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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 7d

At the #IUCNCongress starting this week in Abu Dhabi, we are supporting Motion 87, which establishes a responsible, science-based policy framework on synthetic biology. bit.ly/4n1h1aM 🌍

WCS Calls on IUCN Congress To Support Responsible, Science-Based Policy on Synthetic Biology

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 3, 2025 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today urged delegates to the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi to support Motion 87, which establishes a respons...

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 3d

Our recently launched 2025–2030 Coral Reef Conservation Strategy is a plan to conserve the most climate-resilient reefs. bit.ly/4n0C3WV

It’s the work of 70+ experts in 18 countries, linking our science, partnerships, policy, and community work into a shared vision.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 2d

Rangers are on the frontlines of conservation, protecting our natural and cultural heritage for the benefit of all.

Today at #IUCNcongress, with our partners, we proudly reaffirmed our commitment to the Universal Ranger Support Alliance, which advocates for and supports rangers around the world. 🌍

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 4d

Enhanced monitoring, early detection, rapid response. Critical to addressing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

Today at #IUCNcongress, WCS’s Dr. Sarah Olson spoke about WCS’s experience addressing HPAI in places like Peru and Cambodia and the need for sustainable wildlife health surveillance. 🌍

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 5d

At the #IUCNcongress, a motion on One Health, developed and championed by WCS and its partners, is poised to be adopted.

“WCS’s health and field teams have seen firsthand how human well-being depends on the integrity of nature,” said WCS's Dr. Sarah Olson.

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IUCN World Conservation Congress Poised to Integrate One Health Concept Into Conservation Policies and Programs

Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 8, 2025—The IUCN World Conservation Congress is poised to adopt a new motion on One Health -- developed and championed by WCS and its partners—to fully integrate One Health int...

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 5d

Worth remembering however there have been 64 cases including 43 deaths already in this Ebola outbreak including most recently a 3-week-old neonate that died.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 19d

At the United Nations today, we championed a new finance mechanism to save tropical forests around the world.

The design of the #TFFF is environmentally robust and financially sound, and its proposed governance is solid, said WCS President and CEO Adam Falk.

More: bit.ly/47YqDz1

At the United Nations, WCS Champions a New Finance Mechanism to Save Tropical Forests Around the World

WCS President and CEO Adam Falk speaks at the United Nations at the “Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) Solutions Dialogue." on September 23, 2025. Credit ©WCS New York, Sept 23, 2025— The follo...

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22d

The health of all peoples is fundamental to the attainment of peace - the @who.int Constitution is timeless. It's as relevant today as it was in 1948.

Choose peace.

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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 22d

The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. European Union legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right. https://therevelator.org/exotic-pet-trade-european-union/

The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. The European Union Is Studying a Potential Solution • The Revelator

EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right.

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 21d

Damn.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · Sep 12

What’s on the menu for whales in New York Bight?

New science from WCS Ocean Giants team shows humpbacks in nearshore/mid-shelf areas seem to eat wider variety of prey than those much further offshore—valuable info to guide conservation efforts and ecosystem monitoring.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 7

RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.

I beg to differ.

Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.

Screenshot of graphic showing that the HPV vaccine has reduced cervical cancer incidence by 90%.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.

This is how the police dealt with them.

Literally beat the hell out of them.

This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's not just that we have to save our country from Trumpism. We have to save the entire world from a ravenous, reckless, criminal U.S. government. It's a moral imperative.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · Sep 3

We are only now getting a true understanding of the scale and scope of the shark meat trade, says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.

Upcoming #CITES #CoP20 will include urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened species.

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Mongabay shark meat exposé sparks call for hearing and industry debate

Endangered shark meat and heavy metals found in Brazil’s public food trigger a reckoning.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 13

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social issued its report today:
"Improving the Health of Americans Together: An evidence-based framework for addressing the root causes of illness in the U.S." Oh and we call for #RFKJr to go! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed

Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’

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OldDudeFella @olddudefella.bsky.social · Aug 11

#NAFO

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Chris Walzer @cwalzer.bsky.social · Aug 9

Job opportunity: www.woah.org/en/job-offer...

Technical Coordinator ZOOSURSY PROJECT - Sub Regional Representative for Eastern Africa – WOAH Nairobi, Kenya. - WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health

Technical Coordinator ZOOSURSY PROJECT Context The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH – founded as OIE) is a leading intergovernmental organisation representing 183 Members worldwide. Throug...

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Chris Walzer @cwalzer.bsky.social · Aug 8

I can only echo: “Long live the Sea and Conicet,” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...

A Starfish, a President, and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina

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Chris Walzer @cwalzer.bsky.social · Aug 6

HHS just gutted mRNA vaccine development. A reckless move that undermines science, global health equity, and future pandemic preparedness. This isn't just bad policy. It's dangerous. www.linkedin.com/pulse/disarm...
#PandemicPreparedness #Pandemic #GlobalHealth #vaccines

Disarming the World: How U.S. Health Policy Endangers Everyone

Some mornings, the news hits harder than the coffee, and today was one of those gut-punches. It's hard to believe, even amid the daily deluge of devastating headlines, that things can, so unnecessaril...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Aug 5

The all-villain ACIP continues to hemorrhage actual expertise. It's pretty hard to take out the MMR and polio vaccines if there are annoying experts around to inconveniently talk about their benefits and safety record.

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Will the Last Expert to Leave ACIP Please Turn Off the Lights

If you've got expertise, better get the hell out of voluntarily advising the US government

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · Jul 31

Life is booming in the New York Bight. Our WCS Ocean Giants team saw fin whales, humpbacks, and common dolphins all feeding together.

At the surface, two different pectoral fins emerged, a side-lunging fin whale and a fin-slapping humpback. A feeding frenzy on a fave prey type. 🌎

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Jul 31

I am so confused. Isn't the current Mayor the one who should be rattled?

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

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