What We’re Reading
From our January CONNECTIONS newsletter
On the Hunt for Climate Disease [Washington Post]
World Leaders to Meet to Discuss Threat of Hypothetical 'Disease X' Pandemic in Davos [The Independent]
The 4 Most Important Calls for Global Health Funds in 2024 [Devex]
Why the World Needs Its Own Immune System [New York Times]
Delivering on the Promise of AI to Improve Health Outcomes [White House]
US Verges on Vaccination Tipping Point, Faces Thousands of Needless Deaths: FDA [Ars Techina]
Climate Change's Hidden Mental Toll on Children [Think Global Health]
Health Care's Climate Footprint: Saving Lives Without Costing the Earth [Think Global Health]
US State Department Launches Hub to Support African Climate Innovators [Devex]
Evidence Grows of Air Pollution Link with Dementia & Stroke Risk [The Guardian]
Emissions from Israel's War in Gaza Have 'Immense' Effect on Climate Catastrophe [The Guardian]
Millions Infected with Dengue This Year in New Record as Hotter Temperatures Cause Virus to Flare [AP]
Whatever Happened to Zika? [The Atlantic]
New Foundation Is Ready to Help African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers [Devex]
Philadelphia Blames Measles Outbreak on People Declining Vaccines, Failing to Quarantine [The Hill]
Survivors of Disfiguring Condition Hail Addition to WHO Neglected Diseases List [The Guardian]
Nurse Shortage is a 'Global Health Emergency' – Yet Governments Fail to Invest in Staff Retention [Health Policy Watch]
To Prepare for the Next Pandemic, We Must Spend Now on TB & Other Major Diseases [Health Affairs]
Scientists Hail New Antibiotic That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria [The Guardian]
Inequality Is Fueling Drug Resistance Across the African Continent [Devex]
Over 1M Deaths Linked to Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa [News-Medical]
Closing the Women's Health Gap: A $1T Opportunity to Improve Lives & Economies [McKinsey Health Institute]
Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk [Scientific American]
Why These Global Health 'Failures' Changed the World [Devex]
Minority Children in US Get Poorer Healthcare, Analysis Finds [Reuters]
Could New Malaria Drug Give Babies a Better Chance of Survival? [The Guardian]
Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life? [The New Yorker]
Cigarette Butts: Toxic Threat & Tobacco Control Opportunity [Global Health NOW]
Global Mortality from Fungal Diseases Has Nearly Doubled [CIDRAP]
140M People Trapped in Humanitarian Crises in Eastern Mediterranean Region [Health Policy Watch]
UN Agencies Voice Anger at Gaza Hospital Attacks, Deprivation [Reuters]
Nearly 600 Attacks on Healthcare in Gaza & West Bank Since War Began: WHO [UN]
Childhood Vaccine Doses Enter Gaza Through Rafah Crossing [Reuters]
Health Workers Struggle to Prevent an Infectious Disease' Disaster in Waiting' in Gaza [NPR]
The Mysterious Kidney Illness Rising Among Sri Lankan Farmers [Think Global Health]
Survey Sheds New Light on Scale & Intensity of Ethnic Violence in Sudan [MSF]
Mystery Amid an Anthrax Outbreak in Africa [New York Times]
Healthcare to Go: Roadside Clinics Help Keep Kenya's Truckers Rolling [The Guardian]
Yaws Could Soon Be Eradicated — 70 Years Behind Schedule [Nature]
A Cholera Outbreak in Zambia Has Caused More Than 400 Deaths & Infected 10,000 [AP]
Cape Verde Reaches Malaria-Free Milestone [BBC News]