@_S_Silverstein

Historian. Writer. Public & global health, rights, internationalism, migration, statelessness, Mod. & E. Europe. Prof. @UConnHistory & @UConnHRI. Views my own.

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Joined January 2017
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I’m delighted to be reading proofs of my book: “For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health.” Do you ever wonder about how our politics of health took shape? Then this book is for you global.oup.com/academic/prod… Related essay I wrote snyder.substack.com/p/consum…
Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

ALT Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

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Sara Silverstein@_S_SilversteinOct 25
Thank you to everyone buying my book! I've heard that people are receiving notices that it's now backordered until December. I will look into this. sarasilverstein.org/for-your…
My book, "For Your Health and Ours" is listed as #1 in "Hot New Releases in History of Medicine" on Amazon.

ALT My book, "For Your Health and Ours" is listed as #1 in "Hot New Releases in History of Medicine" on Amazon.

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Thank you to everyone buying my book! I've heard that people are receiving notices that it's now backordered until December. I will look into this. sarasilverstein.org/for-your…
My book, "For Your Health and Ours" is listed as #1 in "Hot New Releases in History of Medicine" on Amazon.

ALT My book, "For Your Health and Ours" is listed as #1 in "Hot New Releases in History of Medicine" on Amazon.

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Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyderOct 24
Very proud of my onetime student, Professor Sara Silverstein, whose innovative and timely book "For Your Health and Ours" was just published by Oxford UP. Anyone who is interested in health and democracy should read @_S_Silverstein's book. sarasilverstein.org/for-your…

For Your Health and Ours

Where does politics begin? At the end of the First World War, a group of eastern European physicians built a case that politics begins with the body and with health. Their arguments, and above all …

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Sara Silverstein@_S_SilversteinOct 23
Today's the day! My book, "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" was published today. Where does politics begin? With health. See my book to learn more! sarasilverstein.org/for-your…
Image of the cover of my book. Text reads: Sara Silverstein; For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health." Beneath the text is an image from the 1920s of a group of people sitting for a photograph. They are the staff of the League of Nations Health Organization.

ALT Image of the cover of my book. Text reads: Sara Silverstein; For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health." Beneath the text is an image from the 1920s of a group of people sitting for a photograph. They are the staff of the League of Nations Health Organization.

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It has apparently been a good first day for my book! "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" was published today.
A screenshot from Amazon, showing "For Your Health and Ours" listed as "Temporarily out of stock"

ALT A screenshot from Amazon, showing "For Your Health and Ours" listed as "Temporarily out of stock"

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Today's the day! My book, "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" was published today. Where does politics begin? With health. See my book to learn more! sarasilverstein.org/for-your…
Image of the cover of my book. Text reads: Sara Silverstein; For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health." Beneath the text is an image from the 1920s of a group of people sitting for a photograph. They are the staff of the League of Nations Health Organization.

ALT Image of the cover of my book. Text reads: Sara Silverstein; For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health." Beneath the text is an image from the 1920s of a group of people sitting for a photograph. They are the staff of the League of Nations Health Organization.

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Sara Silverstein@_S_SilversteinOct 17
I'm enjoying that when you search for a book on the Barnes & Noble homepage you can get this alignment for a screenshot! In any case, my book, "For Your Health and Ours," will be published October 23rd. Find it at Barnes & Noble or your favorite bookseller barnesandnoble.com/w/for-you…
Screenshot from the Barnes & Noble website. The homepage says "The Best Books of 2026." When you search for a book, the drop-down menu shows the book you searched for next to this heading. I searched for my own book: "For Your Health and Ours." So the screenshot aligns "The Best Books of 2026" next to the cover of my book.

ALT Screenshot from the Barnes & Noble website. The homepage says "The Best Books of 2026." When you search for a book, the drop-down menu shows the book you searched for next to this heading. I searched for my own book: "For Your Health and Ours." So the screenshot aligns "The Best Books of 2026" next to the cover of my book.

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I'm enjoying that when you search for a book on the Barnes & Noble homepage you can get this alignment for a screenshot! In any case, my book, "For Your Health and Ours," will be published October 23rd. Find it at Barnes & Noble or your favorite bookseller barnesandnoble.com/w/for-you…
Screenshot from the Barnes & Noble website. The homepage says "The Best Books of 2026." When you search for a book, the drop-down menu shows the book you searched for next to this heading. I searched for my own book: "For Your Health and Ours." So the screenshot aligns "The Best Books of 2026" next to the cover of my book.

ALT Screenshot from the Barnes & Noble website. The homepage says "The Best Books of 2026." When you search for a book, the drop-down menu shows the book you searched for next to this heading. I searched for my own book: "For Your Health and Ours." So the screenshot aligns "The Best Books of 2026" next to the cover of my book.

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Bob Herman@bobjhermanOct 13
Devastating. Just really devastating. statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…

Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69

Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.

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Nick Mark MD
@nickmmarkOct 12
On October 8-10, Ukraine destroyed 3 data centers in Russia. Since then bot activity has plummeted and so have Google searches for many health misinformation topics. An Unexpected Public Health Victory: Will a drone strike in Russia save lives in the US? nickmark.substack.com/p/an-u…
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The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. statnews.com/2026/10/02/ebol…

An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

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WOW. Over the last year, @ICEgov has angrily rejected claims that deaths in detention had any connection to poor medical care. But behind the scenes, ICE's own medical auditors issued death reviews finding patterns of neglect in the care of multiple people who died in custody.
tanvi@TanvimSep 30
For @theintercept I wrote about ICE posting then deleting a bunch of records from its website and how 6/8 of the mortality reviews of deaths in custody from 2025 found that detention staff broke (sometimes pretty egregiously!) with standards of med care. theintercept.com/2026/09/30/…

ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees.

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Neglecting medical care is dehumanizing. Historically, neglecting standards and policies to protect health and provide healthcare has been one way in which concentration camps or the gulag became spaces where the law did not apply. usatoday.com/story/news/nati…

Another detainee dies at controversial NYC-area ICE facility

Edwin Lopez Cornejo died Aug. 1, his family said. Cornejo's mother blamed her son's death on him not receiving medications needed to treat his diabetes.

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"O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where everyone is free. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be!" ~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” (1/3)
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"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above." ~ Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” #NoKings (2/3)
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(3/3) Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” Full text: poetryfoundation.org/poems/1…
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Sara Silverstein@_S_SilversteinJun 27
I’m delighted to be reading proofs of my book: “For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health.” Do you ever wonder about how our politics of health took shape? Then this book is for you global.oup.com/academic/prod… Related essay I wrote snyder.substack.com/p/consum…
Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

ALT Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

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Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyderJun 27
A book I’m excited to see. I have learned a great deal about the history and politics of health from @_S_Silverstein. global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Sara Silverstein@_S_SilversteinJun 27
I’m delighted to be reading proofs of my book: “For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health.” Do you ever wonder about how our politics of health took shape? Then this book is for you global.oup.com/academic/prod… Related essay I wrote snyder.substack.com/p/consum…
Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

ALT Image of book cover. Text reads: "Sara Silverstein" "For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health" There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

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"MAHA, were it a serious movement, would criticize capitalism, or at least the bloated 'health sector' of the American economy. And that would be the right target. But MAHA... diverts profits from one set of businesses to another." snyder.substack.com/p/consum…
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