At the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the front line is completely overwhelmed. Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, describes what he saw in the Ebola ward at Mongbwalu General Hospital. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

💚 Meer dan een jaar geleden begonnen we met een serie workshops om een praktische definitie en handboek te ontwikkelen voor klimaatrechtvaardigheid. /1

The Central England temperature record represents the longest series of monthly temperature observations in existence. Recent temperatures there are over 1.5 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average, and over 2 degrees above preindustrial values. Chart: UK Met Office.

This summer we will be organizing 5 #GlobalHealth and #PlanetaryHealth summer schools in Utrecht, 🇳🇱. 🔹Fundamentals of Global Health, 6-10 juli: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life... 🔹 Public Health in Humanitarian contexts, 13-17 juli: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/life... /1

🌍 📚 ☀️ Join us for Global Health Ethics & Equity - Utrecht Summer School 📅 20-24 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands With @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, @riekevdgraaf.bsky.social, & many guest lectures! /1

VNG noemt berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd ‘directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat’

VNG noemt berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd ‘directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat’

De Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG) heeft de berichten waarin verkiezingsfraude wordt gesuggereerd „een directe bedreiging voor de democratische rechtsstaat” genoemd.

nrc.nl

Devastation on repeat: 1,000+ dead, 6.9M affected by Pakistan’s monsoon floods Climate change is melting glaciers, intensifying monsoon rains, and worsening floods, hitting the poorest hardest in a country responsible for just 1% of global GHG emissions www.bbc.com/news/article...

Devastation on repeat: How climate change is worsening Pakistan's deadly floods - BBC News

The BBC speaks to those who have lost everything in this year's monsoon season and finds out why it will likely happen again.

bbc.com

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition www.who.int/news/item/22...

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza

More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths. FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and ...

who.int

Dertig jaar na de genocide in Srebrenica is er geen plek in Nederland die daaraan herinnert. Bosnische Nederlanders zetten zich in voor een nationaal monument, maar de beoogde locatie in Den Haag zorgt voor vertraging. buff.ly/JyCjWfN

Het wil maar niet lukken met een monument om de genocide van Srebrenica te herdenken

Srebrenica-monument: Dertig jaar na de genocide in Srebrenica is er geen plek in Nederland die daaraan herinnert. Bosnische Nederlanders zetten zich in voor een nationaal monument, maar de beoogde…

buff.ly

Newspaper coverage of climate change around the globe dropped 6% from May to June 2025 -- and by 28% compared to June 2024, despite increasing frequency and severity of climate-fueled extreme weather events. Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ee...

Eerlijkere loonverdeling in het hoger onderwijs

Zeker nu minister Bruins van OCW de grootste bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs in decennia heeft aangekondigd is het essentieel dat de sector zich niet tegen elkaar uit laat spelen en solidair met ...

actie.degoedezaak.org

If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux

If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux

The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux

theguardian.com

🎧 Hoe goed zijn Nederlandse ziekenhuizen voorbereid op oorlog?

Hoe goed zijn Nederlandse ziekenhuizen voorbereid op oorlog?

volkskrant.nl

Today is liberation day in the Netherlands. Clearly, democracy and rule of law is a lot of work, and we’re not doing it well enough. The Dutch constitution - within it a commitment to upholding international rule of law - offers so many clear guidance for an equitable, just and sustainable society.👇

Joyce Browne@joycebrowne.bsky.social · last yr.

Mijn favoriete weerwoord als iemand mij sociale rechtvaardigheids-veranderdrang te nadrukkelijk aanwezig vindt. *Hállo, heb je ooit gelezen wat we eigenlijk in dit land zouden moeten doen met z'n allen volgens de grondwet?* #OpdeGrondVoorDeGrondwet #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth /1

Mijn favoriete weerwoord als iemand mij sociale rechtvaardigheids-veranderdrang te nadrukkelijk aanwezig vindt. *Hállo, heb je ooit gelezen wat we eigenlijk in dit land zouden moeten doen met z'n allen volgens de grondwet?* #OpdeGrondVoorDeGrondwet #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth /1

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

bit.ly

The future at risk: Tackling newborn and child mortality amidst a global health crisis Due to funding cuts, conflicts & climate change, so many countries are at risk of meeting SDG goals for newborns and kids journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Ik sta in de Volkskrant! :-)

Important reporting from my NPR colleagues on the human impacts of the cuts to U.S. foreign assistance. They share the story of twelve people - including kids - who have run out of HIV drugs in Zambia.

Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out

Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.

npr.org

Woensdag a.s. geef ik om 20 uur een lezing bij Studium Generale van @maastrichtu.bsky.social over #limitarisme - het idee dat er morele bovengrenzen aan rijkdom zijn. Gratis kaartjes: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/events/li...

Very compelling study showing the association between herpes zoster vaccination and dementia prevention. The authors leveraged a unique cohort for this natural experiment which shows a reduction in dementia risk of 20% in vaccinated individuals. #MedSky #IDSky 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature

Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...

nature.com

Vandaag om 13 uur schuif ik aan in het radioprogramma van Dr. Kelder & Co om te praten over de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschap, de relatie met democratie/autocratie, en de zeer zorgwekkende situatie die zich nu aan Amerikaanse universiteiten afspeelt. Wat leert dit ons?

"The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester"

ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Minister Eppo Bruins' brief aan de Tweede Kamer gecorrigeerd door #WOinActie @woinactie.bsky.social woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/03/woin...

WOinActie verbetert beleidsbrief van Eppo Bruins

WOinActie is een beweging van studenten en medewerkers en maakt zich sterk voor de universiteit en haar toekomst.

woinactie.blogspot.com

Zingen voor geluk. De wetenschap is eruit: samen zingen maakt gelukkiger

De wetenschap is eruit: Snel gelukkiger worden? Ga zingen in een koor

volkskrant.nl

🇪🇺 EU #GlobalHealth Policy Forum, Brussels | 15 May 🚨 #EU Global Health Strategy 🚨 Global health #financing 🚨 #HealthEmergency prevention, preparedness 🚨 #LocalManufacturing in partner countries 🚨 #Sexual #ReproductiveHealth and Rights international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/global-healt...

Global Health Policy Forum

Three years after the adoption of the European Union Global Health Strategy, the European Commission is organising the 2025 Global Health Policy Forum (GHPF). Global health stakeholders will gather to...

international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

‘We will just die in silence': #USAID cuts hit #Ethiopia Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia’s war-affected #Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on foreign aid www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia’s war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on foreign aid

washingtonpost.com

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9