Lisa Hansen

Join @healthjournalism.org for a webinar with @drdemetre.bsky.social, @drdebhoury.bsky.social and Daniel Jernigan next Wednesday and find out what went down at the #CDC, what will happen next, and what needs to happen to preserve the integrity of public health infrastructure in the U.S.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j... via @statnews.com

NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com

'You know it's artificially induced" --families destroyed over this, it's so so terrible. "No mercury in the vaccines, no aluminum in the vaccines, the MMR should be taken separately" based on what Trump feels. Good lord we're back to Wakefield.

Some foreign regimes exploit major events to distort online content and push manipulated information. By hiding their role, their lies look real and spread fast.

See how Canada exposes these tactics: ow.ly/4eQV50WYa8e

#ThinkBeforeYouShare

Optimal pandemic control strategies and cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States - BMC Global and Public Health Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a trade-off between the health impacts of viral spread and the social and economic costs of restric...

1/ Contrary to recent claims by two political scientists, new work by @adrianraftery.bsky.social & Nick Irons estimates that COVID non-pharmacuetical interventions (NPIs) saved an estimated 860,000 lives in the US *in 2020 alone*.

bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Above: Text Roundtable. Global Lessons in Open Science: From Biomedical Research to Particle Physics. Mid: Two Portraits. Caption: MIchaela Mayrhofer. Ethics Expert at Medical University of Innsbruck. Alexander Kohls. Head of the CERN Scientific Information Service.

🌍 #openscience in action! Join Michaela Th. Mayrhofer @i-med.ac.at and Alexander Kohls @cern.bsky.social for a roundtable on transformative #openscience across disciplines. Learn how FAIR principles and collaborative culture are driving transparency, innovation, and global impact. #osfestival2025

Above: Text. Expert Roundtable. Openness in Dialogue: Science, Citizens, Communication. MId: Four portraits. Captions.

🕺💃 It takes three to tango: #OpenScience, #CitizenScience & #SciComm. Katharina Rieck moderates this roundtable with Daniel Dörler, Katja Mayer, and Franz Kerschbaum - exploring overlaps, differences & shared challenges between openness, participation & communication. #CitizenScience #osfestival2025

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Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academic Publish Welcome to the chaotic life of academic publishing. In this game, you are a clueless researcher trying to do the one and only thing that matters in your academic life: churning out publications, fast....

WANT

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Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies

This is an understatement: “Mr. Kennedy’s defiant performance at the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, his critics say, put on vivid display what happens when someone with no medical or scientific training and a conspiracy-minded approach takes charge of the nation’s public health”

Came across a brilliant article about the problems with how health equity has often been conceptualized (that white communities don't realize that they benefit from attempts to improve health equity).
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Officials warn of possible measles exposure at 4 Winnipeg sites - Canada News Beep Public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at four sites in Winnipeg last week — including at a grocer, retail outlet, government

Officials warn of possible measles exposure at 4 Winnipeg sites

https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/30868/

Public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at four sites in Winnipeg last week — including…

Opinion | Doctors Have Lost Their Mount Olympus of Medicine

Doctors Have Lost Their Mount Olympus of Medicine www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

A text box reads: “Hepatitis D is now classified as carcinogenic to humans, just like hepatitis B and C.” Below, a note says: “It causes liver cancer and can only spread in people already infected with hepatitis B.”

#Hepatitis update you should know:

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has now classified hepatitis D as carcinogenic to humans, just like hepatitis B & C.

⚠️ It causes liver cancer & only spreads in people already infected with hepatitis B.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4mjGQCY

America’s retreat from science has far-reaching implications for global research and innovation The immediate impact on US science and global health is devastating, but the implications for global science go further and we need to protect it.

New post by me on the implications for global science from America's scientific retreat and what we need to do about it.

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this is adapted from an editorial I wrote for the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The important characterisation of the UK pop'n from More In Common highlights v low levels of trust in most former 'authoritative' professions.

Scientists are the exception.

Trust both fragile & valuable. We scientists must continue to *earn* it. Science communication is more important than ever.

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you listen to music harder

We’re Hiring a Senior Science Editor - Talk Science To Me Talk Science to Me Communications Inc. is seeking a senior editor. Talk Science to Me is a publications support firm offering writing, editing, design and consulting services, and the parent company o...

I'm hiring! Talk Science to Me Communications is looking for a senior science editor.

Part time, remote, contract, CA$50–75/hr. 10+ years experience (5+ in science editing), knowledge of Canadian English required.

#science #scicomm 🧪

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Scientists, let's share our work with the public, so they can know how our work benefits their everyday health and wealth. Share your research & story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm #DefendResearch

Sign up & learn more: tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

New Brunswick has no mystery neurological disease, scientific study concludes | CBC News A new scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as JAMA.

An important follow up to the previously reported "undiagnosed" New Brunswick neurological disease. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

📣 Federally funded scientists!

Now more than ever before, it is critical that we bridge the gap btw scientists & the community to rebuild trust & address misinformation. Join the national #McClintockLetters movement to #DefendResearch, improve #SciComm, & share your scientific story! ⤵️

Hey #SciComm and #MedComm folks, how do you communicate uncertainty?

Uncertainty is a tricky topic. I mean, heck, when discussing uncertainty in a general sense, you're defining a word that describes how things are hard to fully define.

That's pretty meta, if you ask me!

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Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader

Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Why criticizing "anti-vaxxers" often backfires This is post 3 of 4 looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines and why trust in vaccines was damaged. Catch up on the first two posts: misinformation versus miscommunica...

This is my favorite (and I feel, most important) article I have ever written.

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How Can We Rebuild Trust in Science and Health? Start Small, Think Big Rebuilding trust in science and health means reconnecting—through relationships, communities, and structural reform.

An excellent article by @matthewfacciani.bsky.social on what steps we can take to start rebuilding trust in science. Quick notes:

1. Be a human (competency and warmth both matter)
2. Say "I don't know"
3. Show up irl (when possible)
4. Own mistakes when they happen

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Is Public Health Really Dead? | The Tyee Podcaster Daniella Barreto on how messaging around the COVID vaccine undermined trust, and more. A Tyee Q&A.

Is Public Health Really Dead? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

Couldn’t agree more with @teachepi.bsky.social!

Communication is vital, essential, NEEDED for progress! #comms skills should be as important as any other lab skill for scientists, but specially for those working in topics that relate directly with the public

#ESCMIDGlobal

Great presentation by @teachepi.bsky.social on trust and #PublicHealth at #ESCMIDGlobal2025 showcasing examples of studying distrust and policy and interventions to respond.
#GlobalHealth #IDsky #EpiSky #ESCMIDGlobal @escmid.bsky.social

Why we need a pandemic treaty now The consequences of failing to strike a deal extend well beyond how the world will grapple with health emergencies

Ahead of final #PandemicTreaty negotiations, Senior Scholar @nschwalbe.bsky.social writes, "Pandemic threats can only be addressed through multilateral collaboration." In an era of great dismantling, she emphasizes the need for collective strength among nations. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...