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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 1d

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World Health Organization releases new guidelines on tuberculosis and undernutrition

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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · 1d

An extraordinary story made possible by an unprecedented partnership between Washington Post reporters and readers. It takes immense trust to give a journalist access to your data and your story. My colleagues and I strive to earn and keep that trust every day.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely profile in courage from Rwanda's Marburg outbreak reported by @gabrielleemanuel.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/goa...

A bold doctor sent her kids away and helped beat one of the world's deadliest viruses

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.

www.npr.org

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · 15d

Birth Control Among US Therapies Most At Risk From Trump’s 250% Tariff Threat

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Birth Control Among US Therapies Most At Risk From Trump’s 250% Tariff Threat

US President Donald Trump’s threat of imposing tariffs as high as 250% on pharmaceutical imports is putting cheap supplies from Indian drugmakers at risk, with commonly prescribed oral contraceptives ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cutest, interestingest story you'll read today -- pygmy seahorses!! more genetic mystery magic from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

www.nytimes.com

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Aug 22

"The Trump administration is ignoring a directive from Congress and refusing to fully fund a landmark H.I.V. program [PEPFAR] that is widely credited with saving millions of lives over the past two decades."

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Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 22

More than 20 years after I first wrote about mass sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I set out to report a story about how care for victims has improved but the impunity that drives the crisis is unchanged.
Then, care fell apart, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/h...

Congo Has Astronomical Rates of Sexual Violence. Now Victims Have Lost Access to Care.

www.nytimes.com

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Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · Aug 22

@stephanienolen.bsky.social got the scoop: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...

Vought is blocking release of #PEPFAR funding, flagrantly defying Congress, which fully funded PEPFAR through the FY25 Continuing Resolution AND rejected Vought's move to rescind $400m in FY25 PEPFAR funding in July >> 2

Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Aug 22

The Trump administration is ignoring a directive from Congress and refusing to fully fund a landmark H.I.V. program that is widely credited with saving millions of lives over the past two decades. Story by @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/461Vrxg

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Can't say enough about this piece by my colleague and pal, photographer João Silva, about his return to the Afghan village where he lost his legs to a landmine.
If you read one thing today ... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...

Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me

www.nytimes.com

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · Aug 19

A Debilitating Virus Surges Globally as Mosquitoes Move With Warming Climate. Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, to places that have not seen it before. Rarely, Chikungunya can kill children and adults. @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...

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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · Aug 20

🦟" #Chikungunya: A Debilitating #Virus Surges Globally as #Mosquitoes Move With Warming #Climate" by @stephanienolen.bsky.social @nytimes.com

#WorldMosquitoDay

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/h...

A Debilitating Virus Surges Globally as Mosquitoes Move With Warming Climate

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Ashis Basu @ashis.bsky.social · Aug 20

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying. @stephanienolen.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

www.nytimes.com

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MSI Reproductive Choices @msichoices.org · Aug 7

🚨 “Women are going to die because they’ve not had access to those contraceptives.”

Our Advocacy Director, Sarah Shaw, spoke to
@stephanienolen.bsky.social & @jeannasmialek.bsky.social at the New York Times about the US plan to destroy $9.7 million worth of life-saving contraception:
bit.ly/4m3TExg

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 3

Tatiana Andia, a professor and former Colombian health official with terminal cancer, decided that after a career of fighting for health care, she wanted to make herself an example to help Colombians embrace a better way of dying. She would bring the country with her and have the death she wanted.

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying.

nyti.ms

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Vanessa @nessiepurgatory.bsky.social · Aug 3

I know NYT gets a lot of shit these days, but articles like this are why I’m still a subscriber. Absolutely gorgeous and touching story.

Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 3

I was privileged to spend time with Tatiana Andia over a year as she made the hardest decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Slee @tomslee.net · Aug 3

Yet another thought-provoking and important piece on assisted dying by @stephanienolen.bsky.social .

Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 3

I was privileged to spend time with Tatiana Andia over a year as she made the hardest decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Aug 3

I was privileged to spend time with Tatiana Andia over a year as she made the hardest decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Jul 26

Includes the immortal phrase "tick dick pic" FTW!

Harley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · Jul 25

It's tick season out there folks. Time to re-read this awesome, fascinating, goosebumpy feature by @stephanienolen.bsky.social.
thewalrus.ca/invasion-of-...

Invasion of the Ticks | The Walrus

Inside the quest to track one of humanity’s tiniest deadly predators

thewalrus.ca

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jul 25

PEPFAR news: "The impacts are already clear and devastating." www.medpagetoday.com/spotlight/hi... And despite a last-minute reprieve from the Senate, @stephanienolen.bsky.social reports that the Trump administration is making plans to shut it down. Gift link: nyti.ms/4o2zzZX

Devastating Effects From PEPFAR, USAID Cuts Are Hitting Africa, Experts Say

The last-minute save of PEPFAR is welcome but doesn't undo the damage that occurred, one noted

www.medpagetoday.com

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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · Jul 23

👀"U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS - #PEPFAR, the campaign to end H.I.V. globally, would morph into an effort to detect disease outbreaks and sell American products"
via @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

Screenshot of the third and fourth paragraphs of the article, with the fourth paragraph highlighted.

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Jul 24

PEPFAR, the American H.I.V. response, earned a reprieve when Congress voted to restore $400 m in funding. But that may be short-lived: Officials at the State Department have been mapping out a plan to shut it down -- exiting some countries in as little as 2 years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Buncombe @andrewbuncombe.bsky.social · Jul 23

US quietly drafts plan to drop programme that saved millions from AIDS, reveals @stephanienolen.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS

www.nytimes.com

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Stephanie Nolen @stephanienolen.bsky.social · Jul 24

that's the dek I should have written. pithy. accurate.

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