So many truths in this blog.
Have a read. Here’s the link again:
scottishcare.org/news/social-...
One for #MedSky and #PublicHealthSky folks too.
#PublicHealth
#Prevention
They’ve abolished the entire CDC Office on Smoking & Health and he’s focused on iced coffee? Cigarettes kill more than 400,000 people in the US every year, single most deadly consumer product in history, but yes, iced coffee, that’s a problem
#publichealthsky
1/7 🇺🇸 🦠 U.S. BREAKS GRIM #MEASLES MILESTONE IN 2026 🦠 🇺🇸
With 1,000+ cases confirmed by February, the infection rate is accelerating dramatically.
Experts warn U.S. measles-free status is effectively gone.
Source: Lauren J. Young, Scientific American
#PublicHealth #MedSky #PublicHealthSky #IDSky
If you are interested in #corporate activity and #publichealth, you should welcome & follow @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social where millions of pages of corporate documents are available to the public from the #tobacco, #drug, #food, #chemical industries! #publichealthsky
1/11 🇨🇦 CANADIAN CHILD POVERTY CRISIS DEEPENS 🇨🇦
A new 2025 report reveals a devastating trend: child poverty in Canada has risen for a third consecutive year, pushing nearly 30K more children into hardship.
Campaign 2000 reports...
#CdnPoli #ChildPoverty #PublicHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
1/6 🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S CONTINUING CARE CRISIS DEEPENS 🇨🇦
A new portal to navigate continuing care is masking severe staffing shortages and deregulation that are failing seniors.
Alyssa Pretty reports.
#AbLeg #MedSky #PublicHealth
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #MedSky #PublicHealthSky #AbHealth
FANTASTIC new report from @ash.org on messaging the #tobacco #endgame! Worth a read #publichealthsky
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1/8 🇨🇦 DENYING PEDIATRIC CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION 🇨🇦
Global restrictions on gender-affirming care aren't just "medical caution"—they are regulatory ideologies justifying violations against children.
Swarupa Deb reports.
#MedSky #PublicHealthSky
#HumanRights #CdnPoli #DemocracySky #AbPoli
1/10 🇨🇦 CAREGIVERS REACH "BREAKING POINT" IN BC 🇨🇦
In the Oceanside region, where over half the population is seniors, caregivers are drowning.
A petition with 2,200 signatures demands immediate respite help.
Maryse Zeidler...
#BCPoli #SeniorsCare #MedSky
#PublicHealthSky #PublicHealth #CdnPoli
1/8 🇨🇦 UCP SILENT ON PROMISED ALBERTA ER TRIAGE DOCTORS 🇨🇦
Minister Jones promised help after a tragic ER death.
A month later, the #UCP won't say if a single doctor is hired.
The #AMA says negotiations are stalled.
Janet French reports...
#AbPoli #AbHealth #CdnPoli #MedSky #PublicHealthSky
1/8 🇺🇸 HOW AMERICA BECAME SO SICK 🇺🇸
In 168 C.E., a plague helped dismantle the Roman Empire.
Two millennia later, America’s defenses against disease are crumbling. The symptoms are everywhere.
Vann R. Newkirk II reports.
#PublicHealth #History #USPol
#PublicHealthSky #IDSky #MedSky #HistorySky
1/9
🇨🇦 🩺 TIMELINE: #MHCARE & AHS CORRUPT-CARE SCANDAL 🩺 🇨🇦
How a $75M deal for Turkish Tylenol spiraled into firing a CEO, surveillance of journalists, and "political hit man" allegations.
A chronological breakdown of the controversy rocking #Alberta.
#AbPoli #AHS #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
1/8
🇨🇦 AHS LEGAL DRAMA ESCALATES WITH CONTEMPT MOTION 🇨🇦
A former health authority board member claims an Edmonton lawyer orchestrated a "political hit" campaign of surveillance and harassment to silence him.
Tu Thanh Ha reports
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbHealth #PublicHealthSky #MedSky
1/12
🇨🇦 🩺 GENERIC OZEMPIC RACE BEGINS IN CANADA 🩺 🇨🇦
Patent protections expired January 4, making Canada the world's first major battleground for cheaper weight-loss drugs.
The global pharma industry is watching.
Chris Hannay reports
#CdnPoli #HealthSky #MedSky #PublicHealthSky #Ozempic
For the January edition of PATH Insights, we spotlight some of the #GlobalHealth wins of 2025—and the PATH staff, partners, and supporters who made progress possible in a tumultuous year.
Read now & subscribe: https://bit.ly/43WBrtU
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#healthpolicy #publichealthsky #wellness #science #healthcare #mentalhealth #excercise #fit #Health 🩺💪✚🫀
The Gang gets in an argument with an old man who suffers from brain parasites. #PublicHealthSky
The Gang insists that talking to a hallucinating robot and only the robot is bad for your mental health. The Gang gets in trouble for this. #PsychSky
We are so screwed
#publichealthsky
Hey, @echr.coe.int , this research would not happen in the United States because of Tuskegee. It is appalling that this is happening at the University of Southern Denmark. Shut this down promptly. #publichealthsky
You don't do single arm trials when you know the treatment already benefits people. This is Tuskegee 2.0. We should be equally angry with University of Southern Denmark for allowing this garbage to happen. #statssky #publichealthsky
Hey #PublicHealthSky, take a look at one of the most effective tobacco control campaigns ever, from #California: www.undo.org
Truly an inspiration and the leading edge in ending this industrially produced epidemic
Thank you, @drdemetre.bsky.social for writing this important piece. We cannot ignore that #HIV/AIDS and other health conditions do not exist. Research, funding, and access to the health system are human rights. #publichealthsky
We typically mail cards, but I am too sad now. I purchased cards from @unicef.org and will write letters to loved ones this year. Your purchase supports pediatric #vaccination globally. I didn't use a discount code because I want to support #publichealthsky to the fullest amount.
YES! No more artswashing by Big #Tobacco #publicHealthSky
@mhef.bsky.social
Anyone heard of efforts to remove #publichealth as a professional degree designation from DOE aspph.org/department-o... #publichealthsky #episky #edusky