Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 31 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Provost honours 28 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

McGill Faculty of Medicine news - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 12:23
McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars 
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi has named 28 McGill professors as Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
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Global Health NOW: Underuse and Overuse Fuels AMR; Funding ‘Megafarms,’ Despite Pollution; and Heavy Caw-petition

Global Health Now - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 09:39
96 Global Health NOW: Underuse and Overuse Fuels AMR; Funding ‘Megafarms,’ Despite Pollution; and Heavy Caw-petition New studies highlight the dual crisis of antibiotic resistance View this email in your browser May 1, 2025 Forward Share Post Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, yellow) surrounded by cellular debris (red). NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Underuse, Overuse: The Dual Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance
As scientists continue to sound the alarm about antibiotic overuse driving antimicrobial resistance, new research shows how the crisis is also being exacerbated by the opposite problem: lack of antibiotic access.

Overuse: WHO data released this week show how globally just 52% of antibiotics prescribed fell under the “access” category of first and second-line antibiotics. That rate should be closer to 70%, per WHO targets, but many patients are receiving antibiotics for more severe infections, reports CIDRAP.

Underuse: Meanwhile, lack of access to the correct antibiotics is further driving the spread of superbugs, finds a new study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, which found that <7% of people with severe infections in poorer countries get the necessary antibiotics, reports The Guardian

Stewardship and innovation: The crisis must be addressed by improving both access to a wider spectrum of antibiotics, and by implementing stewardship policies, the WHO said in a news release

The authors of the underuse study said stewardship is not enough: Low- and middle-income countries need new drugs and antibiotic innovation.
  • “We actually have to focus on both … , in all places,” said senior study author Jennifer Cohn. 
Related: National-level actions found to be effective at tackling antibiotic resistance – Medical Xpress GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
China is redoubling its claim that COVID-19 may have originated in the U.S., in a white paper about its own pandemic response released this week, following the Trump administration’s launch of a website that blames the pandemic on a lab leak in China. Reuters

Sierra Leone has launched a widespread mpox vaccination campaign as cases of the virus surge; the country has confirmed 763 cases, with 177 recorded in a two-day period last week. The Telegraph

Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions could be linked to the body’s immune response, new research published in Molecular Psychiatry finds; the data could help in developing a range of more effective treatments, researchers say. Medical Xpress

Nicotine pouch usage nearly doubled among U.S. highschoolers between 2023–2024, per new research published in JAMA Network Open, which analyzed surveys of 10,000+ teens; the findings signal a “growing public health issue,” per the study’s lead author. News Medical CLIMATE Funding ‘Megafarms,’ Despite Pollution 
The U.K. government has subsidized industrial-scale poultry farms, despite growing alarm over the farms’ contribution to “spiraling” air and water pollution in the regions where they operate. 

Background: The “megafarms,” which can hold up to a million birds, have proliferated in the region near the Wye and Severn rivers. Already, the farms have been tied to pollution in the River Wye.  

Outcry over subsidies: At least £14m of public funds have been paid out over three years to poultry farm operators—a move that environmental advocates say undermines other ecological policies. 
  • The funding exposes “any pretense of practicing effective environmental regulation in this country,” said Charles Watson, chairman of NGO River Action. 
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES HIV/AIDS Newly Vulnerable on the Road
Truck drivers who travel between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo relied on a network of mobile community health workers to help deliver critical HIV medication while on the road. 

That network has broken down following U.S. cuts to foreign aid, leading to closures of clinics and HIV programs—and leaving truck drivers without access to their HIV medication. 

High risk: Long-haul truck drivers are nearly 6X as likely as the general adult population to be HIV positive, per a study published last year in BMJ Open.

Also vulnerable: Sex workers, who rely on the same health networks for HIV medication and PreP.

NPR Goats and Soda ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Heavy Caw-petition
If it looks like a gull, sounds like a gull, and dresses like a gull … itʼs probably a contestant in the European Gull Screeching Contest.

This past weekend, 70 participants from 13 countries descended on the Belgian coastal town of De Panne for the squawk-off designed to rehabilitate the reputation of the oft-maligned coastal birds, CNN reports.
  • Seagull Boy, who GHN celebrated last year, took home a second victory in the youth category, BBC reports
  • Newcomer Anna Brynald beaked out a victory in the adult category and captured our hearts with her sympatico with the seabirds. After all, both Anna and the gulls are misunderstood, and love fries, CBC reports.
The appreciation may not be mutual. “I worked with the seagulls. I went to the beach and I looked at many seagulls … And I screeched at them, but they became scared of me,” she said.

Ironically, a sense of nihilism keeps Brynald motivated: “If there isn't any meaning in life, that means I can do literally everything I want. I can make seagull sounds, because I don't care.” QUICK HITS Israeli wildfires could threaten Jerusalem, prime minister says – The Washington Post (gift link)

A WHO Director on the Future of Polio Eradication – Think Global Health

Wegovy Can Treat a Dangerous Liver Disease, Study Finds – The New York Times (gift link)

Diabetes deaths fall to lowest levels in years, in early CDC figures – CBS News

Myanmar earthquake one-month on: needs remain massive – IFRC (news release)

Indonesians are flourishing. People in the UK, Germany, and Spain? Not so much, global survey finds – Euronews

Indian Summit Showcases Solar and Innovative Cooling Methods as Pressure Mounts for Immediate Climate Solutions – Health Policy Watch 

Human Evolution Traded Fur for Sweat Glands—and Now, Our Wounds Take Longer to Heal Than Those of Other Mammals – Smithsonian Magazine Issue No. 2718
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WHO chief laments most disruptive cuts to global health funding ‘in living memory’

World Health Organization - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 08:00
As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling disease outbreaks and posing a serious threat to public health, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. 
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Anthrax outbreak compounds security crisis in eastern DR Congo

World Health Organization - jeu, 05/01/2025 - 08:00
An anthrax outbreak is compounding the worsening security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), driving up humanitarian needs and further limiting access to basic services. The escalating crisis is also widening critical gaps in healthcare and protection, amid a broader surge in infectious diseases.
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Global Health NOW: Climate Report Frozen; Phthalates May Contribute to Heart Disease; and The Human Toll of Meta Moderation

Global Health Now - mer, 04/30/2025 - 09:45
96 Global Health NOW: Climate Report Frozen; Phthalates May Contribute to Heart Disease; and The Human Toll of Meta Moderation View this email in your browser April 30, 2025 Forward Share Post A view of a flipped tractor trailer in Asheville, North Carolina, after heavy rains and flooding from Hurricane Helene. September 30, 2024. Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Climate Report Frozen
Scientists working on the U.S.’s flagship climate report were dismissed this week by the Trump administration, which researchers say could impede critical planning and mitigation efforts at the national and community level, reports NPR.

The National Climate Assessment, mandated by Congress and produced by ~400 volunteer authors, is a comprehensive source of information about how climate change affects the U.S.—from how quickly sea levels are rising near cities to how to cope with wildfire smoke exposure.

The report covers public health impacts and recommendations for addressing them, including planning for extreme heat in urban areas and bolstering food and water security.  Mounting toll: The past 10 years have been the hottest on record, and last year alone, the U.S. experienced 27 weather and climate-related disasters costing the country $185 billion, reports the Los Angeles Times.

What’s next? The Trump administration said the scope of the report “is currently being reevaluated.” Researchers worry that a report that downplays risks or contradicts climate science could be published instead, reports Grist

Related: 

UK is not ready for coming climate ‘disaster,’ government advisers warn – The Independent

Trump’s first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action – Climate Home News

From subs to bases, "climate change crap" has consequences for U.S. military – Axios GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners  

One HPV vaccine dose provides similar protection to two doses in preventing infection, per data from an efficacy trial involving 20,000 girls, presented ahead of the June meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MedPage Today (free registration required)

Florida is poised to ban fluoride in public drinking water after state lawmakers approved the measure Tuesday; the bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose administration has supported ending fluoridation despite warnings from dentists and public health advocates. AP

In an Alzheimer’s breakthrough, U.K. scientists have used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of the disease, exposing healthy brain tissue from NHS patients to a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s to demonstrate damage to brain cell connections in real time. The Guardian

Low emission zones in London significantly reduced harmful pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, per a new study that documented measurable public health and economic benefits, including an 18.5% drop in sick leave, following LEZ implementation. University of Bath via ScienceDaily

U.S. Health and Science Policy News CDC reinstates workers who screen coal miners for black lung disease – The Washington Post (gift link)

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows – The New York Times (gift link)

Exclusive: In conversation with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary – Inside Medicine

RFK Jr.'s not-so-secret weapon: the moms – Axios

Here's how the Trump administration has changed health policy in its first 100 days – NPR’s Short Wave (audio) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Phthalates May Contribute to Heart Disease
Daily exposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), a chemical used to make household plastic items, could be linked to more than 10% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018, a new analysis of population surveys published in eBioMedicine shows.

While DEHP is used globally, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East saw a much larger share of the more than 365,000 global deaths than other populations—nearly half the total.
  • India had the highest death count at 39,677 deaths, followed by Pakistan and Egypt.
Consistent contact with DEHP has been shown to cause inflammation in the heart's arteries, which, over time, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack or stroke.

The study’s authors say the resulting economic burden from the deaths was ~$510 billion.

Medical Xpress GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES MENTAL HEALTH The Human Toll of Meta Moderation
The people tasked with sifting through the most disturbing images flagged on Facebook and Instagram are underpaid and work in grueling conditions, a new report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds

Background: Meta keeps the identities of its content-moderation subcontractors a closely guarded secret, but TBIJ identified one as a French multinational company, Teleperformance, which operates out of Accra, Ghana. 

The toll: Moderators say they are held to strict performance targets, work under surveillance, and receive no psychological support for the difficult work, which involves reviewing images of extreme violence and abuse. 
  • As a result, many are coping with depression and substance abuse; some have even attempted suicide. 
TBIJ

Related: How to keep violent porn out of your home and away from your kids – NPR OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Plague of rats and insects provide latest challenge for war-shattered Gazans – UN News

The Disappeared: Mexico’s Industrial-Scale Human Rights Crisis – IPS (commentary)

Winnie Byanyimax: Three ways to help the developing world survive the end of aid – The Guardian (commentary)

More and more older Americans want to know their Alzheimer's status, survey finds – NPR Shots

Top ten research priorities in global burns care: findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership – The Lancet Global Health

COVID vaccine works faster with both doses in the same arm – Nature 

‘Smart insoles’ could help diagnose dementia, other health problems – The Washington Post (gift link) Issue No. 2717
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First Person: Myanmar aid workers brave conflict and harsh conditions to bring aid to earthquake victims

World Health Organization - mer, 04/30/2025 - 08:00
In the aftermath of the huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March, life-saving aid efforts led by the UN are being hampered by damaged infrastructure, ongoing armed conflict and global aid funding cuts.
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Global Health NOW: Peru’s Illegal Mining Surges… and Destroys; Autism Database Debate; and The Lingering Legacy of Agent Orange

Global Health Now - mar, 04/29/2025 - 09:50
96 Global Health NOW: Peru’s Illegal Mining Surges… and Destroys; Autism Database Debate; and The Lingering Legacy of Agent Orange View this email in your browser April 29, 2025 Forward Share Post GHN EXCLUSIVE REPORT Illegal gold mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios department has destroyed an average of 21,000 hectares of rainforest per year. May 31, 2024. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Peru’s Illegal Mining Surges… and Destroys  
LIMA, Peru—Soaring gold prices and plunging U.S. government funds are pushing Peru’s southeastern jungle into a public health crisis.
  • A longtime problem in the department of Madre de Dios, which borders Bolivia and Brazil, illegal mining is booming as gold prices top $3,000 per ounce.

  • The gold rush requires a massive influx of workers and large amounts of mercury, which is used to extract gold from ore.
The result: Destroyed forests, mercury poisoning, and fast-spreading infectious diseases, says Juan Pablo Murillo, an infectious disease specialist with the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
 
U.S. cuts: Canceled U.S.-supported projects had reforested devastated areas, traced how mercury poisoned people, and worked with communities on ways to avoid fish species with the highest mercury levels, says tropical ecologist Luis Fernández, who directs Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation.

The Quote: “We need to understand much more about [mercury’s] impact because it is so contaminating,” says Eusebio Ríos, a leader of the Harakmbut Indigenous people. “It is a silent threat because you do not see it. We are consuming it without knowing it or how it will affect us in the future.”

Ed Note: This article was produced in collaboration with Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine and is the first in a series that examines front-line impacts of cuts in U.S. funding. READ THE FULL STORY BY LUCIEN CHAUVIN GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Measles is surging in Europe and the Americas; the ECDC reports a 10-fold rise in Europe—with 87% of the cases in Romania—between 2023 and 2024, and the WHO reports an 11-fold increase in the Americas so far this year compared to the same period last year, with all related deaths (3) and the highest case count (900) in the U.S. CIDRAP

130+ pregnant women, new mothers, and children who fled Haiti to seek health care in the Dominican Republic were rounded up in hospitals and deported as part of a new crackdown on undocumented migrants. The Guardian

100 days into the Trump administration, 44% of Americans say they expect to lose trust in public health under new leadership, compared with 28% expecting greater trust, per a new poll of 3,000+ Americans that reflects a partisan divide, with 76% of Democrats reporting waning trust, and 57% of Republicans expressing more optimism. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and de Beaumont Foundation

The FDA confirmed yesterday that it will require Novavax to run a new clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine, which was previously updated annually to target current strains without the need for new clinical trials, prompting concern from former health officials that it’s part of an effort to weaken vaccine efforts. NBC U.S. Health Cuts and Policy News ‘No one can do what America does’: Sudanese refugees bear the brunt as US aid dries up – The Telegraph

Will US science survive Trump 2.0? – Nature

Reproductive health groups, ACLU sue Trump administration for withholding family planning grants – Fierce Health Care

Health of mothers and children at risk from loss of CDC data program, expert says – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

How this Limpopo NGO prepared itself for Trump funding cuts – Bhekisisa AUTISM Database Debate
Autism advocates and health privacy experts are raising concerns after the Trump administration announced plans to pursue wide-scale data collection in an effort to expedite autism research, reports The Washington Post (gift link)

Pivot from initial plan: The administration initially announced it would create a new registry of people with autism, but retreated from the plan after intense backlash and privacy concerns.
  • Still, the administration plans to collect and consolidate autism-related data, combining federal health data, medical records, insurance claims, and readouts from wearable devices to create a “real-world data platform,” reports Axios
Reactions: While some scientists have long pushed for a more comprehensive data source to improve research and treatments, others say it could lead to cherrypicking data to promote the view that vaccines cause autism. 
  • Some health providers are reporting an uptick in patient requests to remove personal information from charts over privacy concerns. 
Related:

A severe autism advocate responds to RFK Jr.'s research initiative – NPR

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’ – The Atlantic

Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that environmental toxins cause autism – PBS NewsHour

These autistic people struggled to make sense of others. Then they found AI. – The Washington Post (gift link) DATA POINT CONFLICT The Lingering Legacy of Agent Orange
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the fallout from the Agent Orange supply used in the country by U.S. troops continues to affect new Vietnamese generations.
  • At Da Nang, the site of a U.S. air base, soil remains highly toxic, with dangerous chemicals like dioxin leaching into food and water supplies. 
The toll: Today, ~3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure, ranging from cancer to birth defects. 

Clean-up in jeopardy: Vietnam continues decades-long, painstaking remediation efforts, but U.S. funds allocated for the effort have been called into question with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid. 

AP GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES QUICK HITS Climate change could increase global levels of antimicrobial resistance, study finds – CIDRAP 

U.S. maternal deaths doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, among other findings in new study – Brown University

The Disaster of School Closures Should Have Been Foreseen – The Atlantic

Eliminating Malaria in ASEAN: Lessons From Egypt – Think Global Health (commentary)

As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers – NPR Shots

Weight loss pills could help tackle obesity in poorer countries, experts say – The Guardian

He had 2 months to live. Cancer research "that seemed like science fiction" saved his life. – CBS Thanks for the tip, Chiara Jaffe!

How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food – AP Issue No. 2716
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