Kerry Cullinan
@kerrycullinan.bsky.social
Cape Town-based health journalist. 🇿🇦 Passionate about people's right to live with dignity. Deputy editor of Geneva-based Health Policy Watch. https://healthpolicy-watch.news/
#Namibian journalist ‘shaken’ by arrest threat for asking the president a question anout ber family’s involvement in oil deal cpj.org?p=559590
Namibian journalist ‘shaken’ by arrest threat for asking the president a question - Committee to Protect Journalists
Lusaka, February 4, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Namibian authorities to respect and safeguard reporters, following Jemima Beukes expulsion from the president’s official residenc...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
#Namibian journalist ‘shaken’ by arrest threat for asking the president a question anout ber family’s involvement in oil deal cpj.org?p=559590
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🚨 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. 🌍⚕️
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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
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January 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
🚨 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. 🌍⚕️
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@ipas.org @reprorights.org ights.org @msf.ca @kff.org
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Donald Trump is mentioned hundreds of times in the latest batch of Epstein files. Among the new documents is a list compiled by the FBI last year of allegations made against Trump by callers to its national Threat Operation Center tip line.
January 31, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Donald Trump is mentioned hundreds of times in the latest batch of Epstein files. Among the new documents is a list compiled by the FBI last year of allegations made against Trump by callers to its national Threat Operation Center tip line.
US Health Secretary #RFKJr is jeopardising the #immunisation of hundreds of thousands of children in poor countries by refusing to contribute to #Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, unless it removes a preservative he deems dangerous, without any science to back him. ⬇️
💉🌍 The US has frozen all funding to Gavi over demands to phase out thimerosal, a vaccine preservative widely considered safe.
The move puts hundreds of millions for global immunisation at risk and raises questions about vaccine access.
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@who.int @gavi.org
The move puts hundreds of millions for global immunisation at risk and raises questions about vaccine access.
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@who.int @gavi.org
US Freezes All Funds To Gavi Over Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal - Health Policy Watch
The US government has frozen funds to Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, until it commits to a plan to phase out the preservative thimerosal from all the
healthpolicy-watch.news
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
US Health Secretary #RFKJr is jeopardising the #immunisation of hundreds of thousands of children in poor countries by refusing to contribute to #Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, unless it removes a preservative he deems dangerous, without any science to back him. ⬇️
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The Latest US Restrictions on Aid 'Bully' Recipients to Accept 'Extremist Ideology' & export #MAGA views, says critics. #GlobalGagRule
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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
January 29, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The Latest US Restrictions on Aid 'Bully' Recipients to Accept 'Extremist Ideology' & export #MAGA views, says critics. #GlobalGagRule
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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 AM
What kind of person posts 56 Tweets in an hour about someone who is getting under their skin? #Trump apparently has nothing better to do - and #Newsom is clearly rattling him
Governor Newsom’s Press Office issued a series of direct corrections on X after a surge of posts from President Donald Trump appeared on Truth Social.
Newsom lashes out at Trump's Walmart claim made during 56-post late-night rant
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January 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The Latest US Restrictions on Aid 'Bully' Recipients to Accept 'Extremist Ideology' & export #MAGA views, says critics. #GlobalGagRule
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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
January 29, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The Latest US Restrictions on Aid 'Bully' Recipients to Accept 'Extremist Ideology' & export #MAGA views, says critics. #GlobalGagRule
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
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healthpolicy-watch.news/latest-us-re...
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Grateful that we South Africans are being spared this: #Melania Trump Documentary Pulled From South African Theatres 😊
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/w...
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Melania Trump Documentary Pulled From South African Theaters
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Grateful that we South Africans are being spared this: #Melania Trump Documentary Pulled From South African Theatres 😊
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/w...
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Did you know that data protection should be part of your communication activities?
It might not be the flashiest part of your work, but it’s super important!
Use our practical checklist to ensure your work complies with EU data protection rules: link.europa.eu/dNq4jv
🧪 #SciComm
It might not be the flashiest part of your work, but it’s super important!
Use our practical checklist to ensure your work complies with EU data protection rules: link.europa.eu/dNq4jv
🧪 #SciComm
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Did you know that data protection should be part of your communication activities?
It might not be the flashiest part of your work, but it’s super important!
Use our practical checklist to ensure your work complies with EU data protection rules: link.europa.eu/dNq4jv
🧪 #SciComm
It might not be the flashiest part of your work, but it’s super important!
Use our practical checklist to ensure your work complies with EU data protection rules: link.europa.eu/dNq4jv
🧪 #SciComm
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ICE recruitment efforts appear openly calibrated to catch the attention of white nationalists and other right-wing extremists:
https://bit.ly/49I0bds
https://bit.ly/49I0bds
Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?
ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists?
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January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
ICE recruitment efforts appear openly calibrated to catch the attention of white nationalists and other right-wing extremists:
https://bit.ly/49I0bds
https://bit.ly/49I0bds
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‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop
‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop
Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop
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⚠️ Health experts warn it is unethical to withhold a proven vaccine from newborns!
🍼 The halted trial would have given only half of 14,000 babies a hepatitis B vaccine at birth — despite strong evidence early vaccination saves lives.
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🍼 The halted trial would have given only half of 14,000 babies a hepatitis B vaccine at birth — despite strong evidence early vaccination saves lives.
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‘Suspended Or Cancelled’: Guinea-Bissau Health Minister Halts Controversial Hepatitis B Trial - Health Policy Watch
A controversial trial to examine various impacts of the hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau has been “suspended or cancelled”, the
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 AM
⚠️ Health experts warn it is unethical to withhold a proven vaccine from newborns!
🍼 The halted trial would have given only half of 14,000 babies a hepatitis B vaccine at birth — despite strong evidence early vaccination saves lives.
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@by-cjewett.bsky.social
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🍼 The halted trial would have given only half of 14,000 babies a hepatitis B vaccine at birth — despite strong evidence early vaccination saves lives.
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Hahaha. Canada, we love you. Honestly, not being invited is a badge of honor. Wear it proudly.
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Hahaha. Canada, we love you. Honestly, not being invited is a badge of honor. Wear it proudly.
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Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
YES. ICE is an extra-judicial paramilitary force that has recruited numerous far-right white supremacists. Immigrants were the initial target, but it's evident anyone who opposes Trump is now a target. Dictators start with a seemingly legitimate force (often 'bodyguards'), then turn it on civilians.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 AM
YES. ICE is an extra-judicial paramilitary force that has recruited numerous far-right white supremacists. Immigrants were the initial target, but it's evident anyone who opposes Trump is now a target. Dictators start with a seemingly legitimate force (often 'bodyguards'), then turn it on civilians.
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
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It's been a year since #Trump took a 'Chainsaw' to #Global #Health. I've highlighted some of the human cost in my story, and a silver lining:
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One Year Later: The Effect Of US 'Chainsaw' On Global Health - Health Policy Watch
One year ago today (20 January), the Trump administration exploded the global health sector by immediately “pausing” all aid for 90 days – and dispensing with
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January 20, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It's been a year since #Trump took a 'Chainsaw' to #Global #Health. I've highlighted some of the human cost in my story, and a silver lining:
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One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field.
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
Nearly a third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry, preprint claims
Industry-linked studies were also more likely to focus on particular topics, suggesting these ties may be skewing the field
www.science.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field.
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
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🌐 @who.int member states will debate how to handle the US attempt to withdraw after unpaid fees violated long-standing legal obligations.
With no exit clause in WHO’s constitution, the decision has major implications for global health cooperation & stability.
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With no exit clause in WHO’s constitution, the decision has major implications for global health cooperation & stability.
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Member States To Discuss US Withdrawal From WHO As Failure To Pay 2024-25 Fees Violates Legal Obligations - Health Policy Watch
When and how the United States withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) is an “open question” for member states to discuss, according to Steven
healthpolicy-watch.news
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🌐 @who.int member states will debate how to handle the US attempt to withdraw after unpaid fees violated long-standing legal obligations.
With no exit clause in WHO’s constitution, the decision has major implications for global health cooperation & stability.
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With no exit clause in WHO’s constitution, the decision has major implications for global health cooperation & stability.
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Yes. This is where MAGA’s stances on measles vaccine and Greenland come together for me: In both cases there is a failure to remember/imagine how bad the past was, bolstered by this naive and cruel belief that a “strong” body/country can just go it alone.
“Americans are so accustomed to this basically peaceful, prosperous, and open world that they tend to think it is the normal state of international affairs, likely to continue indefinitely. They can’t imagine it unraveling, much less what that unraveling will mean for them.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Yes. This is where MAGA’s stances on measles vaccine and Greenland come together for me: In both cases there is a failure to remember/imagine how bad the past was, bolstered by this naive and cruel belief that a “strong” body/country can just go it alone.