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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another example of what happens when you allow medicinal cannabis products to be marketed by exploitive private providers. Cold calling veterans and then just sending out massive amounts of high potency medicinal cannabis is verging on criminal behaviour. @4corners x.com/tahirtturk/s...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When will the US be rid of this foul transactional administration using human lives to force deals with countries needing aid? The refusal to provide ongoing support will mean millions of premature deaths and greater chances for more pandemic threats. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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U.S. ends health aid to Zimbabwe after ‘America First’ deal is spurned

The African nation refused to make an agreement with the Trump administration, which has sought to slash foreign assistance and impose new terms on recipients.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank-you to the cookers on social media and other unscrupulous influencers peddling health misinformation which has led to the death of another public health official in DRC just trying to prevent his community from getting Ebola. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Politician beaten to death after radio interview promoting Ebola awareness

The deadly disease has killed nearly 4,000 people since May as the DRC struggles with a shortage of healthcare workers

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An ASH NZ survey found that of 623 current smokers and 1,070 former smokers in NZ, 14% reported smoking to quit vaping. In a separate ASH UK survey of 940 adults, 19% said they’ve tried to quit vaping using cigarettes. Just how the industry planned it. www.msn.com/en-au/health...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why shouldn't smokers quit COLD TURKEY? Because the corporations can't make money from consumers who don't use their cessation products - even if they deliver woefully poor results. simonchapman6.com/2024/10/09/t...

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The relentless commodification of quitting

What is the #1 most common method used by those who successfully quit smoking that the US Centers for Disease Control refuses to name? In July 2024, a brief report titled Methods US Adults Used to …

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What is it about the tech bros that they seem to never have enough money and are happy up partner with organised crime to make more, while addicting and harming the public?

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When we started HIV prevention programming in PNG in 2001 we thought this island nation would be the bridge for HIV infection into the Pacific. Instead, we find it is now Fiji with high HIV infection rates largely driven by methamphetamine use. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/16/a...

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Fiji declares HIV emergency. One in 60 people now have the virus as drug crisis fuels outbreak | CNN

The small Pacific nation of Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency as it grapples with surging case numbers, partly driven by a growing methamphetamine problem.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When l worked in Uganda on a measles vaccination campaign, 5000 children were dying every year from the disease. How many deaths can we now expect to occur in the US over coming years thanks to the undermining of their vaccination program? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...

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Pennsylvania Officials Report Fourth Measles Death, as Outbreak Grows (Gift Article)

This year has become the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Australia’s tobacco‑control laws will keep strengthening, making it harder and harder for organised crime to operate openly or dodge enforcement. Each reform further shuts down the retail spaces these gangs rely on. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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New tobacco laws target criminals from importers to shopfronts

Suspiciously cheap cigarettes and non-compliant packaging could help prosecutors establish whether tobacco was illicit under a crackdown targeting organised crime and retailers.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump keeps undermining America's international standing, this time instructing the EPA repeal pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants. Big business laughing all the way to the bank while communities suffer. www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...

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Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants

The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Amid growing concern over the speed of AI development, climate scientists warn about data centers’ toll on environmental and human health and the dismantling of safeguards - With Trump in control we can guarantee that big business will come first. insideclimatenews.org/news/1109202...

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Data Center Boom Brings Health Hazards, Former EPA Officials Warn - Inside Climate News

Experts warn of dangers from fossil fuel expansion and federal carveouts for the AI industry.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kids aren’t the ‘accidental market’ for vapes. They’re the business model. Hook them young with high‑nicotine disposables and they secure decades of dependence and multi-tobacco use. The same Big Tobacco playbook even while they continue pushing combustibles. #HarmReductionMyth

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Israel's response to Britain, Canada and France sanctions: Close down their embassy. The UK, Canada, and France joined by 10 other foreign ministers including Denmark, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden reaffirming ‌support for a two-state settlement. And Australia? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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What we know about the UK's fresh Israel sanctions, and why Australia won't follow

The UK, France and Canada have banned imports from Israeli settlements, but Australia has said it won't join in.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"We have to realise how much power we have, and to stop being tuned out from the very real threat we face from a billionaire class that has gone off the edge of sanity into an altered reality." It's likely already too late for the USA. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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'Silicon Valley fascism' is waging war on democracy

The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"ON recorded a primary vote of 23% in the latest poll, down from a peak of 28%." The more we see and hear of ON the more their primary vote will slip. They just have nothing to offer Australians that will improve their standard of living. www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ll believe it when I see it, given Juul's main market was kids: “Vaping company Juul Labs has received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e‑cigarette, which includes an optional age‑verification system intended to curb underage use.” apnews.com/article/juul...

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Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device. The new product was announced by federal regulators on Friday.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Another zoonotic disease: A bacterial skin infection normally found in cattle and horses has now been detected in human clusters in Europe, with evidence suggesting the first known instances of sustained human‑to‑human transmission. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Article 5.3 leaves NZs health policies vulnerable to tobacco industry interference. Aotearoa NZ has not meaningfully implemented Article 5.3, with public health informants arguing that it has been neglected from the start". @ASHNZ2025 tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Čapek introduced the word "robot" in 1920 in his play R.U.R. imagining artificial workers from the Czech "robota" - forced labour. Watching the robotic games in China we can see his vision moving rapidly toward reality - hopefully without the same apocalyptic outcomes.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nearly half of all surveyed countries ratifying FCTC had the highest possible score for engaging in so-called "corporate social responsibility" efforts from the tobacco industry. That's not good: Governments need to understand obligations under FCTC Article 5.3 to protect the public.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Another zoonotic threat in Swine Flu (H1N1) overwhelming hospitals in India, with authorities urging people to follow Covid-style measures such as wearing masks in crowded places. Case numbers have surpassed 2,000—8X times higher than in previous years. www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/h...

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Indian authorities order Covid-style measures as swine flu overwhelms hospitals

Delhi records more than 2,000 H1N1 cases, a figure doctors say is likely to be an underestimate

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is what happens when conservatives come to power. They always back Big Business -including Big Tobacco- over the health of their kids. New Zealand abandons world’s first ‘generational smoking ban’ - globalnews.ca/news/1011775...

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New Zealand abandons world’s first ‘generational smoking ban’ - National | Globalnews.ca

The legislation as proposed would have banned the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008, and was approved by New Zealand's previous government last year.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Conspiracy theories that the Ebola outbreak is a hoax" have contributed to 260 healthcare workers being attacked and eight killed by mobs in the past six months, even while 160 healthcare workers have themselves fallen ill with Ebola and 43 have died. www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

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Violence against healthcare workers in DRC hampers Ebola response

Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been coming under attack, the United Nations and Red Cross have warned, hampering efforts to stem the spread of the Ebola virus, which is sp...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Imagine a previously mildly dangerous airborne virus like H5 suddenly becoming much more infectious and much more deadly to humans in one mutagenic leap. It never happens — until it does. Will we still see antivaxxer tweets if it ever hits? #PandemicThreats

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is doubling in size every 20 days, but health workers say the true toll is far higher than recorded with 4,945 confirmed cases and ~2,325 deaths recorded in less than three months. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history

At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Australia’s census trend is unmistakable: “no religion” has doubled to 39% since 2006. Higher education, literacy, and generational change are reshaping identity and social norms. A conservative 2026 model places the range at 48% - Who's betting on 50% declaring no religion?

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ebola cases in the DRC have now surpassed 4,000 with no sign of slowing, with 1,850 deaths attributed to the outbreak. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...

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Ebola cases top 4,000 in DRC as WHO urges Ervebo vaccine trial

The Bundibugyo epidemic, the world's second-largest, has been described as the ⁠fastest-spreading on record.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you thought the Gold medals won by Australia at this Commonwealth Games was a record, you would be wrong. England with its population of 57 mill vs Australia's 27 mill has only topped us once at the Glasgow Games in 2014. "Rule Britannia"....indeed! #AustralianRepublic

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Following the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Australia they reformed gun laws, and more than 650000 firearms were collected and destroyed almost immediately. This is what good public policy looks like - while in America 48,000 people died last year from gun‑related injuries.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It seems fitting that the US invented the term "Kangaroo Court" because only in today's USA do we see witch-hunts by conservative antivaxxer senators of senior public health officials who saved millions of lives. youtu.be/6zaOVjGyCNI?...

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Here's a hint administrators, start the swim events toward the end rather than the beginning of the #CommonwealthGamesMedalCount

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Research suggests cannabis suppresses REM sleep, raising questions about memory, emotion and the purpose of dreams. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

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The new science of cannabis and sleep

Research suggests cannabis suppresses REM sleep, raising questions about memory, emotion and the purpose of dreams.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Scientists warn that traditional vetting processes are being compromised by the interests of a rapidly growing wellness industry that has received significant support from health secretary RF. Kennedy Jr who appointed panel members with deep industry ties. edition.cnn.com/2026/07/22/h...

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The future of peptides in the US is about to become clearer. Here’s what you should know | CNN

A little-known advisory group to the US Food and Drug Administration is meeting this week to mull over whether to ease restrictions on certain peptides. The injectables are popular among wellness infl...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

At least 1,714 HIV service sites globally, including public health facilities, mobile clinics, drop-in centers, and specialized HIV facilities, closed entirely after terminated or delayed PEPFAR payments with few agencies able to replace lost funding. www.amfar.org/news/taking-...

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Taking the Pulse of PEPFAR

A new study by amfAR’s Public Policy Office documents how a withdrawal of U.S. funding for HIV services around the world is impacting the fight against AIDS

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What real American leadership looks like in the face of overwhelming Zionist influence on America's political system, and also the cause of the global oil crisis!

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It fills me with disgust when l see what unrelenting destruction and genocide does to the innocent victims of the hell created in Gaza. Those perpetrating these crimes cannot claim to be the children of God. www.the-independent.com/news/world/m...

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Gaza’s lost generation: children forced into hard labour to avoid starvation

More than half a million children in Gaza have been out of education for the past three years after the destruction of schools and educational institutions. Ezz Al Din Abu Eisha reports from the Gaza ...

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