Shereen Bhan

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.

These are their stories 🧵

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...

“If NIH doesn’t study the health impacts of climate, we are not going to be able to prevent some of those health impacts, and we aren’t going to be able to find ways to deal with them.”

NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

This is so cool.My husband and I are deep in the Severance rabbit hole and the history of this location just adds to the layers.Thanks for sharing!

Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

YouTube video by Campaigns of the world Nike - Dream Crazier | #JustDoIt

Happy International Women’s Day!
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Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts Just over a month after US President Donald Trump implemented a 90-day freeze of all foreign assistance, the future looks very uncertain for tuberculosis research. Among others, a large TB research pr...

Brutal

Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts

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If you have a:

- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account

The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.

“One is a quote from the amazing Mariame Kaba, who says, “Hope is a discipline.” She argues that hope is not this nebulous, airy thing. It is a practice that you cultivate through active effort.”

This was my antidote this week and it may be one I keep coming back to. Please read and share so we may all engage in magical thinking.

Irrespective of your views on US International Aid, please do read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social's essay in @nytimes.com today. He writes with firsthand experience of many of these programs and the genuine compassion of a true humanitarian.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

Bird flu now ‘widespread' in Massachusetts, officials warn State environmental and health officials said Wednesday that bird flu is suspected to be the cause of death in cases of both wild and domestic birds in several Massachusetts communities. As a result o...

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‘Quad-demic’ Hitting US With Flu, COVID-19, RSV, Norovirus Surging U.S. surges of COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus have collectively been dubbed a "quad-demic." Here what you can do.

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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

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I was looking for something in my H5N1 deck and came across this slide. Look how much H1N1 spread in the US in 2009 compared to other countries in spite of it starting in Mexico. This should have been a warning about our public health failures.

The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.

It’s an open secret among medical professionals: Many drugs maintain their ability to combat ailments well after their expiration date. One pharmacist says he sometimes takes home expired OTC medicine so he and his family can use it.

(Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)

Avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks Latest situation in Scotland including current outbreaks and measures in place to prevent the spread of the disease.

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) declared across the whole of Scotland. www.gov.scot/publications...

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

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California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.

Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read.
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U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from infected chickens and wild birds in a backyard flock.

#Breaking: U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus

Shereen Bhan on LinkedIn: As I grow older, the loss of those I admired in private and public spaces… As I grow older, the loss of those I admired in private and public spaces weighs heavier. It’s hard not to feel alone and rudderless. How does one go on when…

This 1800 year old Redwood is a remarkable reminder of what nature can produce. Here’s to our generation and the next one. May we nurture more gentle giants.

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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

President Carter was one of a kind. He epitomized service leadership and embodied courage and humility. My friend, Catherine Moore, painted this. I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to hand deliver it while taking Young African Leaders to meet him. RIP, President Carter.

Wishing joy, peace, and love to everyone ❤️

Happy Holidays from all of us at WomenLift Health! 🎄

Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.

Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

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Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: ex-husband jailed for 20 years as all 51 men found guilty Gisèle Pelicot addresses other sexual violence victims after the verdicts, saying outside court: ‘We share the same fight’

Merci bouquet, Gisele Pelicot! You mean so much to me. There are no words ❤️

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The final days of global health The stakes could not be higher. If we lose the ‘global’ in “global health”, we lose not just a field of practice but the very idea that health is a shared human endeavour. And when that idea dies, wha...

I was invited by @madhupai.bsky.social to submit a shortened, edited version of my post, "Farewell Global Health" to PLoS Blogs, "Speaking of Medicine". It's just been posted.

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How a biochemistry department used redacted job applications to achieve gender parity Anonymizing job applications before shortlisting helped to boost the number of women appointed.

Anonymizing faculty applications (removing names, contact info, institutions, country, leaves of absences, gender, religion, race, age, etc) prior to interviewing led one dept hiring one women in 5 positions (2010-20) to 5 women in 5 positions (2021-24).
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