Nine former directors of the CDC speak out against RFK Jr.

“No data, no problem.” — Nancy Krieger

Bumblebees #sleeping on/in #flowers at this time of year! What the feck is that all about? Lots of people asking us so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on. Please #repost/#share so more are more informed. Thanks good people. #bees #nature #biodiversity #worldbeesanctuary 1/16

@jowolff.bsky.social was that you mentioned on TRIP question time?

I’m being trolled once again by the institutions of French research: -on one hand I’m in the dark about my budgets & can’t spend them, have no office space, have to fix our broken doors, sinks, windows… -on the other I am to gratefully accommodate USA researchers & figure out how to pay them 🤷‍♀️

I leave some artichokes go to flower just because the #bees love them so much 😊

Ouch!

Another painting to share. "Donegal Cloud" was a very small painting of a very big sky, and it came from a time when I had a dog and she and I would sit underneath it in silence. #SpeirGorm #ArtAdventCalendar

Judge Young said that the NIH grant terminations were rooted in discrimination against racial, sexual, and gender minority groups: “I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out.” #HealthInequity #DEI www.science.org/content/arti...

Beautiful morning at the old medical faculty in Toulouse with the swifts out hunting & their babies squeaking in their nests above my office

Appointments to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC): publicjobs.ie/en/?option=c...

New study alert, just out in SER! 🚨 What really drives gendered occupational choices among adolescents? ➡️It might not be workplace characteristics (e.g., salary), but skill requirements. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... @sasemeeting.bsky.social, @snsf.ch,‬ @unibe.ch ern.bsky.social, @unisg.ch

This is going to be great! ping @mkellyirving.bsky.social @ises-epi.bsky.social @kavindigamage.bsky.social

REGISTER: Next talk in the SLLS Webinar Series ⬇️ The Early Origins of Socio-economic Inequalities in Inflammation: Existing Evidence and Recommendations for Life Course Researchers Kavindi Walpita Gamage, MCRI, Australia 19.06.25 / 12:00 BST (21:00 AEST) / Via Zoom www.slls.org.uk/events/2025-...

💬 What happens when you give a group of citizens control over €25 million? This Wednesday, @franziskadbacher.bsky.social will discuss a citizens' council charged with deliberating wealth inequality and redistribution. Join the QSS-CLS seminar from 13:00! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

“Swedish health inequality is fueling a national-regional funding battle” www.euractiv.com/section/heal...

““I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” Schwartz added. “It keeps me up at night.”” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The #USAID funding was used to fund worldwide health & poverty surveillance through data collection programs & by funding analysts The funding cuts have destroyed any surveillance, so we’re blind to what’s happening on key indicators allowing policy response moving forward #GlobalHealth #Episky

The UK is among the worst nations in Europe for child poverty. In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food. In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.

Without ambitious policy change, child poverty is projected to increase dramatically over the next decade. In fact, should the Government continue with existing policy, our projections suggest child poverty will hit 33 per cent in 2029-30, a level not seen since 1998-99.

A few pics from the garden near #Toulouse where lots of pollinators are enjoying the flowering plants #permaculture #gardening #flowers

If Americans had voted for Kamala Harris instead… We’ll be considering this “sliding doors” moment with consequences worldwide for decades #GlobalHealth #Standup4science

Anyway, back to sharing a #painting with you. I'd cycled to this corner of west cork previously, but "Galley Head Rocks" came from when I spent a day there with friends, clambering over the rocks and silently letting the wind and the waves do to us what only wind and waves can. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

Grateful to @mcgill.ca alumnus Farouk Meralli for his support and encouragement! healthenews.mcgill.ca/new-meralli-...

The richest man in the world swooped in, shut down #USAID annihilating health care systems & poverty reduction programs all over the world And now walks away. It will take a generation to repair the damage he’s done #Musk #USAID #Globalhealth

5885 children 55 289 adults are estimated to have already died due to #USAID & #PEPFAR cuts directly caused by Elon Musk & Donald Trump This tracker counts the avoidable tragedy #Globalhealth #HealthInequality pepfar.impactcounter.com

Ending #USAID & #PEPFAR funding abruptly is leading to disabling illness & death among people in the poorest nations This is not USA “soft power” this is hard, cruel power #globalhealth

Nyawo has HIV & is doing fine due to a program that took him to clinics each month to pick up his drugs “The program lost its PEPFAR funding & Nyawo doesn’t have the money or the motivation to find his own transport to the clinic. He has stopped taking his medication” www.science.org/content/arti...

Cuts to aid by Musk have disabled whole systems of care overnight: firing of thousands of community care workers & pharmacy assistants performing hiv/aids testing & follow up care. People are not receiving treatments, testing & prep This causes deaths & a major backwards step to hiv prevention

According to Global Black Gay Men Connect's report, an estimated 2.2 million people across Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, have lost access to key population-focused HIV prevention services. Find out more about the impact of the sudden US funding cuts to communities: www.unaids.org/en/resources...

8 months pregnant, Temalangeni walked 10km for a check-up—only to find out she was HIV-positive. She got treatment. But home follow-up? No longer available. UNAIDS's Nuha Ceesay warns: “Pulling funding now is like unplugging life support.” 📍Read more: www.science.org/content/arti...

The @unaids.org updates us on the impact of the crippling cuts to #HIV/AIDS health care programs across the world brought about by ending #USAID #PEPFAR -Immediate dramatic impacts on healthcare -No more data collection means no surveillance of the tragedy unfolding www.unaids.org/en/impact-US...

"We have observed a decreased adherence to antiretroviral therapy../. Many individuals who were on PrEP no longer feel safe or supported and have dropped out of the programme" Aziza Hamidova, #UNAIDS Country Director in Tajikistan www.unaids.org/en/resources...

"Critical services have stopped, people have lost their jobs, and many clinics have closed their doors. People living with HIV now face uncertainty about their access to medication, testing, and prevention services" Tina Boonto, #UNAIDS Country Director for Ethiopia www.unaids.org/en/resources...

Thank you to Michel Sidibe et al for this positive correspondence on impact of investing in ending #HIV/AIDS in SSA "Accelerating domestic investments to end AIDS in Africa" #PEPFAR was an incredibly successful program, cruelly ended overnight last March #Episky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Report analysing the impact of sure start centres on children’s outcomes, pg65 results by free school meals, ethnicity & gender ifs.org.uk/publications...

"The short- and medium-term effects of Sure Start on children’s outcomes" IFS Report here 👇 #HealthInequalities #HealthEquity #Childhood ifs.org.uk/publications...

Resharing with the update that the GenderSci Lab's NSF grant was terminated last week, leaving us with a $500K shortfall. I am seeking both small donors and partners w/ capacity to provide serious bridge funding for our work while Harvard fights for the future of US higher ed and science.

"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low." Had always seen this credited to Kissinger, but turns out he lied about his claim to it (who could possibly.. etc) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...

My observation of University politics: it seems mainly to consist of people scrapping for positions of power that, well… aren’t

As a cyclist I would say a similar thing is happening in #Toulouse, while infrastructures have improved, bike lanes are still often used by pedestrians, or parked on by delivery vans & mixed paths are becoming dangerous with volume of traffic People want to avoid cars & need the infrastructures!

Aujourd'hui démarre la 3ème édition du Colloque interdisciplinaire international « BECO, Bébé, petite Enfance en COntextes » à Toulouse sur le site de l'Université Jean Jaurès Un super programme vous attend! 👇👇 www.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil/rech...

Proponents of the English as She is Spoke school.

A wee strawberry harvest from the garden this morning 😀

📣 Commercial determinants of health inequities ⬇️⬇️ “UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Hi folks, I have some slots open over the summer for commissions. Fancy a pic of your favourite character? Get in touch. Please see the rate card for starting prices. B&W is ink on paper, colour is high res digital file plus the original pencil sketch. See my website for a full range of styles.

The gender gap in carbon footprints: determinants and implications Ondine Berland and Marion Leroutier Plus de viande rouge et de grosses voitures : pourquoi les hommes émettent plus de CO2 que les femmes www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...