Hayley Gleeson
@hayleygleeson.bsky.social
journalist at abc news australia. cat lady. likes words, food, bikes, books.
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The Actuaries Institute of Australia recently published our review of mortality in 2024, which you can find here. content.actuaries.asn.au/resources/re.... A quick summary of our major conclusions #thread.
content.actuaries.asn.au
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Actuaries Institute of Australia recently published our review of mortality in 2024, which you can find here. content.actuaries.asn.au/resources/re.... A quick summary of our major conclusions #thread.
Victims must always be believed. The uncomfortable truth, however, is that statistically, it is almost impossible to predict lethal family violence because it is so rare. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The uncomfortable truth about what we get wrong on domestic violence murders
Victims must always be believed. The uncomfortable truth, however, is that statistically, it is almost impossible to predict lethal family violence because it is so rare.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Victims must always be believed. The uncomfortable truth, however, is that statistically, it is almost impossible to predict lethal family violence because it is so rare. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
“pushups won’t save you from ebola.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“pushups won’t save you from ebola.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Trump administration is casting more doubt on the safety of vaccines, with the FDA’s top vaccine official suggesting in an internal memo, without offering evidence, that the deaths of at least 10 children were related to the Covid vaccine. Public health experts questioned the findings.
F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Trump administration is casting more doubt on the safety of vaccines, with the FDA’s top vaccine official suggesting in an internal memo, without offering evidence, that the deaths of at least 10 children were related to the Covid vaccine. Public health experts questioned the findings.
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The findings are significant not just because of how much the trial reduced domestic violence, but because only a few years ago it drew fierce criticism from women's advocates and politicians.
Common antidepressant could help reduce domestic violence, study shows
The findings are significant not just because of how much the trial reduced domestic violence, but because only a few years ago it drew fierce criticism from women's advocates and politicians.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The findings are significant not just because of how much the trial reduced domestic violence, but because only a few years ago it drew fierce criticism from women's advocates and politicians.
joining the chorus of readers singing praise for this beautiful piece. my gosh. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
joining the chorus of readers singing praise for this beautiful piece. my gosh. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
““Poetry makes nothing happen” — Auden. I think that’s true of all writing, with few exceptions. We shouldn’t expect to change the world. Witnessing, recording, protesting, affirming should be enough.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
George Packer: ‘I’ve Stopped Being a Prig About Beautiful Writing’
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
““Poetry makes nothing happen” — Auden. I think that’s true of all writing, with few exceptions. We shouldn’t expect to change the world. Witnessing, recording, protesting, affirming should be enough.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
this is such a lovely reflection, from jane goodall, on hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/c...
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
this is such a lovely reflection, from jane goodall, on hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/c...
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Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.
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[Jonas] Vingegaard crashed at Paris-Nice. He did not compete for the next two months after suffering a #concussion, criticising the race doctors for not providing a head injury assessment after he fell, and allowing him to complete the remaining 84km of the stage.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
A year on from Muriel Furrer’s death, is cycling’s attitude to safety shifting?
A sport that witnesses death too often needs change. There is no shortage of ideas but right now there is a lack of consensus
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
[Jonas] Vingegaard crashed at Paris-Nice. He did not compete for the next two months after suffering a #concussion, criticising the race doctors for not providing a head injury assessment after he fell, and allowing him to complete the remaining 84km of the stage.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...
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Research shows exactly how entire families adjust when a partner is sick.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/when-a-...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/when-a-...
September 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Research shows exactly how entire families adjust when a partner is sick.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/when-a-...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/when-a-...
“the path china has traveled can offer lessons for americans about how freedom is lost and the resulting cost.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
How to Silence Dissent, Bit by Bit Until Fear Takes Over
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“the path china has traveled can offer lessons for americans about how freedom is lost and the resulting cost.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...
“twentieth-century water treatment programs transformed public health by virtually eliminating waterborne diseases. ventilation, filtration and disinfection provide us with the opportunity to dramatically reduce the burden of airborne illnesses.” worksinprogress.co/issue/the-de...
The death rays that guard life - Works in Progress Magazine
We disinfect water before we drink it. Why don’t we disinfect the air before we breathe it?
worksinprogress.co
September 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“twentieth-century water treatment programs transformed public health by virtually eliminating waterborne diseases. ventilation, filtration and disinfection provide us with the opportunity to dramatically reduce the burden of airborne illnesses.” worksinprogress.co/issue/the-de...
this gorgeous piece on @newyorker.com fact checking is full of gold. “when a talk piece by tad friend described the singer art garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
www.newyorker.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
this gorgeous piece on @newyorker.com fact checking is full of gold. “when a talk piece by tad friend described the singer art garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“of course it struggled to be viable – it’s a literary magazine. almost no literary magazines around the world are financially viable; that’s not their purpose. the point is their cultural value, the role they serve as a platform for ideas and creativity…” www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter
MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“of course it struggled to be viable – it’s a literary magazine. almost no literary magazines around the world are financially viable; that’s not their purpose. the point is their cultural value, the role they serve as a platform for ideas and creativity…” www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
fascinating, exciting research exploring how maraviroc, an hiv drug, could boost neuroplasticity after brain injury and improve recovery www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
A Pill to Heal the Brain Could Revolutionize Neuroscience
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
fascinating, exciting research exploring how maraviroc, an hiv drug, could boost neuroplasticity after brain injury and improve recovery www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
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Special Report
Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Inside the CDC director's ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director
www.statnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Special Report
Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused
www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
“the war in gaza that began nearly two years ago has been one of the deadliest conflicts anywhere for journalists, with at least 192 killed since it began” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/w...
20 Killed in Gaza Hospital Strikes. Netanyahu Cites ‘Tragic Mishap.’
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August 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“the war in gaza that began nearly two years ago has been one of the deadliest conflicts anywhere for journalists, with at least 192 killed since it began” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/w...
“sitting at my brother’s kitchen table, i wonder why we have let a handful of mining companies worth billions of dollars take all our money.” www.smh.com.au/environment/...
My summer in Norway left me sad to be Australian
In the month I spend there, I learn that Norway is a country where the perks of clever policy abound. But it’s who pays for these perks that is so exasperating.
www.smh.com.au
August 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“sitting at my brother’s kitchen table, i wonder why we have let a handful of mining companies worth billions of dollars take all our money.” www.smh.com.au/environment/...
“embracing masks would mean admitting how dangerous wildfire smoke really is. that could lead to a cascade of expensive changes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“embracing masks would mean admitting how dangerous wildfire smoke really is. that could lead to a cascade of expensive changes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
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For too many victims of family violence, police harm more than help: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-07/police-family-violence-harm-in-the-name-of-safety-victims/105454054
For too many victims of family violence, police harm more than help
Police responses to family violence are too often harming not helping victims, replicating the power and control dynamics that underpin abuse and increasing risk, trauma and feelings of powerlessness, new research has found.
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For too many victims of family violence, police harm more than help: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-07/police-family-violence-harm-in-the-name-of-safety-victims/105454054
i'm very grateful to rawson for generously sharing his experience of domestic violence growing up - the harm it did to him and his family and why he's chosen to speak openly about his recovery. stories of abuse and violent crime generally aren't uplifting - this one is www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Domestic violence and a vicious shooting left Rawson with PTSD and a choice
For years Rawson Kirkhope tried to outrun his trauma, self-medicating with booze, soaking in the toxic cultures of football and the navy. Now he's turning a struggle he was ashamed of into a recovery ...
www.abc.net.au
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i'm very grateful to rawson for generously sharing his experience of domestic violence growing up - the harm it did to him and his family and why he's chosen to speak openly about his recovery. stories of abuse and violent crime generally aren't uplifting - this one is www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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A love letter to the ocean, calling for climate action for our health and wellbeing www.croakey.org/a-love-lette... #publichealth
A love letter to the ocean, calling for climate action for our health and wellbeing
www.croakey.org
August 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A love letter to the ocean, calling for climate action for our health and wellbeing www.croakey.org/a-love-lette... #publichealth
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Science just got sidelined. This isn’t about vaccine safety or restoring confidence —it’s about political agendas endangering public health. We should all be alarmed.
#Breaking: Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Science just got sidelined. This isn’t about vaccine safety or restoring confidence —it’s about political agendas endangering public health. We should all be alarmed.
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Glad this has been called out, lame response from SBS claiming 'balance and impartial coverage'. Giving airtime to scientifically flawed, non evidence based narratives is not balance or impartial. It is harmful, unethical and disrespectful. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
SBS’s Insight accused of betraying people living with chronic fatigue syndrome who appeared on program
Broadcaster receives hundreds of negative comments including claims it presented a potentially harmful and unscientific narrative
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Glad this has been called out, lame response from SBS claiming 'balance and impartial coverage'. Giving airtime to scientifically flawed, non evidence based narratives is not balance or impartial. It is harmful, unethical and disrespectful. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...