Reposted by Joyce BrowneThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/05/2026At the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the front line is completely overwhelmed. Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, describes what he saw in the Ebola ward at Mongbwalu General Hospital. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w... 37408218
Reposted by Joyce BrowneJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183446900
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026💚 Meer dan een jaar geleden begonnen we met een serie workshops om een praktische definitie en handboek te ontwikkelen voor klimaatrechtvaardigheid. /1 111
Reposted by Joyce BrowneProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The Central England temperature record represents the longest series of monthly temperature observations in existence. Recent temperatures there are over 1.5 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average, and over 2 degrees above preindustrial values. Chart: UK Met Office. 8482229
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 28/02/2026This summer we will be organizing 5 #GlobalHealth and #PlanetaryHealth summer schools in Utrecht, 🇳🇱. 🔹Fundamentals of Global Health, 6-10 juli: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life... 🔹 Public Health in Humanitarian contexts, 13-17 juli: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life... /1 100
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🌍 📚 ☀️ Join us for Global Health Ethics & Equity - Utrecht Summer School 📅 20-24 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands With @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, @riekevdgraaf.bsky.social, & many guest lectures! /1 100
Reposted by Joyce BrowneNRC @nrc.nl · 02/11/2025VNG noemt berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd ‘directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat’nrc.nlVNG noemt berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd ‘directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat’De Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG) heeft de berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd „een directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat” genoemd. 2339
Reposted by Joyce BrowneProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Devastation on repeat: 1,000+ dead, 6.9M affected by Pakistan’s monsoon floods Climate change is melting glaciers, intensifying monsoon rains, and worsening floods, hitting the poorest hardest in a country responsible for just 1% of global GHG emissions www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comDevastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan's deadly floods - BBC NewsThe BBC speaks to those who have lost everything in this year's monsoon season and finds out why it will likely happen again. 012566
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/08/2025FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition www.who.int/news/item/22...who.intFamine confirmed for first time in GazaMore than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths. FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and ... 04723
Reposted by Joyce BrowneNRC @nrc.nl · 10/07/2025Dertig jaar na de genocide in Srebrenica is er geen plek in Nederland die daaraan herinnert. Bosnische Nederlanders zetten zich in voor een nationaal monument, maar de beoogde locatie in Den Haag zorgt voor vertraging. buff.ly/JyCjWfNbuff.lyHet wil maar niet lukken met een monument om de genocide van Srebrenica te herdenkenSrebrenica-monument: Dertig jaar na de genocide in Srebrenica is er geen plek in Nederland die daaraan herinnert. Bosnische Nederlanders zetten zich in voor een nationaal monument, maar de beoogde… 1164
Reposted by Joyce BrowneKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/07/2025Newspaper coverage of climate change around the globe dropped 6% from May to June 2025 -- and by 28% compared to June 2024, despite increasing frequency and severity of climate-fueled extreme weather events. Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is... 17376181
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ee...actie.degoedezaak.orgEerlijkere loonverdeling in het hoger onderwijsZeker nu minister Bruins van OCW de grootste bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in decennia heeft aangekondigd is het essentieel dat de sector zich niet tegen elkaar uit laat spelen en solidair met ... 010
Reposted by Joyce BrowneThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2025If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Therouxtheguardian.comIf you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis TherouxThe response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux 17775351
Reposted by Joyce Brownede Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 07/05/2025🎧 Hoe goed zijn Nederlandse ziekenhuizen voorbereid op oorlog?volkskrant.nlHoe goed zijn Nederlandse ziekenhuizen voorbereid op oorlog? 011
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Today is liberation day in the Netherlands. Clearly, democracy and rule of law is a lot of work, and we’re not doing it well enough. The Dutch constitution - within it a commitment to upholding international rule of law - offers so many clear guidance for an equitable, just and sustainable society.👇 020
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Mijn favoriete weerwoord als iemand mij sociale rechtvaardigheids-veranderdrang te nadrukkelijk aanwezig vindt. *Hállo, heb je ooit gelezen wat we eigenlijk in dit land zouden moeten doen met z'n allen volgens de grondwet?* #OpdeGrondVoorDeGrondwet #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth /1 120
Reposted by Joyce BrowneThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/04/2025Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.bit.ly84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on recordHarmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history. 15331161
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The future at risk: Tackling newborn and child mortality amidst a global health crisis Due to funding cuts, conflicts & climate change, so many countries are at risk of meeting SDG goals for newborns and kids journals.plos.org/globalpublic... 2185
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMarlies ter Voorde 🏳️🌈 @mtvtjilpt.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Ik sta in de Volkskrant! :-) 1338139
Reposted by Joyce BrowneJulia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Important reporting from my NPR colleagues on the human impacts of the cuts to U.S. foreign assistance. They share the story of twelve people - including kids - who have run out of HIV drugs in Zambia.npr.orgHaunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run outMothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid. 26630
Reposted by Joyce BrowneIngrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Woensdag a.s. geef ik om 20 uur een lezing bij Studium Generale van @maastrichtu.bsky.social over #limitarisme - het idee dat er morele bovengrenzen aan rijkdom zijn. Gratis kaartjes: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/events/li...maastrichtuniversity.nlLimitarisme: pleidooi tegen extreme rijkdom - Agenda - Maastricht UniversityMaastricht UniversityMaastricht UniversityMaastricht University 1132
Reposted by Joyce BrowneBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Very compelling study showing the association between herpes zoster vaccination and dementia prevention. The authors leveraged a unique cohort for this natural experiment which shows a reduction in dementia risk of 20% in vaccinated individuals. #MedSky #IDSky 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - NatureUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of... 10456135
Reposted by Joyce BrowneIngrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Vandaag om 13 uur schuif ik aan in het radioprogramma van Dr. Kelder & Co om te praten over de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschap, de relatie met democratie/autocratie, en de zeer zorgwekkende situatie die zich nu aan Amerikaanse universiteiten afspeelt. Wat leert dit ons? 3246
Reposted by Joyce BrowneInfectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025"The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester" 064
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMarcel Verweij @marcelverweij.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Minister Eppo Bruins' brief aan de Tweede Kamer gecorrigeerd door #WOinActie @woinactie.bsky.social woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/woin...woinactie.blogspot.comWOinActie verbetert beleidsbrief van Eppo BruinsWOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst. 021
Reposted by Joyce Brownede Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 22/03/2025Zingen voor geluk. De wetenschap is eruit: samen zingen maakt gelukkigervolkskrant.nlDe wetenschap is eruit: Snel gelukkiger worden? Ga zingen in een koor 1252
Reposted by Joyce BrownePaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🇪🇺 EU #GlobalHealth Policy Forum, Brussels | 15 May 🚨 #EU Global Health Strategy 🚨 Global health #financing 🚨 #HealthEmergency prevention, preparedness 🚨 #LocalManufacturing in partner countries 🚨 #Sexual #ReproductiveHealth and Rights international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/global-healt...international-partnerships.ec.europa.euGlobal Health Policy ForumThree years after the adoption of the European Union Global Health Strategy, the European Commission is organising the 2025 Global Health Policy Forum (GHPF). Global health stakeholders will gather to... 1109
Reposted by Joyce BrownePaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated 592104675229
Reposted by Joyce BrownePaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 13/03/2025‘We will just die in silence': #USAID cuts hit #Ethiopia Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia’s war-affected #Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on foreign aid www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...washingtonpost.com'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray regionAid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia’s war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on foreign aid 0117
Reposted by Joyce BrowneProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999515726
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/03/2025A brief PubMed outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com'Omg, did Pubmed go dark?' Blackout stokes fears about database’s futureA brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website. 04518
Reposted by Joyce BrowneJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 03/03/2025We're getting our first estimates of the harm inflicted by the illegal shutdown of USAID, and they're predictably grim: 1 million children not treated for severe malnutrition annually 18 million new cases of malaria 200k kids paralyzed by polio “Unless reversed, this will cost millions of lives"nytimes.comU.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower. 211769
Reposted by Joyce BrowneEurope PMC @europepmc.org · 28/01/2025Hello, Bluesky!👋 We are excited to connect with you!🌟 Europe PMC is an open database of global life science research - discover articles, preprints, theses, grants, and more. We talk about scholarly communication, open science, bioinformatics, and meta research. Follow us and join the conversation! 317483
Reposted by Joyce BrowneAmrish Baidjoe @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social · 02/03/2025What is happening with Pubmed is unclear: what is clear, it can happen, now let us invest in decentralised systems that can't be switched off by national policies or leadership 1182
Reposted by Joyce BrowneHilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · 01/03/2025PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do 814391
Reposted by Joyce BrowneJosephine Kavanagh @ourhaus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This contains all PubMed records and a great advanced search option. bsky.app/profile/ourh... 3129
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Another dystopian situation in our biomedical knowledge production system: #PubMed, the database all scientists and students use is down. This harms science, health care, patients, communities, and policy making: evidence-based medicine requires findability of scientific articles. 29378
Reposted by Joyce BrowneKrutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 22/02/2025📢 New report on #Texas' abortion ban: - 50%+ rise in sepsis from 2nd-trimester pregnancy loss - Rise in pregnant and postpartum fatalities - Delayed care for miscarriages due to healthcare provider legal fears 🚨 Restrictive laws = worse health outcomes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...texastribune.orgRates of pregnancy-related sepsis and deaths grow in Texas after abortion banProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 210049
Reposted by Joyce BrowneInfectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do,” one current USAID worker estimates. The impact on PEPFAR HIV programs is likely even more severe. The number is likely much higher. 🧵 www.wired.com/story/usaid-...wired.comElon Musk’s DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid CutsThe Trump administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. 24831
Reposted by Joyce BrowneProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 17/02/20254) Many scientists also feel an instictive aversion to advocacy, worried that it is not scientific or objective enough. 5) Some who benefit from changes in funding priorities will welcome the opportunity to further their own research. 19/24 49313
Reposted by Joyce BrowneThe Lancet @thelancet.com · 14/02/2025When patients are not heard by their doctors there can be devastating consequences. So why does this happen & what can be done to address it? On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question. Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social 67838
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Just published: ‘Key tips to shift student perspectives through transformative learning in medical education’, available here: bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #MedEd #GlobalHealth #TranformativeLearning #PlanetaryHealth 110
Reposted by Joyce BrowneAmrish Baidjoe @amrishbaidjoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025What currently is happening in parts of DRC sends us back to very dark times. And am afraid this is just a part of what is occuring. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...theguardian.comHundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fireAtrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city 01411
Reposted by Joyce BrowneJan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Reports of data theft, breaches of privacy and security by new US ministry DOGE multiply. Data in US are not secure One more reason to argue for European [public] data clouds Important @ec.europa.eu investigates extend to which public bodies in Member States have their data on clouds in US 013
Reposted by Joyce BrowneAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 10505284922436
Reposted by Joyce BrowneTrouw @trouw.nl · 10/01/2025Zorgen om gezondheid grondpersoneel Schiphol. ‘Ik wil niet in een gifwolk staan’ trouw.nlZorgen om gezondheid grondpersoneel Schiphol. ‘Ik wil niet in een gifwolk staan’Welke invloed hebben draaiende vliegtuigmotoren op de gezondheid van platformmedewerkers? Vakbond FNV eist grondiger onderzoek. 084
Joyce Browne @joycebrowne.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Tip voor onderweg naar het kerstdiner, deze #ZoSimpelIsHetNiet over altruïsme, solidariteit en (gedrags)economie. open.spotify.com/episode/3Qln...open.spotify.comDe economie van altruïsmeZo simpel is het niet – Stellinga & Schinkel over economie · Episode 000
Reposted by Joyce BrowneMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I wish Global North countries had the humility to learn from Rwanda’s quick and science-based response to the Marburg outbreak www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...telegraph.co.ukThe contrast between Rwanda’s handling of Marburg and the chaotic response to Covid-19 is starkThe country’s response prevented a crisis – and provided the world with a valuable blueprint for effective outbreak control 19331