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How your heartbeat shapes your sense of time Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova says our brain perceives time but our body shapes how we experience it. She shares how our heartbeat influences whether we experience time moving fast or slow.

📻 Lovely chatting to Manoush Zomorodi at @npr.org TED Radio Hour on the possible role of the heart in how we experience time (10-min listen): www.npr.org/2025/05/16/g...

WHO received a (formal) report from the International Health Regulation (2005) (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) of the United States of America

#measles

Beijing beckons fired federal scientists Decoding transatlantic relations with Beijing. By PHELIM KINE Send tips here | Tweet @PhelimKine | Bluesky @phelimkine.bsky.social | Subscribe for free | View in your browser Hi, China Watchers. &n…

“My staff have come across these ads on social media, and as far as we are aware, these are legitimate offers and are extremely concerning,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

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Countries are neglecting the existential threat of pandemics. Bold leadership is necessary Too few leaders have learned the critical lesson that international cooperation is essential to pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. A cycle of panic and neglect has historically characteri...

"Leaders have not learned the lessons from COVID and other recent pandemics. Why not?"

"Countries are neglecting the existential threat of pandemics. Bold leadership is necessary," by Juan Manuel Santos, chair of @theelders.bsky.social, former president of Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

And so it begins….ripple effect

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Indication-based pricing likely improves allocative
efficiency by moving closer to the …first-best outcome, as it enables drug producers to capture consumer surplus and enhances access to new medicines, akin to third-degree price discrimination.

A problem - the global community continues to separate discussions about climate change, pandemic preparedness, and other health campaigns.

Vanessa Kerry & Priya Basu argue why these are inter-related while summarizing progress to date especially on financing.

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Key message:

Investments are needed too build the capacity of Africa-based
researchers and genomics laboratories to capture data on malaria parasitic mutations longitudinally and inform tailored contextualized interventions.

Safeguarding the Supply Chain: The Role of Medical Products Regulation - The Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPs) Program By Esther Were, Senior Policy and Training Manager, and Kate Kikule, Senior Principal Technical Advisor – Pharmaceutical Regulatory Systems Strengthening, Management Sciences for Health     […]

Policymakers and regulatory authorities must enhance legal and regulatory frameworks, increase stakeholder engagement, and build technical capacity to ensure that regulations are not only in place but actively enforced. #PharmaSystems
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If spending increases are due to technological advances that are improving or extending life, then they may be “worth it.”

We find diffusion of higher quality new innovations where the costs appear to exceed the benefit from a consumer’s perspective #PharmaSystems

Climate Change Fuels Lightning Strikes in Kashmir | Think Global Health Lightning strikes were responsible for approximately 7% of fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir from 2020 to 2022

"We have less water, natural bodies are dry. Now we have to dig borewells, but that is not enough water for traditional farming" #Kashmir #ClimateChange

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#GLP1

Role of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 in women with obesity planning pregnancy

The Kenya Medicines Regulatory Agency (Pharmacy and Poisons Board) launched cutting edge technology to detecting substandard and falsified medical products

Advanced Near Infrared Technology (NIR) known as Pillscan

Predominantly Black neighborhoods had the steepest declines in pharmacies after 2018, led by large drops in numbers of chain pharmacies
#PharmaSystems

ARVs shortage hits Tsholotsho, more districts ARVs shortage hits Tsholotsho, more districts

In 2024, we still have this problem.

Some people living with HIV travel long distances, often more than 10 kilometres, to reach a health facility for collection of medication and routine reviews, which may contribute to defaulting.

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The overall risk level to the affected communities is assessed as high while it is moderate to at national level in DR Congo

Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world

On efforts by experts in the DRC & WHO to track down the cause of an outbreak that has infected 394 people – with up to 74 dead – in the remote village Panzi

With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world

As you sit with your feet up this weekend, spare a thought for this nine-strong team from the @who.int heading off into the unknown.

They're risking their necks to keep us safe. Let's hope they don't find a new Disease X.

Free to read ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Latin America is a leader in nonprofit open-access journals. But it struggles to give them global visibility
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Eating dark chocolate regularly could reduce type 2 diabetes risk, study finds Researchers say risk could be reduced by 21% but connection ‘controversial’

Enjoy dark chocolate?

Those who were eating a one ounce serving, or 28.3 grams, at least five times a week, were 10% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with those who never or rarely ate chocolate
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Massive study of 400,000 pediatric urgent care patients.

Antibiotic Rx rate much higher

1) for Blacks, Hispanics, Asian kids
2) speak Spanish
3) on self pay or Medicaid/Medicare

Opportunities to advance pre-eclampsia and eclampsia – focused on low-resource settings

CDC’s budget has been largely flat for a decade, when adjusted for inflation.

🌍 1⃣0⃣0⃣ countries've been supplied w/26.2 million packs of paed DTG 🫗, recommended by @who.int for #HIV treatment in children.
💪🏽🎉pALD, the preferred 1st-line treatment for kids>25kg, will soon be available in MPP licensed countries, already in #Zambia🇿🇲 #Zimbabwe🇿🇼!
#WorldAIDSDay2024 #BetterMeds4Kids

‘Unintended consequences’ of [price] transparency

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The global development sector largely treats academia and practice as mutually exclusive, rather than fostering collaboration. Empowering "pracademics" instead can lead to greater innovation and progress.

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