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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Devastating NIH cuts to infectious disease research, eviscerating our nation’s capacity to fight emerging infections and pandemic threats. From @sanders.senate.gov report out yesterday www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

While we rightfully focus on the March deportations to El Salvador, don’t forget the African and Asian migrants quietly removed to Panama in February. Both groups deserve #dueprocess protections under U.S. and international law. @MSNBC_reports #Immigration apnews.com/article/pana...

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They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama

Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S.

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Legal Defense Fund @legaldefensefund.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

LDF stands with @vera.org against the Trump admin. Orgs like Vera are committed to the critical work of advancing safety and justice for all of us. DOGE’s inquiry into Vera is an attack on all independent, mission- driven organizations and civil society as a whole.

Screenshot of a Washington Post article titled "DOJ urged to assign nonprofit to an independent team", featuring a quote by Nick Turner from the Vera Institute of Justice about the impact of systemic attacks across various sectors including academia, media, and nonprofits.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.

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Jason Andrews @jasonandrews.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Highly recommend this memoir by the son of Dr. Héctor Abad Gomez, public health physician & human rights advocate who was murdered by government-backed paramilitaries. A model of conviction & courage in face of powerful oppression. So relevant for our times. thank you @yiranliu.bsky.social

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

There has been an implicit agreement between the IRS and undocumented migrants that they can pay their taxes without fear. Many undocumented migrants do so, in part so they can apply for citizenship/visas in the future. Now that trust is going to be abused to potentially deport millions of people.

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Emily Wong @emilybethwong.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Haven’t received a letter yet myself but this is a heartbreaking and infuriating period for all of us in the 🇿🇦🇺🇸🌍 HIV & TB research communities. Everything we have worked towards - and HIV-free generation and the end of TB - is under assault. Man made tragedy.

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil finally gets the chance to speak for himself: “My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night.”

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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time

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Jason Andrews @jasonandrews.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Incarceration is a principal driver of TB in the Americas, but its effects have been underestimated by focusing on cases diagnosed in prisons. The Guardian covered our recent analysis quantifying the full role of incarceration on TB. w/quotes by @juliocroda.bsky.social. led by @yiranliu.bsky.social

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Jamil Smith @jamilsmith.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

"Of the 13 people executed by Trump, 10 had previously filed a clemency application to the Obama administration. His refusal to act set them up for execution." It's past time to act, POTUS. Reporting by @lilianasegura.bsky.social.

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Biden Has “Pardoned” Eight Turkeys. Will He Spare the Lives of 40 Human Beings?

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, only mass commutations by Biden will stop another federal execution spree.

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Katharine S. Walter @katwalter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I wrote about the transformation of parched Mojave Desert landscapes into luxury golf courses and master-planned communities—and the rise of Valley fever www.noemamag.com/the-making-o...

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The Making Of A New American Epidemic | NOEMA

Unchecked development is encroaching into parched desert landscapes and kicking up more than just a little dust — it’s raising the risk of a mysterious new infection.

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