What We’re Reading

From Our July 2024 Connections Newsletter

West Nile, Lyme, & Other Diseases Are on the Rise with Climate Change. Experts Warn the US Is Not Prepared [STAT]

What It’s Like to Survive Measles [Washington Post]

A Bench & a Grandmother’s Ear: Zimbabwe’s Novel Mental Health Therapy Spreads Overseas [AP News]

The Supreme Court Just Limited Federal Power. Health Care Is Feeling the Shockwaves. [KFF Health News]

Pandemic Agreement Talks Resume with Global Equity at Stake [Health Policy Watch]
Biden Administration Plans Major Cuts to AIDS Relief Programs in Africa [Politico]
PEPFAR Chief Warns Waning Political Will Could Hurt AIDS Fight [Devex]
The PEPFAR Files: Who Tried to End the Lifesaving HIV Program? [Think Global Health]
The PEPFAR Files: How Critics Put the HIV Program at Risk [Think Global Health]
The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads [UNAIDS]
Opinion I EcoHealth Alliance: Covid’s Anti-Science Mob Extracting Its Pound of Flesh [STAT]
America Is Still Not Ready for the Next Outbreak [Foreign Affairs]
CEPI-Hosted Collaborative to Bridge Regional Vaccine Manufacturing [Devex Pro]
Gavi Includes Ebola, Meningitis, Rabies & Hepatitis B Vaccines in Its Portfolio [Health Policy Watch]
Surgeon General Calls Guns a Public Health Threat in New Advisory [Axios]
Air Pollution ‘Kills a Child Every Minute‘ [Health Policy Watch]
As the Number of Infected Dairy Herds Mounts, so Too Does Pessimism About Driving H5N1 Out of Cows [STAT]
‘We’re Flying Blind’: CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps [KFF Health News]
Opinion I How Scared Should You Be of Bird Flu? [New York Times]
Bird Flu Response in Michigan Sparks Covid-Era Worry on Farms [Reuters]
Finland to Start Bird Flu Vaccinations for Humans, in World First [Reuters]
Bird Flu That Infected 6 Colorado Poultry Workers Is Closely Related to the Virus in Cows [STAT]
What’s Next for the Climate & Health Agenda? [Devex]
CDC Issues Alert for Dengue in the US [CIDRAP]
Top Biden Administration Officials Withdraw from Coalition for Health AI [STAT+]
Cannabis Use Linked to Worse Covid-19 Outcomes [CIDRAP]
Heavier Social Media Use Tied to More Frequent Covid, Flu Vaccination [CIDRAP]
Warnings Over Lethal & Contagious Strain of Mpox as Children in DRC Die [The Guardian]
How Mpox Is Unfolding in SA: From 1 to 13 Cases in 6 Weeks [Bhekisisa]
Dengue Fever Is Surging Worldwide. A Hotter Planet Will Make It Worse. [Washington Post]
How a $300M Global Health Partnership Will Work [Devex]
Degradation of Cell Wall Key in the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance [ScienceDaily]
The Problem with Pulse Oximeters: A Long History of Racial Bias [Johns Hopkins School of Global Health]
How Milwaukee’s Native Community Is Fighting a Surge in Opioid Deaths [Wisconsin Watch]
Kenya to Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria [Nation]
A ‘New Era’ in Malaria Control Has Begun with a Vaccination Campaign for Children in Ivory Coast [AP News]
New Human Trials for Novel Antibody Offer Hope for Immediate Protection Against Deadly Nipah [CEPI]
Chad Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis as a Public Health Problem [WHO]
Socialized for Scarcity: Surgical Care in Tanzania’s Remote Refugee Camps [Global Health Now]
Polio Detected in Gaza Sewage Water, Threatening New Health Disaster [CNN]
Opinion I We Must Safeguard the Health of Haiti’s Women & Girls [Global Health Now]
Growing Body of Data Links India’s Polluted Air to Worsening Health [Health Policy News]
The Killer Stalking Sri Lanka’s Men [New York Times]
Ignorance & Apathy: Why One Indian Woman Dies of Cervical Cancer Every 7 Minutes [Behan Box, Pulitzer Center]