At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter.
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The Fogarty International Center within the National Institutes of Health has had a huge global footprint and impact, but it's on the chopping block.
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Global Health NOW: U.S. FDA鈥檚 Slipshod Protection for Generics; Sierra Leone鈥檚 鈥楻ed Zone鈥; and The Push for Phone-Free Schools
August 12, 2025
Signage is displayed at the Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. headquarters in Mumbai, India. May 2, 2019. Kanishka Sonthalia/Bloomberg via Getty
U.S. FDA鈥檚 Slipshod Protection for Generics
After eight years of warning an Indian pharmaceutical company it was grossly violating manufacturing standards, the U.S. FDA finally barred Sun Pharma from sending its drugs to the U.S. in 2022, per a .
But: The FDA exempted more than a dozen drugs, despite the risks to U.S. patients.
The problems:
FDA falls short: The agency didn鈥檛 explicitly warn U.S. patients about the risks and allowed the drugs into the U.S.
Worse still: 20+ other problematic factories received exemptions similar to Sun鈥檚, allowing them to ship 150 drugs, including antibiotics and chemotherapy treatments.
The Quote: 鈥淭he people on the other end have faith that the products they are taking are safe and effective,鈥 a senior FDA employee said. 鈥淚 think of the faces. I think of my parents. 鈥 I think of the consumers who are basically taking these drugs on blind faith.鈥
Related: The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
UK researchers discovered antibodies that appear to protect children in The Gambia against Strep A (Streptococcus pyogenes) infection, which kills 500,000 a year, mostly in LMICs; the research, , provides insights into immunity that could inform the development of a new vaccine.
India鈥檚 top court ordered officials in Delhi to get all stray dogs off the streets and into animal shelters over rabies concerns; India, which accounts for 36% of the global rabies death toll, per the WHO, has millions of stray dogs.
The Annals of Internal Medicine rejected a call from some readers and the U.S. health secretary RFK, Jr. to retract a that found that aluminum salts in vaccines did not raise the risk of autism, asthma, and other disorders in children; the journal鈥檚 editor said there is no evidence of serious errors or scientific misconduct.
An overhaul of UK road safety laws this fall could mandate eye tests for older drivers, lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers, and impose harsher penalties for uninsured drivers and rejecting seatbelts; last year, UK traffic incidents killed 1,633 people and seriously injured ~28,000. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Vaccine sceptics appointed to advise Italian government on immunisation 鈥
Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed 鈥
Trump Orders State Department to Overlook International Human Rights Abuses 鈥
Kennedy's Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court 鈥
Exclusive: NIH ponders overhauling HIV budget to capitalize on prevention breakthrough 鈥
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Are Ruining Ethiopia's Progress on Maternal Mortality 鈥 MPOX Sierra Leone鈥檚 鈥楻ed Zone鈥
Sierra Leone has become home to the worst African outbreak of mpox, with 5,000+ cases and 47 deaths reported since the first case was reported at the end of 2024.
Related: Neonatal mpox in Nigeria: a case of transplacental or postnatal transmission 鈥 DATA POINT
$11.44 billion
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌
The annual economic burden of chronic Chagas disease in Brazil; the annual direct medical costs represent around 11% of the Ministry of Health budget. 鈥
ADOLESCENT HEALTH The Push for Phone-Free Schools
A fast-growing network of American parents is seeking to curb the influence of smartphones and social media on their children鈥檚 health鈥攁nd they are starting with schools.
Bans and 鈥渂ell-to-bell鈥 policies: Much parent-led advocacy so far has focused on making schools smartphone-free environments. Once highly unpopular, such bans are quickly gaining traction:
Related: Vermont just became the latest state to ban cellphones in the classroom. What does that mean for schools? 鈥 OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Public health officials face grim new reality after CDC shooting 鈥
Influencers criticize birth control and push 'natural' methods. Here's what to know 鈥
Washington state malaria case prompts further study of region's mosquitoes 鈥
Why Young Children May Not Get Covid Shots This Fall 鈥
Cancer Super-Survivors May Hold Keys to New Treatments 鈥
The anti-sunscreen movement and what to know about its claims 鈥
Americans Are All In on Cow-Based Wellness 鈥
All Hail the Humble Speed Hump 鈥 Issue No. 2773
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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After eight years of warning an Indian pharmaceutical company it was grossly violating manufacturing standards, the U.S. FDA finally barred Sun Pharma from sending its drugs to the U.S. in 2022, per a .
But: The FDA exempted more than a dozen drugs, despite the risks to U.S. patients.
The problems:
- Basic protocols to prevent contamination of injectable drugs weren鈥檛 followed.
- Sun failed to determine whether 鈥渦nknown impurities鈥 in meds were toxic.
- Buckets collected water dripping from the ceiling in a sterile part of the factory.
FDA falls short: The agency didn鈥檛 explicitly warn U.S. patients about the risks and allowed the drugs into the U.S.
Worse still: 20+ other problematic factories received exemptions similar to Sun鈥檚, allowing them to ship 150 drugs, including antibiotics and chemotherapy treatments.
The Quote: 鈥淭he people on the other end have faith that the products they are taking are safe and effective,鈥 a senior FDA employee said. 鈥淚 think of the faces. I think of my parents. 鈥 I think of the consumers who are basically taking these drugs on blind faith.鈥
Related: The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
UK researchers discovered antibodies that appear to protect children in The Gambia against Strep A (Streptococcus pyogenes) infection, which kills 500,000 a year, mostly in LMICs; the research, , provides insights into immunity that could inform the development of a new vaccine.
India鈥檚 top court ordered officials in Delhi to get all stray dogs off the streets and into animal shelters over rabies concerns; India, which accounts for 36% of the global rabies death toll, per the WHO, has millions of stray dogs.
The Annals of Internal Medicine rejected a call from some readers and the U.S. health secretary RFK, Jr. to retract a that found that aluminum salts in vaccines did not raise the risk of autism, asthma, and other disorders in children; the journal鈥檚 editor said there is no evidence of serious errors or scientific misconduct.
An overhaul of UK road safety laws this fall could mandate eye tests for older drivers, lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers, and impose harsher penalties for uninsured drivers and rejecting seatbelts; last year, UK traffic incidents killed 1,633 people and seriously injured ~28,000. U.S. and Global Health Policy News Vaccine sceptics appointed to advise Italian government on immunisation 鈥
Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed 鈥
Trump Orders State Department to Overlook International Human Rights Abuses 鈥
Kennedy's Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court 鈥
Exclusive: NIH ponders overhauling HIV budget to capitalize on prevention breakthrough 鈥
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Are Ruining Ethiopia's Progress on Maternal Mortality 鈥 MPOX Sierra Leone鈥檚 鈥楻ed Zone鈥
Sierra Leone has become home to the worst African outbreak of mpox, with 5,000+ cases and 47 deaths reported since the first case was reported at the end of 2024.
- The cases have spanned all demographic groups, and included children鈥攍eading experts to fear that the virus鈥檚 reach could expand.
- Previously, officials had encouraged infected patients to isolate at home鈥攁 strategy that failed, say health workers.
Related: Neonatal mpox in Nigeria: a case of transplacental or postnatal transmission 鈥 DATA POINT
$11.44 billion
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌
The annual economic burden of chronic Chagas disease in Brazil; the annual direct medical costs represent around 11% of the Ministry of Health budget. 鈥
ADOLESCENT HEALTH The Push for Phone-Free Schools
A fast-growing network of American parents is seeking to curb the influence of smartphones and social media on their children鈥檚 health鈥攁nd they are starting with schools.
Bans and 鈥渂ell-to-bell鈥 policies: Much parent-led advocacy so far has focused on making schools smartphone-free environments. Once highly unpopular, such bans are quickly gaining traction:
- 74% of U.S. adults now support preventing students from using their phones during class, while 44% support all-day bans, .
- 37 states and D.C. have passed laws limiting classroom phone use, with about half passing all-day bans.
Related: Vermont just became the latest state to ban cellphones in the classroom. What does that mean for schools? 鈥 OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Public health officials face grim new reality after CDC shooting 鈥
Influencers criticize birth control and push 'natural' methods. Here's what to know 鈥
Washington state malaria case prompts further study of region's mosquitoes 鈥
Why Young Children May Not Get Covid Shots This Fall 鈥
Cancer Super-Survivors May Hold Keys to New Treatments 鈥
The anti-sunscreen movement and what to know about its claims 鈥
Americans Are All In on Cow-Based Wellness 鈥
All Hail the Humble Speed Hump 鈥 Issue No. 2773
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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Public health conditions in Gaza are 鈥渃atastrophic鈥, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock, while deaths from malnutrition and disease are on the rise, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday.
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Global Health NOW: CDC Attack Reflects Rising Hostilities; Health Tracking: Instructive or Invasive?; and Dispatches from 鈥楳olar City鈥
August 11, 2025
Law enforcement officers responding to the shooting near the CDC Global Headquarters in Atlanta. August 8. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty
CDC Attack a 鈥楧ire Reflection鈥 of Rising Hostilities
The shooting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday is being seen as an escalation of aggression against health workers鈥攁nd particularly against the CDC鈥攕ince the COVID-19 pandemic, .
Routine flu vaccines for children and adults were quietly endorsed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month per a backdated notice on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices鈥 , despite Kennedy鈥檚 previous calls for changes to the flu vaccine.
Women who have been stalked or who have obtained a restraining order were more likely to later experience a heart attack or stroke compared to those who did not, , which said such experiences warrant routine medical consideration alongside traditional risk factors.
Kenya has officially eliminated sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis, the WHO confirmed last Friday鈥攎aking Kenya the 10th country to eliminate the vector-borne disease caused by the blood parasite Trypanosoma brucei. U.S. and Global Health Policy News 'We're just over the moon!' Good news for factories that make food for malnourished kids 鈥
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers 鈥
Trump administration wants to defund watchdog groups for Navajo mental health 鈥
鈥淲e Want to Save This Investment鈥: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out 鈥
Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing 鈥
Trump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades 鈥 DATA Federal Health Tracking System: Instructive or Invasive?
The Trump administration announced the creation of a centralized health database late last month, saying the collaboration with Big Tech, health systems, and insurers will consolidate health records for use across various platforms and apps.
Details: The database would be maintained through a hub with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and draw data from a range of medical records and health trackers. The goal is to launch in 2026.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES DENTAL CARE Dispatches from 鈥楳olar City鈥
Los Algodones, Mexico, is home to ~5,500 residents鈥攁nd 1,000+ dentists.
In our Thursday newsletter, we linked to the wrong Guardian article for this quick hit. This is the correct link: .
We regret the error, and thank the GHN readers who pointed it out to us! OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS A word is born 鈥 and critiqued: 'healthocide' 鈥
Saudi Arabia Reports Eleven MERS Cases, Two Fatalities 鈥
Sharp rise in Black youth suicide rates in California alarms mental health advocates 鈥
More women get Alzheimer's than men. It may not just be because they live longer 鈥
Ivermectin's Potential in the Fight Against Malaria 鈥
Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans 鈥
Lessons for a Warming World From Kashmir鈥檚 Cooling Caves 鈥 Issue No. 2772
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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The shooting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday is being seen as an escalation of aggression against health workers鈥攁nd particularly against the CDC鈥攕ince the COVID-19 pandemic, .
- 鈥淚t is a dire reflection of ever-escalating threats public health workers face in a climate increasingly shaped by misinformation, politicization, and inflammatory rhetoric,鈥 , in which he also criticized HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for taking 18 hours to about the attack.
- The attack killed a police officer on duty and damaged four buildings at the campus鈥攚here ~9,000 CDC workers are based and where labs of the highest biosecurity levels are housed.
- Employees huddled in place for hours鈥攁s did 90 children at the daycare on campus.
- Nearly a third of state and local public health workers reported facing workplace violence
Routine flu vaccines for children and adults were quietly endorsed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month per a backdated notice on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices鈥 , despite Kennedy鈥檚 previous calls for changes to the flu vaccine.
Women who have been stalked or who have obtained a restraining order were more likely to later experience a heart attack or stroke compared to those who did not, , which said such experiences warrant routine medical consideration alongside traditional risk factors.
Kenya has officially eliminated sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis, the WHO confirmed last Friday鈥攎aking Kenya the 10th country to eliminate the vector-borne disease caused by the blood parasite Trypanosoma brucei. U.S. and Global Health Policy News 'We're just over the moon!' Good news for factories that make food for malnourished kids 鈥
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers 鈥
Trump administration wants to defund watchdog groups for Navajo mental health 鈥
鈥淲e Want to Save This Investment鈥: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out 鈥
Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing 鈥
Trump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades 鈥 DATA Federal Health Tracking System: Instructive or Invasive?
The Trump administration announced the creation of a centralized health database late last month, saying the collaboration with Big Tech, health systems, and insurers will consolidate health records for use across various platforms and apps.
Details: The database would be maintained through a hub with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and draw data from a range of medical records and health trackers. The goal is to launch in 2026.
- Patients must opt in to have their records and data shared.
- AI and apps would drive 鈥減ersonalized advice鈥 on nutrition and activity based on collected data.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES DENTAL CARE Dispatches from 鈥楳olar City鈥
Los Algodones, Mexico, is home to ~5,500 residents鈥攁nd 1,000+ dentists.
- Nicknamed 鈥淢olar City,鈥 the town has become known for its sprawling network of dental clinics, which draw over a million Americans seeking affordable dental care.
- A root canal in Molar City can cost less than one-fifth of what it would across the border 10 minutes away, making the town 鈥減art Lourdes and part Costco鈥 for medical tourists, writes journalist Burkhard Bilger鈥攚ho details his own quest pursuing dental care there alongside other hopeful, and sometimes desperate, patients.
In our Thursday newsletter, we linked to the wrong Guardian article for this quick hit. This is the correct link: .
We regret the error, and thank the GHN readers who pointed it out to us! OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS A word is born 鈥 and critiqued: 'healthocide' 鈥
Saudi Arabia Reports Eleven MERS Cases, Two Fatalities 鈥
Sharp rise in Black youth suicide rates in California alarms mental health advocates 鈥
More women get Alzheimer's than men. It may not just be because they live longer 鈥
Ivermectin's Potential in the Fight Against Malaria 鈥
Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans 鈥
Lessons for a Warming World From Kashmir鈥檚 Cooling Caves 鈥 Issue No. 2772
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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Global Health NOW: HIV Patients 鈥榠n Darkness鈥 as Aid Cuts Take Hold; Schools as Abortion Rights Battlegrounds; and The Brawl of the Wild
August 7, 2025
Mosele Mothibi, 40, an unemployed textile factory worker, sits on her bed inside her one-room flat on July 4. Maseru, Lesotho. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty
HIV Patients 鈥榠n Darkness鈥 as Aid Cuts Take Hold
In the nearly eight months since the U.S. abruptly cut global aid funding, the fallout for HIV patients throughout Africa is widening as more people drop out of treatment and go without critical testing鈥攁nd lose hope that such programs will be restored.
In South Africa, thousands of vulnerable HIV patients are falling out of antiretroviral therapy after U.S.-funded clinics shuttered, 鈥攁 potential harbinger of rising infections and deaths to come, advocates fear.
Elton John AIDS Foundation plugging gaps in HIV funding 鈥
The triple whammy: HIV, migration and climate change 鈥
ICYMI: U.S. Funding Cuts Stop Crucial HIV Research Work in Its Tracks 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
1,500+ Sudanese civilians may have been massacred in Sudan鈥檚 Zamzam refugee camp during the RSF鈥檚 attack in April, per an investigation by The Guardian that found 鈥渞epeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions.鈥
Replenishing lithium in the brain may protect against and even reverse Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, that found a specific type of lithium supplement reversed neurological changes and memory loss in mice.
Indonesia will treat wounded Gazans at a medical facility on Galang Island in an initiative to provide medical care to 2,000 people from the enclave, who are expected to return to Gaza after treatment.
The Maui and LA fires have taken an ongoing toll on residents鈥 health, per a series of studies published yesterday showing effects including lung damage, depression, suicide, overdose, and interruptions of care. DATA POINT
1.4 million
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌
African women and girls denied essential care by the U.S.鈥檚 destruction of $9.7 million in contraceptives earmarked for DRC, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, and Zambia; the supplies could have prevented ~174,000 unintended pregnancies and ~56,000 unsafe abortions, according to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 鈥 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Schools as Abortion Rights Battlegrounds
A growing number of American students taking sex education classes this fall will be required to watch videos of fetuses growing in the womb鈥攁 result of new 鈥渇etal development鈥 laws passed in state legislatures nationwide.
ICYMI: What Do American Kids Learn About Sex? It Depends Who You Ask. 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES CORRECTION We Botched a Link
In our U.S. and Global Health Policy news section yesterday, we linked a KFF Health News article to the wrong story. Here鈥檚 the correct link: . Thanks to multiple GHN readers who alerted us to the error! ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION The Brawl of the Wild
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word 鈥
鈥 unless it is one of the bone-rattling insults hurled by Adam Driver鈥檚 and Scarlett Johansson鈥檚 characters during their in the divorce drama Marriage Story.
QUICK HITS STDs are rampant in Mississippi. This one is now considered an epidemic. 鈥
With $1K in cash aid, he built a life-changing barbershop. Now cash aid is under fire 鈥嬧嬧
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn 鈥
Anah铆 Ruderman: Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry 鈥
Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says 鈥
Medical students must be able to voice ethical concerns during clinical rotations 鈥
Giant virus with record-long tail discovered in Pacific Ocean 鈥 Issue No. 2771
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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In the nearly eight months since the U.S. abruptly cut global aid funding, the fallout for HIV patients throughout Africa is widening as more people drop out of treatment and go without critical testing鈥攁nd lose hope that such programs will be restored.
In South Africa, thousands of vulnerable HIV patients are falling out of antiretroviral therapy after U.S.-funded clinics shuttered, 鈥攁 potential harbinger of rising infections and deaths to come, advocates fear.
- Clinics serving especially high-risk groups including sex workers, people who use drugs, and trans people closed suddenly, forcing patients to shift to public clinics.
- But a Cape Town audit found only 10 of 400 tracked patients made the switch.
- Many women say they do not know their or their children鈥檚 HIV status鈥攎eaning that even if lifesaving preventative medications are available, they cannot access them.
- 鈥淲e are in darkness,鈥 said Matebello Khoahli, an HIV-positive mother who fears for the life of her 23-month-old.
Elton John AIDS Foundation plugging gaps in HIV funding 鈥
The triple whammy: HIV, migration and climate change 鈥
ICYMI: U.S. Funding Cuts Stop Crucial HIV Research Work in Its Tracks 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
1,500+ Sudanese civilians may have been massacred in Sudan鈥檚 Zamzam refugee camp during the RSF鈥檚 attack in April, per an investigation by The Guardian that found 鈥渞epeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions.鈥
Replenishing lithium in the brain may protect against and even reverse Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, that found a specific type of lithium supplement reversed neurological changes and memory loss in mice.
Indonesia will treat wounded Gazans at a medical facility on Galang Island in an initiative to provide medical care to 2,000 people from the enclave, who are expected to return to Gaza after treatment.
The Maui and LA fires have taken an ongoing toll on residents鈥 health, per a series of studies published yesterday showing effects including lung damage, depression, suicide, overdose, and interruptions of care. DATA POINT
1.4 million
鈥斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌斺赌
African women and girls denied essential care by the U.S.鈥檚 destruction of $9.7 million in contraceptives earmarked for DRC, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, and Zambia; the supplies could have prevented ~174,000 unintended pregnancies and ~56,000 unsafe abortions, according to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 鈥 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Schools as Abortion Rights Battlegrounds
A growing number of American students taking sex education classes this fall will be required to watch videos of fetuses growing in the womb鈥攁 result of new 鈥渇etal development鈥 laws passed in state legislatures nationwide.
- Six states now require such videos to be shown in sex ed; nearly 4 million students will see them this fall.
- 20+ states have proposed similar bills since 2023.
- Its main tool: 鈥淢eet Baby Olivia,鈥 a 3-minute video depicting the development of a fetus in utero, which has been frequently recommended in state legislation.
- But medical experts say the video is misleading about development and is emotionally manipulative rather than educational.
ICYMI: What Do American Kids Learn About Sex? It Depends Who You Ask. 鈥 GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES CORRECTION We Botched a Link
In our U.S. and Global Health Policy news section yesterday, we linked a KFF Health News article to the wrong story. Here鈥檚 the correct link: . Thanks to multiple GHN readers who alerted us to the error! ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION The Brawl of the Wild
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word 鈥
鈥 unless it is one of the bone-rattling insults hurled by Adam Driver鈥檚 and Scarlett Johansson鈥檚 characters during their in the divorce drama Marriage Story.
- The Oscar-nominated actors鈥 emotionally devastating (and spat is now a tool in USDA-supervised 鈥渨olf hazing鈥濃攁 tactic deployed in Oregon to protect livestock without culling the endangered canines.
- 鈥淚 need the wolves to respond and know that, hey, humans are bad,鈥 explained an Oregon-based USDA district supervisor.
QUICK HITS STDs are rampant in Mississippi. This one is now considered an epidemic. 鈥
With $1K in cash aid, he built a life-changing barbershop. Now cash aid is under fire 鈥嬧嬧
Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn 鈥
Anah铆 Ruderman: Feeding Community When Government Aid Runs Dry 鈥
Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says 鈥
Medical students must be able to voice ethical concerns during clinical rotations 鈥
Giant virus with record-long tail discovered in Pacific Ocean 鈥 Issue No. 2771
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four countries finding that 60 per cent of vaginal exams were done without consent, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
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Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training
Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training
听
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.
Categories: Global Health Feed
