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Atul Gawande

@atul_gawande

Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID. Threads: atul.gawande. Bsky: @agawande.

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US drug co’s donate $1B+ in drugs per year to poor countries to end tropical diseases like river blindness. USAID managed distribution to health workers w just 15 staff and saved thousands of lives — until Trump gutted it. Nicholas Kristof found the drugs. nytimes.com/video/opinion/…

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The vacuum left after the U.S. abandoned its aid commitments has destabilized some of the most fragile locations in the world and thrown refugee camps further into unrest, records show. propublica.org/article/trump-…

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🗑️ RFK Jr continues his relentless pursuit of disinformation. 🔖Please read (and share) our new Substack analysis with Yale Professor bw MPH, PhD. 💉We need to stand up and fight back. Vaccines save lives. It's that simple. ninaschwalbe.substack.com/p/did-a-study-…

🗑️ RFK Jr continues his relentless pursuit of disinformation.

đź”–Please read (and share) our new Substack analysis with Yale Professor <a href="/brianwahl/">bw</a> MPH, PhD.

đź’‰We need to stand up and fight back. Vaccines save lives.  It's that simple. 

ninaschwalbe.substack.com/p/did-a-study-…
Craig Spencer MD MPH (@craig_a_spencer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone’s saying cutting GAVI funding means more diseases will come to the U.S.—and that's true. Others are pointing out a LOT of kids will die—also true! But everyone’s missing the most important part of this video—this is RKF Jr taking his anti-vaccination crusade global 🧵

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“Foreign aid has changed nothing.” “These are not our problems.” “The system is dysfunctional.” “The countries we aid are corrupt.” “Other countries aren’t doing enough.” I have heard all these arguments too. Nicholas Kristof succinctly answers. nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opi…

Emily Gee (@emilyg_dc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Updated analysis from The Budget Lab confirms how stunningly regressive OBBB is: Senate bill “would result in a decline of 2.9 percent (about $700) in income for the bottom quintile, but an increase of 1.9 percent (about $30,000) for the top 1 percent.” budgetlab.yale.edu/research/distr…