Prabhat Jha
@countthedead.bsky.social
U of Toronto. Epidemiologist, author, father, husband and mediocre skier. Professionally obsessed with death.
www.cghr.org
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Time for Canada to offer to move the UN from the USA to Canada (preferably one Eastern and one Western city)?
Win-win-win for the UN independence, for urban economic growth and for Canada politically.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
Win-win-win for the UN independence, for urban economic growth and for Canada politically.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Time for Canada to offer to move the UN from the USA to Canada (preferably one Eastern and one Western city)?
Win-win-win for the UN independence, for urban economic growth and for Canada politically.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
Win-win-win for the UN independence, for urban economic growth and for Canada politically.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
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A powerful session at #PrevConf25 on why health inequalities must be front and centre in cancer risk and primary prevention—co-chaired by Profs Davis & Bhatla, with key insights from Prof Chambwe, Prof Chibwesha, Dr McCullough & @countthedead.bsky.social.
June 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A powerful session at #PrevConf25 on why health inequalities must be front and centre in cancer risk and primary prevention—co-chaired by Profs Davis & Bhatla, with key insights from Prof Chambwe, Prof Chibwesha, Dr McCullough & @countthedead.bsky.social.
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"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
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#episky #mortality
📣 #Sweden #HMD series updated through 2024
🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org
In 2024, the gap between #lifeexpectancy for men at birth and women at birth continues to narrow in Sweden.
📣 #Sweden #HMD series updated through 2024
🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org
In 2024, the gap between #lifeexpectancy for men at birth and women at birth continues to narrow in Sweden.
June 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#episky #mortality
📣 #Sweden #HMD series updated through 2024
🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org
In 2024, the gap between #lifeexpectancy for men at birth and women at birth continues to narrow in Sweden.
📣 #Sweden #HMD series updated through 2024
🔓 Data is freely available at mortality.org
In 2024, the gap between #lifeexpectancy for men at birth and women at birth continues to narrow in Sweden.
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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 🫁
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings, including of staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. But not the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH).
www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings, including of staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. But not the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH).
www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings
The Trump administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of staffers at the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 🫁
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings, including of staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. But not the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH).
www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings, including of staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. But not the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH).
www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/h...
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11 Million Illegal immigrants in the US- and understanding where/why is essential to any non-hate based solution.
11 Million Illegal immigrants in the US- and understanding where/why is essential to any non-hate based solution.
What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.
The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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11 Million Illegal immigrants in the US- and understanding where/why is essential to any non-hate based solution.
11 Million Illegal immigrants in the US- and understanding where/why is essential to any non-hate based solution.
Years ago... we came up with a simple spreadsheet to calculate live saved from higher cig tax... Still be used... eg Bangladesh... Effective Tobacco Taxation Reduces Deaths and Increases Revenue thenewse.com/effective-to... @tcrgbath.bsky.social
Effective Tobacco Taxation Reduces Deaths and Increases Revenue - দ্যা নিউজ
Economists and public health experts have stated that implementing effective taxes and price hikes on tobacco products, free from the interference of tobacco companies, in the upcoming FY 2025–26 budg...
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May 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Years ago... we came up with a simple spreadsheet to calculate live saved from higher cig tax... Still be used... eg Bangladesh... Effective Tobacco Taxation Reduces Deaths and Increases Revenue thenewse.com/effective-to... @tcrgbath.bsky.social
External regulation!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | These Internal Documents Show Why We Shouldn’t Trust Porn Companies
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
External regulation!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
Really cool universal antivenom for snakebites?~100K snakebite deaths a year, including ~50K in India
elifesciences.org/articles/54076
Universal Antivenom from Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
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elifesciences.org/articles/54076
Universal Antivenom from Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
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Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Really cool universal antivenom for snakebites?~100K snakebite deaths a year, including ~50K in India
elifesciences.org/articles/54076
Universal Antivenom from Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social @isaacbogoch.bsky.social @dndi.org @who.int
elifesciences.org/articles/54076
Universal Antivenom from Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social @isaacbogoch.bsky.social @dndi.org @who.int
To 258 million American friends, I am so pleased Donald Trump single handedly stopped you from overdosing on Fentynl. Phew! That was close.
May 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
To 258 million American friends, I am so pleased Donald Trump single handedly stopped you from overdosing on Fentynl. Phew! That was close.
The Next Generation of American Scientists Is Losing Faith www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Next Generation of American Scientists Is Losing Faith www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Please join me on May 21st for a stimulating discussion on global health featuring Sir Richard Peto, Prof Dean Jamison, and many others. Online and free. Register at:
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@picardonhealth.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
2025 PGME Global Health Day
Current and Incoming Residents and Fellows and Faculty are invited to attend the 12th Annual PGME Global Health Day.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Please join me on May 21st for a stimulating discussion on global health featuring Sir Richard Peto, Prof Dean Jamison, and many others. Online and free. Register at:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-pgme-...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
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@picardonhealth.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @dlsphjournalism.bsky.social
Siddhartha Mukherjee's troubling diagnosis of Public Health erosion in the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
@stephanienolen.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear (Gift Article)
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Siddhartha Mukherjee's troubling diagnosis of Public Health erosion in the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
@stephanienolen.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...
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I don’t blame the lobsters
March 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don’t blame the lobsters
Dear Friends in the US. You will understand why I am cancelling all trips, vacations in the US and purchases of American products. Canada and our brothers/sisters in Mexico will not be bullied by one man.
March 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dear Friends in the US. You will understand why I am cancelling all trips, vacations in the US and purchases of American products. Canada and our brothers/sisters in Mexico will not be bullied by one man.
Shreya Jha writes thoughtfully about death, arts, and medical care.
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
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An afternoon on the hospice piano
As a composer, I have channelled emotions into art for as long as I can remember. When death was still only an abstract concept to me, I approached it with tentative curiosity. I allowed myself to fee...
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March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Shreya Jha writes thoughtfully about death, arts, and medical care.
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
@uoft.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
@uoft.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social
Trump/Musk actions will kill people. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @who.int
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump/Musk actions will kill people. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @who.int
BigTobacco + (sloppy) economists = Nonsense economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-c...
ITC smuggles own cigs to scare finance Min then complains! Low cig excises in India means GoI loses Rs to BigTobacco
See correct policy: www.epw.in/journal/2011...
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ITC smuggles own cigs to scare finance Min then complains! Low cig excises in India means GoI loses Rs to BigTobacco
See correct policy: www.epw.in/journal/2011...
@mohfw.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
India’s high tax rates: Boon for bureaucrats, bane for the economy
India has one of the highest GST rates globally, leading to lower tax revenue efficiency and economic activity. High tax policies have deterred consumption, increased black market activities, and driv...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
BigTobacco + (sloppy) economists = Nonsense economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-c...
ITC smuggles own cigs to scare finance Min then complains! Low cig excises in India means GoI loses Rs to BigTobacco
See correct policy: www.epw.in/journal/2011...
@mohfw.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
ITC smuggles own cigs to scare finance Min then complains! Low cig excises in India means GoI loses Rs to BigTobacco
See correct policy: www.epw.in/journal/2011...
@mohfw.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
Worth watching.
USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @agawande.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @agawande.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust.
February 24, 2025. An in-depth and up-to-date deep-dive on where things really stand in the Trump administration's assault on USAID, which has long been one of the United States' greatest assets.
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Worth watching.
USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @agawande.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
USAID update, with Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. open.substack.com/pub/insideme... @agawande.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social
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"However, is there a bridge too far, a point where it is no longer appropriate for medicine and public health to accede? Under what conditions must the profession stand its ground and vocally oppose problematic policies or disinformation?"
"How do we know where to draw the line, and when it is time to resist?"
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
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This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
ja.ma/4gmik0x
#MedSky
February 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"However, is there a bridge too far, a point where it is no longer appropriate for medicine and public health to accede? Under what conditions must the profession stand its ground and vocally oppose problematic policies or disinformation?"
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Sometimes we get a piece into @plosglobalpublichealth.org that is so, so urgent. From my personal vantage point in North Texas, this Opinion by the incomparable Peter Hotez is one of them. Please do check it out and share widely.
Just published on PLOS Global Public Health:
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
by Peter Hotez
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
by Peter Hotez
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
journals.plos.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sometimes we get a piece into @plosglobalpublichealth.org that is so, so urgent. From my personal vantage point in North Texas, this Opinion by the incomparable Peter Hotez is one of them. Please do check it out and share widely.
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It’s fascinating—& painful—to look back at Michelle Obama’s impressive record in improving America’s diet, especially for kids
The GOP did all it could to torpedo it—that party has a long record of opposing progressive public health measures (they cry “nanny state!”)
www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12...
The GOP did all it could to torpedo it—that party has a long record of opposing progressive public health measures (they cry “nanny state!”)
www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12...
How Michelle Obama quietly changed what Americans eat
I was skeptical of the First Lady’s work on childhood obesity — until I looked at her track record.
www.vox.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM
It’s fascinating—& painful—to look back at Michelle Obama’s impressive record in improving America’s diet, especially for kids
The GOP did all it could to torpedo it—that party has a long record of opposing progressive public health measures (they cry “nanny state!”)
www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12...
The GOP did all it could to torpedo it—that party has a long record of opposing progressive public health measures (they cry “nanny state!”)
www.vox.com/2016/10/3/12...
How did COVID hybrid immunity build in Canada, India, China, and Sierra Leone? Lessons for early vax + need to understand African paradoxes.
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COVID mortality and hybrid immunity from infection and vaccination: a global perspective
www.termedia.pl
December 30, 2024 at 5:37 PM
How did COVID hybrid immunity build in Canada, India, China, and Sierra Leone? Lessons for early vax + need to understand African paradoxes.
tiny.cc/2ph3001
@isaacbogoch.bsky.social @patrickborgnine.bsky.social @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social
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Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/h...
Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/h...
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How Jimmy Carter’s global health efforts elevated ‘the art of the possible’ www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h... via @statnews.com #episky #medsky #science
How Jimmy Carter's global health efforts elevated 'the art of the possible'
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, gave visibility to devastating health problems that are often invisible.
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December 30, 2024 at 12:49 AM
How Jimmy Carter’s global health efforts elevated ‘the art of the possible’ www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h... via @statnews.com #episky #medsky #science