Take root and flourish in a healthier planet. We cover everything you need to know about the world's most pressing health and environmental disparities. Get newsletter: newsletter.thexylom.com Donate: https://fnd.us/sustain-the-xylom?ref=cr_1EHOhbhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mro66sbnhl2fIndigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves. “It is unheard of in our culture to exhume a dead body,” said 45-year-old Ike Emoilit, a Maasai. “But they refused to listen to our pleas.” https://www.thexylom.com/post/tanzania-uganda-oil-pipeline-indigenous-land-graves28 Jul 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro66sbnhl2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrni7bqbze2fThe Xylom is a proud member of the Climate News Task Force, a coalition of 12 not-for-profit independent climate news outlets. Subscribe to our free newsletter bundle to get the latest updates on climate accountability, movements, and solutions: https://trustfnd.com/thexylom/c/get-the-climate-news-task-force-newsletter-bundle--IGlM92tpL2WfLuqxxWLt27 Jul 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrni7bqbze2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mriegzlztd2fThis weekend on The Shoots: * The Sahel and Corpus Christi get much-needed rain to stave off droughts for now * Record-breaking measles cases in the U.S., predominantly in South Carolina and Utah * A Chinese gene-editing trial gone horribly wrong Read and subscribe to our news digest for free: https://newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/that-s-not-how-democracy-is-supposed-to-work/25 Jul 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriegzlztd2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrkygo6htp2fThis week on The Roots: We asked our colleagues what low-hanging fruit is attainable for Andy Burnham, the new British Prime Minister, to turn around the U.K.'s growing public health crisis. Join us every Sunday as we discuss one of the week's top news stories: https://newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/is-there-a-turning-point-to-the-uk-s-public/26 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkygo6htp2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrj3jk2vvz2fSince the 2021 coup, the Burmese military regime has established checkpoints across Myanmar, particularly in border regions, tightening control over the movement of goods and humanitarian supplies and making it increasingly difficult to transport essential items into conflict-affected communities. https://www.thexylom.com/post/myanmar-civil-war-menstrual-health26 Jul 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj3jk2vvz2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mriegzlztd2fThis weekend on The Shoots: * The Sahel and Corpus Christi get much-needed rain to stave off droughts for now * Record-breaking measles cases in the U.S., predominantly in South Carolina and Utah * A Chinese gene-editing trial gone horribly wrong Read and subscribe to our news digest for free: https://newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/that-s-not-how-democracy-is-supposed-to-work/25 Jul 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriegzlztd2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrhuncj5aw2fNEW: Myanmar's civil war has made essential items, including menstrual products, increasingly out of reach for women in conflict-affected areas. "I use the same cloth shared by around six girls here and hide that in a small box. Privacy is nowhere now," says 23-year-old displaced student Shwe Sin. https://www.thexylom.com/post/myanmar-civil-war-menstrual-health/25 Jul 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhuncj5aw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrdphuk5nf2f“We have two problems now. Dirty dust carries this sickness into our children’s eyes, and floods spoil the clean water that doctors say should be used to wash our children’s faces,” says Eva Bula, whose 8-year-old son is battling swelling and scarring inside the eyelid — evident signs of trachoma. https://www.thexylom.com/post/mozambique-usaid-trump-climate-flooding-trachoma-blindness23 Jul 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdphuk5nf2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mraxu24qqz2fThis Hump Day on The Shoots: • Americans who responded to the Congolese Ebola outbreak are quarantined in Kenya, despite a court order • 77,000 fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts • Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem Read + subscribe to our free news digest: https://newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/the-ebola-quarantine-center-that-definitely-did/22 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraxu24qqz2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrfx67qtyb2fOur coverage of the world's most pressing health and environmental disparities is free to read, but each project costs thousands to produce. This is our commitment to you as a newsroom that takes a strong stand against the use of Generative AI. Support our work: https://fundrazr.com/sustain-the-xylom?ref=cr_1EHOhb24 Jul 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfx67qtyb2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrdphuk5nf2f“We have two problems now. Dirty dust carries this sickness into our children’s eyes, and floods spoil the clean water that doctors say should be used to wash our children’s faces,” says Eva Bula, whose 8-year-old son is battling swelling and scarring inside the eyelid — evident signs of trachoma. https://www.thexylom.com/post/mozambique-usaid-trump-climate-flooding-trachoma-blindness23 Jul 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdphuk5nf2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrcuwib64q2f"Up to 73 percent of counterfeit drugs have been adulterated with fentanyl. It’s pervasive in the drug supply. … Of the roughly 80 percent of the people who inject drugs and test positive for fentanyl, only about 20 percent are actually intending to take it." https://www.thexylom.com/post/fentanyl-opioids-vaccine-antibodies-clinical-trial-trump-funding23 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcuwib64q2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mrblfv72vf2fWith the highest number of critically endangered white-winged ducks in their natural habitat, India holds a vital chance to secure the species’ future. Yet, there are no conservation breeding programs. (Published April) https://www.thexylom.com/post/white-winged-duck-critically-endangered-conservation-india-jersey-france23 Jul 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrblfv72vf2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mraxu24qqz2fThis Hump Day on The Shoots: • Americans who responded to the Congolese Ebola outbreak are quarantined in Kenya, despite a court order • 77,000 fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts • Silicon Valley has a science fiction problem Read + subscribe to our free news digest: https://newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/the-ebola-quarantine-center-that-definitely-did/22 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraxu24qqz2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mragzswvf22f@lodrinkswater.bsky.social: The Earth is indisputably getting warmer. The Devils Hole pupfish live in a precarious environment. Only a few degrees warmer, and they won’t be able to survive — and then where will the refuge population go? Where does anyone go when conditions are too extreme for life? https://www.thexylom.com/post/death-valley-devils-hole-pupfish-conservation-extreme-heat-chronic-illness-book22 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mragzswvf22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mr6n5czouc2fNancy Bui founded Justice for Formosa Victims in 2017. The group filed a complaint with the UN, sued Formosa at its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey and at its global headquarters in Taipei. In 2020, Taiwan’s supreme court affirmed the victims’ right to sue, and trials in the case continue. https://www.thexylom.com/post/texas-shrimper-taiwan-formosa-plastics-annual-shareholder-meeting21 Jul 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6n5czouc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mr5uf5sm6x2fCongrats to our very own @crystalcchow.bsky.social, who has been named a 2026 Ocean Nexus @uprootproject.bsky.social International Fellow! An award-winning independent bilingual journalist from Hong Kong, Crystal will be reporting on Southeast Asian mangrove ecosystems and shipworm foodways. https://oceannexus.org/people/crystal-chow/21 Jul 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5uf5sm6x2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mr3uyhkbze2fWe're excited to announce that our contributor @pragathiravi.bsky.social is joining us for the rest of the summer and fall as an Editing and Fact-checking Intern, thanks to the support of the @sciencewriters.org Diversity Fellowship! Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Pragathi: https://www.nasw.org/article/2026-nasw-summer-diversity-fellowships-announced20 Jul 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3uyhkbze2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mqrbo33paz25In January, as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Dr. Netha Hussain was one of eight people featured in a video docuseries sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the lives and stories of Wikipedia volunteer editors around the world. https://www.thexylom.com/post/dr-netha-hussain-wikipedia-public-health-covid-misinformation-trump16 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:fftccsn7drw2jsrrwepkptgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrbo33paz25https://bsky.app/profile/thexylom.com/post/3mqxogtksqs2sUPDATE: Several American aid workers who responded to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC are isolating at a facility in Kenya that the country’s highest court blocked in May, despite the Kenyan health minister claiming in court on June 23rd that the government had halted construction of the facility. 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