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Meri Koivusalo
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Global health policy professor in Tampere University with interest in intersectoral work and social determinants of health.

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politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d
The European Commission has warned that Donald Trump’s latest restrictions on foreign aid are dangerous and threaten global health — while saying the EU can’t fill the funding gap alone.
Trump’s new aid rules risk lives, EU says
Expansion of the Mexico City Policy “undermines joint efforts for human rights, global health, peace and stability,” the European Commission said.
www.politico.eu

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 9d
Via People's Dispatch: peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/27/r...
Researchers warn of “de-healthification” in Palestine as infections spread in Gaza : Peoples Dispatch
Health conditions in Gaza remain critical as the Israeli occupation undermines healthcare despite the so-called ceasefire and growing infection numbers.
peoplesdispatch.org

Reposted by Alison Phipps, Meri Koivusalo, Christina Pagel

trumpactiontracker.bsky.social
Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 9d
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns. It comes after the UN's largest contributor, the US, refused to contribute to its regular and peacekeeping budgets, and withdrew from several agencies it called a "waste of taxpayer dollars". Several other mem...

TAT: [Foreign Policy]
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
António Guterres says the international body could run out of money by July due to members' unpaid fees.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 10d
🚨 Global health organisations warn the US has expanded the Global Gag Rule to all non-military foreign aid—threatening reproductive, humanitarian & LGBTQI+ health services worldwide. 🌍⚕️

✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@ipas.org @reprorights.org ights.org @msf.ca @kff.org

📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Latest US Restrictions On Aid 'Bully' Recipients To Accept 'Extremist Ideology' - Health Policy Watch
Global health organisations have reacted with anger to the new US foreign aid policy, which prohibits all aid recipients, bar military, from performing or
healthpolicy-watch.news

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carlbergstrom.com
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11d
I wouldn't wish an hour-long podcast featuring Russ Douthat and Jay Bhattacharya on my worst enemy but let's simply say that Podcast Jay still appears more concerned about perceived slights for his COVID crackpottery than with protecting US biomedical science from a full-on Trump-and-RFK onslaught.
Opinion | A Plan to Restore Trust in Science From a ‘Fringe Epidemiologist’
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Meri Koivusalo, Larry W. Hunter

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12d
“I want the NIH to be a central driver of the MAHA agenda,” Bhattacharya said. “Essentially, it's kind of the research arm of MAHA.”

NIH is not an ideological toy or 'arm'. We must insist on its scientific independence, especially if its Director will not.

🚨

www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya talks 'replication crisis' at Duke panel, omits funding cuts
Throughout the second Trump administration, the NIH has frozen billions of dollars in research funding to universities. Those cuts were not the topic of discussion at a Duke Clinical Research Institut...
www.dukechronicle.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17d
WHO removing Us Flag

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rbreich.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d
The Art of the Deal.
Trump struck deals with 16 drug companies. But they're still raising prices this year
All 16 drug companies that inked deals with the Trump administration over the past few months still raised some of their
www.npr.org

Reposted by Steve Peers, Meri Koivusalo

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 20d
Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com

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statnews.com
STAT @statnews.com · Jan 7
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n...
Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
www.statnews.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Meri Koivusalo

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Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile @exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · Jan 7
I still can't get over the most respected and serious source of financial news in the English-speaking world just saying "Elon Musk's social media platform is nothing but an unconsensual porn site run by servile, amoral clowns. And we're gonna express that graphically."

www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com

Reposted by Meri Koivusalo

politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jan 2
Estonia has set in motion plans to link whole genome data to patient records.

But at a time when Russia is launching cyberattacks on EU members, critics warn this new digital health system brings with it huge security risks.

🔗 politi.co/4aBAegB

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greenpeace.org
Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Dec 24
Don’t let fossil fuel giants like Shell ruin the holidays (and everything we love).

Sign the petition today
👉🏾 act.gp/4lXraVH

Artist: Seppo Leinonen
Santa, a reindeer, and sledge of presents on floating pieces of ice as the Shell logo-as-sun burns down from the sky, further melting the ice. Santa asks a large and surprised walrus for help: "Excuse me sir, do you have experience in pulling a sleigh?". Text above says, "Don't let big oil ruin the holidays"

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ecpr.bsky.social
European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Dec 22
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers
🌐 A World in Crisis: Conflict and the Future of Global Justice
🪑 @cordschmelzle.bsky.social & @jamespattison.bsky.social
⌛ New deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/sVPDpp9

#Polisky #NormativeTheory
A World in Crisis: Conflict and the Future of Global Justice
General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
buff.ly

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Nicoline Tamsma @nicolinetamsma.bsky.social · Dec 22
As of 2026, Japanese entities will be eligible to apply to #HorizonEU calls in Pillar 2, including #health research.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU and Japan successfully conclude Horizon Europe negotiations
The European Commission and Japan have successfully concluded negotiations on Japan\'s association to Horizon Europe, the EU\'s flagship €93.5 billion research and innovation funding programme.
ec.europa.eu

Reposted by Raffaella Ravinetto, Meri Koivusalo

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Els Torreele @elstorreele.bsky.social · Dec 17
Check out this new @thelancet.com Viewpoint on Corporate Accountability, and the fallacies of badly-designed corporate scorecard and other selective, voluntary self-regulating approaches to curb health-harming behaviours of transnational corporations.
lnkd.in/eqTJ5C4q (open access till 4 Feb 2025)

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · Dec 17
A new report from @politico.eu on "Europe's Omnibus Fever" is damning in its criticism:

"What the Commission frames as simplification is, in practice, a downward drift in regulatory reach that erodes the informational foundations of effective governance."

#deregulation #omnibus #RuleToProtect

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euobserver.com
euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Dec 17
The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.
Europe won’t innovate more by firing people faster
The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.
euobserver.com

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nytimes.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 16
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“In an administration known for its erratic adoption and sudden abandonment of policies, Trump has demonstrated an unwavering determination to enhance the fortunes of the rich,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Opinion | The Trump Mind-Set Is Not Complex
Gimme, gimme, gimme. Gimme some more.
nyti.ms

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rbreich.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 16
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."

-Donald Trump, 4/2/25

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rbreich.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 12
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.

56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.

Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · Dec 12
Pandemic security needs national leadership | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pandemic security needs national leadership
In a world facing escalating risks from conflict, climate change, and emerging infectious diseases, health systems are the first line of defense for protecting people, economies, and stability. Althou...
www.science.org

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Dec 10
A bunch of us did a piece on RFK Jr.'s attacks on vaccines. Please circulate. Scientists and clinicians are sounding the alarm. It's time to act. youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy...

Reposted by Meri Koivusalo, James Connelly

corporateeurope.org
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Dec 10
The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at #COP30?

Our take on this year's UN climate talks and what went down.

#KickBigPollutersOut
#FossilFreePolitics

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/c...

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Paul Stubbs @paul-stubbs.bsky.social · Dec 9
Read a short text of mine on the NIEO in the new issue of IWMPost www.iwm.at/sites/defaul...

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · Dec 9
Following rightwing and extreme right joint position on weakening corporate accountability in European Parliament, Member States and EP have now agreed final text to allow corporations more space for abuse and violations

A bloody shame @eppgroup.bsky.social

@epsu.bsky.social
@corporateeurope.org
Council and Parliament strike a deal to simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements and boost EU competitiveness
Simplification: Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement on sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements.
www.consilium.europa.eu

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · Dec 9
Novartis CEO tells @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu how Big Pharma should be allowed to make more profits which will make him and select few, richer

The failure of the Commission is the ideological blindness to EU public interprise to address Europe's industrial challenges

@epsu.bsky.social

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Novartis executive urges von der Leyen to ‘walk the talk’ | Euractiv
Novartis executive says Europe needs faster approvals, stronger incentives, and firmer IP rules to keep cutting-edge pharma investment in the EU
www.euractiv.com

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Meri Koivusalo @merikoivusalo.bsky.social · Dec 7
Panu jos et ole seurannut Yhdysvaltoja niin siihenhän siellä on menty, maailma on nyt vähän haastava sarkasmille

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · Dec 7
We can and must do better. #UHC #GlobalHealth
www.who.int/publications...
Tracking universal health coverage: 2025 global monitoring report
The world is off track to make significant progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) (SDG target 3.8) by 2030
www.who.int

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rbreich.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 7
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.

It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
youtu.be