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Irwin Redlener, MD

@IrwinRedlenerMD

Public Health Analyst, Child Advocate, Founding Director, Columbia University, Co-Founder of https://t.co/TUCKz039iA, author "The Future of Us” & “Americans at Risk".

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I'm thrilled that Speaker Johnson finally did the right thing, shutting down MAGA Putin loyalists and unblocking Ukraine military funding (better late than never ?). Thank you, Mike!
But military funding doesn't mean that the war stops. Au contraire. Massive…

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University leadership across US must establish clear, enforceable guidelines that allows for peaceful protest without racism, antisemitism and violence. Academic leaders seem totally unprepared when it comes to real world crisis management. Dealing with these…

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Russian missiles aimed at civilian targets in Chernihiv, Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including 2 children and injured dozens of others. That's the city that UCAP.help assisted by providing 6 refurbished school buses after…

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An extraordinary show of support at this weekend's Ukraine Action Summit in DC, as hundreds of individuals and organizations gathered to implore Congress to release life-saving military and humanitarian funding for Ukraine. It's unconscionable that Congress is dragging its feet…

An extraordinary show of support at this weekend's Ukraine Action Summit in DC, as hundreds of individuals and organizations gathered to implore Congress to release life-saving military and humanitarian funding for Ukraine. It's unconscionable that Congress is dragging its feet…
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'UCAP's Pediatric Expert Exchange Program (PEEP), led by Sofya Maslyanskaya of Montefiore Pediatrics, engaged doctors from Saint Nicolaus Children’s Hospital (SNH) in Lviv, to exchange expertise, share support and bolster specialty pediatric services. United by a shared mission to…

'UCAP's Pediatric Expert Exchange Program (PEEP), led by Sofya Maslyanskaya of @MontefiorePeds, engaged doctors from Saint Nicolaus Children’s Hospital (SNH) in Lviv, to exchange expertise, share support and bolster specialty pediatric services. United by a shared mission to…
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Another grave and growing danger for Ukraine's children as Russian' troops have planted land mines in gardens and residential communities. They've booby trapped toys and play areas in areas they have occupied, now amounting to almost 1/3 of Ukraine's territory.…

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Remember this: Donald Trump's first term was an unmitigated disaster for science and public health. Every agency dealing with science - from the EPA to the CDC - was under siege. Truth and facts were public enemies, intentionally polluted by conspiracies, politics and…

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So much cruelty is happening to the most vulnerable of us while we are deeply distracted by Trump-driven dysfunctional politics and the least productive Congress in memory. One small but critical example: Federal programs helping low-income Americans afford basic…

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Current estimates are that about 30,000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russian troops & brought back to Russia for indoctrination and/or adoption by Russian families. There is so much unspeakable tragedy happening to civilians in Ukraine that this nightmare…

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While Congress is on recess, Ukraine civilians face relentless attacks with hypersonic missiles and drones. This is unconscionable negligence—children forced to run for their lives while lawmakers take a break.

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I was mortified to hear the news of how many young people were killed and injured by this act of terror at
a concert.
But I'm also thinking about the ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine civilians.
And the 10/7 Hamas attack in Israel where so many young folks were…

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We're now into year 3 of a brutal war. The Congress MUST pass the Ukraine aid bill which they need to push back Russians. Meanwhile, we are working to help children get through this nightmare. UCAP.help just finished helping repair a school that…

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Once again, just last week, Vladimir Putin was nuclear saber-rattling, stating in no uncertain terms that 'We are ready to use weapons...including nuclear weapons...' Putin & his inner circle often remind the world about their readiness to use nukes, on the battlefield -…

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All wars, from Ukraine, to Gaza, to Sudan & Haiti inevitably kill, injure & traumatize children. Wars destroy normalcy & future opportunity. Recall the sage advice of Naomi Klein: '...side with the child over the gun every time, no matter whose gun and no matter…

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Emmanuel Macron is just kicking ass tonight.

Some of his words for the French TV:

'If Ukraine falls, our security will be at risk. If Russia continues to escalate, if the situation worsens, we must be ready, and we will be ready. To be prepared, we will make the necessary…

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Conspiracies gone wild! One of the weirdest realities of Trump's presence in the national conversation is that he's normalized public crazy. In last few hours I have seen interviews with people who said that people who received COVID vaccines are genetically changed…

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Russia has massively ramped up weapons and ammo manufacturing to an unbelievable 250,000 artillery shells/month. Meanwhile, the extraordinary Ukrainian military is being forced to severely ration ammo and will be overwhelmed if we don't help immediately. That's why I…

#UkraineWar Russia has massively ramped up weapons and ammo manufacturing to an unbelievable 250,000 artillery shells/month. Meanwhile, the extraordinary Ukrainian military is being forced to severely ration ammo and will be overwhelmed if we don't help immediately. That's why I…
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There is no shortage of opinions about what & how children should be taught, or what should or shouldn't be in school libraries. But with increasing dependence for 'information' on TikTok & social media, paranoid conspiracy purveyors, politicians, cults, and the weird…

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