What We’re Reading
From Our December 2024 Connections Newsletter
Sex, a Hex & a Sick Child Offer Clues to an Epidemic’s Birth [New York Times]
Gaza Bombardment Worsens Superbug Outbreaks [Bureau of Investigative Journalism]
- No Pandemic Agreement This Year – And Doubt About Feasibility of May 2025 Deadline [Health Policy Watch]
- How 2024’s Big Global Health Replenishments Shook Out [Devex]
- Public Health Spending in Low-Income Countries Stagnates – Out-of-Pocket Costs Soar [Health Policy Watch]
- Opinion I On World AIDS Day, Let’s Commit to Accelerating PEPFAR’s Progress [Devex]
- The RSV Prevention Divide [Think Global Health]
- Opinion I The World Is Watching the US Deal with Bird Flu, & It’s Scary [New York Times]
- ‘The Time Has Come’: Crafting a Sustainable, African-Led HIV Response [Devex]
- Report: The Evolution of the HIV & AIDS Response [Devex]
- H5N1 Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teenager Displays Mutations Demonstrating Virus’ Risk [STAT]
- CDC Confirms First Known Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the US [STAT]
- California Declares Emergency & US Sees 1st Severe Human Case [NPR]
- Potential Health Policy Administrative Actions in the Second Trump Administration [KFF]
- In the MAHA-Verse, Ex-Bernie Die-Hards & Conservative Moms Find a Political Home [STAT]
- How Measles, Whooping Cough, & Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch [KFF Health News]
- Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination [New York Times]
- Trump Doesn’t Need Congress to Make Abortion Effectively Unavailable [KFF Health News]
- Who Controls US Public Health — the Feds or the States? [Global Health NOW]
- GOP’s AI Vibe Shift [Politico]
- Why Whooping Cough Cases Are Spiking Across the US [STAT]
- US Life Expectancy Has Rebounded Closer to Pre-Pandemic Levels [CNN]
- The Superbug Fight Needs a Better Business Model [Global Health NOW]
- Vaccines for Diarrhea Could Reduce Antibiotic Use in Young Children, Study Finds [CIDRAP]
- Taliban Move to Ban Women Training as Nurses & Midwives ‘An Outrageous Act of Ignorance’ [The Guardian]
- Egypt’s Hepatitis Program Becomes a Model for African Countries [Africa CDC]
- Can Saving Lives Be Profitable? These African Health Startups Think So [Devex]
- Mystery DRC Outbreak Officially Identified as Malaria [The Telegraph]
- Africa’s ‘Q’ Cooks up Arsenal of Gadgets to Fight Malaria [The Telegraph]
- This Malaria Vaccine Is Delivered by a Mosquito Bite [Nature]
- Global Malaria Progress Stalled with Nearly 600,000 Deaths in 2023 [Health Policy Watch]
- How AI Is Bringing Accuracy & Efficiency to Malaria Diagnosis in Uganda [Devex]
- Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo [New York Times]
- Meningitis Surge in Africa Is Linked to Sahel Sand & Dust Storms [Devex]
- Zambians Shaken by Cholera Outbreak Face Another Rainy Season [Global Health NOW]
- Are Africa’s Medicinal Plants the Key to Solving Its Health Challenges? [Devex]
- Record Outbreak of Dengue Fever in Central & South America [BBC]
- Air Pollution Linked to Hospital Admissions for Mental Health, Study Suggests [The Independent]
- Climate Crisis Is ‘Catastrophic’ for Global Health, WHO Chief Tells ICJ [Health Policy Watch]
- Doctors Without Borders Resumes Some Activities in Haiti’s Capital [VOA]
- Brazil Launches a G20 Plan to Slash Hunger Across the World [Devex]
- Spending Less, Living Longer: What the US Can Learn From Portugal’s Innovative Health System [STAT]
- Starlink Roll-Out Across Africa Could Transform Digital Health Services [The Telegraph]