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Ines El-Hajj
I met Omar Eid in Qalqilya, in the West Bank, while filming a story for the Austraian TV about settler attacks. He wanted to read poem for us, and I told him I’d make him famous. Please listen to Omar’s poem, and help make him known. And the poem says:
I met Omar Eid in Qalqilya, in the West Bank, while filming a story for the Austraian TV about settler attacks. He wanted to read poem for us, and I told him I’d make him famous. Please listen to Omar’s poem, and help make him known. And the poem says:
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ines El-Hajj
I met Omar Eid in Qalqilya, in the West Bank, while filming a story for the Austraian TV about settler attacks. He wanted to read poem for us, and I told him I’d make him famous. Please listen to Omar’s poem, and help make him known. And the poem says:
I met Omar Eid in Qalqilya, in the West Bank, while filming a story for the Austraian TV about settler attacks. He wanted to read poem for us, and I told him I’d make him famous. Please listen to Omar’s poem, and help make him known. And the poem says:
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This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For Gaza's Children, Acute Malnutrition Could Cause a Lifetime of Health Challenges
Why Gaza’s young are especially vulnerable.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Orygen staff keeping the wheels turning as part of @iaspinfo.bsky.social's 'Cycle Around the Globe', spreading the most important message: suicide is preventable.
Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226
Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Orygen staff keeping the wheels turning as part of @iaspinfo.bsky.social's 'Cycle Around the Globe', spreading the most important message: suicide is preventable.
Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226
Read about our recent suicide prevention work here: bit.ly/4phu226
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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🎥 Watch my interview with Prof Ilona Kickbusch about the history of the Ottawa Charter and the impact it has had on Health Promotion across the globe youtu.be/8pWr0YIJ-pE
🎧 Or listen to the interview on our new 'Ottawa at 40' Spotify podcast series open.spotify.com/episode/1GKA... #Ottawa40
🎧 Or listen to the interview on our new 'Ottawa at 40' Spotify podcast series open.spotify.com/episode/1GKA... #Ottawa40
Ottawa Charter at 40: Professor Ilona Kickbusch
YouTube video by Ottawa Charter 40
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August 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎥 Watch my interview with Prof Ilona Kickbusch about the history of the Ottawa Charter and the impact it has had on Health Promotion across the globe youtu.be/8pWr0YIJ-pE
🎧 Or listen to the interview on our new 'Ottawa at 40' Spotify podcast series open.spotify.com/episode/1GKA... #Ottawa40
🎧 Or listen to the interview on our new 'Ottawa at 40' Spotify podcast series open.spotify.com/episode/1GKA... #Ottawa40
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University of Technology Sydney Australia tells its staff facing forced redundancy to “wash delicates” to help manage stress and uncertainty as it suspends 146 courses. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
University of Technology Sydney Australia tells its staff facing forced redundancy to “wash delicates” to help manage stress and uncertainty as it suspends 146 courses. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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What these cops did to a woman in need is outrageous. I can’t stop thinking about the fear and torture she endured in her short life. She lived with disability, she had a right to safety. Sadly the cruelty shown by these men is too familiar.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Ex-police officers jailed over 'gratuitous cruelty' to mentally ill woman
The actions of Timothy John Trautsch and Nathan Black were recorded on body-worn camera after they were called to Emu Plains following reports of a welfare check.
www.abc.net.au
August 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What these cops did to a woman in need is outrageous. I can’t stop thinking about the fear and torture she endured in her short life. She lived with disability, she had a right to safety. Sadly the cruelty shown by these men is too familiar.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
August 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
#HealthForAll
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“We shout about safety in construction, but still whisper about #mentalhealth. It’s time that changed.” – Seb Ison-Jacques on the Hope Illuminated podcast.
Listen: bit.ly/3KFhTfN
#HopeIlluminated #ConstructionWorkingMinds #IASPVienna2025 #MentalHealthMatters
Listen: bit.ly/3KFhTfN
#HopeIlluminated #ConstructionWorkingMinds #IASPVienna2025 #MentalHealthMatters
June 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“We shout about safety in construction, but still whisper about #mentalhealth. It’s time that changed.” – Seb Ison-Jacques on the Hope Illuminated podcast.
Listen: bit.ly/3KFhTfN
#HopeIlluminated #ConstructionWorkingMinds #IASPVienna2025 #MentalHealthMatters
Listen: bit.ly/3KFhTfN
#HopeIlluminated #ConstructionWorkingMinds #IASPVienna2025 #MentalHealthMatters
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UN aid chief warns 14,000 Gazan babies could die in next 48 hours unless life-saving food and supplements pour into the war-ravaged strip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
UN warns 14,000 Gazan babies could die in next 48 hours without food
Humanitarian organisations warn it is not enough to tackle the hunger crisis gripping Gaza, as the British government suspends trade talks with Israel over its expanded military offensive in the strip...
www.abc.net.au
May 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
UN aid chief warns 14,000 Gazan babies could die in next 48 hours unless life-saving food and supplements pour into the war-ravaged strip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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GHASTLY—Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee HICPAC, which issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities—hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients. The committee is now dead; long live hospital infections.
Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
www.nbcnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
GHASTLY—Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee HICPAC, which issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities—hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients. The committee is now dead; long live hospital infections.
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I learned that in Australia voting is compulsory and happens on a Saturday, you know, like a normal civilized country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I learned that in Australia voting is compulsory and happens on a Saturday, you know, like a normal civilized country.
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RFK Jr’s HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth. It receives on average 2,100 contacts a day. This is metaphorically telling LGBTQ youth they can go kill themselves. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
RFK Jr’s HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth. It receives on average 2,100 contacts a day. This is metaphorically telling LGBTQ youth they can go kill themselves. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This study of suicide during the 2008 global fiscal crisis www.bmj.com/content/347/...) found rates in men rose 4.2% in Europe & 6.4% in the Americas. The current Trump-caused financial & employment madness likely to reprise this terrible effect
April 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This study of suicide during the 2008 global fiscal crisis www.bmj.com/content/347/...) found rates in men rose 4.2% in Europe & 6.4% in the Americas. The current Trump-caused financial & employment madness likely to reprise this terrible effect
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Hate symbols and racist text spray painted on Buddhist temple in north Canberra
police.act.gov.au/news/2025-me...
police.act.gov.au/news/2025-me...
Religious building targeted with hate symbols
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident of hate symbols being spray painted on a Buddhist temple in Nicholls.
police.act.gov.au
March 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Hate symbols and racist text spray painted on Buddhist temple in north Canberra
police.act.gov.au/news/2025-me...
police.act.gov.au/news/2025-me...
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The UN food agency says it only has enough food supplies in Gaza to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks after Israel halted the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/haesg7
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/haesg7
March 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The UN food agency says it only has enough food supplies in Gaza to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks after Israel halted the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/haesg7
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/haesg7
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The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
James Harrison, whose rare blood helped save millions of babies, dies at 88
By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease
www.independent.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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8 things scientists can do to stand up to Trump, via @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment
A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
8 things scientists can do to stand up to Trump, via @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪
#episky 🧪
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪
#episky 🧪
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This #SaferInternetDay, Orygen Research Fellow Dr @louiselasala.bsky.social shares how #chatsafe is helping young people keep themselves safe on social media.
Access #chatsafe's free resources for young people, parents, carers and educators: bit.ly/3WXmFjN
Access #chatsafe's free resources for young people, parents, carers and educators: bit.ly/3WXmFjN
February 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This #SaferInternetDay, Orygen Research Fellow Dr @louiselasala.bsky.social shares how #chatsafe is helping young people keep themselves safe on social media.
Access #chatsafe's free resources for young people, parents, carers and educators: bit.ly/3WXmFjN
Access #chatsafe's free resources for young people, parents, carers and educators: bit.ly/3WXmFjN
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Former USAID employees, aid workers and officials from aid organizations described in interviews a system thrown into mass confusion and chaos by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid and attempt to gut the agency. “Those things have taken decades to build up but two weeks to destroy.”
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Former USAID employees, aid workers and officials from aid organizations described in interviews a system thrown into mass confusion and chaos by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid and attempt to gut the agency. “Those things have taken decades to build up but two weeks to destroy.”
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Indirect costs = the costs of keeping a university running. Heating and lighting it, the library, the IT department, HR, cleaning etc. The actual costs are perhaps 50-100% of the direct costs of research. This is a pillow on the face of academic research in USA.
NIH cuts indirect rates on grants to 15%.
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
This will be the end of American excellence in science.
Universities will struggle and many (likely most) will terminate their research programs.
Independent research institutions will not be able to survive this.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Indirect costs = the costs of keeping a university running. Heating and lighting it, the library, the IT department, HR, cleaning etc. The actual costs are perhaps 50-100% of the direct costs of research. This is a pillow on the face of academic research in USA.
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As the Trump administration and Elon Musk work to dismantle USAID, the government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid for generations, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work, promoting unfounded claims and conspiratorial thinking. nyti.ms/4htWHN0
February 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As the Trump administration and Elon Musk work to dismantle USAID, the government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid for generations, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work, promoting unfounded claims and conspiratorial thinking. nyti.ms/4htWHN0
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Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Shipping containers with lifesaving drugs are being held. Millions of pounds of American-grown soybeans bound for refugee camps are being diverted.
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp
Trump’s mission to upend the USAID has paralyzed efforts to distribute lifesaving supplies around the world, according to experts.
nbcnews.to/411T6jp