Kerry Cullinan

EXCLUSIVE: Weakened UN Political Declaration On NCDs Removes Target To Tax Harmful Products - Health Policy Watch The final political declaration for the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs is substantially weaker than the zero draft, no longer referring to

Higher taxes on unhealthy products like #tobacco, #alcohol & #sodas have cut consumption & helped health.

Yet @moderation.bsky.app decided to label my story below about taxes as 'spam'. Did the unhealthy lobbyists get to them?

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Hey, ‪@moderation.bsky.app‬, why is an article about the need for taxes on unhealthy products labelled as "spam"? Are you responding to complaints from alcohol, tobacco and junk food companies?

Far right axis! #Israel to host fascist football hooligan Brit #TommyRobinson - because of the Manchester Synagogue bombing.

'Ban All Attacks On Hospitals To Prevent Genocide' - Health Policy Watch All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by,

#Israel justifies bombing #Gaza hospitals by claiming they're 'shielding' Hamas. Instead of #IDF proving this, they're turning the law on its head, trying to make people in the field disprove this, says @msf.ca
making it impossible to keep facilities safe.

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China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers

#China’s Snub of US Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers #TrumpTarriffs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

Nazis out and proud in the USA. WTF

Taxes on unhealthy products like tobacco, alcohol, sodas and junk food discourage consumption. But industry got them dropped from the @UN declaration on #NCDs

just sitting here thinking about the courage and determination of E. Jean Carroll compared to the abject craven collapse of the pretty much every silicon valley CEO

Mpox Cases Rise In Ghana, Philippines And China – But Decline Overall - Health Policy Watch Ghana has seen an “exponential” increase in mpox cases over the past week, while there have been smaller increases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

#Mpox Cases Rise in #Ghana, #Philippines and #China – But Decline Overall

While there was a small 7% uptick in cases over the past week, overall cases are down 76% since the peak of the epidemic.

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How a single street connects South Africa to the continent and beyond The authorities must recognise the economic potential of a thriving corner of Johannesburg's inner-city.

How a single street connects South Africa to the continent and beyond: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

China Ties Manufacturers’ Access To Pathogen Information To Host Country's Commitment To Pandemic Agreement - Health Policy Watch China has suggested that the access pharmaceutical manufacturers get to information about dangerous pathogens should be “contingent” on their home country

#China Ties Manufacturers’ Access to Pathogen Information to Host Country’s Commitment to #PandemicAgreement

The complex talks are negotiating how to fairly & equitably share the benefits derived from utilizing genetic resources. ⬇️

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UK has just had its hottest summer on record. Heat stress is something about ¾ of the globe faces in our #climatecrisis future.

Zambia Launches Solar Clinic Project As Part Of Ambitious Gavi Initiative - Health Policy Watch Zambia has become the first country to inaugurate a solar clinic as part of Gavi’s $28 million Health Facility Solar Electrification (HFSE) programme, which

#Zambia Launches Solar Clinic Project as Part of Ambitious #Gavi Initiative ☀️

“In places where one in four health facilities have no electricity, solarisation is more than a technical fix, it is a lifeline.” @sanianishtar.bsky.social - @gavi.org

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3/3 "The implicit message throughout: Infection produces spike protein that can cause harm, therefore vaccination, which produces controlled amounts of spike without the virus making copies of itself, makes sense."

"These laboratory experiments, while limited in their clinical relevance and unable to establish causation, consistently show harmful effects from the spike protein produced during infection. ⅔

"Here's what Kennedy apparently missed: Most of the compiled papers are in vitro studies (laboratory experiments in test tubes or petri dishes) documenting effects of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, not vaccination. ..

US Non-profits Vow To Fight On After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge Trump Aid Freeze - Health Policy Watch US non-profit groups have vowed to fight on after losing their court bid this week to compel the Trump administration to restore Congress-approved foreign aid

Great piece by @kerrycullinan.bsky.social in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social on the latest in AVAC's case against the Department of State in the foreign aid freeze, healthpolicy-watch.news/us-non-profi....

@publiccitizen.bsky.social #HIV #HIVprevention #PEPFAR

US Non-profits Vow To Fight On After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge Trump Aid Freeze - Health Policy Watch US non-profit groups have vowed to fight on after losing their court bid this week to compel the Trump administration to restore Congress-approved foreign aid

US Non-profits Vow to Fight on After Court Rules They Can’t Challenge #Trump Aid Freeze

The Trump administration has closed #USAID, slashed the budget of #PEPFAR, and withdrawn from the @whowpro.bsky.social.

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Will Pesticides Break MAHA’s Alliance With Trump? - Health Policy Watch The Trump administration’s approach to pesticides could determine whether it continues to enjoy the support of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy

RFK's #MAHA consists of anti-vaxxers and "wellness” groups opposed to #mRNA vaccines who formed an unlikely alliance with #Trump libertarian #MAGA supporters opposed to vaccine mandates and lockdowns.

Will pesticides kill their alliance?

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More lies from the Trump administration, which is led by people who think about their pockets today and not the impact of #climate on future generations.

REPORTER: We saw that Russia continued its violence into Ukraine last night, launching even more drones. What did you make of that?

TRUMP: I think they're trying to negotiate

Africa’s Mpox Response: Better Diagnostics One Year Into Emergency - Health Policy Watch African countries worst affected by mpox have rapidly expanded their diagnostic capacity, with more laboratories and better-trained health workers, said Dr

Africa’s #Mpox Response: Better Diagnostics One Year into Emergency

“With limited resources, there is a critical need to be more efficient, working as one team, with one plan, budget, and monitoring framework" - Prof. Yap Boum #AfricaCDC

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JP Morgan investing $250M in Glencore through ‘sustainability’ funds — reports Glencore is included in the bank's

Ah, sorry, Glencore messed up my country, South Africa, causing massive pollution (with some help from JP Morgan):
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If there's a policing problem, recruit more police. Deploying soldiers against civilians in their own country is called martial law.

"#Kennedy’s delayed and tepid response [to #CDC attack] coupled with his own record of inflammatory claims, has only deepened the wounds and amplified a dangerous sense of betrayal among America’s frontline public health workers." - Jerome Adams

Will Pesticides Break MAHA’s Alliance With Trump? - Health Policy Watch The Trump administration’s approach to pesticides could determine whether it continues to enjoy the support of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy

RFK's #MAHA consists of anti-vaxxers and "wellness” groups opposed to #mRNA vaccines who formed an unlikely alliance with #Trump libertarian #MAGA supporters opposed to vaccine mandates and lockdowns.

Will pesticides kill their alliance?

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Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence “This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.

#RFK case against #mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r... via @statnews.com

LA schools are educating kids about what to do when ICE is at the door or if #ICE agents take away their parents.

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

Back in early February before RFK Jr.’s confirmation, @jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote an OpEd where we said, “Kennedy, a science denialist, will never accept the real scientific evidence showing the safety of vaccines”. Republicans confirmed him anyway. www.reuters.com/business/hea...