Sara Silverstein

WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work

"WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Their essay is one way of explaining that only the “fit” will survive and we should not be investing money in protecting the “unfit.”
#eugenics

Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.

Under new administration guidance, if you’re overweight or diabetic, you can be denied a visa to live in the U.S. all in the name of “protecting the taxpayer.”

Newsflash: immigrants are not the problem. They’re the ones helping to build our economy and communities. 🇺🇸

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Academics who have advised a graduate student from China over the past years would be banned from federal funding. This would give the federal government one more lever to attack scientists. And how long before they expand the list of "hostile foreign" countries?

Among all the reasons this act would be bad for American science, its framing confuses and distracts from the very real security threat the Trump administration poses to Americans by undermining public health and science.

They’re erasing the history because this administration doesn’t want evidence of public health successes or memory of a functioning CDC.

Politically motivated removals and political appointments are reminiscent of “science” under Soviet and other authoritarian regimes.

🚨🚨 @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a force. Her voice carries power, truth, and courage—threats to the regime.

The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸

NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...

According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
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They’re erasing the history because this administration doesn’t want evidence of public health successes or memory of a functioning CDC.

Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Last night, eight Dems in the Senate broke ranks and acquiesced to Republicans in the shutdown fight.

Rebels Post Videos of Mass Killings in Darfur as the World Watches After the fall of El Fasher to the R.S.F., observers fear for the next target in the war.

Last month, El Fasher, in Sudan’s Darfur region, fell to rebel forces. “The world hasn’t caught up to what a big deal El Fasher is,” a humanitarian researcher at Yale said. “We are talking tens upon tens of thousands of potential dead in five days.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/ePchw0

Yesterday, hundreds of scientists, physicians, health workers, patients, leaders, and advocates spoke together with one voice, RFK Jr. is not fit to lead HHS and has got to go. Thanks to @apha.org @standupforscience.bsky.social, and others for organizing.

it is darkly humorous that after all these years, the Republican health insurance plan ends up being to end health insurance

This is murder. It is social engineering by oligarchs and politicians doing the will of oligarchs. It is cruel and brutal and results in death as surely as other forms of violence.

I’m very pleased to have written the chapter on health and to be in fantastic company in this volume.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

I’m not sure if it was intentional or an algorithm that showed the trailer for the “Nuremberg” film on this page. The Nuremberg trial defined crimes against humanity and genocide. We will be defining crimes based on the Trump administration’s social engineering.
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This is murder. It is social engineering by oligarchs and politicians doing the will of oligarchs. It is cruel and brutal and results in death as surely as other forms of violence.

Thread. Strongly recommend reading the whole thread.

I'm delighted to give a pre-launch book talk at Dartmouth on 11/10.
Why is eastern Europe necessary for understanding global health and health as a right?
Come hear my talk and look for my book in the spring!
"For Your Health and Ours"
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

And let's name names. #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #RussellVought and #DonaldTrump (with help from #JohnRoberts). This is premeditated murder--of children. You can spin it anyway you like but you cannot escape this fact.

Cuts to the NIH imperil health today and in the future.
As though that’s not enough, there’s also this: “The overall domestic impact of the cuts to NIH funding is currently estimated at $11 billion in economic losses and 49,000 jobs, with $17 billion in future economic losses predicted annually.”

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

🧵1/5 Article a few weeks old and no less devastating.

It is *tragic*, morally repugnant, and simply *dangerous* that DOGE/this admin have fired the experts working on fighting outbreaks.

We cannot protect ourselves if we remove the infrastructure and staff working tirelessly to keep us safe.

🎁🔗👇

This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company.

Utterly despicable.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

“Puryear recalls a recent meeting that consisted entirely of her colleagues announcing they'd had to halt their studies related to H5N1 in humans because of the administration's funding cuts.”

Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...

By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.

More than 260,000 will be children.

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