For anyone following the on-again-off-again saga of the Guinea-Bissau hep B vaccine trial. The latest is that GB health authorities have SUSPENDED the trial. @sciwriabdul.bsky.social tries to get to the bottom of it, here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This year, The Open Notebook is celebrating our 15th year. Here's what TON has meant to @sciwriabdul.bsky.social. #TON15 Learn more about how we're marking this momentous milestone! www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...

If you're an early-career journalist, consider applying for @theopennotebook.bsky.social's paid, mentored fellowship and follow in the footsteps of @katherinejwu.com, @janehu.bsky.social, @sciwriabdul.bsky.social, @1juliarosen.bsky.social, @celiaford.bsky.social and many more! Deadline: 10/31.

“There’s a niche group that knows [the journal] well, but many more of us are clueless." Story by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We're incredibly proud to highlight the work presented by Jonathan Mukiibi of the Makerere AI Lab at #DLI2024 ! ✨ Learn more in @nature.com Africa article: "To fight Ebola misinformation, AI mines old-tech radio data"👉 www.nature.com/articles/d44... By @sciwriabdul.bsky.social

In this profile of virologist Amadou Sall, on the ground reporting by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social Tsanni reveals how Sall's diplomacy and persuasion have made his vision of 'homegrown' vaccine manufacturing a reality in #Senegal. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Meet the global-health diplomat who is behind a US$220 million world-class facility to make vaccine manufacturing a reality in Africa. My latest for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thrilled to see @cohenjon.bsky.social and @sciwriabdul.bsky.social win an award for their stories about tracking infectious diseases in Nigeria. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/04...

Congratulations to @sciwriabdul.bsky.social, '23, and Jon Cohen for winning a first place Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism for their coverage in @science.org on tracking infectious diseases in Nigeria

i spoke with one of the world’s top hunters of hominid fossils about his work to ensure that discoveries made in African countries are studied by Africans in Africa. 🦴 « If we have the natural laboratories there, why can’t we also have the physical laboratories in Africa » an absolute legend !

"We were a country that pointed to the North Star, whether it was smallpox eradication or polio elimination or HIV." @cohenjon.bsky.social's farewell interview with former PEPFAR head John Nkengasong: www.science.org/content/arti...

People brought their families arguing that science is for everyone. #StandUpForScience

Provocative piece by the terrific @sciwriabdul.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Super story by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social—as usual! ‘We have to become self-reliant’: African scientists respond to dramatic U.S. aid cuts | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Fresh take on cuts to US aid, as seen by African docs & researchers. Cuts are chaotic & costly, but aid has been a mixed bag. “When you don’t have self-determination, you’re always following & dancing to someone else’s tune.” By the amazing @sciwriabdul.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

“This whole attitude of begging, crying, and throwing hands up needs to stop.” Strong words about Africa's dependency on foreign health aid—and how it could be broken—in a new story by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social: www.science.org/content/arti...

africa is heavily dependent on foreign health aid. but the brutal loss of billions due to the freeze on U.S. aid has spurred calls for African self-reliance. i tried to piece together how the dependency arose, whether it can be broken, and the solutions: www.science.org/content/arti...

Important article by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social. “Many donor countries also expect political favors in return for their largesse, says @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, executive director of the Nairobi-based African Population and Health Research Center.” www.science.org/content/arti...

The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

I'm looking to speak with people whose research on disparities in transplantation has been disrupted by the federal funding issues or the executive orders. Signal: eboodman.88. [email protected] Please boost! #journorequest

I spoke to #WHO 's Mike Ryan, in Uganda helping with the #Ebola response. Six contacts are ill, but not yet clear if they have Ebola. Vaccination could start Sunday. WHO is covering off key programs hit by the Trump admin's aid freeze, including border screening. www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/u...

My sense is that most of us in science now have at least some institutional guidance on how to cope with latest round of proclamations. I hope you're able to refocus today despite the uncertainty, good luck. AND we need to brace against future rounds of disruption. Here's what my group is using:

My prediction on the mysterious disease in SW Congo that's killed 143 people: The world will forget about it as soon as it's not mysterious. This part of Congo is severely neglected. And really, that's the disease.

New from me: I profiled Clear, the airport biometric company that is looking to become the “universal identity platform” of the physical world...and which has (according to its CTO) “1 of the largest private repositories of identities on the planet." www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...

Deeply concerning news. More than 10% of malaria patients in Uganda had partial resistance to the best & only malaria cure we have, artemisinin. ht @globalhealthnow.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

new 🐝 here: i’m a science writer specializing in narrative features. i currently report on the ground in Senegal & West Africa focusing on biomedicine, global health, AI, and the scientific enterprise. my stories have been published in Science, Nature, MIT Technology Review, among others…

Congratulations to @sciwriabdul.bsky.social, '23, for being named a finalist for a 2024 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award in the "Science Reporting" category. Check out his story here: www.bmj.com/content/380/...

Companies use data from Africa to build AI. Researchers across Africa gathered in Senegal to brainstorm how the continent can direct that vision & use AI in ways that support the economy & healthcare. The great @sciwriabdul.bsky.social reporting from Dakar 🌟 www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/11/1...

Hi! I'm a public health reporter moving from THERE to here. Give me a follow if you're interested in my writing & take: Public health isn't only about outbreaks & vaccines. It's about making society healthier outside of clinics. It requires systemic change, equity, a belief in the common good.

I'm thrilled to be speaking at #SJF23 next Tuesday, Oct 24 at 3:45 p.m. GMT/11:45 a.m. ET. Join our conversation about getting started editing science stories. Use @theopennotebook.bsky.social's promo code TON50 for a 50% discount on tickets. sciencejf.com

📊 Join us @theopennotebook.bsky.social for a workshop led by @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social on data analysis & visualization tools for science writers. When: 10/31 from 3:30-5 ET Fee: $125 (steeply discounted tickets available at checkout) A recording will be available for registered attendees.

📊 On October 31, from 3:30-5 pm ET, we are hosting @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social as she leads a 90-minute interactive virtual workshop for science writers on data analysis and visualization tools. Register below. www.eventbrite.com/e/data-analy...