A group of Columbia and Barnard alumni will boycott the University-sponsored alumni reunions and hold alternative events, sending ticket sales and donations to aid organizations in Palestine.

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No new H5N1 detections reported in herds since 3/25. I find this implausible, esp since the federal order requiring testing for interstate movement has been in effect a week. We urgently need data on how may animals are being tested by week and state, including negatives.

More data on patients dying from hospital acquired COVID infections

Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0… via ABC Australia

THE RISE OF ECO-ANXIETY: SCIENTISTS WAKE UP TO THE MENTAL HEALTH TOLL OF CLIMATE CHANGE

As I've been saying for a while:

If you aren't terrified of #climate breakdown, then you don't understand it.

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Signs of Brain Injury in Mortar Soldiers: ‘Guys Are Getting Destroyed’ nytimes.com/2024/05/02/us/…

Development and evaluation of a training of trainers intervention for nursing professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in India - The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia thelancet.com/journals/lanse…

Disgusting. Hospitals refuse to implement airborne infection control and continue to kill patients. Thousands of vulnerable ppl infected with Covid in Victoria hospitals, hundreds died. Happening globally. This is manslaughter.

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The DRC is facing a host of terrible outbreaks already including its worst cholera outbreak since 2017 and a large measles epidemic, plus battling anthrax, plague and mpox. I really hope that Ebola does not join the list!

May 5th is Red Dress Day.

Today, and every day, we honour and remember all the MMIWG2SL+ individuals & their families. #Justice for #MMIWG . ⚖️

❤️❤️ #RedDressDay ❤️❤️

The NWT's third and fourth wildfires of 2024 are holdovers from last year burning in the Dehcho. Crews are putting them out and they aren't considered threats.
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It's the 54th anniversary of the Kent State Shooting, May 4, 1970 & once again students are protesting an unjust war. As before cops are breaking up student demonstrations. 1/2 youtu.be/hUzlpIxXbtM?si… via YouTube

Basic undergraduate tuition at Columbia is $66,000 per year (or about $90,000 up-here dollars), before you account for housing and other costs), so I think the mystery of all those camping supplies does not require a whiteboard covered in webs of red yarn to figure out

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Burundi - Media report of a child who died presented with hemorrhagic symptoms - tests pending, ex-DRC - May 4, 2024 - This year DRC outbreaks incl.: viral conjunctivitis, mpox,​ measles,cholera,plague,polio flutrackers.com/forum/forum/af… h/t Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl

I’m so sick of the denialism. Normalizing constant covid infections is a HUGE new illness burden. Ppl get covid every year, not twice a decade like flu. COVID increases risk of heart attacks strokes and tons of other medical problems. Read:

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A child from DRC has died in Bujumbura, Burundi of symptoms similar to Ebola on 2 May. Burundi has never reported an Ebola case before. Hoping Ebola is not confirmed here. Crawford Kilian sosmediasburundi.org/2024/05/04/buj… 1/

Truly hope this is a false alarm. There's no good time for an #Ebola outbreak, but this would be a very bad time for one.

Chikungunya crisis in the Americas: a comprehensive call for research and innovation - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally.

Amidst the Israeli gov’s siege on Gaza, blocking humanitarian aid, and threats on Rafah, withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire.
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Effectiveness of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines against severe COVID-19 among adults 40 years or older in Brazil: a population-based cohort study - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas thelancet.com/journals/lanam…