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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · May 17

Very interesting. We over-send histo Antigen I think

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Apr 21

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/h...

Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Apr 17

I donated for the first time in 30 years since graduation

Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Apr 4

Unreal! NYU cancelled Joanne Liu’s talk on humanitarian crises? Shame on you NYU Langone!

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...

N.Y.U. Langone Cancels Doctor’s Speech, Citing Anti-Government Tone

Dr. Joanne Liu, an N.Y.U. graduate, said the cancellation of her presentation on humanitarian crises was a sign of the climate of fear at U.S. universities.

www.nytimes.com

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Mar 7

Amen

Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · Mar 7

Using cod liver oil, budesonide, or clarithromycin for measles is like pushing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19—unproven and dangerous.

Measles care means supportive treatment, seizure meds for encephalitis, and antibiotics for bacterial complications.

Misinformation costs lives.

Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 15

Thank you for doing this. We need as much media as possible in the mainstream press.

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 15

Does anybody know EIS officers who are writing about what happened to them? We need as much publicity about decimation of public health as possible. And the potential consequences. In mainstream media and TV. #IDsky

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yup. And it’s embarrassing to be a citizen of that country. Have faith that there are many of us who are fighting for better leaders.

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 14

Time for everyone to re-learn clinical manifestations of diphtheria, polio, and measles… #meded #IDsky

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Feb 11

#Sudan: Faiz Aboubakr, a renowned Sudanese photographer, highlights Doctors Without Borders work across #ElGedaref, and the resilience of Sudanese people.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Feb 7

North Carolina reporting tuberculosis on the rise for the first time in decades, as an outbreak in Kansas continues to surge.

North Carolina was one of the first States to institute a mask ban.

A respirator doesn’t just guard against covid, it protects against TB too

North Carolina tuberculosis cases are on the rise for the first time in decades

Cases of the world’s deadliest infectious disease have been increasing in the U.S. in recent years

www.independent.co.uk

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Médicos Sin Fronteras España @msfespana.bsky.social · Feb 7

🔴 Última hora en Goma, #RDCongo

Las necesidades humanitarias siguen siendo críticas para los miles de desplazados por los graves combates en campos, escuelas e iglesias de la ciudad y alrededores.

Reforzamos nuestros equipos para proporcionar ayuda de emergencia.

Hilo (1/4)👇

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Carole Mitnick @cdmitpih.bsky.social · Feb 7

Small reminder that action works: GDF announced a new price for bedaquiline: $90 per treatment, a 54% reduction since Aug 2023. Thx to @tbfighters.org for joining the fight!
Bdq price is now in the target range ($48-102 ) estimated in 2017, and considered wildly unrealistic by naysayers.

Access bedaquiline | StopTB Partnership

www.stoptb.org

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 7

A bright light in a dark moment: The price of the critical TB drug bedaquiline has now dropped to $90 per adult treatment course for TB, a 54% reduction since just 2023.

This is a huge win for @tbfighters.org and the TB activism community generally. www.stoptb.org/what-we-do/f... (1/2)...

Access bedaquiline | StopTB Partnership

www.stoptb.org

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Feb 7

🚨Measles mounts in an undervaccinated Texas county. Hospitalizations & 9 cases. Many more expected.

This may be the first big outbreak of 2025 but probably not the last, with vaccine misinformation espoused at the highest levels of government.

My latest:

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News

With hospitalizations and at least a dozen cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

kffhealthnews.org

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 6

Kristof on USAID:

The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children

I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

www.nytimes.com

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thank you! We need all the help we can get.

Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Jan 25

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Jan 25

@msf.ca @msf has collected a lot of data about mortality/morbidity of snake bite in many countries in Africa. Don’t know if you’re seen this data. Cost/shortages of antivenem is a huge issue.

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Jan 3

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Shunned and shamed, Pakistan’s trans community finally gets help for TB

Often forced into sex work, trans people are at higher risk of tuberculosis but face abuse when they seek treatment. Now screening and outreach work are helping tackle the disease

www.theguardian.com

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Nell Eisenberg @neisenb.bsky.social · Nov 16

Same thing for vaccines. It’s our moral and professional duty to speak up.

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