Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

Professors Guojun Chen, Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen 鈥� all members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 鈥� win President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers听听 听

Three 黑料不打烊 scholars were recognized with the 2025 President鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers at the Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award honours exceptional early-career researchers whose work is expanding the frontiers of knowledge in their fields.

96 Global Health NOW: Climbing Temperatures, 鈥楪rowing Negative Impact鈥�;鈥嬧�� Don鈥檛 Leave Thando Behind as PEPFAR Retreats; and Helberg, Right Ahead! 鈥楴o sign of respite始 in global climate crisis, report finds May 29, 2025 An aerial view of cracked soil due to lack of rain is shown as Big Cypress National Preserve and the Florida Everglades experience a severe drought on May 19. Joe Raedle/Getty Climbing Temperatures, 鈥楪rowing Negative Impact鈥�
Global temperatures are expected to persist at or near record levels in the next five years, with 鈥渘o sign of respite,鈥� published yesterday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

• 鈥淭here will be a growing negative impact on our economies, our daily lives, our ecosystems and our planet,鈥� said WMO Deputy Secretary-General Ko Barrett.

Felt impacts: The relentless warming is expected to lead to intensifying heatwaves, droughts, extreme precipitation, and continued melting of ice caps and glaciers, . 

• The Amazon is likely to face more drought, while northern Europe and South Asia may see increased rainfall.

• Arctic winters may warm 3.5X faster than the global average.

By the numbers: There is a 70% chance the 2025-2029 average global temperature will exceed 1.5掳C above pre-industrial levels鈥攖he more hopeful benchmark set by the Paris climate accords.

• For the first time, there is a 1% chance of a single year exceeding 2掳C of warming by 2030鈥攁 鈥渟hocking鈥� finding, climate scientists say, . 

• There is an 80% chance that at least one year will break the global heat record set in 2024. 

• And 2025 is likely to be one of the three warmest years on record. 

鈥�1.5C is not inevitable,鈥� said WMO始s Chris Hewitt, noting that it is not too late to limit warming if fossil fuel emissions are cut.

Related: 

German court rejects climate case against energy giant RWE 鈥�   

Q&A: Kiley Bense on Climate Journalism in a New Information Environment 鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners
Global AIDS-related deaths could jump from 6 million to 10 million over the next five years unless drastic cuts to HIV-related funding are reinstated, an analysis of UNAIDS forecasts finds.  

The UN may cut 20% of jobs across the UN Secretariat, which employs ~35,000 people, and may slash its budget by ~20% in 2026 in response to the reduction in U.S. financial support, per the UN comptroller.

Rat-borne diseases are spreading in Sarajevo, as health experts blame a failure to control the city鈥檚 rodent population for a spike in infections like leptospirosis.

A new Texas bill could make it easier for parents to exempt their children from all vaccinations required to attend public school, despite the ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas. GHN EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY A health worker manages supplies in a PEPFAR-funded AIDS clinic in Johannesburg. January 27, 2012. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images Don鈥檛 Leave Thando Behind as PEPFAR Retreats
Thando* is 11 years old. She lives in Giyani, South Africa. Her mother died of AIDS when Thando was a toddler. Now, her grandmother鈥攚ho sells tomatoes by the roadside鈥攚alks with her each month to collect the pills that keep her alive.

But in March, the clinic had no HIV medication. No one explained why, write Joseph Tucker, Molly McNairy, and Linda-Gail Bekker, in an exclusive commentary for Global Health NOW.

• Some American lawmakers have  the program that supports her care: . 

Transition planning: South Africa has long been preparing to completely transition away from PEPFAR support, which funds only , the authors write.

• The sudden and abrupt , jeopardizes that transition plan, they write, adding it risks undermining years of shared investment, and extending the global threat of HIV.

Sustainability: Some U.S. policymakers have raised fair concerns about long-term dependency, but PEPFAR has always been about building sustainable systems.
 
Action items: Congress must act and reauthorize PEPFAR, the authors write, calling on philanthropists, faith leaders, and everyday citizens to raise their voices.
 
*The authors are not using Thando鈥檚 real name or township to preserve her privacy. GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH A Mental Health Crisis Follows Government Cuts  
Since January 20, the federal workforce has been cut by 6%鈥攁s some agencies have been dismantled and others drastically downsized. 

Growing distress: Following mass layoffs, federal workers and mental health professionals who see them have reported an uptick of panic attacks, depression, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts.

• Many say they believe this is intentional, citing budget director Russell Vought鈥檚 statement that 鈥淲e want bureaucrats to be traumatically affected.鈥�

Heightened risk: Some advocates are especially concerned for veterans, who make up 30% of the federal workforce.

• Phone operators for the Veterans Crisis Line said they鈥檇 seen a rise in calls from federal employees. 

ALMOST FRIDAY DIVERSION Helberg, Right Ahead!
Last week at his idyllic waterfront home in Norway, Johan Helberg heard the doorbell ring 鈥渁t a time of day [5 a.m.] when I don't like to open.鈥� He nevertheless obliged鈥攐nly to find a panicked neighbor and massive cargo ship run aground in his front yard, .

As Helberg slept, not hearing a peep, a Cypriot-flagged cargo ship ground to a halt just meters away from crashing into his bedroom, which 鈥渨ouldn始t have been particularly pleasant,鈥� he observed.

But there始s a fine line鈥攐r at least a few meters鈥攂etween tragedy and adventure. Given that no one was injured, Helberg is simply 鈥渧ery excited鈥� to see the ship set free.   

鈥淚t's a very bulky new neighbor but it will soon go away,鈥� Helberg added. If on艂y we could say that about  鈥� QUICK HITS World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity 鈥�

After CDC cuts, doctors fear women will lose access to contraception research 鈥�

Public health risk of yellow fever remains high in the Americas due to continued occurrence of human cases 鈥�

DOH: Travel-related Zika virus case confirmed on Oahu 鈥�

Eliminating kala-azar: 6 African countries sign agreement to ramp up efforts, cross-border programmes 鈥�

These countries don't fluoridate their water 鈥� here's why 鈥�

That small, high, hateful bugle: The malarial conundrum 鈥�

Bedbugs may be the first urban pest 鈥� Issue No. 2733
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96 Global Health NOW: Argentina鈥檚 Health System Overhaul; The Legacy of Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan; and Novel Mental Health Care in an L.A. Jail President Javier Milei鈥檚 鈥渟tructural review鈥� echoes the priorities of RFK Jr. May 28, 2025 Dozens of organizations and public health workers march to denounce the dismantling of public health by Javier Milei's government. February 27, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Miguel M. Caamano/NurPhoto via Getty Argentina Charts an Alternate Route
Argentine officials are signalling a sweeping overhaul of the country鈥檚 health system following the decision to withdraw from the WHO, which was ratified yesterday during a visit with U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., . 

• President Javier Milei announced a 鈥渟tructural review鈥� of Argentina鈥檚 health agencies, saying there would be stricter oversight of vaccine approvals, a reevaluation of drug authorizations, and 鈥渁 comprehensive review of the toxic ingredients present in ultra-processed products,鈥� echoing Kennedy priorities, . 

Lockstep with U.S.: As , Kennedy announced the two countries would launch an 鈥渁lternative international health system鈥� to the WHO, which would be 鈥渇ree from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control,鈥� .

Backtracking on abortion rights: Meanwhile, Amnesty International says Argentina is becoming a 鈥渢esting ground鈥� for undermining reproductive rights, as access to abortion services and essential medications has declined sharply since Milei took office in 2023, . GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners   The WHO has designated NB.1.8.1 as a SARS-CoV-2 variant under monitoring (VUM), noting that while it is fueling a rise in cases and hospitalization in some Western Pacific countries, there are no signs that it is causing more severe cases than other circulating variants.

COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women in U.S. CDC guidelines, per a decision by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who did not cite any research or further details that informed the decision.
 
The WHA passed its first climate change and health action plan in a committee meeting last night鈥攁fter the collapse of an hours-long effort to shelve the plan led by Saudi Arabia and supported by other oil-rich Gulf states and Russia.

鈥淒ieselgate鈥� pollution killed ~16,000 people in the U.K. and caused ~30,000 cases of asthma in children, per a new analysis that follows up on a 2015 scandal, when diesel car manufacturers were caught using illegal 鈥渄efeat devices鈥� to cheat regulatory tests. U.S. and Global Health Policy News New Zealand, betting on innovation and economic growth, cuts existing science funds 鈥�

Federal cuts ripple through a bioscience hub in rural Montana 鈥�

As the Nation鈥檚 Research-Funding Model Ruptures, Private Money Becomes a Band-Aid 鈥� Thanks for the tip, Cecilia Meisner! 

In a county that backed Trump, people depend on Medicaid and are conflicted about cuts 鈥�

Read the Full 鈥楳ake America Healthy Again鈥� Report 鈥�  

The pool's open. Trump's laid off the team that helps protect swimmers 鈥� MENTAL HEALTH At California Jails, a Different Model for Care
About half the people incarcerated in the Los Angeles County jail suffer from mental illness.

The need for treatment and the chronic inability to meet that need led two incarcerated men to create a peer-led initiative, in which participants are trained to assist others with severe mental illness.

In the Forensic Inpatient Stepdown program, now 4+ years old, the assistants provide emotional support, use de-escalation techniques, teach life skills, and encourage peers to follow treatment plans. 

Impact: Since 2021, the program has expanded to reach 400+ patients. 

• Units using it report 6X fewer self-harm incidents and 35% fewer returns to hospitals.


• Mental health advocates say the program offers a model for improving care and rehabilitation inside jails. 

GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES RADIATION The Long Legacy of Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan
From 1949 to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan, exposing 1.5 million people to radioactive fallout.

• Generations of people in the region now suffer high rates of cancer, fertility problems, heart disease, and genetic birth defects.

• Researchers have found the radiation nearly doubled inherited gene mutation risks.

Ongoing Struggle: Despite persistent health issues, neither Russia or Kazakhstan has offered long-term, large-scale aid.

The Quote: People near the test site 鈥渂ecame unwitting test subjects, and their lives were treated with casual disregard due to racism and ignorance,鈥� said Becky Alexis-Martin, of the University of Bradford in the U.K..

QUICK HITS Saudi Arabia鈥檚 secretive rehabilitation 鈥榩risons鈥� for disobedient women 鈥�

With aura readings and a Lauryn Hill concert, Philip Morris rolls out a new tobacco product in the U.S. 鈥�

Where Iran and Israel Align: Youth Tobacco Use 鈥�

WHO's Big Push To Integrate Traditional Medicine Into Global Healthcare Framework 鈥�

Climate change driving sexual and reproductive health risks among young adolescents in Kenya 鈥�

WHO Mandated To Update Of 30-Year-Old Review On Health Impacts Of Nuclear War 鈥�

Eliminating kala-azar: 6 African countries sign agreement to ramp up efforts, cross-borde programmes 鈥�

Educating the next generation of global health practitioners and leaders 鈥� Issue No. 2732
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The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the world鈥檚 first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization (WHO).

The UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.