Shereen Bhan
@shereenb.bsky.social
Fighting for Women’s Leadership, Global Health, Science, Gender Equality, DEIB, and Democracy | Reimagining Leadership |Looking for community | Let women lead | She/Her | Views are my own, and don’t represent any organization.
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Shereen Bhan
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My parents were my first examples of leadership. I grew up surrounded by public health and social justice warriors. A rotavirus vaccine was my 4th sibling. It’s no coincidence that I do what I do. Fortunate to still have Ma’s wisdom with me, & I can only hope to keep dad’s legacy alive. mkbhan.in.
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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“If NIH doesn’t study the health impacts of climate, we are not going to be able to prevent some of those health impacts, and we aren’t going to be able to find ways to deal with them.”
NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“If NIH doesn’t study the health impacts of climate, we are not going to be able to prevent some of those health impacts, and we aren’t going to be able to find ways to deal with them.”
NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Happy International Women’s Day!
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March 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy International Women’s Day!
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Brutal
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
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Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
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Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
Just over a month after US President Donald Trump implemented a 90-day freeze of all foreign assistance, the future looks very uncertain for tuberculosis research. Among others, a large TB research pr...
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March 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Brutal
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
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Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
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If you have a:
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you have a:
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
“One is a quote from the amazing Mariame Kaba, who says, “Hope is a discipline.” She argues that hope is not this nebulous, airy thing. It is a practice that you cultivate through active effort.”
Ed Yong, the Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, was one of the most trusted journalists covering Covid-19. His immersion in the pandemic left him depleted, and the natural world helped act as a salve to that despair. Read or listen to The Interview. nyti.ms/3CZsyX5
February 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“One is a quote from the amazing Mariame Kaba, who says, “Hope is a discipline.” She argues that hope is not this nebulous, airy thing. It is a practice that you cultivate through active effort.”
This was my antidote this week and it may be one I keep coming back to. Please read and share so we may all engage in magical thinking.
“Our stories are about how there is actually room for all of us at the table.
Our stories are about how the power of love fares against the love of power.
Our stories are about how there are more of us who believe in care and community than there are fascists.” 💛
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Our stories are about how the power of love fares against the love of power.
Our stories are about how there are more of us who believe in care and community than there are fascists.” 💛
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If the despots can engage in magical thinking, then so can we
On telling ourselves a story (about our strength, about our capacity for love, about how we're going to win) and then making that story come true
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February 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This was my antidote this week and it may be one I keep coming back to. Please read and share so we may all engage in magical thinking.
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Irrespective of your views on US International Aid, please do read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social's essay in @nytimes.com today. He writes with firsthand experience of many of these programs and the genuine compassion of a true humanitarian.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
February 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Irrespective of your views on US International Aid, please do read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social's essay in @nytimes.com today. He writes with firsthand experience of many of these programs and the genuine compassion of a true humanitarian.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
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I was looking for something in my H5N1 deck and came across this slide. Look how much H1N1 spread in the US in 2009 compared to other countries in spite of it starting in Mexico. This should have been a warning about our public health failures.
January 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I was looking for something in my H5N1 deck and came across this slide. Look how much H1N1 spread in the US in 2009 compared to other countries in spite of it starting in Mexico. This should have been a warning about our public health failures.
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It’s an open secret among medical professionals: Many drugs maintain their ability to combat ailments well after their expiration date. One pharmacist says he sometimes takes home expired OTC medicine so he and his family can use it.
(Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)
(Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.
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January 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s an open secret among medical professionals: Many drugs maintain their ability to combat ailments well after their expiration date. One pharmacist says he sometimes takes home expired OTC medicine so he and his family can use it.
(Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)
(Published 2017, but there's no expiration date for this story)
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) declared across the whole of Scotland. www.gov.scot/publications...
Avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks
Latest situation in Scotland including current outbreaks and measures in place to prevent the spread of the disease.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) declared across the whole of Scotland. www.gov.scot/publications...
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Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read.
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California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom
Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.
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January 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gavin Newsom made a website to fight the misinformation about the fires. Give it a read.
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#Breaking: U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus
U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus
The U.S. has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu, in a person from Louisiana who contracted the virus from infected chickens and wild birds in a backyard flock.
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January 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#Breaking: U.S. records first fatal bird flu case amid growing concerns about virus
This 1800 year old Redwood is a remarkable reminder of what nature can produce. Here’s to our generation and the next one. May we nurture more gentle giants.
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Shereen Bhan on LinkedIn: As I grow older, the loss of those I admired in private and public spaces…
As I grow older, the loss of those I admired in private and public spaces weighs heavier. It’s hard not to feel alone and rudderless. How does one go on when…
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January 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This 1800 year old Redwood is a remarkable reminder of what nature can produce. Here’s to our generation and the next one. May we nurture more gentle giants.
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I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
December 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
President Carter was one of a kind. He epitomized service leadership and embodied courage and humility. My friend, Catherine Moore, painted this. I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to hand deliver it while taking Young African Leaders to meet him. RIP, President Carter.
December 29, 2024 at 9:59 PM
President Carter was one of a kind. He epitomized service leadership and embodied courage and humility. My friend, Catherine Moore, painted this. I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to hand deliver it while taking Young African Leaders to meet him. RIP, President Carter.
Wishing joy, peace, and love to everyone ❤️
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Wishing joy, peace, and love to everyone ❤️
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Happy Holidays from all of us at WomenLift Health! 🎄
Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.
Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.
December 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Happy Holidays from all of us at WomenLift Health! 🎄
Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.
Wishing you a season filled with joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 24, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)