Emily Mendenhall

For centuries, we’ve seen long-term illness follow viral infections – yet health policy still acts like it’s a new discovery.

Great read on the history of post-viral illness!

"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."

Millions of Mysterious Deep-Sea Nodules Offer Clues to Life—And Riches to be Mined When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders

I'm often blown away by the ingenuity and impact of our STIA alums. Our community is bright and bold! Check out this fantastic new film about deep sea mining. STIA scientific comms at its best!

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From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

"Time and again, society has failed to reckon with these conditions, relegating their sufferers to the fringes of medical understanding and societal concern":

@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social

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From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

#pwME #pwLC #NEISVoid #GreatestMEdicalScandal (!!!) @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

Five questions about Long COVID and patient activism online - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University SFS Professor Emily Mendenhall answers questions about Long COVID, vaccine politics and how digital activism has helped Long COVID patients find resources and community.

How are online communities changing the conversation around Long COVID? SFS Prof @emendenhall.bsky.social shares insights on Long COVID, vaccine politics and digital activism.

Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr

Five questions about Long COVID and patient activism online - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University SFS Professor Emily Mendenhall answers questions about Long COVID, vaccine politics and how digital activism has helped Long COVID patients find resources and community.

sfs.georgetown.edu/news-five-qu...

Building a resistance to US assaults on public health The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential oppos...

Hot off the presses in The Lancet: Building a resistance to US assaults on public health. With Alicia Ely Yamin and Emma Joanna Lengle. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Adding to my to-read list and should be helpful background for my project looking at covid public health signs in Korea.
Book looks fascinating, grim, and important overall too.

Philly’s largest city workers' union is on strike. Here’s what to know AFSCME District Council 33 represents 9,000 employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards. Trash pick-up, pools and 911 calls are among the services impacted.

This is the union's first major strike in nearly 40 years, when a 20-day work stoppage led to trash piling up on city streets. Leaders say the workers can't afford to live in the city they serve. (via ‪@whyy.org)

Change in the air.

Ep 1: Welcome Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 06/13/2025 · 35m

Loving this podcast with @kenworthy.bsky.social. Check it out, in the meanwhile!

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Unmasked – Vanderbilt University Press Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COV...

Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji... what happened in the early pandemic in rural Iowa when COVID denialism was common and businesses put profits over people. Good primer for the next four years--lean into the grey areas. www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650452...

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News VIRAL MOMENT: NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Confronts Border Czar Tom Homan

legend.

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.

She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.

But the FDA recently denied its approval.

Now, her health hangs in the balance.

Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

Zohran Kwame Mamdani & @ZohranKMamdani Follow Good evening from Inwood Hill Park, the very top of Manhattan. For the first time in a long time, I'm wearing my sneakers because tonight we're walking the whole island. See you in the streets.

Zohran doing the “from the tippity top to the tippity bottom” broad city walk is peak millennial mayor content

People are acting like masked men terrorizing communities of color with the tacit permission of the government is somehow new

Seven Decades An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER

Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden.

Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

@princetonupress.bsky.social

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing!

We are looking to hire several positions including:
- Event and volunteer coordination
- Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media)
- Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉)

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📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case

Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”

As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm

Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

Walz: "This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences. Now is the time for us to recommit to the core values of this country ... Talk to a neighbor rather than arguing. Debate an issue. Shake hands. Find common ground. This is who Melissa Hortman was."

Two book covers: Rethinking Global Health by Rochelle Burgess and The Foreign Gaze by Seye Abimbola

This podcast episode is worth a listen:

Two AI 'people' having a chat about @thewrittenro.bsky.social's
Rethinking Global Health & my The Foreign Gaze youtu.be/Pk0GqnDaD9M?...

Its cheery status quo politics is at odds with the vibe of both books, and it feels like a warning RE AI peer/book review.

"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!

Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

I cannot stress enough how much the anti-ICE protests are an overwhelming win for Democrats on social media. I’m seeing Instagram influencers who stayed silent on politics for the past year loudly sharing support for immigrants. I’m seeing podcasters who interviewed Trump talk about how wrong ICE is

Authoritarianism and the Genetics of Trauma | Think Global Health A Syrian American global health scholar reflects on generations of trauma after decades of Assad dictatorship

Gorgeous essay by my friend and postdoc Diana Rayes in Think Global Health. Take a look if you have a minute. @dianarayes.bsky.social

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/auth...

Interembodiment Carers and Beloveds amidst Living with Complex Chronic Illness

Another great piece by Emily Mendenhall concerning chronic illness & community support.

This article mentions my friend Monica, who's helped me so much. I met Monica on old twitter & she's been one of my most steadfast supports

We all deserve more help

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Monica is the person who introduced me to Emily Mendenhall @emendenhall.bsky.social

It's why I'm in a few articles & her upcoming book:

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