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The Lancet: Heatwaves and health Editorial Board “…The world is facing a true planetary health emergency. … [Heatwaves] exacerbate existing problems like drought and present profound risks to health. … Heatwaves increase deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and are also associated with more suicides. People at the extremes of…

The Lancet: China’s vaccine production scare “China’s Changchun Changsheng Biotechnology and the food and drug supervision authority have been the focus of widespread outrage after vaccination scandals have involved both parties. These cases were brought to the public’s attention on July 2 by The King of Vaccines, an article that…

Deutsche Welle: Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test “Uganda wants to begin compulsory HIV/AIDS testing of students due to the rising number of new infections. The proposal has raised concerns over privacy…” (Yiga, 8/2).

The Conversation: Rising suicides in Mexico expose the mental health toll of living with extreme, chronic violence Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, postdoctoral scholar at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego “…[N]ew data from the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua reveals the dangerous mental health toll of…

Associated Press: Measles infects more than 1,000 in Brazil; 5 reported deaths “Brazil’s Health Ministry says more than 1,000 people have been infected and five have died in a measles outbreak linked to cases imported from neighboring Venezuela. The ministry says on its website that 1,053 cases of the disease…

Wall Street Journal: Adding Up the Cost of Climate Change in Lost Lives “Scorching heat waves have gripped the world in recent weeks from the Pacific Northwest to Northern Europe and, most tragically, Japan, where more than 100 mostly elderly people have died. … [A]n exhaustive new study focusing only…

Global Health NOW: Safeguard a Vaccine Program with a Well-Planned Rollout Marian W. Wentworth, president and CEO of Management Sciences for Health “…[I]ntroducing a vaccine into a country is full of pitfalls, from supply chain failures to public opinion backlash that can permanently derail a rollout. … A well-planned and…

Devex: Breast is best even in emergency situations, humanitarian orgs say “…Save the Children began ‘investing heavily’ in breastfeeding during emergency responses following the Haiti earthquake, [Sarah Butler, director of emergency nutrition at Save the Children USA,] said, and now breastfeeding is incorporated into every response plan. … UNICEF is…

MedPage Today: Debate Continues Over 2020 AIDS Meeting in Bay Area “The 2020 International AIDS Conference (IAC) in the Bay Area has already ignited a firestorm of controversy, with calls from U.S.-based advocacy groups to move the meeting to a different country entirely. But this isn’t the first time there…