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Brooke Nichols

@brookeenichols.bsky.social
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Associate Prof, modeler, health economist, co-creator of impactcounter.com

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A butler of dogs @butlerofdogs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A public health scientist (@brookeenichols.bsky.social) discusses the number of deaths caused by the closing of USAID by Elon Musk youtu.be/6kZR638ARN8?...
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How Many Kids Did DOGE Kill?
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A report earlier this month by House Oversight Democrats on the impacts of USAID cuts cited modeling by CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social, which estimates 600,000 people—two-thirds of them children—have died in just over a year as a result of eliminating USAID. spr.ly/63329BDz2kH
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USAID's closure led to 'entirely preventable' deaths, latest Ebola outbreak: House Dem report
The Trump administration's decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 "entirely preventable" deaths, left the globe faltering in responding...
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Brooke Nichols @brookeenichols.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The current Ebola outbreak is showing us exactly why rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) need to be a priority… now. Rapid results become critical, especially as isolation numbers climb- fast answers are essential to safe isolation! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40999340/ @buceid.bsky.social
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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 09/12/2025
Next up in our 'meet the editors' is Academic Editor Brooke Nichols (@brookeenichols.bsky.social), Associate Professor of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health (@busph.bsky.social). Brooke specializes in infectious disease modeling and health economics. 🧪 #MedSky #PLOSMedicine
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The newly reported increase in global childhood death rates, largely from infectious diseases, can be directly attributed to cuts to foreign aid, CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social) tells @wbur.org. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Global child mortality projected to rise for the first time in decades
The Gates Foundation and the University of Washington estimate that more than 200,000 more kids will die this year than last.
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"We should not accept this as an inevitable consequence of global crises—all of which, in one way or another, are man-made (like the climate crisis), and some intentional and man-made (like the cutting of foreign assistance)," @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social) continues.
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"The idea that the number of kids dying before their 5th birthday could rise for the 1st time this century should shock all of us. What if it were your child?" CEID faculty Dr @brookeenichols.bsky.social tells @newsweek.com in response to new Gates Foundation report. www.newsweek.com/child-deaths...
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Child deaths set to rise for first time this century, report
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, according to a new report.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2025
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Thijs Kuiken @thijskuiken.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Conservatieve inschatting is dat inmiddels half miljoen mensen zijn gestorven door abrupte stopzetting van USAID financiering voor HIV-AIDS projecten. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
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Toef Jaeger @toefjaeger.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Een tool berekende dat met het stoppen van USAid bijna 150.000 volwassenen en ruim 300.000 kinderen stierven. Dat zijn 88 sterfgevallen per uur. Elke 3,18 minuten sterft er een extra kind aan longontsteking, iedere 4,15 minuten een aan diarree. Dit zijn dan nota bene nog voorzichtige berekeningen.
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Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
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Nienke van Dijk @nieuwevandijk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Voedsel, medicijnen, voorbehoedsmiddelen: de rigoreuze en onmiddellijke stopzetting van USAID betekent 88 extra doden per uur (!). @brookeenichols.bsky.social maakte een impactmeter die de doden telt. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... En hier een interview: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
More Than 300,000 'Preventable' Deaths Since Musk, Trump, DOGE Shutdown of USAID: Today's #BradCast Guest: Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social, Assoc. Prof of Global Health at Boston U; Also: Admin attacks CBO as budget bill found to add trillions to deficit... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15406
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Musk's chainsaw to programs that support impoverished folks has a body count. Many thanks to my BU colleague @brookeenichols.bsky.social for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science. 103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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April Houston @aprilehouston.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
#ForeignAid cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. Thanks @brookeenichols.bsky.social‬ for your role in measuring/documenting the impact of this cruelty! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The best metric of Elon's time in Washington. @impactcounter.bsky.social
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Brooke Nichols @brookeenichols.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
And meanwhile, “The Last of Us” is about to become a reality TV series. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Killer fungus could spread through parts of Europe due to climate change
Aspergillus can cause lung problems when it spreads to humans
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
On his @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social spoke with fellow CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social about the human toll of US foreign aid cuts, as calculated by her @impactcounter.bsky.social. spr.ly/633262xO74
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Episode 12: The Dismantling of U.S. Foreign Aid and the Consequences for Global Health - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this episode, Joseph Harris explores the actions taken by the Trump administration to dismantle U.S. foreign aid the consequences that these actions will have for global health. He sits down with Dr. Beth Cameron, a former Senior Adviser to the...
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Reflecting on changes over Trump's first 100 days in office, @freep.com cites stats from CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social, estimating the toll of cuts to PEPFAR. spr.ly/633262v6Us
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Trump made good on cruel promises, ruining countless lives. It's made America worse. | Opinion
The calamitous nature of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office shouldn't surprise anyone who was paying attention before the election.
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Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
103 people die every hour thanks to US funding cuts, according to @brookeenichols.bsky.social. We can criticise aid, but it does save lives.
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BeingHelpish @beinghelpish.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This weekend, I worked on my protest signs for #MayDay and ended up doing a meme version of this one. The stats are horrifying and heartbreaking. Amazing work by Dr. Brooke Nichols that should be more publicized. @brookeenichols.bsky.social Thursday, May 1, 4-7PM 300 N Salisbury St Raleigh, NC
Graphic showing the silhouette of a small child, with parts of her soul disappearing (as butterflies flying away). She’s walking toward, but not reaching the USAID logo. 

The headline says: Every minute, one child dies
because of USAID cuts

There is a USAID logo in red and blue. At the bottom is a QR code and the text: impactcounter.com/ dashboard
Data from the Boston University School of Public Health
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date. More than 180,000 and counting. #FundingCutsCostLives impactcounter.com/dashboard
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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
@brookeenichols.bsky.social (no relation) has assembled an extraordinary dashboard showing the human impact of the destruction of USAid. Of anything I have posted, I beg that you take a moment to look at it. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
On BU Giving Day, this Wednesday, please consider making a gift of any amount to CEID. Your support helps fund our work such as @impactcounter.bsky.social developed by @brookeenichols.bsky.social to quantify lives lost due to cuts to PEPFAR. Donate directly to CEID at give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date. More than 150,000 and counting. #FundingCutsCostLives impactcounter.com/dashboard
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/03/2025
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social have you seen this counter, tracking how many people have likely died from tuberculosis since USAID funding was cut? www.bu.edu/articles/202...
A screen capture of the article linked above stating that “there will be an additional death from TB every seven minutes“.
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Jacques Dupont @jakoqc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
People are really better than natural disasters at killing other people.
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
CEID faculty Dr. Brooke Nichols (@busph.bsky.social) developed @impactcounter.bsky.social to serve as a tool to quantify, both for government officials and general public, the toll that cuts to foreign aid will have on real lives. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
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Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases @buceid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Her calculations estimate that hundreds of thousands of lives will be lost to infectious diseases like malaria, TB, & HIV due to cuts to USAID, PEPFAR, & Medicaid. View real-time updates at her @impactcounter.bsky.social www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the combined human toll of all funding discontinuation to date. #FundingCutsCostLives impactcounter.com/dashboard
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date. #FundingCutsCostLives impactcounter.com/dashboard
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Wes Rogers @wesmd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Low domestic measles vaccination rates should concern us all. Unfortunately we can no longer think of domestic travel as necessarily safer than international travel when it comes to measles-exposure risk. #IDsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Revising US MMR Vaccine Recommendations Amid Changing Domestic Risks
This Viewpoint discusses updating the existing recommendation for an additional early MMR dose to infants aged 6 to 11 months traveling to any region with increased probability of measles exposure.
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The annual lives at stake if cuts to #Medicaid are enacted: Medicaid.impactcounter.com
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If the cuts to Medicaid pass the Senate and are enacted: One American will die every 18.3 minutes and one additional American will face catastrophic healthcare costs every 42 seconds as a consequence. Medicaid.impact.com #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. PEPFAR.impactcounter.com #HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.
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