Benjamin Mason Meier
@benjaminmasonmeier.bsky.social
Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Working at the intersection of #GlobalHealth & #HumanRights benjaminmasonmeier.com
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“Miasma theory” stages a comeback in the United States
Deep sigh 😮💨
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Deep sigh 😮💨
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RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Miasma theory” stages a comeback in the United States
Deep sigh 😮💨
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Deep sigh 😮💨
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
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The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe”
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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#ClimateChange is jeopardising our health and wellbeing.
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ClimateChange is jeopardising our health and wellbeing.
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
Health workers share the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the health of their patients.
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
It was inspiring to join the "Complicating the Narrative" podcast, speaking with Salma Abdalla about the central importance of Human Rights to Global Health.
Please follow our discussion on the evolution of efforts to make the Right to Health real throughout the world
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Please follow our discussion on the evolution of efforts to make the Right to Health real throughout the world
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Health as a human right with Benjamin Mason Meier
YouTube video by Complicating The Narrative
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November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It was inspiring to join the "Complicating the Narrative" podcast, speaking with Salma Abdalla about the central importance of Human Rights to Global Health.
Please follow our discussion on the evolution of efforts to make the Right to Health real throughout the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqqf...
Please follow our discussion on the evolution of efforts to make the Right to Health real throughout the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqqf...
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Politico: Pandemic response, the Trump way - Is the U.S. about to torpedo the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement from afar?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Politico: Pandemic response, the Trump way - Is the U.S. about to torpedo the World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement from afar?
pro.politico.eu/news/pandemic-response-the-trump-way @who.int
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#UHC is at the heart of the US governmen’s now 6-week shutdown. Worth a read, as more Republicans and their constituents call for Trump to back down.
At the heart of the impasse is a debate about expiring subsidies for health insurance. It's the latest chapter in a fight over Obamacare that has dominated Congress since the law was signed in 2010.
How an enduring debate over health care sparked a now record-long shutdown
At the heart of the impasse is a debate about expiring subsidies for health insurance. It's the latest chapter in a fight over Obamacare that has dominated Congress since the law was signed in 2010.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#UHC is at the heart of the US governmen’s now 6-week shutdown. Worth a read, as more Republicans and their constituents call for Trump to back down.
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Every climate decision is a health decision.
From local communities to global leaders, #ClimateAction is needed now to:
💚 Protect lives
💪 Strengthen health systems
🛡️ Secure a safe, healthy future for all
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
From local communities to global leaders, #ClimateAction is needed now to:
💚 Protect lives
💪 Strengthen health systems
🛡️ Secure a safe, healthy future for all
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every climate decision is a health decision.
From local communities to global leaders, #ClimateAction is needed now to:
💚 Protect lives
💪 Strengthen health systems
🛡️ Secure a safe, healthy future for all
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
From local communities to global leaders, #ClimateAction is needed now to:
💚 Protect lives
💪 Strengthen health systems
🛡️ Secure a safe, healthy future for all
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
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Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, protecting lives as our planet heats up.
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, protecting lives as our planet heats up.
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
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Gutting the corporate alternative minimum tax, designed to make sure wildly profitable corporations pay *something*, while cutting food, health, and heating assistance.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gutting the corporate alternative minimum tax, designed to make sure wildly profitable corporations pay *something*, while cutting food, health, and heating assistance.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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“A federal judge on Thursday excoriated the Trump administration’s blitz of hardball tactics against elite universities, warning that the government’s threats and investigations were undermining academic freedom at the University of California.”
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
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November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“A federal judge on Thursday excoriated the Trump administration’s blitz of hardball tactics against elite universities, warning that the government’s threats and investigations were undermining academic freedom at the University of California.”
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative wanted to “focus on something that wasn’t going to be undone every few years” . . . said the man whose changing whims are ending billions in funding for education, housing, and health. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
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November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative wanted to “focus on something that wasn’t going to be undone every few years” . . . said the man whose changing whims are ending billions in funding for education, housing, and health. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
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The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Happy to announce the release of our legal epi dataset on conversion therapy laws.
New dataset released by CPHLR, in partnership with @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social, Pacific University School of Social Work, Wayne State COE, and MAP, covers 12 years of U.S. state conversion therapy laws. Explore the dataset: www.slu.edu/law/health/l...
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Happy to announce the release of our legal epi dataset on conversion therapy laws.
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"The staff supporting ... (ACIP) were let go earlier this month in a sweeping round of layoffs that gutted entire departments of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." via @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com
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Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
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October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The staff supporting ... (ACIP) were let go earlier this month in a sweeping round of layoffs that gutted entire departments of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." via @melodyschreiber.com @theguardian.com
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THIS is the inconvenient truth
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
THIS is the inconvenient truth
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NEW: The Trump administration is using a new metric for assessing HHS employees in their annual performance reviews: whether they are sufficiently loyal to Trump’s policy agenda www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
HHS Employees Now Being Measured By Loyalty To Trump's Policies
In annual performance reviews, federal workers will be assessed on whether they “clearly and demonstrably support implementation” of Trump’s agenda.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is using a new metric for assessing HHS employees in their annual performance reviews: whether they are sufficiently loyal to Trump’s policy agenda www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
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In the past 2 weeks several European countries have reported locally acquired cases of #mpox clade Ib.
This is new. There had been patients before but those infections likely happened elsewhere.
Now it looks like mpox Ib is spreading here in the sexual networks of men who have sex with men.
#IDsky
This is new. There had been patients before but those infections likely happened elsewhere.
Now it looks like mpox Ib is spreading here in the sexual networks of men who have sex with men.
#IDsky
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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For its 80th anniversary, the U.N. asserts we are "better together." Since its founding, the U.N.'s survival has depended on how it positions itself in situations of injustice. The story of the U.N. is the story of Congo. Read my latest in @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/123129/unite...
The United Nations and a World in Pain
The U.N.’s survival depends on how it positions itself between the elephant and the mouse, in South America, Asia, Africa, and beyond.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For its 80th anniversary, the U.N. asserts we are "better together." Since its founding, the U.N.'s survival has depended on how it positions itself in situations of injustice. The story of the U.N. is the story of Congo. Read my latest in @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/123129/unite...
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Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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Definitely worth a read!
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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social
Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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Definitely worth a read!
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
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We knew this was going to happen, but… oh my god.
"Based on the newly posted information, a family of four making $130,000 in Maine would face an increase of $16,100 in annual premiums next year...."
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Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We knew this was going to happen, but… oh my god.
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If Shohei Ohtani can hit three home runs while pitching six shutout innings, you can spend a couple of hours marching for democracy.
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If Shohei Ohtani can hit three home runs while pitching six shutout innings, you can spend a couple of hours marching for democracy.