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Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to 黑料网 researchers.

A new study examined several chemicals commonly used in price stickers on packaged meat, fish, cheese and produce found early signs of potential toxicity.

96 Global Health NOW: The Increasing Threat of Extreme Heat; Vanishing Care for Congo鈥檚 Sexual Assault Victims; and The Lifesaving Power of Cash August 26, 2025 A laborer shields from the sun as he works on a construction site along the Garonne river during a heatwave. Bordeaux, France, July 1. Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty The Increasing Threat of Extreme Heat    Working鈥攁nd even living鈥攊n extreme heat is taking an increasing toll on humans in the climate change era, per new reports. 
Workplace dangers:  

• More than 2.4 billion people face heat stress at work, per the International Labour Organization, . 

• More than 22 million occupational injuries and nearly 19,000 deaths result from heat stress every year. 

• Frequent work in hot indoor and outdoor conditions is affecting normal kidney and neurological functions,  

Help wanted: Extreme heat is forcing many workers to 鈥渁dapt or die,鈥� said the WMO鈥檚 Johan Stander at a news conference last week. 

•  for regulations on maximum working temperatures, noting that heat-related deaths of workers have increased 42% since 2000. 

Accelerated aging beyond work: Enduring repeated heatwaves is making people age faster,  published in Nature Climate Change. 

• Researchers found a nine-day increase in the biological age of a person who lived through four more heatwave days within two years, . The study followed nearly 25,000 people in Taiwan for 15 years.  

Related:    WHO warns of risks of extreme heat in the workplace 鈥�          Croatia urged to strengthen protections for workers in extreme heat 鈥�       Billions at 'real' risk of extreme heat in the workplace, WHO says 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Hundreds of Indonesian children received measles vaccinations yesterday in response to an outbreak that has caused 17 deaths and infected 2,000+ children in East Java province over the last eight months.     Botswana declared a public health emergency yesterday as clinics run out of medicines for conditions including hypertension, cancer, diabetes, and tuberculosis; the president, Duma Boko, said the national medical supply chain had failed and announced plans for an emergency distribution drive overseen by the military.     The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released updated clinical guidance late last week recommending maternal vaccination against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV鈥攆ollowing the American Academy of Pediatrics in contradicting CDC recommendations that exclude COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy or in healthy children.     A lung from a genetically modified pig was transplanted into a person for the first time; the patient, a man in China, was brain dead, but the organ survived for nine days鈥攎arking a step toward clinical trials for xenotransplantation of lungs, considered the most difficult organ to transplant.   U.S. and Global Health Policy News RFK Jr. May Roll Back Major Achievement Donald Trump Called 'Monumental'鈥�     At 16, he mediated a highjacking. Now he鈥檚 negotiating for the survival of HIV programmes  鈥�     Federal judge OKs Medicaid defunding of Maine's largest reproductive health care provider 鈥�      First Opinion: We surveyed hundreds of biomedical researchers about the instability in federal funding. Here鈥檚 what they said 鈥�     On this food issue, RFK Jr., the industry and nutritionists agree 鈥�   VIOLENCE Vanishing Care for Congo鈥檚 Sexual Assault Victims   Sexual violence survivors in the DRC have long struggled to access care鈥攎uch less legal recourse.     Now, even the basic resources for victims are disappearing: 

• As Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 solidifies control in the eastern part of the DRC, camps have been dismantled and clinics and aid have been shut down. 

• And as USAID-funded medical care is terminated, victims increasingly have nowhere to turn.  

Rape remains pervasive in the region. Perpetrators are from all groups involved in the region鈥檚 long-running conflict鈥攁nd very few face any kind of justice.  

• Adding to the crisis: Aid groups say attacks are growing more common against children. 

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES ROAD SAFETY The U.S.-Canada Crash Gap    Canada and the U.S. are both car-dependent countries. But the two have increasingly divergent road safety records, with car crash deaths far more common in the U.S. than in Canada.     By the numbers: U.S. road deaths rose 18% from 2010 to 2020, while Canada鈥檚 fell 22%, despite faster population growth in Canada, by U.S. and Canadian researchers.     Why? For starters, Canadians drive less due to denser cities and more public transit.  

• But that doesn鈥檛 account for the whole picture, since the U.S. sees more deaths per mile driven, especially involving pedestrians and cyclists. 

Other factors: Canada enforces stricter DUI laws, has widely deployed speed cameras, and limits truck speeds鈥攁ll measures less common in the U.S.      CHILD MORTALITY The Lifesaving Power of Cash    Researchers have identified a powerful tool to help reduce infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries: cash.     Dramatic outcomes: Giving $1,000 in no-strings-attached cash to 10,000 low-income families reduced infant mortality by 48%, and deaths of children under five by 45%, 鈥攁 figure on par with health interventions like anti-malarials and vaccines.     Cash = access: Researchers say the intervention鈥檚 effects played an especially critical role in reducing deaths during birth and in the few weeks after, improving access to hospital births and antenatal care.      OPPORTUNITY QUICK HITS Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital 鈥�  
Mississippi Declares a Public Health Emergency Over Infant Deaths - Time Magazine 鈥�     Climate Change Likely to Expand the Range of an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries 鈥�     Cities Move Away From Strategies That Make Drug Use Safer 鈥�     Using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children鈥檚 autism and ADHD risk 鈥�     Common painkillers like Advil and Tylenol supercharge antibiotic resistance 鈥�     Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news 鈥�     AI-generated scientific hypotheses lag human ones when put to the test 鈥�   Issue No. 2777
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96 Global Health NOW: Gaza鈥檚 Cascading Infections Crisis; An Invisible Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa; and How Alpha-gal Is Altering Diets August 25, 2025 Palestinians injured by Israeli fire while waiting for food aid in Rafah receive medical treatment at Nasser Hospital. Khan Yunis, Gaza, August 20. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Gaza鈥檚 Cascading Infections Crisis
Severe bacterial infections are surging at Gaza health facilities as doctors face an influx of patients amid dire shortages of basic medical, sanitation, and food supplies, .   
Resistance rampant: As people with traumatic injuries wait for care at Gaza鈥檚 overwhelmed Nasser Medical Complex, doctors report that 50鈥�60% of patients develop post-surgery infections.  

• And found that nearly half of 1,300 patients at Al-Ahli hospital had infections resistant to multiple antibiotics between Nov. 2023 and Aug. 2024鈥攏umbers believed to have worsened since. 

鈥楩lying blind鈥�: With no lab testing and basic supplies exhausted, physicians say they are unable to identify bacteria or choose effective treatments.  

• Overcrowding has created ideal conditions for cross-infection, and wounds have been infested with flies and maggots as even last-resort anti-infection remedies like vinegar run out. 

Famine declared: The spiraling crisis has been compounded by hunger, as famine has been officially confirmed in Gaza City, 鈥攁nd is projected to spread amid conditions 鈥渃haracterized by starvation, destitution and death,鈥� .     The Quote: 鈥淎s this Famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed. 鈥� The time for debate and hesitation has passed, starvation is present and is rapidly spreading,鈥� the report states.    Related:     Famine in Gaza: 鈥楢 failure of humanity itself鈥�, says UN chief 鈥�       International hunger watchdog faces political attacks over Gaza famine reports 鈥�      Famine is declared in Gaza: What does it take to make this pronouncement? 鈥�     Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners

 

Somalia recorded 1,600+ diphtheria cases in 2025, including 87 deaths鈥攁 near doubling of its 838 cases in 2024, which saw 56 deaths; health officials attribute the rise to the unavailability of vaccines and closure of health clinics amid international funding cuts by the U.S. and others.      Burkina Faso鈥檚 junta expelled the country鈥檚 top UN representative, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, last week over a  in the country, including killings, kidnappings, and the recruitment of child soldiers between July 2002 and June 2024.  

U.S. gun injury hospitalizations are up to 20X more likely for children living in disadvantaged neighborhoods than for children in the wealthiest areas,  examining hospital discharge and Childhood Opportunity Index data from Maryland, Wisconsin, New York, and Florida.  

Poor countries pay more for essential drugs and have less availability of those drugs than wealthier countries鈥攅ven after adjusting for purchasing power, of 87 high-, middle-, and low-income countries led by Brown University.   U.S. and Global Health Policy News South Africa鈥檚 most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts 鈥�     RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted 鈥� the journal said no 鈥�     Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team 鈥�     Trump's widening war on gender-affirming care 鈥�     Trump鈥檚 global health cuts upend CDC鈥檚 malaria work 鈥�   DATA POINT

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People screened for disease at Chinese ports over the last five years; Chinese customs officials reportedly detected 180,000+ cases of unspecified infectious disease as the country maintains its strict COVID-era entry protocols. 鈥� CANCER An Invisible Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa     mortality rates appear low in sub-Saharan Africa鈥攂ut that itself is a red flag, experts warn. In reality, the world鈥檚 most deadly cancer is severely undercounted and misdiagnosed there.鈥�    Why? Experts point to a range of reasons, including:鈥� 

• Lack of screening 

• Misdiagnoses of tuberculosis鈥� 

• Lack of global health funding for NCDs 

The undercounting creates a catch-22, say doctors: Systemic undercounting yields inaccurate data that allows governments to ignore the disease. If the disease is not seen as a crisis, it will not be given resources to improve screening and treatment. But resources are needed to prove it is a crisis.    The reality: , especially as smoking rates skyrocket across sub-Saharan Africa.鈥�        Related: Help is growing for the heavy emotional toll cancer takes on young men 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES TICKBORNE DISEASES How Alpha-gal Is Altering Diets  

 

The rise of lone star ticks on Martha鈥檚 Vineyard has led to a major rise in food allergies鈥攁nd is providing a preview of how the rise of tickborne diseases may alter future eating habits.    Rising cases: Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to meat and dairy caused by lone star tick bites, is rapidly increasing on Martha鈥檚 Vineyard. 

• In 2023, the local hospital logged 523 positive cases out of 1,254 tests in 2023鈥攗p from just two in 2020. 

Shifting cuisine: The allergy is pushing many in the foodie-famed community toward plant-based diets, with markets and restaurants increasingly offering 鈥渁lpha-gal friendly鈥� fare.  
   OPPORTUNITY The seventh International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) will be held , at the , with pre-conferences, side events, and site visits starting November 1.

• ICFP 2025 will unite leaders, advocates, and innovators from across the sexual and reproductive health and rights community to exchange ideas, forge partnerships, and drive progress toward achieving and safeguarding SRHR for all.


• Save with early bird registration rates through September 4, 2025!

QUICK HITS Afghanistan's Fragile Health System Buckles Under Surge Of Deportees From Iran And Pakistan 鈥�  
The loneliest continent: epidemic of social isolation hits Africans as western culture spreads 鈥�   Measles Takes Root in Mexico 鈥�  
Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal: WHO 鈥�  

Photos: The perilous lives of miners in South Africa's abandoned mines 鈥�  
A California Resident Tests Positive for Plague. What to Know About the Disease 鈥�  
DNDi wins prestigious Japan prize for medical services 鈥�  
The potential key to upgrading toothpaste? Sheep鈥檚 wool and human hair 鈥�   Issue No. 2776
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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Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers鈥� health and livelihoods, the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday.

How severely a person experiences tinnitus is shaped by their mood, sleep quality and even personality traits, a new study has found.

Tinnitus is a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears that affects roughly 14 per cent of adults worldwide. It is known to be linked to hearing loss and to affect people differently.

In order to gain a better understanding of impacts on individuals, 黑料网 researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, developed a predictive model.