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Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...

From Boston University, a tool to calculate the human cost of abrupt loss of federal AID funding. This will also produce indirect deaths over time. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art... @kentbuse.bsky.social

Obesity rates expected to surge worldwide in coming decades About six in 10 adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, according to new projections.

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More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to health

Thanks @theguardian.com for two good stories on the global #obesity challenge this week, including new @worldobesity.bsky.social atlas and Lancet report. See Atlas on the steps needed for shared action and impact. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

WATCH: Inside the Musk/Trump psychodrama. The void of a Democratic leader. Are Americans docile? My conversation with legendary editor and skewerer of everyone Tina Brown

Watching this excellent interview was, for me, a constructive scolding: staying on the sidelines is not an option. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Thank you to our friends at @thelancet.bsky.social for an excellent launch this week, and for your commitment to reframing the #obesitynarrative. Going beyond an “either or” approach - disease vs. risk factor, health vs food - is essential for finally turning the corner & aiding > 1 billion lives.

A World Without WHO This Viewpoint explores concerns surrounding possible US withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the effect this would have on US global health leadership and health security.

Nice overview of what's at stake (for the US and the world) if the Trump Administration pulls the US out of the WHO...
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Intrigued!