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96 Global Health NOW: The Troubled Fight Against Polio; Plastics: A 鈥楪rave, Growing鈥� Danger; and Wartime Russia is Losing the Battle Against HIV August 5, 2025 A health worker administers polio drops to schoolchildren for vaccination during a door-to-door poliovirus eradication campaign. Lahore, Pakistan, April 21. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty The Troubled Fight Against Polio
The WHO and its partners were close in 2021 to scoring a huge win against polio. They recorded just five cases of the natural virus that year. But the poliovirus eluded vaccination efforts and caused 99 cases last year.
 
In a deeply reported investigation, the AP blames misinformation, mismanagement, a flawed strategy, and the oral vaccine.
 
Challenges: Vaccinating children in Afghanistan and Pakistan (the only countries with uninterrupted polio transmission) is a difficult proposition.

• Some religious leaders tell people to avoid vaccinations, health systems are weak, and hundreds of vaccinators and security officers have been targeted and killed.

Wins: Global Polio Eradication Initiative officials note 3 billion children have been vaccinated and ~20 million people have avoided paralysis since the initiative was founded in 1988.
 
WHO鈥檚 response: 鈥淭here鈥檚 so many children being protected today because of the work that was done over the past 40 years,鈥� said Jamal Ahmed, WHO鈥檚 polio director. 鈥淟et鈥檚 not overdramatize the challenges, because that leads to children getting paralyzed.鈥�
 
Polio鈥檚 end? Transmission is estimated to end within 18 months, and eradication reached by 2029, Ahmed said.

• 45 million children in Pakistan and 11 million in Afghanistan need to be vaccinated this year. 


• Full immunization requires four doses of two drops each.

 
Related: Takeaways from AP鈥檚 report on problems in the worldwide campaign to eradicate polio 鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Misuse of tourniquets is causing thousands of unnecessary amputations and deaths in Ukraine, surgeons say; one estimates that up to three quarters of the ~100,000 amputations performed on Ukrainian soldiers since 2022 were caused by improper use of tourniquets. 

Adolescents in Rwanda aged 15 or older will be able to access family planning services without parental consent under a new law passed by the country鈥檚 parliament aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies. 

An oral anti-COVID-19 treatment passed a clinical trial efficacy test, ; the drug, called CP-COV03 or Xafty, is based on niclosamide, a medication previously used to treat tapeworm infections. 

About two-thirds (59%) of American adults polled will likely skip fall COVID-19 boosters heading into the cold and flu season; about six in ten Republicans say they will 鈥渄efinitely not鈥� get the vaccine.  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Plastics: A 鈥楪rave, Growing鈥� Danger
The planet is awash in a 鈥減lastics crisis鈥� that poses a threat to human and planetary health, . 

Surge in production: Plastic output has grown 200X since 1950鈥攄riven largely by single-use items.

Toll on health: Plastics are linked to disease and death across all ages, costing ~$1.5 trillion annually in health-related damages.

• Infants and children are highly susceptible to toxins.

Soaring pollution: 8 billion metric tons of plastic now pollute the globe.

• <10% of plastic is recycled. 

And humans may be inhaling 100X more microplastics than previously assumed, finds , .   



Related: UN races to close global deal that would curb virgin plastic and toxic additives 鈥�  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES HIV/AIDS Wartime Russia is Losing the Battle Against HIV
War has significantly disrupted HIV prevention and care in Russia鈥攄evelopments that could have long-lasting impacts.

By the numbers: In the first year of the war alone, the recorded incidence of HIV among military personnel soared by 40X+.

• And the proportion of Russian HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy has now fallen below 50% for the first time in many years.

Barriers to care: War has amplified anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in the country, and also contributed to the removal of NGOs assisting in HIV care.

But war itself is a key factor in transmission, as blood transfusions and the reuse of syringes in field hospitals have increased risks.

HEAT As Temperatures Climb, So Do ER Visits
Emergency room visits increase with higher temperatures, especially among young children, 鈥攁nd the maladies may be unexpected. 

• While the links between mortality rates and heatwaves have been long studied, heat鈥檚 impact on morbidity鈥攊llness and poor health鈥攈as been less understood. 

Findings: As temperatures increased, more people visited ERs for a range of illnesses, including some unexpected ones like poisoning, respiratory symptoms, and nervous system problems鈥攖hough researchers say the connections to heat are not yet clear. 

• Data also showed that children under 5 visited ERs at higher rates than any other age group.

Public health implications: Researchers say that the study shows the need for broader protections for a wider span of the population. 



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Why certain medications can increase your risk in the heat 鈥� TONIGHT: WEBINAR ON HEATWAVES QUICK HITS Gates Foundation promises $2.5B for 鈥榮idelined鈥� women鈥檚 health 鈥�

Louisiana鈥檚 鈥楥ancer Alley鈥� Is More Deadly Than Previously Imagined 鈥�

Chicago was supposed to warn residents about toxic lead pipes last year. Most still have no idea 鈥�

Caffeine pouch craze: A teenage trend troubling some experts 鈥�

Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals 鈥�  

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge 鈥�

Eating ultra-processed foods could make it harder to lose weight 鈥�

More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer? 鈥�

Unwanted pregnancies surge with alcohol, but not with cannabis, study finds 鈥� Issue No. 2769
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96 Global Health NOW: A 鈥楧eadly Intersection鈥� of Crises in Sudan; The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil鈥檚 North; and July Recap August 4, 2025 People gather by the makeshift graves of those buried in Khartoum's southern suburb of al-Azhari, on August 2. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty A 鈥楧eadly Intersection鈥� of Crises in Sudan
Cemeteries in North Darfur in Sudan are expanding as hundreds of thousands of people trapped in conflict across the country face compounding humanitarian crises: relentless artillery attacks, deadly hunger, a growing cholera outbreak, destructive flooding, and perilous heat, .

Widespread hunger: Famine conditions across the region are intensifying as food supplies are blocked and aid convoys are attacked鈥攁 part of the ongoing siege of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which seeks to cement its hold on the region in its conflict with the Sudanese military, now in its third year.

• Bakeries have shut down and prices for any available food have skyrocketed鈥攍eading many to rely on animal feed for sustenance, .


• Severe food shortages led to the deaths of 13 children last month at Lagawa displacement camp in East Darfur state, . 

Cholera outbreak: Cholera is also 鈥渞ipping鈥� through the region, with ~ 2,140 cases and at least 80 fatalities recorded, that described families forced to 鈥渘avigate the deadly intersection of conflict, hunger, disease and environmental collapse.鈥� 

• Children are especially at risk as medical supplies run low and basic infrastructure deteriorates. 

Flooding and heat: Meanwhile, torrential rains have displaced thousands of people across the country and heightened disease risk, , and overwhelmed hospitals are calling for urgent support amid extreme heat.  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Mass rape, forced pregnancy, and sexual torture of women and children by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity, from Physicians for Human Rights and the Organization for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa; the authors call on international bodies to investigate.

U.S. childhood vaccination rates continue to decline , which show that vaccination coverage for all children entering kindergarten in the 2024鈥�25 school year declined for all reported vaccines from the year before, and the vaccine exemption rate rose to 3.6%.

Two m黄片荔枝视频 vaccines against HIV induced a 鈥減otent鈥� immune response to the virus, ; the trial鈥攐nly the third to test m黄片荔枝视频 vaccines against HIV鈥攕howed 80% of participants who received either of the vaccines produced antibodies against viral proteins.

Teen suicidal behavior and thoughts declined between 2021 and 2024 in the U.S., , which found the prevalence of serious suicidal thoughts in teens fell from nearly 13% to 10%, and the prevalence of suicide attempts declined from 3.6% to 2.7%. GHN EXCLUSIVE Alba Marina Gonzalez Andrade stands outside an informal migrant settlement in Boa Vista, Brazil. Julianna Deutscher The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil鈥檚 North  
BOA VISTA, Brazil鈥擣rom Pacaraima on the border with Venezuela, to the state capital of Boa Vista, and all the way to Bonfim on Brazil鈥檚 frontier with Guyana, traffickers prey on vulnerable migrants.
 
They promise good jobs but ensnare them in sex work or forced labor with meager or even no pay. 
 
:

• Mayra Figueiras started a nonprofit, Humanidade Mais que Fronteiras, and prevents human trafficking with vocational training, language classes, and鈥攚hen possible鈥攆ood baskets.


• Marcia Maria de Oliveira, a professor and sociologist at the Universidade Federal de Roraima, has led human trafficking investigations for more than two decades. 


• Sister Ana Maria da Silva prevented machine gun-toting police from deporting dozens of women and children she was protecting from sexual exploitation. For her brave defiance, she鈥檚 known as La Monja Loca (The Crazy Nun).

Short profiles of these women and others reveal their deep commitment to breaking the cycle of exploitation.

Editor鈥檚 note: Julianna Deutscher, MD, MPH, reported this article鈥攖he third in a series鈥攚ith support from the . Read the and articles here. JULY MUST-READS How Do the Amish Avoid Allergies?
As rates of allergic diseases increase worldwide, one group remains far less affected: the Amish.

• Why? Childhood exposure to microbes such as those found in farm dust and farm animal exposure can contribute to the development of a healthy immune system. But researchers are still trying to pinpoint environmental factors unique to the Amish, who have fewer allergies than other traditional farming families worldwide.

Hanoi鈥檚 Concrete-Driven Air Quality Crisis 
Over the last year, Hanoi repeatedly topped global air pollution charts as smog draped the city. 

• What鈥檚 fueling the pollution? Urbanization in Vietnam has led to a rapid increase in development, which includes widespread use of concrete for highways, metro lines, and buildings; Vietnam uses more cement per capita than any country except China, and almost 2X than the U.S.

America鈥檚 Insomnia Epidemic
Insomnia can cause a cascade of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, depression, and injuries鈥攜et it remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and poorly understood.

• 鈥淭he public and private sectors alike are barely doing a thing to address what is essentially a national health emergency,鈥� writes Jennifer Senior, who chronicles her own struggle and exhaustive efforts to find solutions and calls for broader cultural and structural changes to address the sleep crisis.

JULY RECAP: GHN EXCLUSIVE A mother holds up the cash incentive she received at the Farfaru clinic upon vaccinating her child. Sokoto, Nigeria. February 2025. Abiodun Jamiu Fighting Infant Mortality With Vaccines and Cash in Northern Nigeria
SOKOTO, Nigeria鈥擨n the region surrounding Farfaru鈥檚 primary health care center, health workers often had to persuade women to vaccinate their children.

• That began to change with the 2014 introduction of the 黄片荔枝视频 Incentives cash rewards program, which spurred a surge in mothers bringing their children in for childhood immunizations to protect against diseases such as diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis B, and polio.


• The clinic now sees ~30鈥�40 babies a day across 11 northern states鈥攚here vaccine hesitancy and misinformation run rampant and missed vaccinations contribute to rising infant mortality rates.

JULY'S GOOD NEWS Two Countries Validated as Trachoma-Free
Trachoma has officially been eliminated in Burundi and Senegal, making them the eighth and ninth countries in the African region to reach that public health milestone. 

• The disease鈥攖he first eliminated neglected tropical disease in Burundi, and the second in Senegal鈥攃an lead to scarring, in-turned eyelids, and blindness, and primarily affects regions where clean water and sanitation are scarce, . 90% of the global trachoma burden is in Africa. 

How they did it: Both countries implemented WHO-recommended SAFE strategy elimination interventions for trachoma, which include surgery for the late blinding stage, mass administration of azithromycin, public awareness campaigns, and improved water and sanitation access.
More Solutions 黄片荔枝视频s:
Tasteful solutions: A key drug to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is moxifloxacin, an extremely bitter medication that young children often refuse to take due to the taste. In trials, children reported that sweeter or flavored drugs were easier to take than the original. 

Coverage when temperatures climb: As more regions face record heat waves, a heat insurance program in India is offering new financial relief for daily wage workers who lose income or are forced to stop working during extreme heat鈥攚ith 鈥減arametric鈥� payouts triggered by a measurable event, like temperature exceeding a set threshold.

Swinging toward mobility: A physical therapist in Rio de Janeiro has helped dozens of people with Parkinson鈥檚 improve and maintain movement through capoeira鈥攁 blend of martial arts and a dance practiced for centuries by Afro-Brazilians that combines exercise, ritual, and music.  OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Mpox testing initiative launched in Africa as outbreaks continue 鈥�

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups 鈥�

Data vs. Doubt: Danish Scientist Responds to U.S. HHS Secretary Critique of Aluminum Vaccine Study 鈥�

What will rescission do to foreign aid? Details are murky. Here's what we found out 鈥�

Their children can't eat, speak or walk - so forgotten Zika mothers raise them together 鈥�

More than a dozen states sue to protect gender-affirming care from federal investigations 鈥�

鈥榃ell, no, you don鈥檛 have to have children鈥�: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life 鈥�

What makes Finland the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 happiest nation鈥�? In a word, simplicity. 鈥� Issue No. 7-2025-July Monthly
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96 Global Health NOW: A 鈥楧eadly Intersection鈥� of Crises in Sudan; The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil鈥檚 North; and July Recap August 4, 2025 People gather by the makeshift graves of those buried in Khartoum's southern suburb of al-Azhari, on August 2. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty A 鈥楧eadly Intersection鈥� of Crises in Sudan
Cemeteries in North Darfur in Sudan are expanding as hundreds of thousands of people trapped in conflict across the country face compounding humanitarian crises: relentless artillery attacks, deadly hunger, a growing cholera outbreak, destructive flooding, and perilous heat, .

Widespread hunger: Famine conditions across the region are intensifying as food supplies are blocked and aid convoys are attacked鈥攁 part of the ongoing siege of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which seeks to cement its hold on the region in its conflict with the Sudanese military, now in its third year.

• Bakeries have shut down and prices for any available food have skyrocketed鈥攍eading many to rely on animal feed for sustenance, .


• Severe food shortages led to the deaths of 13 children last month at Lagawa displacement camp in East Darfur state, . 

Cholera outbreak: Cholera is also 鈥渞ipping鈥� through the region, with ~ 2,140 cases and at least 80 fatalities recorded, that described families forced to 鈥渘avigate the deadly intersection of conflict, hunger, disease and environmental collapse.鈥� 

• Children are especially at risk as medical supplies run low and basic infrastructure deteriorates. 

Flooding and heat: Meanwhile, torrential rains have displaced thousands of people across the country and heightened disease risk, , and overwhelmed hospitals are calling for urgent support amid extreme heat.  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Mass rape, forced pregnancy, and sexual torture of women and children by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity, from Physicians for Human Rights and the Organization for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa; the authors call on international bodies to investigate.

U.S. childhood vaccination rates continue to decline , which show that vaccination coverage for all children entering kindergarten in the 2024鈥�25 school year declined for all reported vaccines from the year before, and the vaccine exemption rate rose to 3.6%.

Two m黄片荔枝视频 vaccines against HIV induced a 鈥減otent鈥� immune response to the virus, ; the trial鈥攐nly the third to test m黄片荔枝视频 vaccines against HIV鈥攕howed 80% of participants who received either of the vaccines produced antibodies against viral proteins.

Teen suicidal behavior and thoughts declined between 2021 and 2024 in the U.S., , which found the prevalence of serious suicidal thoughts in teens fell from nearly 13% to 10%, and the prevalence of suicide attempts declined from 3.6% to 2.7%. GHN EXCLUSIVE Alba Marina Gonzalez Andrade stands outside an informal migrant settlement in Boa Vista, Brazil. Julianna Deutscher The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil鈥檚 North  
BOA VISTA, Brazil鈥擣rom Pacaraima on the border with Venezuela, to the state capital of Boa Vista, and all the way to Bonfim on Brazil鈥檚 frontier with Guyana, traffickers prey on vulnerable migrants.
 
They promise good jobs but ensnare them in sex work or forced labor with meager or even no pay. 
 
:

• Mayra Figueiras started a nonprofit, Humanidade Mais que Fronteiras, and prevents human trafficking with vocational training, language classes, and鈥攚hen possible鈥攆ood baskets.


• Marcia Maria de Oliveira, a professor and sociologist at the Universidade Federal de Roraima, has led human trafficking investigations for more than two decades. 


• Sister Ana Maria da Silva prevented machine gun-toting police from deporting dozens of women and children she was protecting from sexual exploitation. For her brave defiance, she鈥檚 known as La Monja Loca (The Crazy Nun).

Short profiles of these women and others reveal their deep commitment to breaking the cycle of exploitation.

Editor鈥檚 note: Julianna Deutscher, MD, MPH, reported this article鈥攖he third in a series鈥攚ith support from the . Read the and articles here. JULY MUST-READS How Do the Amish Avoid Allergies?
As rates of allergic diseases increase worldwide, one group remains far less affected: the Amish.

• Why? Childhood exposure to microbes such as those found in farm dust and farm animal exposure can contribute to the development of a healthy immune system. But researchers are still trying to pinpoint environmental factors unique to the Amish, who have fewer allergies than other traditional farming families worldwide.

Hanoi鈥檚 Concrete-Driven Air Quality Crisis 
Over the last year, Hanoi repeatedly topped global air pollution charts as smog draped the city. 

• What鈥檚 fueling the pollution? Urbanization in Vietnam has led to a rapid increase in development, which includes widespread use of concrete for highways, metro lines, and buildings; Vietnam uses more cement per capita than any country except China, and almost 2X than the U.S.

America鈥檚 Insomnia Epidemic
Insomnia can cause a cascade of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, depression, and injuries鈥攜et it remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and poorly understood.

• 鈥淭he public and private sectors alike are barely doing a thing to address what is essentially a national health emergency,鈥� writes Jennifer Senior, who chronicles her own struggle and exhaustive efforts to find solutions and calls for broader cultural and structural changes to address the sleep crisis.

JULY RECAP: GHN EXCLUSIVE A mother holds up the cash incentive she received at the Farfaru clinic upon vaccinating her child. Sokoto, Nigeria. February 2025. Abiodun Jamiu Fighting Infant Mortality With Vaccines and Cash in Northern Nigeria
SOKOTO, Nigeria鈥擨n the region surrounding Farfaru鈥檚 primary health care center, health workers often had to persuade women to vaccinate their children.

• That began to change with the 2014 introduction of the 黄片荔枝视频 Incentives cash rewards program, which spurred a surge in mothers bringing their children in for childhood immunizations to protect against diseases such as diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis B, and polio.


• The clinic now sees ~30鈥�40 babies a day across 11 northern states鈥攚here vaccine hesitancy and misinformation run rampant and missed vaccinations contribute to rising infant mortality rates.

JULY'S GOOD NEWS Two Countries Validated as Trachoma-Free
Trachoma has officially been eliminated in Burundi and Senegal, making them the eighth and ninth countries in the African region to reach that public health milestone. 

• The disease鈥攖he first eliminated neglected tropical disease in Burundi, and the second in Senegal鈥攃an lead to scarring, in-turned eyelids, and blindness, and primarily affects regions where clean water and sanitation are scarce, . 90% of the global trachoma burden is in Africa. 

How they did it: Both countries implemented WHO-recommended SAFE strategy elimination interventions for trachoma, which include surgery for the late blinding stage, mass administration of azithromycin, public awareness campaigns, and improved water and sanitation access.
More Solutions 黄片荔枝视频s:
Tasteful solutions: A key drug to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is moxifloxacin, an extremely bitter medication that young children often refuse to take due to the taste. In trials, children reported that sweeter or flavored drugs were easier to take than the original. 

Coverage when temperatures climb: As more regions face record heat waves, a heat insurance program in India is offering new financial relief for daily wage workers who lose income or are forced to stop working during extreme heat鈥攚ith 鈥減arametric鈥� payouts triggered by a measurable event, like temperature exceeding a set threshold.

Swinging toward mobility: A physical therapist in Rio de Janeiro has helped dozens of people with Parkinson鈥檚 improve and maintain movement through capoeira鈥攁 blend of martial arts and a dance practiced for centuries by Afro-Brazilians that combines exercise, ritual, and music.  OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Mpox testing initiative launched in Africa as outbreaks continue 鈥�

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups 鈥�

Data vs. Doubt: Danish Scientist Responds to U.S. HHS Secretary Critique of Aluminum Vaccine Study 鈥�

What will rescission do to foreign aid? Details are murky. Here's what we found out 鈥�

Their children can't eat, speak or walk - so forgotten Zika mothers raise them together 鈥�

More than a dozen states sue to protect gender-affirming care from federal investigations 鈥�

鈥榃ell, no, you don鈥檛 have to have children鈥�: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life 鈥�

What makes Finland the 鈥榳orld鈥檚 happiest nation鈥�? In a word, simplicity. 鈥� Issue No. 2768
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .

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黄片荔枝视频 researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients鈥� use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them.

When clinicians review a patient鈥檚 file, flags potentially inappropriate medications. In a , the software helped deprescribe such medications in 36 per cent of long-term care residents, nearly triple as many as when reviews were done without the tool.

Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement, UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) warned on Sunday, as aid convoys struggle to reach cut-off communities amid escalating conflict.

Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests begin reaching national programmes 鈥� including, for the first time, procurement of African-made treatment for Mozambique.

96 Global Health NOW: CTE in the Spotlight; Inside Brazil鈥檚 Human-Trafficking Crisis; and Mercury鈥檚 Toll on Mental Health July 31, 2025 Flowers and a balloon reading "love one another" that were left outside the 345 Park Avenue building, the scene of a July 28 deadly shooting in Midtown Manhattan, 黄片荔枝视频 York. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty CTE in the Spotlight 
  The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office shooting this week said in a note that he believed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative disease that stems from repeated hits to the head. 

It is unclear whether he had the condition, as it can only be diagnosed posthumously in an autopsy. But the violence has brought renewed attention to CTE鈥攁long with scrutiny about how the shooter was able to access a gun despite documented mental health hospitalizations, and deploy it in a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, . 

Concerns about CTE and full-contact sports have been building for two decades, as more studies have shown how repeated blows to the head lead to the buildup of brain-damaging proteins, . 

• A number of former football players who turned to violence鈥攑articularly suicide鈥攚ere found posthumously to have CTE, . 


• But self-diagnosis comes with its own dangers, 鈥攅specially as links between CTE and high school football, which the gunman played, remain understudied. 


• And the majority of people with CTE never engage in violence, Daniel H. Daneshvar, chief of brain injury rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School : 鈥淚 would never draw a direct line between someone鈥檚 brain pathology and any specific violent act.鈥� 

Loopholes in gun laws: The perpetrator had twice been hospitalized for mental health reasons, but was still able to have a concealed carry license and access a gun in his home state of Nevada, which does not automatically disqualify someone from possessing or buying guns, despite having had emergency hospitalizations, .

• And such laws may not have mattered: The NYPD has said the shooter鈥檚 AR-style rifle was likely assembled using parts.

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Cholera threatens ~80,000 children across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks in DRC and Nigeria posing a high risk of cross-border transmission; hardest-hit DRC reports 38,000+ cases, 951 deaths, and an alarming 8% case fatality rate in July.
 
As deadly heat waves sweep East Asia, South Korea has recorded 13 heat-related deaths so far this year鈥�3X the same period last year鈥攁nd Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tamba.

A large fungal meningitis outbreak in the U.S. that sickened 24 patients and killed 12 occurred among people who received epidural anesthesia for cosmetic surgeries in Matamoros, Mexico, in 2023, , which highlights the need for more rigorous diagnostic measures.

Dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs can be awakened by respiratory infections like COVID-19 or the flu, has found; the data could have implications for human cases, as SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection has been linked with a nearly 2X increase in cancer-related death. U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s The Role of International Aid in Supporting Ukraine鈥檚 Recovery Efforts 鈥�

Abortion shield laws are under fire 鈥�

Trump Prepares to Revoke Lifesaving Abortion Care for Veterans 鈥�

Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned 鈥�

Top FDA vaccine regulator under Trump ousted amid conservative criticism 鈥� GHN EXCLUSIVE A sunset in January over the Branco River in Roraima, Brazil's capital city, Boa Vista (Good View). Julianna Deutscher From Displacement to Exploitation: Inside Brazil鈥檚 Human-Trafficking Crisis
BOA VISTA, Brazil鈥擳he capital of northern Brazil鈥檚 Roraima state is known for the placid Branco River, gorgeous sunsets, and beautiful landscapes.

Yet behind the attractive fa莽ade, desperate  in drugs, weapons, gold, people, and organs.

Persistent risks: Many fall prey to Brazilian and Venezuelan criminal groups that lure migrants to the garimpos (illegal gold mines) with false promises but then trap them in modern slavery. Women are forced into sex work, often at the mines, posadas (motels), and restaurants.

Migrants are often bound not by physical captivity but by 鈥渋nvisible chains鈥濃�攆ear for a loved one鈥檚 safety, dependence on shelter, language barriers, or the urgent need to feed their children.

Back story: A year after the contentious reelection of President Nicol谩s Maduro, hundreds of Venezuelans still arrive daily through a small Brazilian border town north of Boa Vista.

In this second part of a series on Venezuelan migrants鈥� experiences in Brazil, Julianna Deutscher describes the migrants鈥� plight and the policy and funding barriers to their protection.

Editor鈥檚 note: Julianna Deutscher, MD, MPH, reported this article鈥攖he second in a series鈥攚ith support from the . Read the first article . GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Mercury鈥檚 Toll on Mental Health 
Widespread mercury poisoning has been linked to high attempted suicide rates among youth in the Indigenous Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario, . 

Background: Mercury contamination in the region began in the 1960s鈥�70s, when a paper mill dumped ~10 tons of mercury into local rivers used for fishing.  

• Over the years, the Grassy Narrows First Nation community has seen suicide attempts increase dramatically鈥�3X higher than in other First Nation communities in Canada.

Findings: Researchers analyzed mercury levels in 162 children and 80 mothers, finding three generations of mercury exposure linked to emotional and behavioral problems鈥攑articularly among women who ate fish during pregnancy. 

The Quote: 鈥淥ur way of life has been totally destroyed,鈥� said Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Rudy Turtle

  ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Literary Tails 
Bookshop pets have a pretty tough gig, considering their full-time job is to literally curl up with a good book.

And these days, they have even more responsibility thanks to social media鈥攚hich has conferred main-character status upon the cockatiels, cats, and King Charles Spaniels inhabiting the stacks.

• 鈥淲e get a whole bunch of readers, but people really come to see the animals,鈥� said Anna Hersh, a co-owner and 鈥渁nimal care coordinator鈥� of Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis鈥攁 mythic menagerie of birds, cats, fish, and a pair of chinchillas named 黄片荔枝视频bery and Caldecott. 

Where the Wild Things Are:

• Bear Pond Books in Vermont is under the supervision of Veruca Salt, , who hosts an annual birthday party with cake and stories鈥攏otably The Tortoise and the Hare.


• The Literary Cat Co. in Kansas partners with a local animal rescue to fostered at the shop. 


• Scattered Books in 黄片荔枝视频 York hires booksellers based on their bunny expertise鈥攁nd not just knowledge of the plotlines of Peter Rabbit or Watership Down: 
  
  
  • 鈥淧eople come in and they鈥檙e like, 鈥業 love to read.鈥� I鈥檓 like, 鈥楬ow are you with rabbits?鈥欌�� said owner Laura Schaefer, whose 鈥溾�� have top shelf status (despite being confined to empty bottom shelves). 

QUICK HITS Canada鈥檚 Measles Outbreak Exceeds Cases in the U.S. 鈥�

Safety of JN.1-Updated m黄片荔枝视频 COVID-19 Vaccines 鈥�

The status of ownership and utilization of long-lasting insecticidal treated nets in war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia 鈥�

U.S. Visa Bureaucracy and Its Burdens Among Early Career Scholars 鈥�

Scientists just invented a safer non-stick coating鈥攁nd it鈥檚 inspired by arrows 鈥�

She ended up with a bat in her mouth 鈥� and $21,000 in medical bills 鈥�  Issue No. 2767
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As Myanmar reels from deadly floods, renewed fighting and widespread displacement, the United Nations warned on Thursday that urgent humanitarian needs are going unmet due to escalating violence and blocked access.

Modern medicine is largely reactive鈥攖reating illness only after symptoms emerge. But a new study from the Research Institute of the 黄片荔枝视频 Health Centre (The Institute) and 黄片荔枝视频 points to a more proactive future: one where silent signs of infection are detected before we even feel sick.

96 Global Health NOW: Migration Response Done Right: Brazil鈥檚 Model; EPA Aims to Gut Key Climate Ruling; and Sierra Leone Ordered to Criminalize FGM July 30, 2025 GHN EXCLUSIVE Venezuelan refugees walk after crossing the border between Venezuela and Brazil in the city of Pacaraima, Roraima State, Brazil, on September 13, 2024. Alan Chaves/AFP via Getty Migration Response Done Right: Brazil鈥檚 Model for a World in Crisis
PACARAIMA, Brazil鈥擬aria* steps out of a white truck on January 10 and walks toward a crowd of newly arrived Venezuelans.

• Alone and far from home, women and girls like Maria have faced gender-based violence and human trafficking as they fled Venezuela鈥檚 political and economic collapse, in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.

A warm welcome: Migrants in Brazil had much more positive experiences than those in the other countries. The difference, says study author Susan Bartels, is the work of Opera莽茫o Acolhida (Operation Welcome).

• The Brazilian government launched the program in 2018, as a unique collaboration with UN agencies and NGOs. The partnership blends military logistical support with respect for humanitarian autonomy, a rare balance in crisis response. 

A streamlined process: Maria is connected to free essential services, applies for asylum or permanent residency, and receives information about universal health care.

• She can also get free transportation to be reunited with family or friends across Brazil and is connected with employment services.

Challenges remain: U.S. government cuts to foreign aid are forcing some organizations to scale back their support of Opera莽茫o Acolhida鈥嬧��, but on this day, Maria鈥檚 new life begins. 

*Maria鈥檚 name was changed to protect her privacy.

Editor鈥檚 note: Julianna Deutscher, MD, MPH, reported this article鈥攖he first in a series marking today鈥檚 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons鈥攚ith support from the . GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Cholera is a 鈥渇ull-blown public health emergency鈥� in DRC six months into renewed fighting that has obliterated sanitation and water supply systems, per Oxfam鈥檚 DRC director, Manenji Mangundu鈥攚ith ~35,000 suspected cases and at least 852 related deaths since January, a 62% increase compared to 2024.

Liver cancer cases are projected to double鈥攆rom ~870,000 cases in 2022 to 1.52 million cases by 2050鈥攂ut at least 60% of those cancers could be preventable,  published Monday. 

Undocumented immigrants faced a much higher risk of death at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic鈥攚ith Latino essential workers in particular showing a staggering 91% increase in deaths compared with 8% for the white U.S.-born subgroup鈥�. 

All NIH research funding was temporarily halted Tuesday because of a footnote from an Office of Management and Budget document that limited NIH funding to staff salaries and expenses, not to research grants; the billions of funds were restored hours later in a turnabout NIH officials described as 鈥渃haos.鈥� U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s Budget cuts knock down a 鈥榩illar of public health,鈥� ending nutrition education 鈥�

US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump 鈥�

There's a major publishing slowdown at CDC's flagship journal 鈥�

Susan Monarez confirmed as Trump鈥檚 CDC director 鈥�

Dozens of state laws take aim at food dyes, amid a wave support for MAHA 鈥� CLIMATE CHANGE EPA Aims to Gut Key Climate Ruling 
The U.S. EPA will seek to rescind a key scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare鈥攁 move that could dismantle the legal basis for much of the country鈥檚 climate policy, . 

Background: In 2009, the EPA determined that CO2 and other greenhouse gases can be regulated under the Clean Air Act because they harm human health. That 鈥溾�� has since underpinned regulations on emissions standards for everything from factories to cars, . 

Repeal: Yesterday while at a car dealership, EPA head Lee Zeldin announced to eliminate the standards, .

• The move is the latest Trump administration effort to roll back climate initiatives, including the country鈥檚 withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, . 


• One ecologist likened a repeal to 鈥渁 driver who is speeding towards a cliff taking his foot off the brake and instead pressing the accelerator.鈥�

What鈥檚 next: The proposal must undergo public comment and is likely to face legal challenges from environmental groups and states.

Meanwhile, the WHO is at a global climate and health conference in Bras铆lia鈥攁s the 鈥渓ived reality鈥� of climate change 鈥渢hreatens to undo decades of global health progress.鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES HUMAN RIGHTS Sierra Leone鈥檚 President Ordered to Ban FGM
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court of justice has ordered Sierra Leone to criminalize female genital mutilation (FGM), calling it 鈥渙ne of the worst forms of violence against women.鈥� 

• A 2019 survey found that 83% of women in Sierra Leone had undergone FGM鈥�71% of them before age 15. 

In early July, Sierra Leone passed the Child Rights Act 2025, which prohibits all forms of mental and physical violence against children鈥攂ut as it does not specifically address FGM, human rights advocates are encouraging President Julius Maada Bio to send the act back to parliament for revision. 

• Despite recently becoming chair of ECOWAS, Bio has yet to publicly acknowledge the court鈥檚 ruling.

QUICK HITS People are dying of malnutrition in Gaza. How does starvation kill you? 鈥�

Colombia Opens South America's First Safe Injection Sites 鈥�

Kratom and 7-OH: What to know about the "legal morphine" compound 鈥�

AMR surveillance project in Nigeria delivers life-saving impacts 鈥�

In Uganda a new epidemic alert system is helping fight mpox 鈥�

The Dutch Intersection Is Coming to Save Your Life 鈥� Issue No. 2766
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People in Haiti have expressed 鈥渄espair鈥� following the 鈥渁brupt suspension鈥� of a wide range of humanitarian services, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean country.

Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central Africa as the rainy season begins across the region, the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. 

96 Global Health NOW: A Temporary Dip in Global Hunger?; Why European Vaccine Policies Don鈥檛 Fit the U.S.; and Remembering David Nabarro July 29, 2025 A South Sudanese refugee carrying her child on her back works at her vegetable crops. Turkana County, Kenya, October 2, 2019. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty A Temporary Dip in Global Hunger? 
Global hunger decreased slightly last year, but rising food prices and falling aid contributions mean that momentum will be unlikely to continue in the coming years, according to the  published yesterday.

Takeaways:

• 8.2% of people worldwide, or 673 million people, were estimated to have experienced hunger last year, a drop from 8.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2022.


• 22 million fewer people experienced hunger last year compared to 2022.


• 2.3 billion people were considered moderately or severely food insecure last year, according to the report from five UN agencies.


• Advances in Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia, and South America were largely responsible for the lower global hunger numbers.

Threats:

• Hunger in much of Africa and Western Asia continues to rise.


• Global food inflation, driven by the pandemic, climate change, and the war in Ukraine, rocketed to almost 17% in early 2023 from 2% in late 2020, .

Food violence: At least two people were shot and killed yesterday by police battling desperate refugees in a northern Kenya refugee camp experiencing a food crisis, .

The Quote: 鈥淭hese figures 鈥� are alarming enough, but the worst may be yet to come,鈥� Kate Munro, of Action Against Hunger UK, told The Telegraph. 鈥淐uts in international aid will hit the most vulnerable populations hardest.鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Danish researchers combed the records of 1.2 million+ children over a 24-year period and found no evidence that the use of aluminum salts in vaccines increased the risk of asthma, autism, and a wide range of conditions diagnosed in childhood, per . 

Common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide, and soot are all linked to a significantly higher risk of dementia, per a sweeping review of studies  that drew on data from nearly 30 million people. 

Nearly a quarter of African American adults had eye disease that went  undetected,  ages 40 and older with eye conditions in a Los Angeles suburb; diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration were especially common.  Thanks for the tip, Chiara Jaffe!

The Chinese government will offer parents a $500 subsidy per year for each child under the age of three, aimed at boosting the country鈥檚 slumping birth rate, but some economic analysts say the sums are too small to make an impact. U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite 鈥�

Group criticizes NIH over suspended funding for TB research 鈥�

Judge blocks Trump administration鈥檚 efforts to defund Planned Parenthood 鈥�

Senate to vote on Trump鈥檚 pick to lead the CDC 鈥� THE QUOTE
  "Venoms are evolutionary masterpieces, yet their antimicrobial potential has barely been explored. " 鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌� C茅sar de la Fuente of the University of Pennsylvania, senior author of a research project that used AI to sift through global venom libraries and uncovered dozens of promising drug candidate蝉.&苍产蝉辫;鈥� VACCINES Why European Immunization Policies Don鈥檛 Fit the U.S.
As Trump administration health officials question the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, they are pointing to European countries as a model for a more minimalist approach that requires fewer immunizations than U.S. guidelines call for.

Apples and oranges: But global health experts argue that differences in vaccine schedules are not due to disagreements about safety, but instead are shaped by local disease risks, demographics, and health systems. 

• In the U.S., a more fractured and inaccessible health system means a broader vaccine schedule allows for continuity and protection that might otherwise be lost. 

The key question: 鈥淕iven our specific disease burden and public-health goals, are we effectively protecting the most vulnerable people? Based on overwhelming evidence? The answer is yes,鈥� said Jake Scott, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University. 

OBIT Remembering David Nabarro, 鈥楢 Great Champion of Global Health鈥�
David Nabarro, a key figure in global health who helped lead the international response to health threats ranging from Ebola to the COVID-19 pandemic, died Friday at age 75.

• 鈥淒avid was a great champion of global health and health equity,鈥� WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus wrote.

Legacy of service: Nabarro was a physician whose early career focused on nutrition and child health throughout Iraq, South Asia, and East Africa. 

• He also helped coordinate the WHO鈥檚 response to the 2004 Indian earthquake, and took part in efforts to contain AIDS, malaria, bird flu, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak. He led the WHO鈥檚 messaging during COVID-19鈥攁 role that earned him a knighthood. 

鈥淭he Gandalf of the UN鈥�: Colleagues praised Nabarro鈥檚 humility and his way of 鈥渜uietly bringing people to the table who otherwise would not speak to each other.鈥� 

RESOURCES QUICK HITS Cholera rampant among displaced and refugees in Darfur and eastern Chad 鈥� 

Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It 鈥�

WHO urges action on hepatitis, announcing hepatitis D as carcinogenic 鈥�

Preventing Firearm Suicide In Wyoming 鈥�

PAHO/WHO convenes journalists to reshape how road safety is covered in Latin America 鈥�  

845,000 dead on U.S. highways. Why not address the main cause? 鈥�

Michigan led on safe water after Flint, but mobile home parks are stubborn rough spot 鈥�

Looking at a sick person in VR can rev up our bodies鈥� immune systems 鈥� Issue No. 2765
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96 Global Health NOW: Instability in Syria; Ivermectin for Added Protection?; and Nigeria鈥檚 Human Flycatchers July 28, 2025 Medical workers disinfect a hospital bed outside Sweida National Hospital, in southern Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, on July 20. Shadi Al-Dubaisi/AFP via Getty Instability in Syria 
Deadly sectarian clashes in Syria鈥檚 southern Sweida province have led to mass displacement, hundreds of deaths, and a paralyzed health system鈥攖hreatening the country鈥檚 tenuous postwar stability, . 

Background: The violence was sparked earlier this month by kidnappings between Bedouin tribal fighters and armed factions of the Druze minority group, . 

• 800+ people have been killed, , and so far ~176,000 people have been displaced, . 


• Syrian government forces have intervened and established a ceasefire, but they are accused of siding with the clans and targeting civilians. 

Health system 鈥榰nder immense strain鈥�: The , including the killing of two doctors and obstruction of ambulances. 

• Hospital workers and patients described violence within wards and bodies piling up inside as the city morgue reached capacity. 


• Hospitals are now under 鈥渋mmense strain,鈥� said WHO representative Christina Bethke鈥攆acing severe shortages of personnel, water, electricity, and essential supplies.

Aid access blocked: Poor security conditions are limiting the ability of the UN and partners to deliver medical supplies and other aid to those affected by the violence鈥攍eading to 鈥渟evere humanitarian consequences for civilians,鈥� . 

Related Webinar Tomorrow: Stabilizing Syria: Rehabilitating Syria鈥檚 Public Health System in a Fragile Transition, hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies Middle East Program, featuring keynote remarks by Syria鈥檚 Transitional Minister of Health Musaab Nazzal Al-Ali and a panel discussion with Syria experts Bachir Tajaldin, Lolwa Al-Abdulmalek, and Diana Rayes, moderated by Mona Yacoubian.

• Tuesday, July 29, 11 a.m.鈥�12:15 p.m. EDT

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES Today Is World Hepatitis Day The Latest One-Liners   Timor-Leste has been certified malaria-free by the WHO, which praised the country for 鈥渟trong political will, smart interventions, sustained domestic and external investment and dedicated health workers鈥� in its efforts; the designation marks the malaria-free, and the third to be certified in the WHO鈥檚 South-East Asia region.

At least 300 people鈥攎ainly children in Africa and Asia鈥攈ave died since 2022 from cough and paracetamol syrups containing toxic industrial chemicals, that says 鈥渃riminal networks鈥� exploit weak regulations to use the chemicals as cheap substitutes for medicinal glycol.

A dengue outbreak in Samoa has led to a government-ordered closure of all schools in the country for a week, as children are most affected; 900+ cases were reported last week alone, , with 2,254 cases reported since January.

A Salmonella outbreak tied to raw milk from a California dairy farm sickened 171 people, including 120 children and adolescents, between October 2023 and March 2024, published last week. U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s Lesotho mothers fear passing HIV to their babies as US aid cuts halt testing 鈥�

Rural Oklahoma kids were getting more counselors 鈥� then federal cuts pulled funding 鈥�

Trump targets supervised consumption of drugs and harm reduction in executive order 鈥�

As the ADA turns 35, groups fighting for disability rights could see their federal dollars slashed 鈥�

Congressional panels resist White House proposals for sharp cuts in indirect cost rates 鈥� MALARIA Ivermectin for Added Protection?
A new malaria control strategy involving mass administration of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin is showing promise, per results from a large trial in Kenya . 

Background: Ivermectin makes human blood toxic to mosquitoes鈥攁llowing humans to target mosquitoes via their food source, . 

Trial details: The trial, which targeted school-age children, involved 20,000+ participants across 84 communities who received ivermectin or a control drug during the rainy season. 

• The communities that administered ivermectin saw a 26% reduction in new malaria infections. 


• The intervention showed added protection beyond existing bed net use鈥攎eaning it shows potential as a complementary tool, . 

Mixed reception: While some researchers praised the findings and described the drug as an 鈥渁ddition to the malaria control arsenal,鈥� others questioned the modest impact and 鈥渜uestionable public health benefits,鈥� including ivermectin鈥檚 unsuitability for pregnant women and very young children.

What鈥檚 next: The WHO has said more evidence will be needed before it can endorse the approach. GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES NEGLECTED DISEASES Nigeria鈥檚 Human Flycatchers 
In the battle against onchocerciasis, the parasitic disease that causes river blindness, researchers in Nigeria are relying on 鈥渉uman landing catches鈥� to help them mark progress.

• 40 million people are at risk of onchocerciasis in Nigeria, where there are 120,000 cases of related blindness.

How it works: Volunteers expose their skin to lure and trap the black flies that transmit the disease.

Why? The main strategy to curb transmission is mass drug administration to prevent the parasite鈥檚 spread. But researchers can only know how the effort is working by testing flies. 

A push for alternatives? Using humans as bait has long raised ethical concerns. Researchers are currently testing other trap models to potentially use instead.

QUICK HITS Israel pauses attacks in some of Gaza to allow limited aid, as global criticism grows 鈥�

鈥楥hanged my life鈥�: hepatitis treatment offers hope but not enough receiving care, report finds 鈥�

Native leaders push back on gender-affirming care restrictions for tribal citizens 鈥�

E.U. regulator approves injectable HIV drug that experts say could help stop transmission 鈥�

Coercive Care: Southern Europe鈥檚 Reliance on Elder Restraints 鈥�

Other nations had a pandemic reckoning. Why hasn鈥檛 the US? 鈥�

America is in denial about its flood risks 鈥�

WHO unveils health and environment scorecards for 194 countries 鈥�

The Ghost in the Therapy Room 鈥� Issue No. 2764
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UN Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand following days of deadly fighting over their mutual border. 

An interagency group from the UN released the flagship 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report on Monday, estimating a global, yet uneven, decline in hunger since 2022.

Les nouvelles g茅n茅rations ne devraient pas attendre les adultes pour changer le cours de l鈥檋istoire.

96 Global Health NOW: Hunger Grips Gaza; The Complex Quest for a Long-COVID Drug; and Cracking On July 24, 2025 Yasmine, a 22-year-old Palestinian mother, holds her malnourished 2-month-old daughter Teen as they await treatment at the Nasser hospital, in Khan Yunis. Gaza Strip, July 24. AFP via Getty Hunger Grips Gaza
Gazans are trapped in a deepening crisis of 鈥渕an-made starvation,鈥� the WHO鈥檚 chief said yesterday鈥攋oining that Israel鈥檚 blockade of food and aid supplies has led to 鈥渃haos, starvation, and death,鈥� . 

• 111 people have now died from hunger, including 80 children, even as supplies remain stuck at borders. 


• The WHO estimates ~100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, while doctors have reported seeing record numbers of malnourished children and older people, . 

Doctors and aid workers are also starving, as hospitals and humanitarian organizations report 鈥渨itnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes,鈥� . 

• Medical staff are becoming too weak to treat patients鈥攅ven as hospitals fill with people who are malnourished and injured, . 

Meanwhile, 1,000+ Palestinians have been killed trying to access food since the Israeli- and U.S.- backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation took over aid distribution in May,

And a WHO staff member remains in Israeli detention following an attack on a WHO warehouse and facilities, . 

Related: Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here鈥檚 why they haven鈥檛 declared one. 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Editing mosquitoes' genome can make them highly resistant to spreading malaria by changing just one amino acid, 鈥攁n adjustment that could be engineered to spread through an entire mosquito population.

Diet is the key driver of obesity, not lack of exercise, 鈥攚hich compared the daily total calorie burn for people from 34 different countries and cultures around the world.

Immunity to seasonal flu is protective against severe illness from avian flu in ferrets, finds a study in that looked at how the H1N1 virus that began circulating in 2009 lowered susceptibility to currently circulating H5N1.

A 鈧�10 million stockpile of USAID-funded condoms, pills, and other contraceptives will be incinerated in France; the U.S. rejected NGO offers to buy up the supplies, warehoused in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid programs in January.  U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s Michael R. Bloomberg: RFK Jr. Is Making America Sick Again. Republicans Need a Cure 鈥�
UK government shutters aid program to fight antimicrobial resistance 鈥�

U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS 鈥�

Trump's plan to slash global health spending rejected by key spending panel 鈥�

RFK Jr.'s Vaccine-Safety Analyst Has Already Disqualified Himself 鈥�

黄片荔枝视频 EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding" 鈥� COVID-19 The Complex Quest for a Long-COVID Drug
The failure of a once-promising long-COVID drug trial highlights the challenges of trying to treat the complex condition, and is prompting a reevaluation of how study design should work. 

Background: Long-COVID patients and practitioners had been closely watching developments from German start-up Berlin Cures on its novel drug, called BC 007 (rovunaptabin). But phase II trials ended unsuccessfully last November.

Defects in design: While some participants did see improvement in their symptoms following BC 007 infusions, critics say failures in study design meant that such changes could not be adequately measured. 

Participant problem: The trial also demonstrates the challenge of casting 鈥渢oo wide a net鈥� for trial participants: The trial used a blood test to select participants鈥攂ut long COVID includes a wide range of diseases and conditions, which may respond differently to treatments. 



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  INFECTIOUS DISEASES A Sweet Success for Tuberculosis Medication 
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) has risen among children globally from 1990 to 2019. 

A key drug to treat MDR TB is moxifloxacin, an extremely bitter medication that young children often refuse to take due to the taste. 

• Annually, there are 32,000 new cases of RR/MDR TB, a strain resistant to two first-line treatments in children under 14鈥攁n age range especially sensitive to taste.

Tasteful solutions: Sweeter, bitter-masked versions of drugs may help with medication adherence. In trials, children reported that sweeter or flavored drugs were easier to take than the original. 

ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Cracking On
Between a quarter to half of all people pop their knuckles, which means there is a very large population who just really wants them to stop. 

But the latter group鈥檚 key bit of leverage鈥攚arning persistent knuckle-crackers that they are destined to have arthritis鈥攈as been snapped: 

• Studies have repeatedly found that knuckle-cracking has no bearing on arthritis.

Knuckling down on research: When people crack their knuckles, they temporarily open up the tight space of the knuckle joint, leading to a drop in pressure and the formation of bubbles that then burst, causing the popping sound, explains a rheumatologist who called the arthritis query a 鈥渃ommon question I get asked over the dinner table.鈥�

• Arthritis can be affected by genetics and joint trauma, but not popping. 

Single-handed study: One doctor鈥檚 pursuit to prove his mother wrong on the matter led him to crack the knuckles on just one hand every day for 60+ years. 

• When he finally had both hands assessed, there were no signs of arthritis in either鈥�, and the ultimate 鈥渢oldja so.鈥�

QUICK HITS In Syria, Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance Haunt the Return Home 鈥�

Is Bird Flu Gone for Good? 鈥�

CDC says COVID-related emergency room visits climbing especially among young children 鈥�

Doctors are biased against higher-weight patients. Can nutrition education help them change? 鈥�

Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse 鈥�

Researchers move closer to a universal cancer vaccine 鈥�

In Darfur鈥檚 displacement epicentre, community kitchens shoulder the load 鈥�

Talc Is Suddenly in the Spotlight. Is it Bad for You? 鈥� Issue No. 2763
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96 Global Health NOW Malaria鈥檚 Rebound; How Do the Amish Avoid Allergies?; and Swinging Toward Mobility July 23, 2025 A malaria warning sign. Mbire, Zimbabwe. May 15, 2021. Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Malaria鈥檚 Rebound
Malaria is surging in southern Africa, as heavy rains drive mosquito activity and as USAID funding cuts disrupt access to critical tools like insecticide-treated bed nets鈥斺�渓eaving communities exposed and placing further strain on already stretched health systems,鈥� .

鈥楤ack with a vengeance鈥� in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe has reported 111,998 cases and 310 deaths compared to 29,031 cases with 49 deaths in the same period last year.

• USAID cuts this year crippled the Zimbabwe Entomological Support Programme in Malaria and led to a shortfall of 600,000 insecticide-treated nets, . 


• 鈥淲hen the supply of test kits and first-line treatments is disrupted, malaria cases and deaths will spiral,鈥� said Itai Rusike, director of Zimbabwe鈥檚 Community Working Group on Health. 

Botswana, Eswatini, and Namibia are also reporting significant outbreaks, as climate change expands the range of malaria-carrying mosquitoes and impacts people in high-risk livelihoods like mining and agriculture. 

The issue of 鈥榠nterconnectedness鈥�: Cross-border transmission occurs easily in southern Africa, highlighting the need for cooperation in surveillance and other efforts. 

Pushing forward: Despite heavy setbacks, African health officials say they are still investing in elimination efforts鈥攑ointing to significant progress in countries like Cabo Verde and Egypt.

• 鈥淲e have just been disturbed, but our vision is to eliminate malaria by 2030,鈥� said Zimbabwe鈥檚 deputy health minister, Sleiman Kwidini.

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   A large chikungunya outbreak is spreading rapidly from three Indian Ocean islands to Africa, and parts of South East Asia are also experiencing outbreaks; prevention efforts center on avoiding mosquito bites, though the WHO said it will review trial data on two chikungunya vaccines not yet recommended for global use.

People鈥檚 brains aged faster than expected during the pandemic鈥攅ven those of people who weren鈥檛 infected, per a of nearly 1,000 people published yesterday; researchers found that the brains of people who had lived through the pandemic had aged 5.5 months faster than those of people in a control group.

How to reduce the frequent E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce? Stop spraying leaves with untreated surface water and improve cold storage from field to produce delivery, write Cornell University researchers and colleagues in a recent .

Australia鈥檚 winter flu surge has led to a 50% increase in hospital admissions over two weeks, per new data that also show the national rate of influenza vaccine coverage to be below 30%. U.S. and Global Health Policy 黄片荔枝视频s Small win for activists, but SA鈥檚 HIV projects won鈥檛 get reopened
&苍产蝉辫;鈥�

Viewpoints: Cuts To NIH And Global Health Research Are Dangerous And May Accelerate The Next Pandemic 鈥�

WHO鈥檚 Tedros: US Rejection of International Rules on Health Threats is Based on 鈥業naccuracies鈥� 鈥�

Kentucky鈥檚 campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress 鈥�

Disabled Americans fear what Medicaid cuts could do to them 鈥�

FDA taps biotech industry veteran as RFK Jr.鈥檚 top drug regulator 鈥� IMMUNOLOGY How Do the Amish Avoid Allergies? 

As rates of allergic diseases increase worldwide, one group remains largely immune: the Amish. 

• Just 7% of Amish children had a positive response to one or more common allergens, compared with more than half of the general U.S. population, .


• They also have fewer allergies than other traditional farming families worldwide.

Why? Researchers have found that childhood exposure to microbes such as those found in farm dust and farm animal exposure can contribute to the development of a healthy immune system. 

• But they are still trying to pinpoint 鈥渢ime-honored and very stable鈥� environmental factors unique to the Amish, in hopes of developing more protective therapies and interventions.

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES PARKINSON'S Swinging Toward Mobility 
The damage Parkinson鈥檚 disease does to a person鈥檚 sense of balance and stability can often lead them to feel physically and mentally stuck. 

But a physical therapist in Rio de Janeiro has helped dozens of people with Parkinson鈥檚 improve and maintain movement through capoeira鈥攁 blend of martial arts and a dance practiced for centuries by Afro-Brazilians that combines exercise, ritual, and music.

• The initiative, 鈥淧arkinson na ginga鈥� (鈥淧arkinson鈥檚 in the swing鈥�), started in 2018, and helps participants build strength and balance in a fun and social environment.

The Quote: 鈥淐apoeira gives me freedom to work on my body,鈥� said participant Teles de Freitas. 

NEW RESOURCE QUICK HITS A lifeline lies in ruins: Iranian missile destroys a rehab center for disabled kids 鈥�  Thanks for the tip, Chiara Jaffe! 

Russia Accused Of 'Stealing' Ukraine's Future With Forced Deportation Of Children 鈥�

A gut-wrenching problem we can solve 鈥�

Indonesian military鈥檚 new pharma role sparks fears of expanded powers 鈥�

Louisiana Upholds Its HIV Exposure Law as Other States Change or Repeal Theirs 鈥�

Austin Public Health finds measles in the water 鈥�  

Flu vaccine averted up to 42% of US flu cases in 2022-23, despite lower uptake 鈥�

The new strategy to restrict abortion nationwide 鈥� without saying 鈥榖an鈥� 鈥�

The optimistic brain: scans reveal thought patterns shared by positive thinkers 鈥�   Issue No. 2762
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Drawing on a landmark 25-year study that followed Quebec children into adulthood, 黄片荔枝视频 researchers have identified two distinct patterns in how suicidal thoughts emerge and the early signs that are often missed.

Suicidal thoughts are increasingly common among youth, but how they begin and what mental health symptoms often precede them are poorly understood, the researchers said.