March 26, 2025
(New York Times) – A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs. The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped … Read More
March 25, 2025
(ProPublica) – It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research. The National Institutes of Health … Read More
March 21, 2025
(Texas Tribune) – Public health experts say Texas needs better messaging on vaccinations and quarantining and more people conducting contact tracing to contain the spread. Based on the rapid spread of cases statewide — more than 200 over 50 days … Read More
March 20, 2025
(CBS News) – The United States this year fell to its lowest-ever place on the World Happiness Report, an annual survey published on International Day of Happiness. The 2025 report highlights the positive effects benevolence and social connections have on people’s … Read More
March 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The U.S. is making progress against one of its most devastating public-health threats: drug overdoses. Over the 12 months ended in October 2024, the country saw a 25% decline in overdose deaths compared with the same … Read More
March 20, 2025
(Men’s Health) – Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic first swept across the planet, as many as 20 million Americans and at least 400 million people worldwide currently suffer from long COVID, a debilitating condition that still has no approved … Read More
March 19, 2025
(Associated Press) – Texas state health officials said Tuesday there were 20 new cases of measles since last week, bringing the total to 279 across 11 counties — most in West Texas. Two more people were hospitalized, for a total … Read More
March 18, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Kratom, which originates from the leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia, is also touted for helping relieve pain and opioid withdrawal symptoms. But it can have wide-ranging mental and bodily effects, according to the … Read More
March 18, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – By 2050, there will be an estimated 25.2 million people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide, a 112 percent increase from 2021, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ. The World Health Organization … Read More
March 17, 2025
(New York Times) – As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided. Others saved millions of lives. Perhaps the biggest lesson learned, several experts said, is that recommendations during any … Read More
March 14, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Measles isn’t just making a comeback in the United States. In a report out this week, the World Health Organization found that cases of the vaccine-preventable disease surged in Europe and Central Asia last year, reaching the highest … Read More
March 14, 2025
(CBS News) – In the past year, over 135 million passengers traveled to the U.S. from other countries. To infectious disease experts, that represents 135 million chances for an outbreak to begin. To identify and stop the next potential pandemic, … Read More
March 14, 2025
(The Guardian) – Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts As the United Nations and other agencies try to understand just how badly President Donald Trump’s announced 83% … Read More
March 13, 2025
(Axios) – As teen tobacco use experiences historic declines, new evidence suggests vaping is giving kids the same level of nicotine exposure. Why it matters: The findings could undercut arguments that vaping and e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes … Read More
March 13, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 12, 2025
(Undark) – In a provocative new book, political scientists Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee call for a pandemic reckoning. In their forthcoming book, “In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us,” they argue that many pandemic-era policies were not grounded … Read More
March 12, 2025
(The Guardian) – At least a dozen US states – from traditionally conservative Oklahoma to liberal-leaning New York – are rushing to pass laws outlawing commonly used dyes and other chemical additives in foods, citing a need to protect public … Read More
March 12, 2025
(Gizmodo) – The surging measles outbreak, which has already sickened hundreds and hospitalized dozens in Texas and New Mexico, will get worse before it gets better. In a recent alert sent to health care providers, the Centers for Disease Control … Read More
March 12, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 12, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 11, 2025
(Vox) – While precipitation in some regions is still unnaturally acidic, on the whole, acid rain is largely a problem of the past and a major environmental success story. Now, however, there’s another problem with our rain — and it’s … Read More
March 11, 2025
(MedPage Today) – It’s much more than just dexamethasone works, hydroxychloroquine doesn’t Four early clinical trial efforts — two in the U.K. and two in the U.S. — are regarded by infectious disease experts as the most important for delivering … Read More
March 11, 2025
(NPR) – The deadliest phase of the street fentanyl crisis appears to have ended, as drug deaths continue to drop at an unprecedented pace. For the first time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have now seen at … Read More
March 11, 2025
(New York Times) – The question has generated controversy among scientists. Here’s what we know. Over the last decade or so, research has revealed a clear pattern: People tend to overeat ultraprocessed foods. This could be one reason they’re linked … Read More
March 10, 2025
(The Walrus) – We saw, first hand, how mass trauma rattles a tight-knit community—and we wondered what U of T owed Mathew. What did it owe Lodaya, Mixemong, and Qu? What did it owe the students who congregated outside the … Read More
