Dr. Seth Berkley
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
Medical doctor specializing in infectious disease epidemiology & global health. Former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance & IAVI. Co-founder of COVAX. Now working as an advisor to vaccine & technology companies. Author of the book: Fair Doses. .. more
Medical doctor specializing in infectious disease epidemiology & global health. Former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance & IAVI. Co-founder of COVAX. Now working as an advisor to vaccine & technology companies. Author of the book: Fair Doses.
Seth Franklin Berkley is an American medical epidemiologist and a global advocate of the power of vaccines. He is the founder and former president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. He is currently a senior advisor to the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health. .. more
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No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review
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Tragic to have high level policy makers put out disinformation on the safety of drugs. Glad to have scientific studies newly published to set the record straight.
→ Study: COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked understandable anxiety. To better understand risks, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England. 🧵
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked understandable anxiety. To better understand risks, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England. 🧵
You always need a denominator and a comparison to natural disease. Great that they did this study!
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→ Study: COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked understandable anxiety. To better understand risks, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England. 🧵
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked understandable anxiety. To better understand risks, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England. 🧵
Reposted by Seth Berkley
No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review
@bmj.com
@bmj.com
Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity | The CommonHealth | CSIS Podcasts
Listen to the recent CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security book launch of Fair Doses: An Insider’s Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity by Seth Berkley.
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I enjoyed the book launch of Fair Doses at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. For those that missed it, here is the podcast.
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Really great to do a live Ground Truths Podcast with @erictopol.bsky.social Here is the clip from the segment on why we can’t have global security without global health security.
I really want to thank Global Health Strategies & David Gold, in particular for hosting a pre-launch reception the night before my official publishing date for my book Fair Doses. In attendance were many of the global health glitterati. friends, staff from IAVI, Gavi, GHS & the Gates Foundation.
Listen: @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and cofounder of COVAX, talks about the need for vaccine equity and lessons learned (and ignored) from the COVID pandemic.
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Pandemic Preparedness Alert | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Seth Berkley, MD, talks about the need for vaccine equity and lessons learned (and ignored) from the COVID pandemic.
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Really great to do this. A great interview by Brian Lehrer!
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Pandemic Preparedness Alert | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Seth Berkley, MD, talks about the need for vaccine equity and lessons learned (and ignored) from the COVID pandemic.
www.wnyc.org
Listen: @drsethberkley.bsky.social, former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and cofounder of COVAX, talks about the need for vaccine equity and lessons learned (and ignored) from the COVID pandemic.
www.wnyc.org/story/pandem...
www.wnyc.org/story/pandem...
In an era of poly-epidemics, increasing military expenditures while cutting support for bio-security makes no sense. More Americans died from Covid-19 than in all the wars after the Civil War until today. We need to be sure we are prepared for the evolutionary certainty of infections Source: STAT
Fair Doses: Towards A Future of Vaccine Equity and Innovation with Dr. Seth Berkley
Podcast Episode · A Shot in the Arm Podcast · 10/13/2025 · 41m
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There is a new podcast out w/ my friend Ben Plumley discussing the messages from my book, Fair Doses. We discuss vaccine equity, mis/dis-information & rapid vaccine innovation & challenges in the political landscape. It is an excellent summary of key messages.
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Pleased to announce the October 28th launch of my book "Fair Doses: An insider’s story of the pandemic and the global fight for vaccine equity" written in an engaging way for a general audience & available for pre-order on all major bookseller sites Pre-order at Amazon www.amazon.com/Fair-Doses-I...
166. The World’s Most Effective Public Health Intervention Is Under Attack
Podcast Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 09/13/2025 · 1h 2m
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Delighted to sit down w/ Steven Levitt Freakonomics co-author & discuss vaccines & talk about my upcoming book Fair Doses on his podcast People I (mostly) Admire. He is a super host & was shocked to learn his own very personal vaccine story on the pod.
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Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in 1651 as “nasty, brutish, and short.” He was undeniably correct, with estimates of average life expectancy in the UK at the time ranging from 37...
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Pleased to have this piece in Science today on the importance of maintaining vaccine progress and the threat that it is under right now. The actions of the last few days at CDC only re-highlight the threat. This is not what the American population wants or deserves. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How children will be impacted by U.S. cuts to global vaccine alliance
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. says the U.S. will stop funding GAVI due to safety concerns. GAVI is a public-private partnership that vaccinates children in some of the poorest countries.
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Pleased 2B @ the Gavi replenishment & happy that donors stepped up providing >$9 billion with more to come. I was very sorry to hear the outrageous & irresponsible video from U.S. Secretary of Health RFKjr. Here I have an opportunity to explain why this is bad policy. www.klcc.org/npr-politics...
Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
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There are no words to describe how stupid this war on Science is- destroying the innovation base. HIV vax research has helped us understand how the immune system works which will be critical to treating many common chronic diseases beyond HIV. Science must continue!
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Great to be back in Korea to attend my first International Vaccine Institute Board meeting. We met in Seoul & then traveled to Andong Province to visit SK Bioscience & K-Bio. Korea has progressed dramatically in their quest to become a regional biotech & vaccine center!
Great to see my dear friend Pak Budi, Minister of Health of Indonesia spontaneously while we both happened to be in Washington DC. He is doing so much to improve the health of Indonesians. Good to catch up on all of the challenges in Global Health.
Grt 2B at the World Vaccine Congress in Washington DC. Just finished speaking on two Biodefense panels: What are remaining bottlenecks holding us back from achieving the 100 day mission & International Pandemic funding. Good discussions in difficult times for pandemic prevention & health financing.
The Cost of Defunding Harvard
If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and tre...
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Excellent piece by my good friend @agawande.bsky.social on the massive costs of the defunding of Harvard for society and personally in @newyorker.com . Well done Atul but tragic that you have to write this!
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Opinion | What Is Actually the Point of Treating the N.I.H. Like This?
Efficiency is not being enhanced, nor is waste being eliminated at the N.I.H. Scientists are just left to wonder: Why?
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Science gave humanity a gift of 10,000 extra days of life; 27 yrs of loving, creating & experiencing we wouldn't have had. Disrupting science funding isn't just bureaucratic reshuffling—it's gambling w/ future miracles. Stable institutions create transformative breakthroughs.
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Uganda launches largest malaria vaccine introduction to date
Today, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, with support from Gavi and Alliance partners, UNICEF, the WHO, PATH and CHAI rolled out a malaria vaccination campaign in Apac District, northern Uganda.
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Great that Uganda’s MOH introduced the#MalariaVaccine into its childhood immunization programme! 1M+ children/year will gain access to added protection against this deadly disease. 19 countries are now offering malaria vaccine with more introductions soon
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Trump’s funding cuts will deprive 75 million kids of vaccines, lead to a less safe world: Dr Seth Berkley - The Times of India
Professor at Brown University School of Public Health and former CEO of Gavi, the vaccine alliance, Dr Seth Berkley championed equitable access to vac.
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I caught up with the Times of India on vaccine access, India as a vaccine manufacturer and the funding situation for @Gavi. Vaccine equity continues to be a global need despite the political climate.
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A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.
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Tragic to see another unnecessary measles death in Texas. To prevent measles, the most contagious infectious disease, high levels of vaccination coverage is required. Nothing else works. Tragic to see babies unprotected due to misinformation. #vaccineswork
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Public Health On Call: 877 - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
About this episode: For 25 years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has been a global effort to purchase and distribute lifesaving vaccines to the poorest of countries and help them build up their health sys...
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Very pleased to have done an interview on the @JohnsHopkinsSPH podcast @PublicHealthonCall with @stephaniedesmon on vaccines & @Gavi including why support for Gavi is so critical. johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/877-gavi-the...
We need strong, science-driven policies to #DefeatMeningitis by 2030 especially in Africa. Great to join @SerumInstIndia at #IPNC2025 to spotlight progress on this front w. Drs Prasad Kulkarni (SII), Milagritos Tapia (@UMCVD) , and Abdulrazaq Habib (@WHO SAGE).
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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Terrible to see another data-driven vaccine scientist have to leave the US Government. Peter, thank you for your service. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
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Short sighted & NOT in America’s best interest. The C19 pandemic cost >$12T & killed >20M. The only reason we had COVID vax in 327d was we had already solved how to make them by researching other coronavirus species. New pathogens are a certainty; pandemics are not. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
Why Cutting U.S. Vaccine Aid Would Be a Grave Threat
The Gavi vaccine alliance has for decades protected Americans from health threats abroad, writes ex-CEO Seth Berkley.
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Cutting support for immunization and Gavi is not in the US best interest and certainly not good for the world My take in @Time time.com/7272078/trum...
Gavi does more than save the lives of children – cutting it will impoverish us all
Trump is poised to stop funding vaccines for developing countries. It’s a huge mistake for MAGA from an economic and security point of view
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Excellent piece by Paul Nuki @The Telegraph on why cutting funding for Global Immunizations is such a bad idea—for those living in developing countries but also for the rest of the world www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...