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Beirut, Lebanon," src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/ba984863-8a46-6138-984b-8eb417892fde.png" width="564" style="max-width: 800px;border-radius: 0%;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;" class="mcnImage"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px;line-height: 125%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;" width="564"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">A flock of birds flies over a cloud of smog. Beirut, Lebanon, August 14. <em>Joseph EID/AFP via Getty</em></span></span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">Cancer Besieges Lebanon</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Beirut is often shrouded in smog pumped out by unregulated vehicles and diesel generators. Cigarette smoke </span>permeates public places.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">The toxic air and smok</span>e have contributed to a staggering cancer crisis in Lebanon, <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01635-6/abstract" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">finds the global cancer survey published in The Lancet</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, which analyzes the cancer burden worldwide from 1990</span> to 2023 and forecasts the cancer burden up to 2050.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">The survey projects that cancer cases and deaths will rise worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries. But Lebanon’s crisis is particularly acute, </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/10/22/g-s1-94470/cancer-rates-deaths-lebanon" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">reports NPR Goats and Soda</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="27" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">The country </span>has the fastest increase in cancer incidence and deaths worldwide, with new cancer cases up 162% and deaths by 80% over the period covered in the survey.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Systemic inaction:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong> </strong>Lebanon has no anti-smoking or health education campaigns. And few people seek out available screening tools due to low awareness. </span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="28" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">“Cancer is killing</span> … Why have you been waiting so long to take action?” study coauthor Ali Mokdad asked of the Lebanese government.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Meanwhile, a rise of several cancers</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> in adults of all ages worldwide could be driven by obesity, finds a separate global cancer study published in the </span><a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-02718" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Annals of Internal Medicine</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, which recorded an uptick in cancer incidence rates from 2003</span> to 2017, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/118049" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">per MedPage Today</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Related: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Of Corn and Cancer: Iowa’s Deadly Water Crisis – </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/201118/corn-cancer-iowa-deadly-water-crisis" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The New Republic</span></span></a>&nbsp;<em>Thanks for the tip, Cecilia Meisner!</em></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: 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normal;text-align: left;">One-Liners</h2> <section> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p paraeid="{091f27e1-3010-4f06-b962-99fd5c577a6d}{100}" paraid="112631249" xml:lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"><strong>1,600+ measles cases </strong>in the U.S. have been reported this year, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">CDC data show</a>, as an <a href="https://dph.sc.gov/news/tuesday-measles-update-dph-increases-measles-case-count-four-23-total-2025-20-now-related" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">outbreak in upstate South Carolina</a> linked to two schools with low vaccination rates expands to 20 cases. <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-cases-top-1600-south-carolina-outbreak-grows" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">CIDRAP</a><br> <br> <strong>Major methane leak alerts </strong>from the world’s oil and gas sectors are often ignored by companies and governments, despite improved satellite detection from the UN Environment Programme, <a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/better-data-driving-action-methane-emissions-more-work-needed" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">finds a new report from the agency</a>, which determined that just 12% of alerts lead to responsive action. <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166158" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">UN News</a><br> <br> <strong>Pregnant detainees in ICE facilities</strong> in Louisiana and Georgia are not receiving adequate care, says the ACLU, which called on U.S. officials to release expectant and postpartum mothers from federal detention facilities. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ice-pregnant-detainees-aclu-811f9f6b10ef42cc51c7c7d154046a30" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: 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href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-10/enter-untold-global-health-stories-2026-contest" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img alt="Boatmen sleep inside colorful mosquito nets on their boats on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh., " src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/cb9f9040-7ea0-0014-c295-53413a69ffaf.jpg" width="564" style="max-width: 800px;border-radius: 0%;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;" class="mcnImage"> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px;line-height: 125%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;" width="564"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">Boatmen sleep inside mosquito nets on their boats on the Buriganga River. Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 24. <em>Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty</em></span></span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E8F2FB;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;font-size: 16px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;">Send in Your&nbsp;Untold&nbsp;Stories&nbsp;</h1> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="none"><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-10/enter-untold-global-health-stories-2026-contest" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">The&nbsp;</a></span><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-10/enter-untold-global-health-stories-2026-contest" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Untold&nbsp;Global Health&nbsp;Stories Contest of 2026</span></span></a><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-10/enter-untold-global-health-stories-2026-contest" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="auto"> has launched</span></a><span data-contrast="none">! A joint effort between GHN and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, this annual contest is your chance to spotlight&nbsp;</span>an underreported issue that you care about.&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="·" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="30" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">Nominate an issue you feel deserves a broader audience, whether </span>you’ve worked on it firsthand or come across it in your travels.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="·" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="30" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">If you win,&nbsp;</span>we'll send a reporter to cover your story and help it get the spotlight it deserves.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Pro </span>tip for Professors:</strong>&nbsp;<span data-contrast="none">Having students write a short (50-word max) pitch makes a great assignment. Students have won in some of our previous years!</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Looking for inspiration?</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;Check out some of our&nbsp;</span><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/topics/untold-stories" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">stories&nbsp;from past winners</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, including </span><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-06/mystery-chronic-mountain-sickness-andes" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Mystery of Chronic Mountain Sickness in the Andes</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, reported by Lucien Chauvin, and </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalhealthnow.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Deb20503b111da8623142751ea%26id%3Df740a57111%26e%3D01f929c086&data=05%7C02%7Cdkerecm1%40jhu.edu%7C5cddfa1436d045f9b59808dbfd7b8303%7C9fa4f438b1e6473b803f86f8aedf0dec%7C0%7C0%7C638382479145851697%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GwNpYIroVkt1wyYCfLrKyPKj4KloegdjkSEMU9jFYik%3D&reserved=0" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Blazing Injustice: The Hidden Crisis of Burn Injuries in Nepal</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, covered by Joanne&nbsp;</span>Silberner.&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none"><span style="color:#FF0000">Deadline: November 24, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EST</span></span></li> <li style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://globalhealthnow.org/2025-10/enter-untold-global-health-stories-2026-contest" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Learn more about the contest</span></span></a>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> 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class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">When a Menstrual Cycle Brings Mental Chaos</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Millions of people worldwide experience premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) marked by extreme mood changes, irritability, and thoughts of </span>self harm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="23" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1442767/full" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">A 2024 study</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> of ~3,600 women with PMDD found that 82% had suicidal thoughts </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/1442767/fpsyt-15-1442767-HTML/image_m/fpsyt-15-1442767-t003.jpg" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">before their periods</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, and 25% had tried to end their lives </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/1442767/fpsyt-15-1442767-HTML/image_m/fpsyt-15-1442767-t004.jpg" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">during a “PMDD crisis.”</span></span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Despite symptoms that typically impair a person’s daily life, diagnosis is inconsistent</span>. Clinicians often debate whether PMDD falls under gynecology or psychiatry.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="24" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">By </span><a href="https://www.iapmd.org/facts-figures" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">one estimate</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, 90% of women with PMDD are mistakenly thought to have another condition.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Treatment options vary widely</strong>—from hormonal contraceptives, </span><a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001396.pub4/full" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">SSRIs</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, and therapy to drug-induced menopause or surgical removal of reproductive organs.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Despite the high burden, PMDD research and funding </span>lag behind comparable women’s health conditions.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><a href="https://undark.org/2025/10/22/pmdd-struggle-for-care/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Undark</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td 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style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageBlockInner"> <table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/world/europe/in-this-pageant-the-ugliest-face-wins.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU8.hwnh.ljFLRlcCHJqj&smid=url-share" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img align="middle" alt="Ryan Barton, winner in the men’s division of 2025’s World Gurning Championships in Egremont, England." src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/ab36085c-312b-2dbd-6e13-f6403a63ade2.png" width="564" style="max-width: 600px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" class="mcnImage"> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">A Jaw-Dropping Face-Off</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Like all elite athletes, competitors </span>in the World Gurning Championships all seek the optimal physique: A flexible forehead with extremely muscular eyebrows. A lower lip that can stretch over the nose. And a bug-eyed stare befitting a Halloween mask.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">After all, a win hinges on “the grotesqueness of the grimace” contenders make onstage, per the official rules of this centuries-old “reverse beauty pageant”— a fixture of the annual Egremont Crab Fair in Egremont, England, </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/world/europe/in-this-pageant-the-ugliest-face-wins.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU8.hwnh.ljFLRlcCHJqj&smid=url-share" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">reports The New York Times (gift link)</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="25" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">“</span>Gurning” is another word for making the kind of face your mother warns “will freeze like that”; the sort of grimace people make when they bite into the sour crab apples for which <a href="https://www.egremontcrabfair.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">the quintessentially British festival</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> is named.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">The rules:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong> </strong>Competitors contort their faces while framed with a horse collar called a “</span>baffin.” Per the official rules, no hands or excessive makeup may be used; however, “thrashing around onstage and making wild, animal-like noises” is acceptable. To an extent:&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="26" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">“You've got to make people laugh without scaring the children,” organizer Lesley Rogers told </span><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/where-ugliest-face-wins-inside-britains-bizarre-beloved-world-gurning-championships-1747626" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">the International Business Times UK</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" 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#000000;font-size: 16px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;line-height: 150%;"> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="auto">Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers urge Starmer not to cut support for Global Fund – </span><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/nhs-workers-urge-starmer-not-to-cut-support-for-global-fund/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Telegraph</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto">'An urgent public health crisis': Why so many people are struggling to get medicine – </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251021-why-youre-having-trouble-getting-your-meds" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">BBC</span></span></a> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto">How Did Dengue Go Global? This Mosquito Species Might </span>be to Blame. – <a href="https://www.georgetown.edu/news/how-did-dengue-mosquitoes-go-global/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Georgetown University</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto">Nicholas Kristof: </span>Opinion: Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires – <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/opinion/trump-aid-argentina.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU8.a-GI.d8l7-edVAj7t&smid=url-share" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The 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href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251022/Updated-CPR-guidelines-provide-expanded-recommendations-for-managing-choking-and-opioid-overdose.aspx" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">News Medical</span></span></a> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto">Why Women Feel Unsafe in Nature: The Gender Gap in Green Spaces –</span>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.isglobal.org/en/healthisglobal/-/custom-blog-portlet/why-women-feel-unsafe-in-nature-the-gender-gap-in-greenspaces" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">ISGlobal – Barcelona Institute for Global Health </a></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> 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alt="Plastic crates full of freshly bottled raw milk fill an open truck bed at the Lolans Farm stand in Middleborough, Massachusetts." src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/c942948c-fecc-8113-265f-c8e66e70fc3d.jpg" width="564" style="max-width: 800px;border-radius: 0%;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;" class="mcnImage"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px;line-height: 125%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;" width="564"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">Crates of freshly bottled raw milk at the Lolans Farm stand. 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<div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">A wave of </span>legislation aiming to weaken or roll back public health protections has been introduced in U.S. states this year, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fluoride-kennedy-trump-science-antiscience-legislation-73af8e65f407331e8f31b2909812a004" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">finds a new AP investigation</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">, which </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-health-kennedy-trump-science-antiscience-legislation-65e562791bb4a72b82406cf6e980b715" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">tracked the introduction</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> of 420+ bills, and found that ~30 such bills have already been adopted in 12 states.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Most of the laws focus on three categories—vaccines, raw milk, and water fluoridation—and cover a range of directives, including:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="4" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Anti-vaccine bills:</strong> </span><span data-contrast="none">Make it easier to </span>get vaccine exemptions; prohibit vaccine requirements; place more restrictions on certain vaccines or programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="3" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Raw milk:&nbsp;</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Remove restrictions&nbsp;</span>on raw milk sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="2" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Fluoride:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> Ban fluoride in drinking water or make fluoridation a ballot measure.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Organized effort:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong> </strong>While campaigns behind such legislation typically frame themselves as grassroots, </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/maha-supplements-wellness-rfk-jr-vaccine-raw-milk-dc8ecf998ef3835adbf32fc88c14af07" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">more AP reporting</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> found that most are backed by well-funded national organizations tied to HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and include members benefiting politically and financially.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Conspiracy-to-policy pipeline</span>:</strong><span data-contrast="none"> The trend signals the normalization of an anti-vaccine movement that has already led to falling vaccination</span> rates and the comeback of preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="1" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">“The march of conspiracy thinking from the margins to the mainstream now guiding public policy should be a wake-up call for all Americans,” said Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 125%;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageBlockInner"> <table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/immigrant-scientist-u-s-travel-bans-and-visa-uncertainty-are-taking-toll?utm_campaign=Science+Magazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=bluesky" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img align="middle" alt="A screenshot of a Bluesky social post from @science.org. The text reads “I kept asking myself whether choosing a career in science, so far from home, had been the right decision. I felt a little like the species I study … the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that threatens U.S. ecosystems. I, too, was unwelcome and out of place.&quot; The image is an illustration of a woman standing behind the U.S. flag, with text: As an immigrant scientist in the U.S., travel bans and visa uncertainty are taking a toll. 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normal;text-align: left;">One-Liners</h2> &nbsp; <section> <div> <div> <div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">DRC</span>’s cholera outbreak</strong><span data-contrast="auto"><strong> </strong>has spread to</span> 20 of the country’s 26 provinces, with 58,000+ suspected cases and 1,700+ deaths so far this year, Médecins Sans Frontières reports; separately, the UN issued a warning that incidents of rape and conflict-related sexual violence in the country have surged by a third compared to last year. <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/democratic-republic-congo-cholera-epidemic-rapidly-spreading-across-country" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">MSF</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">; </span><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166150" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">UN News</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto"><strong>Ambulances supplied to Malawi </strong></span><span data-contrast="auto">by the UK Aid Match Maternal Health program </span>from 2015 to 2018 were sold off to fund repairs for officials’ cars, drawing outrage from locals and civil society groups; one official defended the move, claiming that the vehicles “were faulty and would be costly to fix.” <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/uk-supplied-ambulances-sold-off-to-fund-repairs-for-cars/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Telegraph</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <strong><span data-contrast="none">A </span>hepatitis A outbreak </strong>in the Czech Republic<span data-contrast="none"> is among the worst the country has seen in decades, with 21 deaths and 1,842 cases recorded earlier this month; centered in Prague, </span>the outbreak has begun to spread to other regions. <a href="https://english.radio.cz/czechia-battles-worst-hepatitis-a-outbreak-decades-8866473" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Radio Prague International</span></span></a>&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Men who use plastic tableware</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> have</span> a higher accumulation of microplastics in their semen and lower sperm counts, <a href="https://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-025-03747-7" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">finds a study published in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> that studied </span><span data-contrast="none">samples from ~200 men of reproductive age in Chongqing, China</span><span data-contrast="none">. </span><a href="https://www.ehn.org/microplastics-semen-plastic-tableware" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Environmental Health News</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> 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#000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;line-height: 150%;"> <h3 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 20px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;">U.S. and Global Health Policy News</h3> <hr> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">The Pentagon Retreats from Climate Fight as Heat and Storms Slam Troops – </span><a href="https://inkstickmedia.com/the-pentagon-retreats-from-climate-fight-as-heat-and-storms-slam-troops/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Inkstick</span></span></a>&nbsp;<br> <br> <span data-contrast="none">It’s</span> been a month. And we still don’t know much about Kennedy’s long COVID consortium – <a href="https://thesicktimes.org/2025/10/21/its-been-a-month-and-we-still-dont-know-much-about-kennedys-long-covid-consortium/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Sick Times</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Government shutdown means many CDC experts are skipping a pivotal meeting on infectious disease – </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/infectious-diseases-cdc-atlanta-11c4f864368f8e5aa3782ed6d06bbf0b" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">AP</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">The Deceptive Phrase Behind Trump’s Medicaid Purge – </span><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/medicaid-rfkjr-able-bodied-keyword-mother-tongue/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Mother Jones</span></span></a></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">INFANT MORTALITY</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">Mass Azithromycin Trial Has No Impact on Infant Deaths</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">A major trial in Mali that aimed to help reduce infant mortality through mass antibiotic distribution had no impact on </span>infant death rates, <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2504644" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">finds a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">—findings </span>that could change WHO-recommended intervention tactics.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Background: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">After a 2018 trial showed that administering the commonly used antibiotic azithromycin 2X</span> per year reduced deaths in 1–5-year-olds, the WHO recommended the intervention for infants.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">The study</span>: </strong><span data-contrast="none">149,000+ infants age</span>s 1–11 months received either a placebo every three months, or azithromycin, distributed 2X or 4X per year.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="7" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">M</span>ortality rates were nearly identical across all groups.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Implications:</strong> </span><span data-contrast="none">Researchers suggest that broader age groups may need to be targeted to see a benefit—though that could raise antibiotic resistance risks.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/randomized-trial-mali-finds-mass-azithromycin-distribution-doesnt-reduce" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">CIDRAP</span></span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Related: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">‘I fear we are sitting on a time bomb.’ Scientists debate mass distribution of antibiotics in Africa – </span><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/i-fear-we-are-sitting-time-bomb-scientists-debate-mass-distribution-antibiotics-africa" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Science</span></span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageBlockInner"> <table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/cdc-mmwr-alternative-new-report-announced-by-nejm-cidrap/" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img align="middle" alt="A screenshot of a Bluesky social post from @caulfieldtim.bsky.social. The text reads sad and deeply frustrating that this is needed, but it is needed! Science-informed voices must step up! N E J M and public health group are launching rival to C D C’s M M W R publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com. The image shows a hand holding a phone with the logo of The New England Journal of Medicine on displayed on screen, in front of a laptop screen showing the journals' site. Links to an article in STAT." src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/4a25fea2-6488-1e6e-def0-bc7a68821d3f.png" width="564" style="max-width: 938px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" class="mcnImage"> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">MALNUTRITION</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">The Growing Impact of a ‘Gut-Healing’ Food</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">A food supplement for undernourished children that also </span>seeks to repair the gut microbiome is gaining recognition after <a href="https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/?filters=social-impact" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">being named one of the Best Inventions of 2025 by </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">T</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">IME</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"> Magazine</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Feeding the body—and bacteria</span>:</strong><span data-contrast="none"> Severe childhood malnutrition can lead to the maldevelopment of digestive bacteria critical for growth and immunity.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="6" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">The new food formulation</span>, dubbed MDCF-2 (microbiome-directed complementary food), blends chickpea, soybean, and peanut flours with green banana into an affordable combination that nourishes this microbiome.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="5" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">The therapeutic food was the result of a collaboration between researchers studying malnutrition at the </span>International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh <span data-contrast="none">(</span>icddr,b) <span data-contrast="none">and those studying the gut microbiome at Washington University in St. Louis.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Global reach:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> Studies of MDCF-2 are currently underway in India, Mali, Pakistan, and Tanzania.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bangladeshs-gut-healing-food-among-times-best-inventions-2025-4006321?fbclid=IwZnRzaANVothleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlWAYQxWR-F7jZ6fvyHjewLE4M7N9-byCdp3XxaVUBGYNYhAcYrCxYQHnu7I_aem_235VUaJhJOGx7eoucthJxw" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Daily Star</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> 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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img alt="Community Reporters from ICFP and the Family Planning News Network (FPNN) interview Indigenous activists in Riohacha, Colombia" src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/67651d85-fd21-82fe-91a3-c1b5a7089b69.png" width="564" style="max-width: 600px;border-radius: 0%;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;" class="mcnImage"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px;line-height: 125%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;" width="564"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#666666">Community Reporters from ICFP and the Family Planning News Network (FPNN) interview Indigenous activists in Riohacha, Colombia, in August 2025. <em>Courtesy of ICFP </em></span></span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="auto">It’s</span> Not Too Late to Register for ICFP&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;"> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">The fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights is happening now—and you can be part of it.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Join the International Conference on Family Planning 2025</strong> </span><span data-contrast="none">virtually</span><span data-contrast="none"> to</span> connect with advocates, learn from global leaders, and add your voice to a movement shaping the future of health and equity worldwide.&nbsp;</div> <ul> <li style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">November 1</span>–6, 2025</li> <li style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://theicfp.org/join-virtually" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span 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sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">QUICK HITS</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E8F2FB;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #000000;font-size: 16px;font-weight: normal;text-align: left;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;line-height: 150%;"> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="auto">Dangerous or </span>life-saving? Why drug programs that stop disease are under fire. – <a href="https://wapo.st/4hrw0tg" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Washington Post (gift link)</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">More Europeans are dying from HIV now than 15 years ago – </span><a href="https://www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-2025/more-europeans-are-dying-hiv-now-15-years-ago" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">aidsmap</span></span></a> &nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <span data-contrast="auto">Eight countries added to methanol poisoning warning list – </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33p7vvyp2zo" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">BBC</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="auto">WHO warns $1.7bn funding shortfall threatens polio eradication efforts </span>– <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/21/who-warns-1-7bn-funding-shortfall-threatens-polio-eradication-efforts" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Al Jazeera</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">More people are freezing their eggs — but most will never use them – </span><a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/17/new-study-ivf-egg-freezing-ucla/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Rewire News Group</span></span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">How </span>one Michigan town is putting partisanship aside in pursuit of clean water – <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1021/michigan-water-lead-pipes-cooperation" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Christian Science Monitor</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Bird flu hiding in cheese? 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babies while waiting to have them vaccinated against malaria at the launch of a vaccination campaign for children from zero to 23 months. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, July 15, 2024. <em>Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty</em></span></span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">High Costs of Malaria Funding Cuts</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Draconian cuts to malaria prevention programs could </span>translate to 990,000 more deaths in the next five years, <a href="https://malarianomore.org.uk/sites/default/files/Price%20Of%20Retreat%20Report%20-%20Zero%20Malaria.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">according to n</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">ew estimates</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;by the&nbsp;African Leaders Malaria Alliance and Malaria No More UK</span>.&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="31" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="auto">Even a 20% reduction in support to the Global Fund in its upcoming replenishment could lead to&nbsp;</span>33 million more cases and 82,000 more deaths by 2030.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="31" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="auto">Beyond lives lost, that Global Fund shortfall would mean a </span>$5.14 billion hit to Africa’s GDP by 2030.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="·" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="29" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="auto">Malaria currently kills ~</span><span data-contrast="none">600,000 people</span>—mostly children under five—every year.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Fundraising in doubt:</span>&nbsp;</strong></div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="32" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="auto">The Global Fund, which delivers </span>nearly two-thirds of all international funds for fighting malaria,&nbsp;<span data-contrast="none">convenes</span> its supporters on November 21. It aims to raise $18 billion in the next three years,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/malaria-aid-cuts-global-fund-b2848584.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Independent reports</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="32" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">Germany&nbsp;committed </span>$1 billion to the Global Fund&nbsp;<span data-contrast="auto">last week, but that amount is&nbsp;</span><a href="https://globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/gfan-2025-pledge-tracker/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">23% less</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none">&nbsp;than its </span>previous commitment, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/21/global-health-infectious-disease-aid-cuts-malaria-funding-cost-deaths-gdp-africa" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">according to T</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">he Guardian</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="·" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;·&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="30" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="auto">The UK is poised to make a similar funding reduction.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">The takeaway:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong>&nbsp;</strong>The report underscores both the human and economic impact of an era defined by wealthy </span>countries’ retreat from international commitments.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>The Quote:</strong>&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="none">“Cutting funding risks the deadliest resurgence we’ve ever seen,” warned</span> Malaria No More UK’s Gareth Jenkins, per The Guardian.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Related:&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</strong></div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Malaria resurgence could kill </span>750,000 children and wipe $83 billion from Africa's GDP by 2030, new report warns – <a href="https://africasciencenews.org/malaria-resurgence-could-kill-750000-children-and-wipe-83-billion-from-africas-gdp-by-2030-new-report-warns/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Africa Science News</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="auto">New Insights into Malaria Could Reshape Treatment – </span><a href="https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-insights-malaria-could-reshape-treatment" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Columbia University Irving Medical Center</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="auto">Innovation: The unique </span>programme protecting children against malaria – <a href="https://msf.org.uk/article/innovation-unique-programme-protecting-children-against-malaria" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Médecins Sans Frontières</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 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normal;text-align: left;">One-Liners</h2> &nbsp; <section> <div> <div> <div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">A groundbreaking retinal implant</span></strong><span data-contrast="none">—a tiny photovoltaic microchip</span>, thick as a human hair—allowed 27 out of 32 participants in <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2501396?" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">a Moorfields Eye Hospital, London-based study</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none"> to see well enough to read again, offering hope to people with an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qpz39jpj7o" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: 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data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Nature</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Cancer patients</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> who received an mRNA COVID vaccine within </span>100 days of beginning immunotherapy lived significantly longer than those who didn’t; research presented Sunday at the 2025 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Berlin&nbsp;suggests the vaccine may act like a “flare” to activate the immune system and boost cancer-fighting responses. <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251019120503.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">University of Florida via ScienceDaily</span></span></a>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Shingles vaccination </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">may reduce the risk of heart disease, dementia, and death in adults aged 50 and older, </span><a href="https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2025/shingles-vaccine-lowers-risk-of-dementia-major-cardiovascular-events/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">per a Case Western </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Reserve </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">University–led</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> matched cohort study presented at </span>IDWeek 2025 (not yet published); compared to the pneumococcal vaccine, shingles-vaccinated adults had a 50% lower risk of vascular dementia, 25% lower risk of heart attack or stroke, and 21% lower risk of death. <a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-flu-vaccines/shingles-vaccine-tied-significant-reductions-risk-dementia-heart-disease-and" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">CIDRAP</span></span></a> &nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 125%;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">DATA POINT</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #000000;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"> &nbsp; <div style="text-align: center;"><br> <br> <span style="font-size:50px"><strong>887 million</strong></span><br> <span style="font-size:50px"><strong><span style="color:#0C5EFF">———————</span></strong></span></div> <br> <span style="font-size:16px">People––nearly 80% of the world’s poor––who live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding, and other climate hazards. —<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166125 " target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><em>UN News</em></a></span><br> &nbsp; </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">DISASTER RESPONSE: AFGHANISTAN</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">Navigating Taliban Taboos to Care for Women&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">In the days following deadly earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan in August, aid agencies trying to help women were forced to navigate strict—and often contradictory—Taliban gender-based regulations.&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Women bear the brunt:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"><strong> </strong>The majority of the 2,200+ people who died were women and girls, who were more likely to sleep inside structures that collapsed.</span>&nbsp;</div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="23" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">Taliban restrictions prevented men from aiding many injured women, forcing the few female workers available to travel treacherous terrain with male guardians.</span>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul> <li aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-listid="24" role="listitem" style="clear: both;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span data-contrast="none">Women’s exclusion from medical schools also meant a diminished female health workforce to </span>assist in the crisis.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Seeking workarounds: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">The crisis has also exposed tensions between Taliban hardliners enforcing bans and pragmatic officials who urged international female aid workers to head to earthquake</span> zones to help women.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/10/14/g-s1-92863/afghanistan-taliban-earthquake-women-girls-rescue" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">NPR Goats and Soda</span></span></a> <div style="clear:both;"><br> <strong><span data-contrast="none">Related: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Let Afghan women </span>work: maternal health depends on it – <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01975-0/fulltext?rss=yes" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">The Lancet (commentary)</span></span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageBlockInner"> <table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <a href="https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/why-yellow-fever-demands-a-seat-at-cop30s-climate-negotiations" title="" class="" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <img align="middle" alt="A screenshot of a Bluesky social post from @datareport.bsky.social. The text reads Why Yellow Fever Demands a Seat at COP30's Climate Negotiations. The image shows a health agent preparing yellow-fever vaccines during a vaccination campaign, in Mairipora, Brazil, on January 10, 2018. Links to an article from Think Global Health." src="https://mcusercontent.com/eb20503b111da8623142751ea/images/f370706c-03c1-d41e-af86-a712ec433d57.png" width="564" style="max-width: 940px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" class="mcnImage"> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <![endif]--> <tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <td align="center" valign="top" "> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0D5EFF;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 18px;color: #FFFFFF;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;"> <h1 class="null" style="text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">HUMAN RIGHTS</span></h1> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <!--[if mso]> <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="padding: 0px 18px 9px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #000000;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;text-align: left;"> <h1 class="null" style="display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 100%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;"><span data-contrast="none">Iran’s Transgender Care Paradox&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</h1> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">Despite Iran’s widespread discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ people, the country is billing itself as a global destination for gender-affirming surgery—with medical tourism agencies offering low-cost operations and luxury stays in an advertising push that aims to generate ~</span>$7 billion annually.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none">But the promotion diminishes often-contradictory cultural attitudes toward trans and gay </span>rights and hides the grim reality of ongoing stigma, say advocates.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Background: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Iran is one of the few places in the Muslim world that </span>permits gender-affirming care, with religious leaders legalizing transition surgeries ~40 years ago as a legitimate medical need.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Abusive tool:</strong> </span><span data-contrast="none">But gay and gender-nonconforming people have also been coerced into unwanted procedures</span>, under threat of violence or the death penalty, to maintain strict gender binaries and suppress gay rights.&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/iran-transgender-surgery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.S2eV.26Yeb3bFi0jD&smid=url-share" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0d5eff;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span data-contrast="none"><span 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