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Investigating power & politics in the capital of global health. https://newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/
Reported, Curated & Published by Priti Patnaik https://bsky.app/profile/pritipatnaik.bsky.social
Emergency Humanitarian Response ≠ Public Health Epidemic control: Recentering the African & Global Response to the Ebola Emergency
Guest Essay by Sivakumaran (“Shiva”) Murgasampillay
What will shape the health of the next generation? The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Threats to Health identified 17 catastrophic threats, drawing on expertise from health, economics, security, governance, and technology. @thelancet.com
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Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’ and rejects calls for slowdown ft.trib.al/MyhL99B
Important Context has a new story published in partnership with @theguardian.com.
Anti-vaxxers, including Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former group, Children’s Health Defense, have been going after doctors professionally to cast doubt on measles deaths.
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Democrats need a foreign policy ft.trib.al/KIkMuYB | opinion
My latest on the EU-China deal on hybrids. Why did Beijing agree to it and how will EU leaders repond when they gather in Brussels this week?
“The global health community needs to better integrate considerations of power, politics, and international relations, as well as reach across political aisles to forge understanding and cooperation.” #WHS2026 ⬇️
World Health Summit Berlin
Disease Outbreak News on Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo (8 October 2026) https://bit.ly/4zf1z18
A workers’ counter-summit and a public sector strike are both planned for the same day as Ireland’s invitation-only AI summit next week. Liz Carolan on the questions the contrast raises.
"The idea that all public-health labs are secretly working on bioweapons is just nonsense"
World Medical Association urged to advocate for healthcare workers in Gaza and the West Bank - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/world-medica...
By Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, @msf.org
In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice.
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
FT Exclusive: Masayoshi Son has in recent weeks held discussions with senior figures in the UAE over a possible fundraising, the latest effort in a series of buccaneering AI bets by the Japanese billionaire. ft.trib.al/LtOozud