity even if that comes into conflict with those who would destroy it.

I think politicians should be banned from saying 'let me be clear'.

"You will never treat your way through an aging population." Another snippet from upcoming episode with @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

This is the proof that not only will the geek inherit the Earth, but that it is a deserved inheritance. Data goldmine klaxon 👏

These viruses have been known problems in Korea for so long that there’s literally a M*A*S*H episode about them. People work their whole careers on viruses most people have never heard of…so that you never have to hear about them.

You don’t have to navigate chronic pain alone. 💙 Join us Monday, May 18 at 3:30 PM EST for a patient-focused webinar with Dr. Anastasia Vishnevetsky, sharing practical strategies to better understand and manage chronic pain + a live Q&A. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Utterly heartbreaking.

With 100+ participants registered from all over the world, and over 30 speakers, we are eagerly waiting to get this course going on June 8th! Check out the course agenda and readings posted on the website, and sign up if you are interested www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

There are many legitimate criticisms of USAID and the aid industry But none of that deserves the brutal manner in which an entire agency was dismantled in a matter of days, and the deep trauma caused to dedicated employees

May elections: What’s at stake across England, Wales and Scotland?

"Health is made in kitchens, gyms, parks, swimming pools." But have we overcomplicated it? Holding up a mirror to the #WellnessIndustry from a public health perspective - first snippet of upcoming episode with @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

The single most defining thing Elon Musk has ever done is killing untold numbers of people by having DOGE illegally raid and disband USAID. Not rickets, not cars, not even the CSAMbot on X. It’s this, and so many media pundits just choose to unsee it.

If you attended the met gala you cannot read a room

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Important to understand the drivers behind the concerted efforts made on disinformation, discrediting and dismantling of public health provision, that have been so evident since the pandemic began. As ever, follow the money.

🧵 UPDATE: WHO has released a full situation report on the Hondius hantavirus outbreak. New details change the picture. Here's what's new: www.who.int/emergencies/...

This is stunning. It looks an artist's paint brush after swirling deep, vibrant colors from his palette. Amazing. The amount of work to give this gown a sense of movement. Wow.

"Scott’s approach to philanthropy is unique: she provides unrestricted funds, allowing organizations to use the donations as they see fit". All philanthropic foundations should adopt this model - but looking specifically at you Gates Foundation. finance.yahoo.com/news/mackenz...

10 years ago today, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2286. Over 80 Member States committed to protect medical humanitarian work. Yet @msf.org is sharing the same message from 2016: 🔴 Stop bombing hospitals. 🔴 Stop bombing health workers. 🔴 Stop bombing patients.

Meet the twins who have different dads "Heteropaternal superfecundation – the vanishingly rare biological process to which Michelle and Lavinia owe their existence – is both a mouthful to say and a mind-boggling concept to grasp." This is an absolutely riveting story.

First malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’ WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older children

Data show that the NHS has got worse at diagnosing cancer on time, with huge variation between hospitals. What's happened? Plus use our interactive graphic to see what proportion of patients with cancer get a diagnosis in your trust https://bit.ly/42GHIJP

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

In the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social episode, I sit down with Dr. Lioba Hirsch, and we talk about her new book from @plutopress.bsky.social, #Antiblackness and #GlobalHealth podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... @madhupai.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social

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Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. n.pr/4sLetjV

notably his cure is from CAR-T therapy, which is so new I didn’t even learn about it in med school THIS is why we invest in science

I think we are human beings and it makes no sense to pretend we’re not just because we’re working. She gave an excellent address and simultaneously normalized women being both leaders and mothers. I’d say that was a stellar performance!

Happening now... essential discussion on an ongoing crisis.

Super excited to announce my next podcast guest - the wonderful @profdevisridhar.bsky.social about her book 'How Not To Die 'Too Soon)' is now out in paperback! Episode out soon. #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Longevity #CommunityHealth #Wellness #HealthEquity #PreventiveCare #Microplastics

Since we are talking about smoking. Let me share maybe one of the most effective anti-smoking ads I have seen in my life, a posthumous message from the actor Yul Brynner, telling people: "Don't smoke" after he died of cancer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNju...

It also sucks for the children/grandchildren of smokers who have to go to school smelling like that,and everything they own smells like that,no matter what they do or where they go. My school locker stank bc of my grandparents

How to Understand a Research Study A guide for non-scientists who want to read research publications. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-to-...

🎙 This week on our #PrinciplesForChange Podcast Spotlight: “Addressing Climate Change in India through Women-Led Climate Resilient Farming,” with Naseem Shaikh & Priya Rakhunde 🔵 Principle in focus: “Gender Justice.” 🎧Listen now: embed.acast.com/$/61236cc737...

“…modern communication is pushing our minds to the limit…our wellbeing is higher w/IRL interaction v screen-based…our nervous systems were designed for immediate, tangible threats, not for the constant pinging in our pocket.” @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

The UK’s gradual ban on smoking has been a PR success. The world will be watching to see how the ban for anyone born after 2009 works out. So far it’s been a win with smokers and non-smokers alike, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com

The title is fitting. A patient was being treated for Stage IV colorectal cancer. She had qualified for clinical trial, a her last-chance to slow the spread of her cancer. Her trial was about to start when NIH funding was pulled overnight, & it was canceled. She died. Many more stories. 🧪

lol (cries) - A tale of a #phd student

"If you ask researchers, 'Why don't you do high-risk research?' they say, 'Well, the funding agencies won't fund it.' If you ask the agencies, they say, 'Well, the researchers won't propose it.'" #MetaSci