A community engagement initiative in Nepal fosters women-driven community education, resulting in events like this high school play on maternal health.
Learn more in a 2025 #LetterToScience: https://scim.ag/4sLg6P2 #WorldTheatreDay
In a #LetterToScience, astronaut Barry Wilmore (pictured) and medic Farhan Asrar discuss the health risks of human spaceflight on missions to the Moon or Mars.
They argue that crews will need to become more self-sufficient, without relying upon help from Earth. 🧪🔭🛰️
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A family photo shows the author as a baby with her grandparents.
“There is still substantial distrust of science and medicine in the Black community, but bridging the gap is possible,” writes Jasmine Gabriel Hughes in a new #LetterToScience. https://scim.ag/3ZUAMYn #BlackHistoryMonth
Text on a black background stating: "These unprecedented, punitive measures against universities and medical schools put both research and patient welfare at risk." Guilherme Oliver, #LetterToScience
"Unless the [Trump] administration restores research funding, the US risks losing its historic position at the forefront of scientific and clinical progress," writes Guillermo Oliver in a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/40SajeV
!["In the past two decades, [PEPFAR] has prevented millions of deaths and new HIV infections ... in more than 50 countries worldwide." - Powers et al., #LetterToScience](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/bafkreibqxccbdtlcu3kozs4nyk2ssseorcsqqmrvfvezsgplwdapfnk664)
"In the past two decades, [PEPFAR] has prevented millions of deaths and new HIV infections ... in more than 50 countries worldwide." - Powers et al., #LetterToScience
"The US government must reinstate [the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief] to ensure continued progress toward ending HIV as a public health threat," write the authors of a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4lWFyO4
"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr
!["[Substandard and falsified] medicines jeopardize the health of millions of people …" - Heather Hamill, Fanqi Zeng, and Simon Marwah](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/bafkreiadqtwz2qtoupol6njqgpl4ddhjoz7ttxyvmeyycurdk2f5xji3ti)
"[Substandard and falsified] medicines jeopardize the health of millions of people …" - Heather Hamill, Fanqi Zeng, and Simon Marwah
“By facilitating effective quality control and streamlining data collection, the [African Medicines Agency] could help to protect millions of African lives from this silent epidemic,” argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/43MIrte
Quote by Mohammad S. Jalali stating, "A true ‘America First’ approach would recognize that investing in global stability is not charity—it is a necessity for protecting American lives and economic strength."
A new #LetterToScience argues that the U.S. budget cuts to WHO and USAID investments "will have both immediate and long-term consequences." scim.ag/4kcWEqw
"The H5N1 virus has crossed species and adapted to mammalian hosts, including dairy cattle, causing widespread exposure and sporadic human illness. ... Given H5N1’s potential to spread, urgent action is needed to address pandemic preparedness gaps," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4hqhoZr
Quote stating "Racial affinity groups ... strengthen the STEM community." attributed to Chaudhary et al.
"To protect scientists and scientific output, US stakeholders must work to protect [racial] affinity groups from government interference," write the authors of a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4ki1MtL
A U.S. military base on the Galápagos Islands could harm fragile species and ecosystems, argue the authors of a new #LetterToScience.
