Detail of vintage Kimono Panel. 1950-1970, Japan. Yorke Antique Textiles
“All wars are a choice, and they hasten destruction of people and the planet. A redoubled counter movement from civil society and global health communities is needed to make health the fight of our lives. Health is a bridge to peace, and peace a prerequisite for health”
@jocalynclark.bsky.social
You’re very quotable, my friend @markmackinnon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company Palantir
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
The rise in invasive cosmetic procedures demands tighter regulation, better consumer protection, and greater awareness to protect patient safety and reduce cosmetic tourism, argue experts
https://bit.ly/40qNBd7
Must-read BMJ editorial by @jocalynclark.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/392/... "Peace, come closer." On the urgent need for "a critical debate about the role and influence of powerful financiers in global health, especially now as traditional sources of support dwindle."
Turning the world over to madmen. That is what is happening. Madmen.
#ICYMI Call for papers on the #geopolitical determinants of #globalhealth. No hard deadline - we plan to publish articles on the topic through 2026 and into 2027. Read more & share:
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'These bilateral deals are not about enhancing African sovereignty or security, but squeezing governments through their immediate health security needs to sell the family silver.'
Global Health in new era of US extraction - latest piece for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/...
US women’s health priorities - RFK Jr style. What could go wrong?
‘Researchers with decades of experience and grants from the NIH are rubbing shoulders with a teen beauty queen and an advocate for homeless dogs who raises money at Mar-a-Lago’👇🇺🇸
@munkeatlooi.bsky.social
China increases science funding again (by at least 7-% over the next 5 years) as it pledges billion-dollar spending boost for science
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At the U.N. conference on women’s rights, the Trump administration's effort to promote conservative "America First" values was unsuccessful. Plus, a look at Africa CDC’s new plan to swap debt for health spending.
You can have the best armed forces in the history of the world, but if you are an incompetent criminal without a plan, you can still lose a war, and rather quickly.
The gap between scientific knowledge and public understanding is no longer just a communication problem, it's a trust crisis. The global health community has the facts but not always the tools or platforms to make them land.
"Vaccine hesitancy matters, but barriers to access are being systematically overlooked."
Systemic weaknesses lost the UK its measles elimination status
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
"Research should not only be independent of vested interests but must also be seen to be so"
My @bmj.com piece with @fphuk.bsky.social president Tracy Daszkiewicz argues we need a public health approach to study the impact of digital technology on health.
#CDOH
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At the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the US is pushing to remove references to climate change and gender-responsive justice from the outcome document, raising concerns about weakening global commitments to women’s rights.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unfpa.org #WomensRights
📖⬇️ & 🔁
Troubling measles and flu stats this week. 1,300 measles cases in the US. 11 more pediatric flu deaths - 90 total for the season - 85% in kids not fully vaccinated. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/troubling-...
'Elsevier made £1.04 billion in profit in 2025, according to its parent company’s latest annual report, up 7 per cent on 2024.' 1/2
We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by.
Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.
So now New Zealand has wrapped its COVID-19 inquiry.
Canada, not so much, eh? 🤔
"Accountability for Canada’s covid-19 response" www.bmj.com/canada-covid...
cc @jocalynclark.bsky.social
remember fifa is on the “board of peace”
Artificial dumbness.
I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation
