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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.

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Claims that Uganda's #Ebola outbreak was under control appear to have been premature. This child's family sought care in 3 hospitals before he died. So more cases will likely follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/h...

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As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story: 🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky

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Very sad to learn that a child has died from measles in the west TX outbreak. The last US measles death was in an adult in 2015. I believe this may be the first US measles death in a child in more than 20 years. #IDsky #MedSky #PedsIDsky #PedsSky www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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"5 billion people—ie, 60% of the world's population—do not have access to affordable, high-quality medical oxygen services" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

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TB remains the world's deadliest infectious killer disease. While there are newer tests, drugs and regimens available, more research is needed for new drugs, tests and regimens to end this ancient disease. Check out this very good update of impact USAID fund freeze on all TB related work

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🗞️News 📰Historic #TB outbreak a wake-up call for US policy makers Written by @bryantfurlow.bsky.social tinyurl.com/8u6nmf4a #EndTB #TBsky #tuberculosis @theunion-tblh.bsky.social

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“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order. TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

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Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

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NEW: Organizations that provide vital, lifesaving care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.

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In 2025, TB is the number 1 infectious killer of humankind Four new books bring renewed attention to this ancient plague Thank you Handaa Enkh-Amgalan, Maria Smilios, Vidya Krishnan & @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social communities.springernature.com/posts/tuberc...

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Over 100 refugees who were scheduled to be resettled in Indiana have seen their flights canceled in the last two days. Refugees make our state stronger, and the bipartisan support for U.S. refugee resettlement has been a pillar of our nation for over a century.

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WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7

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Dr. Arthur L. Caplan [bioethicist & polio survivor]: “I always felt like the voices that need to be heard are the kids who died, the kids who didn’t make it.” He said of the hearings: polio survivors will be watching, “and there will be a lot of ghosts in that hearing room.” #IDsky #pedsID #pedsky

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New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky

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What a cool study and a powerful demonstration that Tuberculosis is largely a disease of poverty. In Brazil a large scale intervention which provided cash monthly to families living in poverty led to profound reductions in TB cases. Up to 50% among the poorest groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Despite Attacks, an Underground Church for L.G.B.T.Q. Africans Thrives The congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has been forced to move to 10 different locations over 10 years, and yet it has survived as a sanctuary in an increasingly hostile environment. Gift link!

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Today, I travelled back in time, to the pre polio vaccine era I closed my eyes, imagined being paralyzed… unable to breathe I imagined being stuck in this claustrophobic iron lung, to breathe Maybe we all need to time travel, to appreciate how science & public health saves us, every day.

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This doctor raised the alarm about a deadly mpox outbreak that went global Placide Mbala is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 202 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014. "One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem" I hope they will return to their poem

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Pediatrics is becoming medicine’s largest skeleton crew. www.statnews.com/2024/11/27/p...

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“These are people who are going through extremely stressful, life-destroying situations and they have to do the emotional calculation of, ‘will disclosing this make me less safe?’ … It is not just about access, it is the reality that HIV stigma is still very alive and well and still very powerful.”

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Getting pumped to dive into advocacy with @idsainfo.bsky.social given the political landscape in our country. #IDSky #HIVSky Grateful for the opportunity. Please consider taking action now: idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/811...

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‘It’s indescribable’: the hospital on the frontline of Haiti’s devastating gang war www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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And yes, this study demonstrated a causal link

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Something you can do right now to combat the world’s deadliest infectious disease - urge Congress to pass the #EndTB Now Act. See the link below from @tbfighters.org #TBSky #IDSky #PedsIDSky

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What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.” HUMANS!

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