Vince Blaser

Connecting #globalhealth leaders driving progress. Alum: @StateDeptGHSD, @sabinvaccine, @FHWCoalition, @GlobalHealthOrg, @KFF, @IAVI, @Columbia, @ColoradoStateU

[rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani_action]

On Friday, @WHO Member States concluded the #IGWG6 Resumed Session without finalising the #PABS Annex and committed to extend negotiations.

Final day takeaways 🧵👇🏼

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

THIS JUST IN: Two new studies in @JAMAPediatrics confirm that the Hep B birth dose is the strongest shield a baby has against lifelong chronic infection, cirrhosis and liver cancer. 🧵

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

Eight routine vaccines are being increasingly linked to a reduced risk of dementia. From the flu shot to shingles, staying up-to-date on your immunisations might be helping your brain health. The full story: https://t.co/881uO1fz9K

[Siobhán O'Grady @siobhan_ogrady]

Three months later, this is my last @washingtonpost story — delayed because nearly everyone involved in it was laid off. I am very grateful to newsroom friends who made sure it published anyway, and to brave Roman Mongold and his family for their time.
https://t.co/PMxJxiaMcg

[Vince Blaser @blaserv]

A global advocacy campaign that asserts the political power of high support for humanitarian & development programs and doesn't let any country off the hook for financing is urgently needed. My Substack:

https://t.co/HTY4cb9T0z

#WBGmeetings #globalhealth #globaldevelopment

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists. https://t.co/p1zapRIpxj

[National Academy of Medicine @theNAMedicine]

2 weeks out! The NAM Climate and Health Summit on April 8 will highlight top experts at the intersection of climate and health. Don't miss this chance to learn practical perspectives and pathways for collective action! Register: https://t.co/p45m3bw2Z2 #ClimateActionforHealth

[Howard Catton @HowardCatton]

Current global #nursing shortage is 5.8m and the projections only reduce to 4.5m by 2030. We’re simply not doing enough to close the gap. What’s a key missing ingredient? I’d put political will and action right up there.

[Greg Folkers 🇺🇦☮️🇺🇸 @greg_folkers]

ScienceInsider: United States is cutting ties with influential global cancer agency

https://t.co/J2vIsP2Aw7
@ScienceInsider @NIH jay bhattacharya @NIHDirector_Jay

[Kevin Lytle @Kevin_Lytle]

Colorado State is March Madness bound, Rams win the Mountain West!

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

So much for “restoring trust,” and “gold standard science…”
🤷🏽‍♂️

[Colorado State Women's Basketball @CSUWBasketball]

𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙔 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀‼️ 🎉

#Relentless x #CSURams

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

Trump has collapsed cancer research.

—> The National Cancer Institute hasn’t made a single grant this fiscal year

https://t.co/3mKjoMua8Q

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

STATEMENT: Orders issued to up to 500,000 people in southern Beirut could result in a humanitarian catastrophe. 'No child should ever have to pay the price for a conflict they did not create.’ @AhmadAlhendawi

https://t.co/tSVDWpE1eH

[St. Jude Research @StJudeResearch]

Learn more about how St. Jude is helping childhood cancer go from invisible to a public health priority.

https://t.co/58r745OEVt

#WorldCancerDay

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

In some good news: HPV vaccines remain one of the marvels of science

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

But also it’s not only measles, pertussis (whooping cough) is also returning, and based on latest ACIP (or what used to be ACIP) stunts, we’ll see rotavirus, meningococcal meningitis, HBV liver cancer, return after that. A public health disaster built by design since Jan 2025

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

We are now at 1136 new measles cases - in just the first 8 weeks of this year alone.

A preventable disease resurging.

This is an abject policy failure.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Congratulations to Denmark on becoming the first country in the #EU to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

With this public health achievement, 23 countries and territories have now been validated by @WHO for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B virus, or certified on the path to elimination.

This milestone demonstrates that with strong political commitment and consistent investment in primary care and integrated maternal and child health services, countries can protect every pregnant woman and newborn from these diseases.

https://t.co/8ssEdRSUXy

[Tom Hart @Tom_InterAction]

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