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NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

With hopes to contribute to the long struggle for’the highest attainable standard of health’ policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/universal-he...

U.S. stops tracking costs of extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example...

This reminds me of the effort to slow down Covid testing during the pandemic

U.S. stops tracking costs of extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change

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Note: The projections are for seven countries--Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe--that account for half the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

The overall impact will be worse. PEPFAR also funds projects in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean & Ukraine

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🌍How are European welfare states addressing the climate crisis? The latest issue of Global Social Policy explores policy innovations and challenges in climate-responsive social policy. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSP/curr...
#SocialPolicy #ClimateChange @journals.sagepub.com

Global Social Policy Digest 25.1: Migration, refugees, and forced displacement as issues of global social policy, 2025

🌍 Migration, refugees & displacement aren’t just headlines — they’re deeply tied to global social policy, inequality & power. The latest GSP Digest (25.1) unpacks how these connections shape lives & politics worldwide. Dive in: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @journals.sagepub.com #migration

Short, online course @mcgillghp.bsky.social Summer Institute

Introduction to Gender Equality and Global Health

May 20-23, 2025

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US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access! @sbcook.bsky.social #financialisation

These practices will surely increase health disparities among US states! And they are happening in states with already worse health outcomes

Moving time! But what to with the vhs videos? I used to show these in class, feel very very old!

Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in children - Di Pietrantonj, C - 2020 | Cochrane Library Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

Cochrane SRMA 2020: There is no evidence of an association between MMR immunization and autistic spectrum disorders. www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

3/ I benefited from Socco’s wisdom, recounted by so many of forum contributors, as I looked for evidence, got lost in the archives, or could not figure out what happened when. Socco was the ultimate guide, and checked on me multiple times to see how the project was going.

2/ His stories sparked new research projects (Lin, this
Forum) or shed light onto unknown dynamics (Brimnes, this Forum). Some met him only once, while others had lifelong conversations. Regardless of duration, those lucky enough to have known Socco treasured his generosity and remember him fondly

This is the most meaningful project for me in 2024:Colleagues&friends across generations came together to remember Socrates Litsios-A Masterful Storyteller who deeply influenced global health history (photo with another important scholar Aleya Hammad) Free full-text @who.int doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Many people have questions about routine vaccinations: their need, their safety, and rumors surrounding them. That’s why we at @yalesph.bsky.social and Your Local Epidemiologist (@kkjetelina.bsky.social) are working together to answer your questions with evidence-based information and nuance.

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Key insights for social policy!

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How do ECLAC and PAHO approach health policy and long term care policy? An analysis just published at GSP by Meika Sternkopf and colleagues demonstrates that they have different ideas on targeted and universal approaches. #UHC #universalism #PAHO #ECLAC journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Drinking Pasteurized Milk Is 'Always' Recommended, Says WHO; Calls For Better Tracking Of Avian Flu In Animals - Health Policy Watch Finally, she added that WHO recommends that the public always drink pasteurized milk rather than raw milk products “for a number of different health

I guess the lesson of the last few years is that we can never take our achievements for granted in public health! Wide acceptance of pasteurization was one of them! healthpolicy-watch.news/drinking-raw... #publichealthmattees

Poor Countries Demand $1 Trillion a Year in Climate Finance As the U.N. climate summit nears its close, we examine a proposed climate finance deal that is already being contested by participants. Among the major issues is the absence of a firm number in the dr...

Pay up! www.democracynow.org/2024/11/21/c...

If Dreams Were Lightning | Healthcare Desert Documentary | Independent Lens Ramin Bahrani's documentary about rural Southerners lacking access to healthcare.

I wish they updated Unnatural Causes! I use it almost every semester. This week I have If dreams were lightning by Ramin Bahrani www.pbs.org/independentl...

Just in time for Spring course reading lists!

Took me a while to make the switch but here I am...