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涩里番 researchers win Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

涩里番 Faculty of Medicine news - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:19

J茅r么me Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.听听

The 涩里番 researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.听

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涩里番 researchers win Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

涩里番 Faculty of Medicine news - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:19

J茅r么me Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.听听

The 涩里番 researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.听

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涩里番 researchers win Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award

涩里番 Faculty of Medicine news - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:19

J茅r么me Fortin, Paul Masset, and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological disabilities.听听

The 涩里番 researchers are among 22 successful applicants from across the country. They will each receive $100,000 in research funding distributed over a period of two years.听

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Global Health Now - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 09:26

96 Global Health NOW: A New Vaccine for the Meningitis Belt; How Early Unions Endanger Girls; and Bologna Slows Down鈥攁nd Sparks a Showdown September 30, 2025 A New Vaccine for the Meningitis Belt A century of meningitis outbreaks across a wide strip of sub-Saharan Africa may be dramatically reduced thanks to a new vaccine that prevents the lethal disease.

Outbreaks from Senegal to Ethiopia have claimed tens of thousands of lives every few years.

How will the new vaccine help? Men5CV targets the five Neisseria meningitidis bacteria that cause most epidemic meningitis across the belt. Bacteria can infect the meninges (the lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) and kill within hours, if untreated.

The vaccine has been distributed in Niger and Nigeria and will roll out in other countries soon.

Men5CV, developed by India鈥檚 Serum Institute of India and the Seattle-based PATH, is expected to cost $3 per dose.

Why is there a meningitis belt? Dust storms across the region can cause sand and dust to damage people鈥檚 airways, allowing bacteria to enter the bloodstream and then lead to new infections of close contacts.
The Quote: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a powerful new weapon that, with wider rollout, has the potential to protect millions of vulnerable people,鈥� said the University of Southampton鈥檚 Michael Head.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who inhaled heparin were half as likely to require ventilation and had a significantly lower risk of dying compared with those receiving standard care, of data from ~500 patients across six countries.

A new, affordable human papillomavirus test delivers results in less than an hour with no specialized laboratory required, led by Rice University, in collaboration with colleagues in Mozambique and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. More than 99% of people suffering first-time heart attacks, strokes, or heart failure also had at least one of four risk factors for cardiovascular disease: 鈥渟uboptimal鈥� high blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood glucose, or smoking, 鈥攁 far higher prevalence of warning signs than previous studies found.
Opioid use disorder diagnoses among commercially insured U.S. patients soared ~40% post-pandemic鈥攆rom 386 patients per 100,000 in 2021 to 539 patients per 100,000 in 2024, ; the hardest-hit states were Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Delaware. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Trump鈥檚 USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. 鈥� Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing Health 鈥� HHS would furlough nearly 32,500 in shutdown 鈥� Researchers are relieved at Trump鈥檚 likely pick for National Cancer Institute 鈥�

Energy Dept. adds 鈥榗limate change鈥� and 鈥榚missions鈥� to banned words list 鈥�

Cannabis stocks soar after Trump shares video promoting drug鈥檚 use for seniors 鈥� CHILD MARRIAGE How Early Unions Endanger Girls Child marriage鈥攂oth formal and informal鈥攃ontinues to harm millions of girls globally, , which drew from interviews with 250+ girls across 15 countries. Even in countries with laws prohibiting child marriage, there are few protections against cohabitations or informal marriages, .

The report found that a significant number of girls in early unions face intimate partner violence and have lost access to education or employment.

Lack of agency: The most common reasons girls in the study said they married young were economic hardship, familial pressure, and cultural norms. Breakthrough in Bolivia: Bolivia has banned all marriages and unions under age 18 with no exceptions, in a major victory for girls鈥� rights, . Previously, the law allowed for exceptions through parental or judicial authorization.
Related: When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate 鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES ROAD SAFETY Bologna Slows Down鈥攁nd Sparks a Showdown Last year, Bologna became Italy鈥檚 first major city to adopt a 30 km/h (19 mph) speed limit on most streets in an effort to reduce crashes, pollution, and noise.

Crash deaths dropped significantly in 2024, and no pedestrian deaths were recorded.

However, the policy drew fierce opposition from conservative national leaders, who argued that the limit created a burden on industries that rely on drivers and have since moved to block enforcement and pursue legal challenges against the local policy.
Unclear future: Enforcement gaps and national pushback have weakened the policy鈥檚 impact, advocates say, and crash fatalities rose again in 2025.

But other Italian cities鈥攊ncluding Milan and Rome鈥攈ave now followed Bologna鈥檚 lead, issuing their own slow-street policies.

OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Halal concerns drive vaccine hesitancy as Indonesia fights measles outbreak 鈥�

鈥業 wanted to be dead鈥�: Survivors of Assad鈥檚 prisons battle trauma and disease 鈥� Louisiana issues warrant for California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills 鈥� Ecuadorian scientists cleared of criminal charges in COVID-19 testing case 鈥� Mpox Outbreaks Expose Global Vulnerability As Smallpox Immunity Fades, Experts Warn 鈥� Gender differences in opioid and stimulant poisoning in the central region of Iran 鈥� Gaps in the global health research landscape for mpox 鈥� Want to do disruptive science? Include more rookie researchers 鈥� Issue No. 2796
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World Health Organization - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 08:00

Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families 鈥� cut off from basic supplies 鈥� burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into the devastated territory.

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World Health Organization - Tue, 09/30/2025 - 08:00

Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood 鈥� and saved multiple lives.

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Global Health Now - Mon, 09/29/2025 - 09:41

96 Global Health NOW: New Consensus to Tackle NCDs鈥擶ithout the U.S.; Wrapping Babies in Malaria Protection; and Contraceptive Stigma in Sierra Leone September 29, 2025 Rural doctor Zhu Daqing (L) and another doctor measure a patient's blood pressure in Xinshui Village. Guizhou Province, China, July 19, 2023. Yang Wenbin/Xinhua via Getty New Consensus to Tackle NCDs鈥擶ithout the U.S. A UN declaration to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health will move forward with wide global support, despite being derailed by the U.S. at a High-Level General Assembly session, . Broad support: The declaration sets 2030 targets for ongoing efforts in areas like tobacco reduction and hypertension control and introduces goals around mental health access for the first time, . The draft was widely supported by UN blocs, with leaders of countries like the Philippines saying 鈥渢he investment case is clear.鈥�
RFK Jr.鈥檚 rejection: But the draft could not be adopted by consensus after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the country would 鈥渞eject鈥� the declaration.

Kennedy said the declaration overreached while failing to address key health issues鈥攖hough he did not elaborate on those problems, . He also cited concerns over gender identity and abortion, though the declaration does not address either of those issues.

The declaration will still be submitted for a vote at the UN General Assembly in October; advocates remain optimistic about its adoption without U.S. support.

Critical components missing: Key tax measures on unhealthy products were weakened by corporate lobbying, .

鈥淲e saw specifically language changing from having countries implement health taxes 鈥� to now have countries consider health taxes, and we saw the removal of targets,鈥� Mary-Ann Etiebet, president and CEO of Vital Strategies, (video).

And air pollution goals omitted any mention of fossil fuels, which 鈥渋s like pledging to tackle smoking without mentioning tobacco,鈥� said the Clean Air Fund鈥檚 Jane Burston, .

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES DATA POINT

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The Latest One-Liners 1,000+ children in Indonesia fell ill with food poisoning last week, 鈥攂ringing total cases to 6,000+ since January鈥攊n a spate of incidents tied to an ambitious push to deliver ~80 million free meals; President Prabowo Subianto defended the program today and announced steps to improve safety. The U.S. FDA announced plans last Friday to review the safety of the abortion drug mifepristone, in a move that could lead to new dispensing restrictions. A distinct form of diabetes with symptoms meeting neither type 1 nor type 2 criteria has been named type 5 diabetes by the International Diabetes Federation in a that urges other health entities to adopt the name for the condition, which could affect ~25 million people. Flu in U.S. children is leading to more cases of severe encephalopathy and related deaths, ; the nation logged 280 pediatric flu deaths last year鈥攖he deadliest apart from the H1N1 pandemic in 2009鈥�2010鈥攁s fewer children receive flu vaccines. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Ebere Okereke: America First in Global Health: How Africa Should Respond 鈥� Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed 鈥楬ostile鈥� to Cars 鈥� 鈥楥ompletely shattered.鈥� Changes to NSF鈥檚 graduate student fellowship spur outcry 鈥� White House considers funding advantage for colleges that align with Trump policies 鈥� Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors 鈥�

WHO Staff in Geneva Call for Freeze in Layoffs and Independent Review of Downsizing Plans 鈥� MALARIA Wrapping Babies in a New Protection Infants in Uganda spend much of their first two years carried snugly in cloth wraps called lesus. Such wraps could potentially provide even greater security against malaria once treated with mosquito repellent, . Key findings: Among 400 pairs of moms and children who used baby wraps treated with permethrin鈥攁n insecticide commonly sprayed on bed nets and clothes鈥攎alaria infections fell by ~65%, .

The benefit held through 24 weeks, with fewer hospitalizations and no serious side effects.

Wraps to address gaps: The wraps could offer low-cost protection for infants too young for vaccination.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of the day when you鈥檙e not under a net. Baby wraps fill in some of those gaps when a net isn鈥檛 particularly helpful,鈥� author Ross Boyce .

Thanks for the tip, Michael Macdonald! GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES Thanks for the tip, Dave Cundiff! FAMILY PLANNING Contraceptive Stigma in Sierra Leone Stigma around contraceptive implants in women is an ongoing barrier to family planning in Sierra Leone, even as the country seeks to improve reproductive health services. No women spared: The stigma applies both to single women, who are expected to abstain from sex, and to married women, who are encouraged to embrace having children.

鈥淪ocietal pressure has driven many girls to remove the implant or switch to less visible methods,鈥� said Eunice Dumbuya, an activist in Freetown.

And yet: The country is seeing progress in access. Contraceptive prevalence is 24% for all women in Sierra Leone, .

The country is part of the , which aims to make modern contraception available to all women and girls by 2030.

Related: Why more Kenyan women are turning to IUDs for family planning 鈥� OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS They fled war and sexual violence and found a safe space in Athens. Then the aid cuts hit 鈥�

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were badly wounded in Gaza. Here's what saved them 鈥�

The forgotten pandemic: Hong Kong influenza in Australia (1968鈥�1970) 鈥�

For Indigenous Infants, This Devastating Virus Finally Meets a Formidable Foe 鈥�

Twenty-Five Years of Mifepristone: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever 鈥�

Nearly 7 in 10 COVID survivors tested didn't know they had a dulled sense of smell 鈥�

Some people tape their mouths shut at night. Doctors wish they wouldn鈥檛鈥� Issue No. 2795
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Samir Shaheen-Hussain in Devoir - Sat, 09/27/2025 - 00:00

Le devoir de m茅moire est aussi celui de l鈥檃ction vers la d茅colonisation.

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World Health Organization - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 08:00

World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.

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