Welcome to something special. Welcome to TED X. Imagine living in a world where a single clot could become deadly, where easily treatable diseases such as pneumonia leads to death, where surgeries, child birth, and even dental procedures become a lifethreatening risk to individuals.This is not an imaginary world but a world we're heading towards if antibiotic resistance continues to rise. Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine saving millions of lives since their discovery nearly over a century ago. But w ...

Workforce Reduction & Impact - The Trump administration's workforce overhaul resulted in job losses for thousands of federal employees [1] - Affected workers organized "camp democracy" in Washington D C to protest firings and educate lawmakers on the consequences of budget cuts [1] - Public service is viewed as a calling, and layoffs impact real people and important issues [3] - Cuts in global health affect the ability to save mothers and babies, impacting those without a voice [4] Individual Perspective - Kathleen Borgetta, formerly of the USAD Global Health Bureau, emphasized the importance of lawmakers seeing the human impact of mass layoffs [2] - Borgetta brought her baby to highlight the impact of global health cuts on those both in the US and worldwide [4]