Hannah Wunsch
@hwunsch.bsky.social
ICU doc, researcher, writer, aspiring playwright, author of The Autumn Ghost #polio #nonfiction #criticalcare #ventilation
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Hannah Wunsch
@hwunsch.bsky.social
· Jan 3
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony
Join us for a cosy evening amongst passionate book folk as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today!
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Excited to be a finalist at the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony for the best science writing in Canada on the evening of Wed, Jan 29. The event (at the North York Central Library in Toronto) is open to the public. Please come join me if you are in Toronto and free!
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October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is World Polio Day. #polio eradication worldwide is the goal. On Roosevelt island is a crumbling smallpox hospital -a disease we don’t worry about due to #vaccination. Keep #vaccinating!
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today is World Polio Day. #polio eradication worldwide is the goal. On Roosevelt island is a crumbling smallpox hospital -a disease we don’t worry about due to #vaccination. Keep #vaccinating!
Congratulations to Dr Rachel Clarke @doctoroxford.com for winning the UK women’s prize for non-fiction for her book about heart transplants!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Women’s prize for fiction goes to debut novelist Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep
Nonfiction award goes to Rachel Clarke’s ‘ beautiful and compassionate’ The Story of a Heart, about a lifesaving transplant seen from all sides
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Congratulations to Dr Rachel Clarke @doctoroxford.com for winning the UK women’s prize for non-fiction for her book about heart transplants!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
Atul Gawande on Instagram: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantling of USAID (even assuming...
9 likes, 0 comments - atul.gawande on May 24, 2025: "“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false.
So far, 190,000 children and 90,000 adults have died due to the dismantlin...
www.instagram.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far.
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...
Thanks to the New York Society Library for their support!
Dr. @hwunsch.bsky.social shared insights from her book “The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care” in a thought-provoking conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning medical historian Professor David M. Oshinsky at @nysoclib.bsky.social.
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks to the New York Society Library for their support!
Join me at the NYSL in discussion with Pulitzer Prize winner David Oshinsky for a discussion of my book, The Autumn Ghost. Now out in paperback!
April 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Join me at the NYSL in discussion with Pulitzer Prize winner David Oshinsky for a discussion of my book, The Autumn Ghost. Now out in paperback!
March 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
‘Polio, bad’: Bill Nye the Science Guy rebukes RFK Jr. over vaccine views www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/b... via @statnews.com
'Polio, bad': Bill Nye the Science Guy rebukes RFK Jr. over vaccine views
Bill Nye critiqued HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his views on science and vaccines at a STAT event in New York.
www.statnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
‘Polio, bad’: Bill Nye the Science Guy rebukes RFK Jr. over vaccine views www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/b... via @statnews.com
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The idiots accidentally texted war plans to a journalist and others in a text chain. When do the firings start? #Resist
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The idiots accidentally texted war plans to a journalist and others in a text chain. When do the firings start? #Resist
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
docs.google.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
Colossally wasteful is right. This is devastating for medical research and will destroy generations of researchers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...
‘Colossally Wasteful’: Trump’s Cuts Imperil Medical Research at Columbia
Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Colossally wasteful is right. This is devastating for medical research and will destroy generations of researchers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...
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Think about this and please make sure to "repost" it so that everybody understands what's really going on.
Don't just "like" it -- "repost" it -- this is important!
Don't just "like" it -- "repost" it -- this is important!
February 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Think about this and please make sure to "repost" it so that everybody understands what's really going on.
Don't just "like" it -- "repost" it -- this is important!
Don't just "like" it -- "repost" it -- this is important!
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Oh hey, lookie here RFK Jr—the “CDC estimates that influenza #vaccination prevented 📌9.8 million influenza-related illnesses, 📌4.8 million medical visits, 📌120,000 influenza-related hospitalizations, & 📌7,900 influenza-related deaths” in 2023-2024.
➡️Maybe don’t block flu vaccine production? 🙏
➡️Maybe don’t block flu vaccine production? 🙏
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Oh hey, lookie here RFK Jr—the “CDC estimates that influenza #vaccination prevented 📌9.8 million influenza-related illnesses, 📌4.8 million medical visits, 📌120,000 influenza-related hospitalizations, & 📌7,900 influenza-related deaths” in 2023-2024.
➡️Maybe don’t block flu vaccine production? 🙏
➡️Maybe don’t block flu vaccine production? 🙏
This is catastrophic for US public health…so many people are protected by timely planning and rollout of the flu vaccine each year.
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is catastrophic for US public health…so many people are protected by timely planning and rollout of the flu vaccine each year.
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☀️☀️☀️ NEW WEBSITE IS UP! ☀️☀️☀️
www.standupforscience2025.org
Read about us, our policy goals, and ways to get involved. This website will also continue to grow as we do, so keep an eye on it!
www.standupforscience2025.org
Read about us, our policy goals, and ways to get involved. This website will also continue to grow as we do, so keep an eye on it!
February 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
☀️☀️☀️ NEW WEBSITE IS UP! ☀️☀️☀️
www.standupforscience2025.org
Read about us, our policy goals, and ways to get involved. This website will also continue to grow as we do, so keep an eye on it!
www.standupforscience2025.org
Read about us, our policy goals, and ways to get involved. This website will also continue to grow as we do, so keep an eye on it!
A very very dark day for public health in the US, and because our world is so interconnected, for public health worldwide.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
Senate Confirms Kennedy as Health Secretary
The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A very very dark day for public health in the US, and because our world is so interconnected, for public health worldwide.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
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“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science
The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...
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NIH funded researchers and all who care: This is an excellent call script that you can adapt to your own situation and send to your family and friends to call their reps.
February 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NIH funded researchers and all who care: This is an excellent call script that you can adapt to your own situation and send to your family and friends to call their reps.
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Spotlight on the Shortlist: The Autumn Ghost by @hwunsch.bsky.social. Published by Greystone Books. Join us as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today! Free to attend, reserve your spot today! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
January 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Spotlight on the Shortlist: The Autumn Ghost by @hwunsch.bsky.social. Published by Greystone Books. Join us as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today! Free to attend, reserve your spot today! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
We must continue to tell the stories of polio survivors. Reducing uptake of the polio vaccine will have devastating consequences for the entire world.
@rotaryclubs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @endpolionow.bsky.social
time.com/7205614/we-n...
@rotaryclubs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @endpolionow.bsky.social
time.com/7205614/we-n...
Why We Need to Remember the Physical Effects of Polio
A doctor and professor explains how we have forgotten the contagious and painful symptoms of Polio.
time.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We must continue to tell the stories of polio survivors. Reducing uptake of the polio vaccine will have devastating consequences for the entire world.
@rotaryclubs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @endpolionow.bsky.social
time.com/7205614/we-n...
@rotaryclubs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @endpolionow.bsky.social
time.com/7205614/we-n...
Excited to be a finalist at the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony for the best science writing in Canada on the evening of Wed, Jan 29. The event (at the North York Central Library in Toronto) is open to the public. Please come join me if you are in Toronto and free!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony
Join us for a cosy evening amongst passionate book folk as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today!
www.eventbrite.com
January 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Excited to be a finalist at the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony for the best science writing in Canada on the evening of Wed, Jan 29. The event (at the North York Central Library in Toronto) is open to the public. Please come join me if you are in Toronto and free!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...
I recommend a viewing of Casablanca at the start of every year. So good every time.
Happy 2025!
Happy 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I recommend a viewing of Casablanca at the start of every year. So good every time.
Happy 2025!
Happy 2025!
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No wonder we're in shock . . .
It still boggles my mind that only 66 years separate these photos.
December 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
No wonder we're in shock . . .