Global Health NOW: ‘Ebola Is Winning’; and Old Fears Amid a New Uranium Boom
August 17, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEFA chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada is pausing collections following new investigations into the deaths of two donors who went into “distress” while donating; Health Canada issued a notice of noncompliance after inspections revealed inadequate staff training, failures in standard operating procedures, and other lapses. The Guardian
Historical U.S. slavery has been linked to contemporary health disparities and the mortality gap between Black and white Americans today, finds a new study published in PNAS; the new analysis finds that between 2010 and 2020, mortality rates in U.S. counties that relied on slavery in 1860 were 20X greater than in counties that recorded no slavery. Science
14 distinct foodborne parasites drive ~171 million illnesses worldwide, finds a new WHO analysis published in The Lancet Global Health; the research highlights “the significant burden” of “these often-overlooked diseases” that disproportionately affect low-resource regions. Medical Xpress
A new weekly insulin injection from Novo Nordisk is giving type 2 diabetics an alternative to daily insulin shots; the injection, Awiqli, is the first-of-its-kind weekly dose to reach the market after FDA approval this spring. The Washington Post (gift link)
IN FOCUSWorkers build an Ebola treatment center in Beni territory, North Kivu Province, DRC, on July 22. Xinhua via Getty
‘Ebola Is Winning’The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the eastern DRC is accelerating at a staggering pace, killing one person every 30 minutes and overwhelming response efforts—putting it on track to become the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record, the UN warns.
“Ebola is winning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” UN humanitarian affairs chief Tom Fletcher said.
Startling speed: ~4,945 confirmed cases and ~2,325 deaths have been recorded in less than three months—a rate much faster than in the deadly 2014–16 West Africa epidemic, reports The Guardian. And with no approved vaccines or treatments for Bundibugyo, health officials say the virus continues to outpace the response.
‘Far from the peak’: The outbreak is doubling in size every 20 days, but health workers say the true toll is far higher than recorded amid insufficient data collection, reports The Telegraph.
60%–70% of new cases are being found outside known contact networks—a warning that the virus is outrunning contact tracing efforts, per the AP.
Displacement, poor roads, insecurity, and misinformation continue to hamper surveillance efforts, and “if surveillance does not work well, the entire response suffers,” said community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape.
A demand for action: As the DRC grapples with depleted resources, exhausted health workers, and an escalating humanitarian crisis, UN officials called for a global reckoning and more support, including bolstered treatment capacity, larger safe burial teams, improved WASH efforts, and food assistance as millions face malnutrition in outbreak-affected regions.
“The world needs to wake up and show up,” said Fletcher.
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Attacks on healthcare—900 recorded by the WHO between January and August 2026—resulting in at least 900 deaths and 1,400+ injuries, and no one held to account. —UN News
A U.S. push to ramp up domestic uranium production is bringing new activity to Utah’s White Mesa Mill—and reviving fears among nearby tribes that radioactive waste could contaminate the region’s air and water.
Driving the boom: Federal policy is accelerating more domestic uranium production amid a ban on Russian uranium imports and the Trump administration’s push to increase nuclear energy capacity.
The mill plans to more than double production of uranium concentrate, known as yellowcake, this year, and expand waste storage near the White Mesa Ute Community.
Concerning track record: Tribal members point to the long history of uranium production-related contamination across the Colorado Plateau and a Clean Air Act violation as recent as 2021 as examples of what could transpire amid ramped-up production.
OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITSThe Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves – Mother Jones
Inside the biggest collection of venomous snakes in Latin America – The Telegraph
RFK Jr.'s quiet hunt for autism culprits stalls as Trump orders baseless changes to childhood shots – CBS
Drought may have driven Brazil’s first yellow fever outbreak in nearly 80 years – Science
A mother has spent years caring for her special-needs child. The toll quietly grew. – The Washington Post (gift link)
We proved bipartisan health care reform works in North Carolina. Let’s bring it nationwide – STAT (commentary)
Cancer-fighting chewing gum cuts HPV levels by up to 93% – University of Pennsylvania via ScienceDaily
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Scientists discover immune cells have a ‘sense of touch’
A McGill University-led study has uncovered a previously unknown ability of T cells that could change our understanding of how long-term immunity develops.
Scientists have long believed that tissue resident memory T cells – which remain in tissues after an infection has cleared and respond rapidly if the threat returns – are shaped primarily by biochemical signals.
Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes
An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns
Global Health NOW: Afghanistan, Five Years On; and An Overdose Prevention Tool Taken Off the Table
August 13, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEFMigrant deaths have escalated in 2026, with war, severe weather, and economic pressure reshaping migration journeys across multiple regions and driving a surge in death, especially along central and eastern Mediterranean routes and off the coast of Burma. UN News
Rwanda has introduced an NTD reduction strategy, aiming to curb transmission diseases like schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths to below one percent in selected regions over five years. allAfrica
Invasive mold disease has been linked to high rates of ICU care and death, per new CDC surveillance data, which found that over five years, 45% of patients with IMD at four hospitals died within 90 days and half required mechanical ventilation. CIDRAP
Wristbands have been introduced by U.S. hospitals as tools in the effort to reduce maternal deaths and postpartum complications; the wristbands, which are stamped with “I Gave Birth,” are designed to give mothers and care providers a visual reminder of postpartum risks and to seek care if experiencing related symptoms. KFF Health News
IN FOCUSGirls selling fresh milk wait for customers at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on March 15. Omer Abrar / AFP via Getty
Afghanistan, Five Years OnFive years after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, the country’s health system continues to deteriorate as international aid dries up, as restrictions on women and girls tighten, and as threats to food and water security mount.
The cascading impacts—fewer trained health workers, rising barriers to maternal care, and worsening child malnutrition—continue to endanger the daily lives of Afghans and imperil their future: ~22 million Afghans, including ~10.7 million women and girls, now need humanitarian assistance, per The New Humanitarian.
Women’s perilous health gap: Women’s access to health care continues to narrow, and restrictions on education and medical training are shrinking the pipeline of female doctors, nurses, and midwives, with “devastating” consequences, per UN Women (news release), which released a new brief outlining the “systemic erasure of women from public life.”
Afghanistan already has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, at 521 deaths per 100,000 live births per 2023 data, reports Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.
Threats to children: Acute malnutrition now affects 3.7 million children under five, with nearly one in 10 experiencing wasting, per Save the Children.
~600 health facilities have closed or suspended services amid the collapse in international aid, affecting about 4 million people—around half of them children.
Crumbling food, water, and aid infrastructure: Drought, poverty, and displacement threaten food and water security, especially as aid funding dries up, per The New Humanitarian.
The call to action: Despite the grim outlook, aid organizations and agencies are urging the international community to find ways to keep Afghanistan on the public health agenda.
And UN agencies have pledged to maintain a presence in the country, seeking to safeguard access to lifesaving services for women and children.
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Nearly 94 million of the estimated 154 million lives saved by global immunization efforts since 1974 resulted from measles vaccine protection. —WHO
Drug-testing strips have become an increasingly critical tool in the battle against opioid overdoses, especially as dangerous new synthetic drugs flood the market.
The strips can detect dangerous adulterants in drugs, including benzodiazepines, fentanyl, and xylazine. Harm reduction groups say such testing can prevent deaths and also change behavior in the long run.
But the strips could become harder to access after federal health officials barred grant money from being directed toward harm reduction strategies such as distribution of test strips and clean needles—with officials saying in an April letter that such practices “facilitate illicit drug use.”
The trade-off: Nonprofits and local public health departments can still distribute strips using other funds, but advocates say that will likely mean cutting services elsewhere.
Related:
Take-Home Methadone Has Not Increased Medication Diversion – The Pew Charitable Trusts
Can a new, safer class of pain drugs ever rival opioids? – Science
ICYMI: Delivering Overdose Prevention Where It’s Needed Most – Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine
ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION One Town’s Fight for Freedom—From Fish SauceFor decades, residents of a tiny town in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada, have lived with a foul stench and a burning question: Who’s going to clean up all the fish sauce?
The unwanted signature scent has wafted through St. Mary’s since the early 2000s, when the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company abandoned their local plant, leaving behind 110 tanks—some 900,000 liters—of fermenting, fishy gloop.
How bad is it? “Take the worst rotten fish you’ve ever smelled in your life and times it by 100,” St. Mary’s mayor Stephen Ryan told The New York Times (gift link). And it doesn’t get better with time.
Until now! After years of political deadlock, local government found $1.2 million to cover the cleanup bill and save one official’s legacy: “To be known as the 'sauce plant mayor' … it's time for that to be over,” said Ryan, CBC reported.
And since last month, that has meant cutting the fishy sludge loose from its tanks, shrouding it in peat moss, and burying it far from town—never to be sniffed again.
OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITSTrump wants MMR vaccine split up: the science behind why it's a bad idea – Nature
New CDC director faces first major test before she even begins work – CIDRAP
The White House's new, quiet plan to attack public health – USA Today (commentary)
Vaping and cannabis hit record highs among young adults in 2025: Survey – STAT
His wedding guests gave $6k to fund a health startup. Now it's won a $3 million prize – NPR
How to keep babies and children safe in heatwaves – The Guardian
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Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race
Global Health NOW: Israel’s Mounting Mental Health Crisis; and The Breakdown Behind Pakistan’s HIV Crisis
August 12, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEFMadagascar health workers are splitting single mpox vaccines into fifths as they struggle to contain the nation’s largest-ever mpox outbreak with ~4,000 cases recorded so far; the method known as “fractional dosing” is a WHO-authorized emergency measure that can be implemented amid critical vaccine shortages but is not routinely recommended and carries some risk. The Telegraph
The Trump administration has awarded $2 billion to faith-based aid groups for health and humanitarian work worldwide; the funding, which was given primarily to large, Christian aid organizations, is the latest move in the administration’s “America First Global Health Strategy” as it shifts away from USAID-based funding and former aid models. NPR (audio)
A London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine-led genomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite samples collected in Ethiopia found widespread evidence that the parasites are developing resistance to artemisinin—the most important component of current malaria treatments there; the findings, published in Nature Microbiology, underscore the importance of ongoing surveillance. Medical Xpress
E-scooter injuries among children in England have significantly increased in recent years, finds a review of pediatric injuries between 2019 and 2024 published in BMJ; the review found that three hospitals alone recorded 477 e-scooter injuries during that period, and that fewer than 2% of patients had been wearing a helmet. The Guardian
IN FOCUSThe yard of the Shalvata Mental Health Centre in the central town of Hod HaSharon, Israel, March 25. Ilia Yefimovich / AFP via Getty
Israel’s Mounting Mental Health CrisisMental health providers in Israel are raising the alarm over a deepening mental health crisis in the country, with PTSD diagnoses surging since the trauma of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and subsequent conflict.
By the numbers: PTSD diagnoses have increased 70% since the attacks, according to Clalit, Israel’s largest health provider, and the rate of diagnosis shows “no sign of slowing.”
But providers say those cases indicate that a broader need for mental health services could be 2–3X greater.
“The PTSD data shows the trend. It is likely to be the same for the other mental health issues like depression, anxiety, eating disorder, even psychosis,” said Amir Krivoy, director of the Clalit-Geha Mental Health Center, who added that the country’s health systems are being stretched and forced to improvise to meet the scale of need.
Widespread fallout: The crisis extends beyond those directly exposed to violence, as Israel’s small population and near-universal military service mean few families have escaped the conflict’s effects, which are compounded by continued fighting.
Providers are also concerned about ongoing impacts on 30,000+ children recognized as “terror victims” by Israeli officials following the Oct. 7 attacks—some of whom have already been diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and suicidality.
Rise in military suicide rates: Meanwhile, 17 Israeli soldiers have died by suicide this year, the highest rate in 15 years.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES HIV/AIDSThe Breakdown Behind Pakistan’s HIV CrisisRepeated HIV outbreaks in Pakistan, which have especially impacted children, have “exposed fundamental weaknesses” in the country’s health system—with outbreaks linked to preventable lapses in infection prevention and control, poor surveillance, and gaps in follow-up treatment.
The scale: 130 people, mostly children, tested positive for HIV last month in an outbreak in Karachi, and 330+ children were infected in an outbreak last year in Taunsa.
~14,000 new infections were reported nationwide in 2025, far outpacing previous annual figures.
Systemic failures: While officials say expanded testing accounts for some of the increase, mounting cases have been linked to health facilities’ unsafe injection practices, sterilization failures, and poorly regulated blood transfusions.
“Every outbreak should have been a lesson. Similar failures continue to emerge in different provinces, indicating that the underlying problems have not been resolved,” said Hasan Abbas Zaheer, a WHO adviser on blood safety.
Related:
AIDS is no longer exceptional. What happens now? – Bhekisisa
‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America – The Guardian
CORRECTIONElimination, Not Eradication (Yet)In yesterday’s issue we incorrectly wrote, “England is poised to eradicate hepatitis C.” While England is poised to eliminate the disease regionally, eradication will happen only once hepatitis C is no longer circulating anywhere in the world. We regret the error—and thank Kathryn Jacobsen for catching this mistake.
OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITSSudan exodus threatens humanitarian catastrophe in Chad – The Telegraph
How Young Women in Mexico Resist Violence Beyond the Marches – More to Her Story
“They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps – ProPublica
NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy – Nature
AI brings savings to clinical trials: study – Axios
3,500-year-old skeletons challenge what scientists thought they knew about syphilis – Charles Sturt University via ScienceDaily
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Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa
WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines
Global Health NOW: Injecting Uncertainty into the Childhood Vaccine Schedule; and Financing Indonesia’s National Stroke Strategy
August 11, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF130+ people perished after an earthquake struck Colombia’s Chocó province Monday morning; that toll is likely to rise as overwhelmed rescue teams aided by civilians search for survivors amid collapsed buildings and rubble. Bloomberg News via Financial Post
A new treatment for HIV-positive newborns could permanently clear the virus, finds new research published in Nature Microbiology; given with three days of birth, the regimen combines neutralizing antibodies, standard antiretroviral therapy, and an experimental monoclonal antibody known as leronlimab. Medical Xpress
1 in 20 gunshot victims in the U.S. develop bacterial infections after being hospitalized, per a study published in JAMA Network Open, with the greatest risk for those undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds to the head, neck, spine, or lower abdomen. CIDRAP
England is poised to eradicate hepatitis C, health officials say—a feat that would make it the first country globally to do so; the country’s ongoing efforts to eliminate the viral infection include widespread blood testing at clinics and emergency departments and free home test kits which have helped identify previously undiagnosed people. The Independent
IN FOCUSRaynard Covarrubio fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine at a Lubbock Public Health Department vaccine clinic. March 1, 2025, Lubbock, Texas. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty
Injecting Uncertainty into the Childhood Vaccine SchedulePresident Trump’s latest executive order aiming to overhaul the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule is sowing further confusion about the future of U.S. immunization policy, even as measles cases continue to surge nationwide, reports CIDRAP.
Details: The order, issued yesterday, calls for fewer childhood vaccinations; splitting the childhood combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots; and delivering vaccines at separate medical visits.
In remarks announcing the order, Trump and administration officials falsely stated that vaccines were linked to autism and claimed with no evidence that the combined MMR shot could be “quite lethal.”
The order’s actual reach: The order urges states to update their vaccine regulations and directs federal action against states with laws that inhibit parental authority and religious freedom. But states ultimately have authority over their childhood vaccine schedules, and such sweeping changes would face a range of roadblocks, reports The New York Times (gift link).
Separate MMR vaccines are not currently licensed in the U.S., so manufacturers would need to develop and win FDA approval for them.
The president cannot legally circumvent the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which has Congressional authority to make vaccine recommendations, and the administration’s previous move to shorten vaccination schedule was frozen by a federal court.
Wider public health worries: If the order’s guidelines were to be adopted, medical leaders say more doctor’s appointments would mean missed shots and higher costs, reports Axios. But an immediate concern is confusion for parents, say public health leaders:
“Parents deserve clear, evidence-based guidance about how to protect their children, not competing recommendations issued through political processes," said Michael Osterholm, director of CIDRAP.
ICYMI: Separating the MMR Vaccine? – Public Health On Call (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
GHN EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARYIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto watches health workers helping a rehabilitation patient take steps using specialized equipment during the inauguration of the National Neuroscience Institute at the Mahar Mardjono National Brain Center Hospital. Jakarta, Indonesia, August 26, 2025. Photo Courtesy of BPMI Setpres
Bridging the Equity Gap: Financing Indonesia’s National Stroke StrategyIndonesia carries one of the world’s highest burdens of stroke, which is emerging as a litmus test of the country’s commitment to universal, equitable, and sustainable health financing, write a trio of authors in a commentary for GHN.
Globally, stroke is the leading cause of disability and the second-leading cause of death. In Indonesia, it accounts for 18.5% of mortality and 11.2% of disability—driven by diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, and other cardiometabolic risks.
An upper-middle-income country with one of the world’s largest single-payer health coverage schemes, Indonesia is working to improve high-cost stroke care within its National Health Insurance Scheme (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, or JKN)—providing coverage for stroke diagnosis, care, and rehabilitation services.
Challenges remain––including structural gaps, uneven access, and a need for more preventive services. Still, Indonesia’s experience is instructive globally––showing that financing high-cost stroke care while expanding coverage is possible.
Read the full commentary by Muhammad Faruqi, Kee B. Park, and Asra Al Fauzi to learn more about Indonesia’s efforts and lessons for LMICs seeking to adjust their own universal coverage systems.
OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITSWHO says Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared – AP
'Nobody is too far gone': Thunder Bay, Ont., woman in alcohol, addiction recovery calls for more resources – CBC
How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care – The Washington Post (gift link)
A midwife crosses 'maternity deserts' to make a difference for Black moms and babies – NPR
Lawrence O. Gostin and Peter Lurie: Dismantling Independent Science—The Supreme Court and Public Health Regulation – JAMA Network (commentary)
Living with leopards in the Himalayas – Knowable
‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio – The Guardian
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Youth mental health program saves nearly $10 for every dollar invested
An innovative youth mental health service model can improve care and ease pressure on Canada's health-care system, a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre demonstrates.
Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine
Global Health NOW: The Long Road to a New Flu Shot; and From the Ashes of Maui’s Fires, a New Health Model
August 10, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEFBundibugyo Ebola cases in the DRC have surpassed 4,000 with no sign of slowing, as 1,850 deaths have been attributed to the outbreak; meanwhile, WHO vaccine experts have recommended a phase 3 human trial of the only existing approved Ebola vaccine, Ervebo, to see if it offers cross-protection against the Bundibugyo virus. Al Jazeera
Five of nine people in Louisiana infected with the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus have died this year, per the state’s health department, which is urging residents to take precautions; all nine cases were linked to wounds exposed to seawater. NBC
Researchers have used AI to create new, viable kinds of viruses not found in nature that were able to infect bacteria; the discovery raises concerns about the dangers of AI to enable the creation of dangerous pathogens, even as it opens up new possibilities for AI’s role in medical advances. The New York Times (gift link)
A loophole allowing food companies to put certain chemicals in their products without notifying U.S. food regulators under the label “generally recognized as safe” is slated to be changed in a plan unveiled this week by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Washington Post (gift link)
IN FOCUSDoctor administering vaccine to older patient during preventive check-up. Getty
The Long Road to a New Flu ShotThe U.S. has approved its first mRNA flu vaccine, Moderna’s mFLUSIVA—a major milestone that could make annual flu shots better matched for seasonal strains and allow scientists to more nimbly respond to the rapidly evolving virus, reports NPR.
Beyond the egg: Flu vaccines, which need to be redeveloped each year, have always faced limitations of time-lag: Traditional vaccines often rely on growing viruses in eggs, a months-long process that can leave the resulting vaccine mismatched to circulating strains that mutate faster than scientists can respond, per Vox via YahooNews.
In contrast, the genetic code carried by mRNA shots can be rapidly retooled, giving researchers more flexibility to chase a moving target—“a capacity we have not had before,” Georges C. Benjamin, chief executive of the American Public Health Association, told The New York Times (gift link).
Regulatory whiplash: While mFLUSIVA was rejected for review by the FDA in February, the agency reversed course days later, and an advisory panel unanimously found that the vaccine’s benefits outweighed its risks. The FDA has now approved it for adults 50 and older.
Halting progress: mRNA vaccine development in the U.S. continues to stall: Last year, the HHS canceled 22 such projects worth ~$500 million.
And a federal court has frozen the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, creating uncertainty over recommendations and insurance coverage for the newly approved shots.
Meanwhile, the EU is moving ahead, having authorized Moderna’s combined flu-COVID-19 vaccine in April.
“The United States invented this platform and is the only country walking away from it,” Johns Hopkins University RNA biologist Jeff Coller wrote in STAT (commentary).
After devastating wildfires swept through Maui in 2023, researchers wanted to investigate long-term health effects of fire exposure. But what began as a scientific study has since evolved into a vital health hub for residents of a rural island coping with limited access to specialty care.
Background: The Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, conducted by researchers with the University of Hawai‘i on O‘ahu, included regular screenings. For many participants, those health checks were the first in years.
Through the program, many ended up pursuing care for both acute and chronic conditions.
“The fires were a wake-up call to realize we just don’t have the infrastructure in place to prevent chronic conditions that were already pervasive in our community,” said Alika Maunakea, one of the study’s principal investigators.
Next steps: The group now hopes to create a nonprofit that combines research, health services, and disaster recovery support.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES OPPORTUNITYLessons on Youth Leadership and Intergenerational CollaborationHow do youth-led coalitions grow, adapt, and sustain their impact as leadership changes hands across generations?
Learn how in a webinar that brings together coalition leaders and youth advocates to reflect on the full life cycle of youth-led movements—from formation and growth to leadership transitions, evolution, and long-term sustainability. The webinar will also mark the launch of the PAI Coalition Building Toolkit.
Hosted by the International Conference on Family Planning and the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, in collaboration with PAI.
August 13, 2026, 9–10 a.m. EDT
WHO Chief Says Warehouse Hit in Ukraine – Kyiv Post
What I saw in a week on the front line of Afghanistan’s hunger crisis – The Telegraph
Three midlife health factors could delay dementia by 13 years, study finds – Euronews
Testing is underway on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root – CNN
U.S. disease tracker launches to strengthen monitoring of vaccine-preventable diseases – Johns Hopkins University via EurekAlert!
Peanut Allergy? Fecal Transplant Might Be A Solution, Pilot Trial Finds – U.S. News
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