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Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from 涩里番.

96 Global Health NOW: An Epidemic of Inequality; and GHN鈥檚 Untold Stories Contest November 4, 2025 TOP STORIES The long-besieged cities of al-Fashir in Darfur and Kadugli in Sudan's south are officially in famine, according to the U.N.-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.  

928 million women in 128 low- and middle-income countries want to avoid pregnancy, according to one of two Guttmacher reports released at yesterday鈥檚 opening of the International Conference on Family Planning in Bogot谩, Colombia.     
A common malaria test in Asia and South America is providing false negatives, potentially delaying treatment for people with the disease, ; the WHO has been investigating the finding since April.  
The Maldives has banned the purchase or even use of tobacco by anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, making the island nation the first country to enact a generational smoking ban.   IN FOCUS A homeless person sleeps rough on the street outside The Hamilton Live venue, just a few hundred meters from the White House, in Washington, D.C., on May 27. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images An Epidemic of Inequality    Economic inequality leads to entrenched disease that drives further economic vulnerability and hollowed-out health care鈥攁 鈥渧icious cycle鈥� that increasingly threatens global stability and outbreak response, released ahead of this month鈥檚 G20 meetings in Johannesburg.    COVID-19, AIDS, Ebola, and mpox have all become deadlier and longer lasting because of unequal access to critical health care, housing, and work. Historically, epidemics have led to 鈥渁 persistent increase in inequality鈥� that peaked ~5 years later, found the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, .     A snapshot of disparity: The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 165 million people into poverty and raised the debt burden of low-income countries to $3 trillion+, .  

• Meanwhile, the world鈥檚 richest gained 25% more wealth during COVID-19. 

• 鈥淭he rich had a very good pandemic 鈥� while poorer people got poorer,鈥� said Michael Marmot, director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London. 

Breaking the cycle: The report鈥檚 policy recommendations include:  

• Remove debt. 

• Invest in social determinants of health like housing and education. 

• Ensure fair access to medicines and technology. 

• Strengthen community-led disease response. 

鈥淚nequality is not inevitable鈥攊t鈥檚 a political choice,鈥� said Monica Geingos, co-chair of the council.   OPPORTUNITY Traditional floating market at Lok Baintan River, Indonesia. iStock/Getty A Chance for the Spotlight 
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Extra incentive: The winner receives a free registration for the CUGH annual meeting in Washington, DC, April 9鈥�12, 2026. 

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GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES QUICK HITS Trump says SNAP will be half funded in November. What does that mean? 鈥�      New deaths, hospitalizations reported in connection with listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat pasta 鈥�     Young Russians are being seduced by a cheap, dangerous weight-loss pill called Molecule 鈥�     First clinical trial of pig kidney transplants gets underway 鈥�     Specific human gene can help the heart repair itself from heart attack or heart failure 鈥�   Issue No. 2816
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Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services dries up, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Since 1990, the number of people using modern contraception methods has doubled globally but despite this, nearly 224 million women in mainly developing regions still do not use safe and effective family planning methods, according to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of M茅decins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.聽聽