Good news for global health - Fiji has become the 26th country to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. A great example of the power of institutions and communities working together to advance public health for all.

“The field you’re entering... was designed, deliberately, for you to have as little impact as possible on equity & justice... It’s designed to keep you busy doing nonsense. Your job is to see through that & do your very best to resist.” globalhealthotherwise.com/why-global-h...

lol this guy doesn’t know anything about college professors if he thinks we’re out here calling for people to kill anyone, conservative or otherwise. That’s so outside the scope of our roles.

The latest episode of John Oliver’s show is on higher ed and scientific research, so well worth watching if you’re in either space. My favorite moment was when he showed Trump saying he would “make Harvard great…again…probably” If every university president watched, we would be better off

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

🌱 "During uncertain times, like the current moment, we can either retreat or move forward and plant seeds of change. This moment calls on us to plant seeds." 🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.

Malaria cases surge in Zimbabwe largely due to abrupt cut in USAID that affected mosquito net provision and surveillance measures. The Zimbabwean government trying to step up but can’t make up for the damage the sudden cessation. Climate change further increases mosquito burden too

Changes at the CDC: "“Health equity” was replaced with “health for all and especially for those at greatest risk,” and references to “social determinants of health” and “racial inequities” were removed. Additionally, “undocumented status” was eliminated as a response option for programs..."

“lived experience must be considered a form of expertise” www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Happy Disability Pride Month! Disability pride is for everyone who is: Disabled/neurodivergent/chronically ill For people who don't want to call themselves disabled or want a cure People who don't think they're disabled enough for pride (you are) For our co-conspirators

Grateful Swiss TPH global health community for including us, as they push towards equity. Students lead the way! Hats off to @nandijoubert.bsky.social Carmen Sant Fruchtman and Lucienne Zinsstag for their tireless efforts! @ananyatb.bsky.social @isabelmunoz.bsky.social @mcgillghp.bsky.social

Day 4 of our Reimagining Gloibal Health course was powerfully emotive and impactful! 🙏 to @anantbhan.bsky.social @luchuobain.bsky.social Lioba Hirsch, @ananyatb.bsky.social and Grace Umutesi for their meaningful talks! And here is the Day 4 snapshot. @madhupai.bsky.social @mcgillghp.bsky.social

So pleased to see @ananyatb.bsky.social, @shashikalb.bsky.social, @isabelmunoz.bsky.social & Vivian Qiang support this effort!

I remember watching Ananda on MTV. She died at 52 from a preventable & treatable form of cancer bc she worried mammogram radiation would give her cancer. She then declined treatment when diagnosed, which she regretted when it was too late. The “wellness” industry is literally scaring people to death

A massive outbreak has made Ontario the #measles epicentre of the western hemisphere. Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby, by Olivia Bowden www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... via @theguardian.com

Promising a vision of universal health coverage and resilient health systems, Mohamed Yakub Janabi is set to become the next director of @afro.who.int. @pauladepoju.bsky.social reports: tinyurl.com/3xw4ymdf

There’s a magnified impact on women in public life,” she agrees. “And also on those of different ethnic backgrounds & also our LGBTQ+ communities. And I say public life, because I don’t think it’s just politicians; it’s journalists, academics.” I feel validated. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

#Measles is not being spread in Canada by visitors or temporary workers. It’s being spread by unvaccinated people infected with measles.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Great piece on how publication delays negatively impact careers and the pace of science. We just had a reviewer ask us why it's taken us so long to publish our data. It was because 2 other journals dragged review out for months and months only to reject it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Innu man who froze to death in Montreal ‘not solely responsible for his fate,’ coroner says https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article932482.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

🚨 In our Invited Perspective, @shashikalb.bsky.social & I raise a red flag on how policies + politics fuel othering—labeling some groups as “different” from the majority. We call for action: 💛 Center kindness 👂 Listen + unlearn ✊ Stand up against othering mjgh.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

The US administration is eroding the freedoms on which the nation’s success has been based https://go.nature.com/4jRfcfs

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Happy Mother's Day. It's a moral outrage that we're the only industrialized country without paid family and medical leave.

We're seeing the result of decades of administrators viewing higher education as a corporate enterprise and of faculty unable or unwilling to explain their own value in terms the public can understand.

It took decades to build America’s research infrastructure It’s destruction is happening in a matter of weeks 🥺😢😔

Yes! A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against both Covid and the flu at the same time. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.

NEW: After USDA cuts aid to food banks, one charity in WV tries to make lunch out of craisins, crackers and vegetable soup. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Here is a link to 60 Minutes NIH segment... www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...

1) BREAKING: McGill University is abolishing its office of diversity, equity and inclusion in its medical faculty, even though its marquee program in medicine has been put on probation again by accreditation authorities. Please read my exclusive below. 👇 www.montrealgazette.com/news/article...

McGill Med’s repeated probation shows deep structural injustice. Now it’s closing the very office (SACE) meant to fix equity failures. This isn’t just neglect—it’s dismantling progress toward real inclusion in medicine and beyond. #EDI #MedTwitter #McGill

I for one feel sad that the last public figure meeting the Pope had before dying was this one

Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @ananyatb.bsky.social @oniblackstock.bsky.social & colleagues @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

I can’t. I can’t. I can’t. This is a true punch to the gut.

Make Compassion Great Again Some ramblings on how we might survive the current wave of despair & darkness communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...

Please read. It is something we should all reflect on and how research is a colonial project.

Important new report by my colleague Amy Shawanda & Gabriel Maracle on the disturbing trend of individuals fraudulently claiming Indigenous identity and misrepresenting Indigenous research yellowheadinstitute.org/wp-content/u...

Breaking News: Columbia University’s interim president resigned, one week after the school accepted demands from the Trump administration.

The speed at which American universities & companies are giving up on DEI is a dead giveaway that they were never serious to begin with

A reminder that repeating mis/disinformation can help to spread it. Instead, use what Frameworks Institute calls strategic framing that is clear, values-driven, and avoids reinforcing the myth. 1. Start with a shared value Begin by connecting to a widely held value to orient people’s thinking.

Ahead of World TB Day, my @thelancet.bsky.social piece on @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and his inspiring work on tuberculosis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...