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Global Health NOW 10.07.25 Tobacco Use Falls, Industry Pivots; Aid Cuts Hit Yemen Amid Measles Crisis; and Conversion Therapy Goes Before the Court.

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Global Health NOW 10.06.25 A Nobel Prize for Illuminating the Immune System; Mississippi’s Maternal Care Emergency; and Fishing for Parasites.

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Global Health NOW 10.02.25 The Collapse of Malaria Care in Cameroon; What’s Driving Turkey’s Diabetes Spike? And The Fattest Fat Bear Week.

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Global Health NOW: 10.1.2025 U.S. Government Shutdown Centers on Health Care; Bangladesh Bets on British Malaria Vaccine; and Inside China’s Detention Camps

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Global Health NOW 9.30.25 A New Vaccine for the Meningitis Belt; How Early Unions Endanger Girls; and Bologna Slows Down—and Sparks a Showdown.

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Global Health NOW 9.29.25 New Consensus to Tackle NCDs—Without the U.S.; Wrapping Babies in Malaria Protection; and Contraceptive Stigma in Sierra Leone.

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Global Health NOW 9.25.25 High Stakes, Shifting Landscapes on Climate Action; ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ on the Rise; and They’re Kind of a bIg Deal

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Global Health NOW 9.24.25 A Surge of Diseases in Sudan; Centering Youth and Mental Health at UNGA; and Firearm Suicides Among Older Americans.

Read Global Health NOW 9.24.25: A Surge of Diseases in Sudan; Centering Youth and Mental Health at UNGA; and Firearm Suicides Among Older Americans.

Global Health NOW 9.23.25 Trump Links Autism With Tylenol; Russia’s Infected Troops; and ‘Nicotine-Free’ Vapes Not Free of Health Concerns.

Read Global Health NOW 9.23.25: Trump Links Autism With Tylenol; Russia’s Infected Troops; and ‘Nicotine-Free’ Vapes Not Free of Health Concerns.

Global Health NOW 9.22.25 A Volatile Vaccine Panel; Danes’ Cancer Care; and Housing, Health, and Climate Change.

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Global Health NOW 9.18.25 Sounding Alarm Over the CDC; Malawi’s Inner Turmoil Over Tobacco; and a Nigerian Chef’s Jollof Rice Joy.

Read Global Health NOW 9.18.25: Sounding Alarm Over the CDC; Malawi’s Inner Turmoil Over Tobacco; and a Nigerian Chef’s Jollof Rice Joy.

how do cuts to global health aid affect me? Cuts to U.S. aid funding will have consequences abroad—and at home.

What does U.S. global health funding do? The U.S. funds efforts to address malnutrition, provide medical aid in countries around the world, and monitor and curb the spread of infectious diseases. The benefit of doing so extends far beyond the borders of those countries. A photo of a woman holding a box of medical supplies labelled “USAID” is in the lower right corner.

How does this impact me? Shutting down programs that monitor infectious diseases means they can circulate unnoticed, leaving the world vulnerable to outbreaks. Increased disease transmission abroad makes it not only more likely that a disease will be imported into the U.S., but also that a microbe will mutate and spread further, says Erin Sorrell, senior scholar at the Center for Health Security. A photo of a person in P P E holding a box of medical supplies labelled “USAID” is in the lower right corner.

What programs have these cuts already affected? The STOP Spillover project, which monitored virus transmission in livestock and wildlife to identify threats before they reach humans. Outbreak surveillance programs for mpox, measles, and H5N1. Support for HIV treatment through PEPFAR. A photo of a man taking inventory of H I V medication provided by USAID is the lower right corner.

The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO and cuts to USAID and NIH funding have “dismantled over half a century of ... public health forums and initiatives,” says Erin Sorrell.

But global health programs play a vital role in protecting public health at home.

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Global Health NOW 9.17.25 UN Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza; Researchers’ Growing Resistance; and Gaming Addiction Treatment in Australia.

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Global Health NOW 9.15.25 A Rising Dual Threat; Supporting Medics’ Mental Health; and Nairobi's Shrinking Green Spaces.

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Global Health NOW 9.11.25 The Global Fund’s Endangered Footholds; Hantavirus Hits Russian Troops; and Looking For Love … at a Snail’s Pace.

Read Global Health NOW 9.12.25: The Global Fund’s Endangered Footholds; Hantavirus Hits Russian Troops; and Looking For Love … at a Snail’s Pace.

Global Health NOW 9.10.25 MAHA Roadmap for Children’s Health; Influencers in South Africa’s Cigarette Debate; and Cholera’s Climb in Africa.

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Global Health NOW 9.08.25 Ebola Outbreak Tests Shaky Global Health Ground; Burkina Faso’s Gene-Drive Reversal; and Cuts Undermine Quest for Autism’s Cause.

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The Rising Toll of PEPFAR’s Pause; The Philippines’ Sex Ed Debate; and Pelting the Town Red Advocates are demanding the release of already-approved and critically needed PEPFAR funds that have yet to be disbursed.

Read Global Health NOW 9.4.25: The Rising Toll of PEPFAR’s Pause; The Philippines’ Sex Ed Debate; and Pelting the Town Red.

Global Health NOW 9.03.25 Warfare Over Welfare; Reviving Pediatric Health in Sudan; and India’s Diabetes Epidemic.

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Scarred by War, Saved by Care: Reviving Pediatric Health in Sudan Developed countries and international organizations must immediately step up to stabilize the situation in Sudan and build back pediatric health infrastructure, writes Habab A. Iraqi in a GHN commenta...

In Sudan, childhood has become a casualty of war. Some 15 million Sudanese children now need humanitarian aid, and this year, 3.2 to 4 million children under 5 will face life-threatening malnutrition, writes Habab Iraqi.

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Global Health NOW 8.28.25 CDC in Turmoil; As Cholera Crisis Deepens, Africa Launches Emergency Plan; and Quick! To the Bat ‘Cuddle Ball’!

Read Global Health NOW 8.28.25: CDC in Turmoil; As Cholera Crisis Deepens, Africa Launches Emergency Plan; and Quick! To the Bat ‘Cuddle Ball’!

Global Health NOW 8.27.25 How the CDC Was Immobilized as Measles Spread; Nigeria’s Pregnant Pause; and Lessons From Botswana on Eliminating Pediatric HIV.

Read Global Health NOW 8.27.25: How the CDC Was Immobilized as Measles Spread; Nigeria’s Pregnant Pause; and Lessons From Botswana on Eliminating Pediatric HIV.

Global Health NOW 8.26.25 The Increasing Threat of Extreme Heat; Vanishing Care for Congo’s Sexual Assault Victims; and The Lifesaving Power of Cash.

Read Global Health NOW 8.26.25: The Increasing Threat of Extreme Heat; Vanishing Care for Congo’s Sexual Assault Victims; and The Lifesaving Power of Cash.

Global Health NOW 8.25.25 Gaza’s Cascading Infections Crisis; An Invisible Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa; and How Alpha-gal Is Altering Diets.

Read Global Health NOW 8.25.25: Gaza’s Cascading Infections Crisis; An Invisible Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa; and How Alpha-gal Is Altering Diets.

Global Health NOW's 8.07.25 edition: HIV Patients ‘in Darkness’ as Aid Cuts Take Hold; Schools as Abortion Rights Battlegrounds; and The Brawl of the Wild 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 testi...

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Global Health NOW 8.05.25 The Troubled Fight Against Polio; Plastics: A ‘Grave, Growing’ Danger; and Wartime Russia is Losing the Battle Against HIV.

Read Global Health NOW 8.05.25: The Troubled Fight Against Polio; Plastics: A ‘Grave, Growing’ Danger; and Wartime Russia is Losing the Battle Against HIV.

The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil’s North Venezuelan migrants in northern Brazil are at great risk of exploitation and trafficking, but they have some powerful protectors: a diverse group of women committed to helping them.

From Pacaraima on the Venezuelan border, to Bonfim on Brazil’s frontier with Guyana, traffickers prey on vulnerable migrants trying to survive. Often the migrants’ protectors are women committed to breaking the cycle of exploitation that has threatened so many adults and children.

Global Health NOW 8.04.25 A ‘Deadly Intersection’ of Crises in Sudan; The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil’s North; and July Recap.

Read Global Health NOW 8.04.25: A ‘Deadly Intersection’ of Crises in Sudan; The Women Protecting Migrants in Brazil’s North; and July Recap.

From Displacement to Exploitation: Inside Brazil’s Human Trafficking Crisis Wedged between Brazil’s borders with Venezuela and Guyana, the capital of Roraima state is a hub for trafficking in drugs, weapons, gold, people, and organs.

The capital of Brazil’s Roraima state is known for the placid Branco River, lovely sunsets, and beautiful landscapes. Yet behind the attractive façade, Venezuelan migrants are often caught in a web of trafficking in drugs, weapons, gold, people, and organs, writes Julianna Deutscher.