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More than 6 in 10 Americans drink alcohol. But less than half of them know that they’re increasing their cancer risk while they’re doing it. Updating the U.S. alcohol health warning label—which hasn’t changed since 1989—could help to raise awareness. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-alcoh…

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Haiti has been elected to the WHO Executive Board for the first time, with the nation’s health minister saying the country would be a “committed voice” in shaping global health policy. haitiantimes.com/2025/06/04/hai…

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Women using weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are being urged to use “effective contraception” after 40 women have reported becoming pregnant while taking the medications, a U.K. regulatory agency warns. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

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Extended marriage and maternity leave will be offered in China's southwestern Sichuan province, as officials hope to create a “fertility-friendly society” in the face of flagging birth rates in China. reuters.com/business/healt…

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The new special issue of Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine documents the broad and emerging impacts of U.S. government funding cuts on a wide range of research and projects in the U.S. and abroad. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu

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Childhood measles vaccination rates fell in ~80% of U.S. counties after the COVID-19 pandemic, per a new study published in JAMA Network Open; the findings reflect trends seen at both state and national levels. apnews.com/article/measle…

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Families travelling abroad this summer on holiday or to visit relatives are being warned about the rise in measles cases in Europe and other regions. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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The food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than previously thought, peer-reviewed research shows, adding to growing evidence that unregulated nanoparticles used throughout the food system present an underestimated danger to consumers. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the abrupt withdrawal of USAID funds leaves thousands of displaced people in uncertainty. dw.com/en/aid-cuts-de…

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India has reported a sudden rise in COVID cases, starting from late May. Authorities said the number of active cases of the disease has surpassed 5,000. aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/6/…

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The technology that powered Covid vaccines may also lead scientists to a cure for H.I.V. Using mRNA, Australian researchers said they were able to trick the virus to come out of hiding, a crucial step in ridding the body of it entirely. nytimes.com/2025/06/05/hea…

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PEPFAR didn’t just deliver pills. It funded peer networks, girls’ clubs, and safe clinics for adolescent girls—who still account for 62% of all new HIV infections among youth in Africa. globalhealthnow.org/2025-05/those-…

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Nigeria’s finely tuned malaria prevention and treatment supply chain—made possible by U.S. foreign aid that has recently been eliminated or threatened—could soon begin to unravel. globalhealthnow.org/2025-05/mosqui…

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Soaring gold prices and plunging U.S. government funds are pushing Peru’s southeastern jungle into a public health crisis. globalhealthnow.org/2025-04/perus-…

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Some nations have already taken decisive steps to ban mercury amalgam. But in Zambia, progress has stalled despite the dangers. globalhealthnow.org/2025-06/zambia…

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Redad Global Health NOW 6.9.25: Sierra Leone’s Mpox Surge; Climate and Kidney Disease; and Standing Up to Stigma. mailchi.mp/ea772c215b97/g…

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HIV researchers have made a key breakthrough in their quest for a cure after finding a way to use mRNA to force the virus out of hiding inside white blood cells, per a study published in Nature Communications. theguardian.com/global-develop…

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Viral skincare routines aimed at teenagers on TikTok carry both dermatological and psychological risks and “offer little to no benefit,” finds a study in Pediatrics. newsweek.com/tiktok-teen-sk…

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U.S. mothers’ mental health worsened between 2016 and 2023 across all socioeconomic groups, finds a study in JAMA Internal Medicine that analyzed self-reported mental health ratings from some 198,000 mothers. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06…

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As global measles surveillance is threatened by U.S. funding cuts, philanthropies are trying to keep the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network, known as Gremlin, afloat. statnews.com/2025/06/09/tru…