Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
@pauljbelcher.bsky.social
European Public Health Advocate 🔹Fellow, Royal College of Physicians🔹EU Advisor, EurohealthNet🔹Member, Faculty of Public Health - European Public Health Association🔹Advisory Committee, European Health Forum
LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pauljbelcher
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What is the relationship between population health and voting patterns: an ecological study in England
Background Health is a fundamental issue in politics and an area where governments hold significant levers of influence. Countries in Europe have seen increased support for populist political parties,...
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🗳️ Research: Population health is associated with increasing vote share for #ReformUK
Constituencies electing #Reform MPs had highest average prevalence of 15/20 conditions
“a further incentive to take steps to improve #publichealth and reduce #inequalities”
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Constituencies electing #Reform MPs had highest average prevalence of 15/20 conditions
“a further incentive to take steps to improve #publichealth and reduce #inequalities”
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/12/1...
🇧🇪 Well done #Brussels: The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2026
“This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse”
@cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social
www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...
“This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse”
@cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social
www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...
The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2026
For dazzling islands, design cities, and cultural events you won't want to miss.
www.cntraveler.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🇧🇪 Well done #Brussels: The Best Places to Go in Europe in 2026
“This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse”
@cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social
www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...
“This often-overlooked European capital is having a cultural moment, signaling a shift from a bureaucratic hub to a creative powerhouse”
@cathhart.bsky.social @jrowanbxl.bsky.social
www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...
"A #FarRight politician recently told me that “ #PublicHealth is a political ideology – it is a recipe for expanding government control over people’s lives ”.
@carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025
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@carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025
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#eph2025 | Caroline Costongs
A far-right politician recently told me that “public health is a political ideology – it is a recipe for expanding government control over people’s lives”.
I used this quote to kick-start the 4th ple...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"A #FarRight politician recently told me that “ #PublicHealth is a political ideology – it is a recipe for expanding government control over people’s lives ”.
@carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025
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@carocostongs.bsky.social of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social at @ephconference.bsky.social #EPH2025
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Reposted by Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Reposted by Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
The Light Still Flickers: Why Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
Reposted by Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The #Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Many #health professionals have shied away from #politics in the past. But as the Trump administration has attacked them, researchers and health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement:
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
2025 EPH Conference Helsinki Statement
ephconference.eu
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement:
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
The Light Still Flickers: Why Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
#Populism vs #Democracy | Why #Europe Must Rediscover Its Fighting Spirit
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
"Against the populist darkness threatening democracy, Europeans must remember that enlightenment principles require active defence—and the courage to confront bullies."
www.socialeurope.eu/the-light-st...
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🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Deregulation plans break EU law, legal scholars warn
Over one hundred legal experts have warned that the EU’s Omnibus I package, which cuts green and social reporting rules, breached EU law and was "likely to be annulled" if adopted.
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
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"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement:
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
2025 EPH Conference Helsinki Statement
ephconference.eu
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🇫🇮 LIVE: @ephconference.bsky.social joint statement:
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
✅ #Invest in systems that advance health
✅ Embed #equity
✅ Promote #HealthforAll
✅ Protect from #Disinformation
✅ Support public health #Workforce
✅ Measure #Wellbeing not just growth
#EPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social
ephconference.eu/2025-eph-con...
🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Deregulation plans break EU law, legal scholars warn
Over one hundred legal experts have warned that the EU’s Omnibus I package, which cuts green and social reporting rules, breached EU law and was "likely to be annulled" if adopted.
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇪🇺 #Deregulation plans break #EU law and weaken social and environmental protections, legal scholars warn
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
“rolling back existing #humanrights and #environmental protections without proper justification.”
@euobserver.com @alemanno.bsky.social
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Reposted by Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
The UK played a pivotal role in creating the ECHR. Leaving it now would betray that legacy, and destroy the very principles we helped to create.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The UK played a pivotal role in creating the ECHR. Leaving it now would betray that legacy, and destroy the very principles we helped to create.
Reposted by Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧
🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy?
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy?
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
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🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt?
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commissioner Hoekstra keeps tax on sugar, salt open for future EU budget | Euractiv
At a College of Commissioners meeting, the EU commissioner for taxation floated the idea as a potential new own resource
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt?
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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⚠️ Press freedom under attack ⚠️
Asking an uncomfortable question can cost you your job if you are a journalist at Agenzia Nova.
We stand in solidarity with @gabrielenunziati.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/j...
Asking an uncomfortable question can cost you your job if you are a journalist at Agenzia Nova.
We stand in solidarity with @gabrielenunziati.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/j...
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
⚠️ Press freedom under attack ⚠️
Asking an uncomfortable question can cost you your job if you are a journalist at Agenzia Nova.
We stand in solidarity with @gabrielenunziati.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/j...
Asking an uncomfortable question can cost you your job if you are a journalist at Agenzia Nova.
We stand in solidarity with @gabrielenunziati.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/j...
🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy?
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇪🇺 #Alcohol profits before #PublicHealth and #Democracy?
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
How the new “EU Wine Package” reveals a troubling imbalance between public interest and private influence.
No public health assessment and the European Parliament and health civil society are being bypassed.
euobserver.com/eu-political...
🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt?
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commissioner Hoekstra keeps tax on sugar, salt open for future EU budget | Euractiv
At a College of Commissioners meeting, the EU commissioner for taxation floated the idea as a potential new own resource
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇪🇺 Moving towards an EU taxation system on products high in #Sugar, #Fat and #Salt?
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
➡️ EU Tax Commissioner wants taxes on sugar and salt to finance EU's long-term budget
➡️ EU Health Commissioner wants a taxation system to help fund EU #PublicHealth initiatives.
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality"
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
“Our obsession with growth as the end point and the measure of societal success has brought us to this planetary health equity crisis, and we can’t grow our way out of it” - Sharon Friel and Chelsea Hunnisett
Productivity Commission urged to ditch economic growth mindset, for the sake of our health and planet
As the Productivity Commission finalises its reports to Government on reform priorities, researchers have put forward four suggestions for how
www.croakey.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality"
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality"
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
“Our obsession with growth as the end point and the measure of societal success has brought us to this planetary health equity crisis, and we can’t grow our way out of it” - Sharon Friel and Chelsea Hunnisett
Productivity Commission urged to ditch economic growth mindset, for the sake of our health and planet
As the Productivity Commission finalises its reports to Government on reform priorities, researchers have put forward four suggestions for how
www.croakey.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Time for a #WellbeingEconomy: "Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth and widening inequality"
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
#EconomyOfWellbeing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social
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🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🇺🇸 Political #censorship of #Science: Scientists forced to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
"They are trying to make people afraid to use the word ‘ #equity.’ They’re trying to make people afraid to use the term ‘ #transgender.’"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
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“The Make Europe Healthy Again #MEHA launch at the European Parliament in Brussels last week brought together what is now a familiar alliance of #far-right politicians, #anti-vaxxers and alternative health practitioners.”
@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/make-europe-...
@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/make-europe-...
'Make Europe Healthy Again' Launch Is Dominated By Anti-Vaxxers And Far Right Politicians - Health Policy Watch
The Make Europe Healthy Again (MEHA) launch at the European Parliament in Brussels last week brought together what is now a familiar alliance of far-right
healthpolicy-watch.news
October 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“The Make Europe Healthy Again #MEHA launch at the European Parliament in Brussels last week brought together what is now a familiar alliance of #far-right politicians, #anti-vaxxers and alternative health practitioners.”
@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/make-europe-...
@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
healthpolicy-watch.news/make-europe-...
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Thanks #ICYMI contributors: focus on media, incarceration alarm, research matters, alcohol industry power
www.croakey.org/icymi-focus-...
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Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right
Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right
As Europe punishes its poorest citizens, the far-right finds fertile ground to flourish, warns Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. And this pro-welfare stance is paying off. Far-right parties in Sweden and Austria have seen their ratings rise as they promise more state spending on citizens.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right