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Survivors of sexual assault in largely rural and remote Northwestern Ontario face systemic barriers when seeking forensic care, according to a new study led by 黑料网 researchers.

As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on Friday highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the world.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

Society recognizes distinguished Canadians who have made remarkable contributions to their academic fields and public life

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, a global leader in brain imaging and systems neuroscience, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada, one of the nation鈥檚 highest academic honours.

96 Global Health NOW: The Rising Toll of PEPFAR鈥檚 Pause; The Philippines鈥� 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. September 4, 2025 A counsellor with the AIDS Support Organization talks to people during an HIV clinic day at TASO Mulago service center. Kampala, Uganda, February 17. Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty The Rising Toll of PEPFAR鈥檚 Pause    As HIV programs across Africa take stock of a mounting human toll from PEPFAR-related disruptions to care this year, advocates are demanding the release of already-approved and critically needed PEPFAR funds that have yet to be disbursed, .     Escalating impact: Abrupt interruptions to HIV/AIDS programs in Tanzania and Uganda this year have led to babies being born with HIV, increased life-threatening infections, drug shortages, and clinic closures, according to a new .     Fears of a 鈥榙ark future鈥�: The PHR report also found that public trust in domestic government, U.S. foreign aid, and HIV care has been undermined鈥攚ith interviewees expressing fears of a 鈥渄ark future鈥� of increased infections and fewer resources for care.     Frozen funds: While Congress ultimately exempted PEPFAR from widespread aid cuts, the Trump administration has of those funds, which will disappear when the fiscal year ends on September 30. 

• Activists rallied near the White House yesterday, protesting the freeze and demanding immediate release of the funds, .  

鈥淭hey are impounding those funds. That is not legal,鈥� said Atul Gawande, former assistant administrator for global health at USAID, who spoke at the protest.
Related: HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group 鈥� lessons from Kenya and South Africa 鈥�   GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   Climate change may shift the geographic distribution of India鈥檚 鈥淏ig Four鈥� venomous snakes鈥攃obra, krait, Russell鈥檚 viper, and saw-scaled viper鈥攊nto previously low-risk northern and northeastern states, led by researchers from India鈥檚 Dibru-Saikhowa Conservation Society and colleagues.  
A single shot of the antibiotic, benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is just as effective as the often-used 3-dose regimen in treating early stages of syphilis, ; authors say the findings could help simplify treatment at a time when BPG is in short supply globally, and syphilis rates are 鈥渁larmingly high.鈥�  
Treatment guidelines for tungiasis, a neglected tropical parasitic disease affecting millions globally, ; the disease, caused by sand fleas that burrow into the skin, especially affects children and older adults, causing severe pain and physical impairment.  
Dengue disease severity in humans is exacerbated by waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis vaccination, a phenomenon that particularly affects people in areas like Nepal, which has long had vaccination for Japanese encephalitis but is now dealing with increasing dengue, and which speaks to 鈥渢he complex nature of flavivirus immunity.鈥�   U.S. Vaccine Policy News F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots 鈥�   West Coast states band together to provide vaccine recommendation after RFK Jr. replaces CDC panel 鈥�     7 burning questions for RFK Jr. as he faces senators on CDC turmoil and more 鈥�     Can you get a COVID shot? Here鈥檚 your fall vaccine guide 鈥�     Trump "worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize" for COVID vaccines, Pfizer CEO says 鈥�   TEEN PREGNANCY The Philippines鈥� Sex Ed Debate     Pregnancies among adolescent girls, 10鈥�14, are on the rise in the Philippines, surging 38% since 2019. While the crisis is sparking national concern, the deeply Catholic nation is divided on solutions.     Education gap: Many teens in the Philippines report receiving little to no reproductive health education, even on key topics like consent and contraception.  

• Child and teen pregnancies in the country are among the highest in Asia, and abortion is illegal in all circumstances. 

Legislative clash: A bill to standardize comprehensive sex education and open access to sexual health services was introduced in 2022 but has long been stalled鈥攆iercely opposed by conservative and Catholic groups.  

• The latest version of the bill was refiled last month. 

  GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES CHAGAS Dormant Danger in California    ~100,000 Californians may be unknowingly infected with Chagas disease, a potentially fatal parasitic illness that can lie undetected for years before triggering severe cardiac problems, .  
  Insidious impact: Chagas is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi carried by bloodsucking insects called 鈥渒issing bugs.鈥� 

• While the disease has been reported in 30 U.S. states, it is most prevalent in California, where four species of the insect have been identified. 

• Researchers say confirmed cases are 鈥渏ust the tip of the iceberg,鈥� estimating ~300,000 people in the U.S. could have it.  

Push for public health interventions: That is why researchers are urging U.S. health agencies to recognize Chagas as endemic, detailed in .  

• Such a designation could increase surveillance and prevention efforts, . 

OPPORTUNITY Last Call for Early Bird Registration Rates for ICFP 2025!  Join fellow researchers, practitioners, and policymakers at the  in Bogota, Columbia, November 1鈥�6, to exchange groundbreaking insights, spark collaborations, and shape the future of the sexual and reproductive health rights field. 

• Early Bird registration ends TODAY, September 4

ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Pelting the Town Red  
Some people scold their children for fighting.     But back in 1945, when youths in Bu帽ol, Spain, began pummeling one another with tomatoes, it was summarily agreed: Let鈥檚 do this every year!     80 years later, they鈥檙e still at it.     Billed as the world鈥檚 largest annual food fight, the town鈥檚 Tomatina festival unites 120 tons of inedible, overripe tomatoes (custom grown for the event) with 20,000+ battle-ready punters.    There is one rule: to avoid injury, squish the tomato, then throw.    For one manic hour, red bullets rain over the skies of Bu帽ol, leaving competitors exhausted and 鈥渁nkles deep in this tomato puree,鈥� said Bu帽ol deputy mayor Sergio Galarza.    As if this wasn鈥檛 enough of a fever dream already 鈥� within hours of close of play, the streets are hosed down and 鈥渃leaner than before.鈥� Like nothing ever happened.       QUICK HITS Elham Al-Oqabi: In Yemen as in Gaza, bombs and starvation are stealing the lives of our children 鈥�     Finding strength amid sleepless nights: Ukraine鈥檚 hidden mental health toll 鈥�     The pregnancy risk almost no one knows about 鈥�     The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It? 鈥�     Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds 鈥�     Ko to serve as president of global infectious disease organization 鈥�     National Academies report outlines ways Trump administration could simplify research regulations 鈥�     Land mines and tuberculosis are no match for Tanzanian rats sniffing out danger and disease 鈥�   Issue No. 2782
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