Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is baffling. What is their end game with this? It is likely we will soon see outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Florida. Who benefits from that? I honestly want to hear the logic. 141
Reposted by Kathy ErbMarch For Our Lives @marchforourlives.bsky.social · 28/08/2025This is the reality of America’s gun crisis — kids traumatized at school while leaders cash checks from the gun lobby. This is not normal, and it will keep happening until our leaders choose kids over guns. 98234
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Nothing else - ignoring the behavior or speaking out- seemed to help over the last 10 years. Anything that may eventually help stop the nonsense is welcomed. 020
Reposted by Kathy ErbScience Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Following this month’s cuts of nearly $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research, we're revisiting a conversation from February about the ongoing development of an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.buff.lymRNA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show PromiseIn the wake of funding cuts to mRNA vaccine research, we revisit a February story about a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer. 916162
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025As an alum I find this concerning and completely out of line with the party that claimed to support small government. How quickly that changed… wapo.st/3I1kyqJwapo.stU-Va. President Jim Ryan tells board he’ll resign amid DOJ pressureThe extraordinary move comes as the Trump administration has launched investigations into universities to achieve its policy goals. 050
Reposted by Kathy ErbAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...politico.comRFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effortKennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit. 38566543256
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This….One of the clearest and most moving pieces I have read since the misguided gutting of the US role in global health. 000
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025“If you close a stabilization center, you are literally going to be unhooking children from IVs and sending them home." www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/trum...christianitytoday.comAid Cuts Could Disrupt Historic Drops in Child and Maternal Mortality - Christianity TodayWith clinics shutting down and orphanages filling up, Christian health workers worry about worsening health outcomes in Africa. 112
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Shout out to @americanair.bsky.social for a great trip thanks to efficient and thoughtful staff at #BTR and #DCA who made traveling with someone with severe mobility issues go smoothly. 000
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Please share with Faith Leaders and anyone who could benefit from an explainer about the tremendous loss of #USAID and foreign aid. CCIH head Doug Fountain is speaking tonight at 6 pm EDT in this webinar hosted by @stratprinllc.bsky.social 000
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 31/03/2025A thoughtful and thorough telling of how the abrupt terminations and inconsistent efforts to restart programs are affecting the lifesaving work of Christian organizations in @christianitytoday.com by @emilybelz.bsky.social #USAID www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/usai...christianitytoday.comThe Yo-Yo Between Life and Death in Global Health - Christianity TodayFunding canceled. Funding renewed. New documents show the extent of the Trump administration’s historic aid cuts, and the few programs saved. 042
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025icymi: lots of bad news for people receiving US aid, but last week there were two pieces of good news. - two big HIV treatment contracts were renewed after being terminated. - a factory making specialized food for malnourished kids is operational again. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/usai...christianitytoday.comThe Yo-Yo Between Life and Death in Global Health - Christianity TodayFunding canceled. Funding renewed. New documents show the extent of the Trump administration’s historic aid cuts, and the few programs saved. 073
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Amy Grant signs a letter to Congress calling for the preservation of PEPFAR - "Twenty million souls for whom 'America' means generosity, compassion and life." 05812
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily @eklove.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This graphic is for one maternal and child health program my NGO was part of through USAID. Starting in 2021, this cumulative data is the last we have before the #USAIDstopworkorder in January. (We learned last week the order is permanent for this project, along with 94% of all USAID programs.) 1/ 121
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Sobering but important news from @emilybelz.bsky.social of @christianitytoday.com on the #USAID freeze hurting Christian organizations and the people they care for: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...christianitytoday.comSupply Chains Break and Hospitals Shutter After USAID Freeze - Christianity TodayChristian donations can only do so much to fill the gap when facilities grapple with layoffs, scarce drugs, and unanswered questions. 043
Reposted by Kathy ErbNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.” 8249002029
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Thanks for getting her story out there @susankbarnett.bsky.social 000
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025What Christians Can Do in the Face of the US Foreign Aid Freeze www.ccih.org/what-christi... I'm proud of my organization Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) for putting this together. #USAID #ForeignAid #GlobalDevelopment #HumanitarianAidccih.orgWhat Christians Can Do in the Face of the US Foreign Aid Freeze - CCIHThe recent and abrupt freeze on United States foreign assistance is causing massive disruptions to life-saving work—including the work of Christian organizations—across the globe. CCIH wants to help y... 100
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025This is also what I'm hearing from people in the field: life-saving aid that was supposed to be exempted can't restart because the funds remain frozen. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...nytimes.comUSAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s PromiseA new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world. 083
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This is well done. All quotes from Republicans when they were speaking from their lived experience www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGOb... @friendsofusaid.bsky.socialyoutube.comRepublicans Support Foreign Aid TooYouTube video by friendsofUSAID 010
Kathy Erb @kathyerb.bsky.social · 06/02/2025In the time I've worked in the diverse sphere of Christian global health, I have never seen actions unite us as broadly as the abrupt shutdown of USAID. Thank you @emilybelz.bsky.social for this in Christianity Today with examples of impact. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...christianitytoday.comIs This the End of USAID? - Christianity TodayChristian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency. 130
Reposted by Kathy ErbEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025New statement from ELWA Hospital, a mission hospital in Liberia that was at the forefront of Ebola care - viral load testing has stopped. Pediatric supplies exhausted. 098