Global Health Pulse

ECDC's weekly report delivers a clear situational snapshot of routine surveillance tracking multiple independent threats across Europe, without...

A six-week-old infant in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died from measles last month because she was too young for the MMR vaccine and depended on a...

How can WHO’s new PHC capacity-building course and global UHC indicators together drive locally relevant improvements without losing sight of national...

Delayed diagnosis and fragmented surveillance amplify zoonotic spillover risks from henipaviruses like Nipah, Hendra, and Langya, which already carry...

CARPHA concluded its 11th Annual CariPHLN Workshop in Barbados, advancing Caribbean laboratory networking and capacities to support faster outbreak detection and epidemic preparedness.

• TCIM agenda 2025–2034: Billions use traditional, complementary and integrative medicine yet it receives less than 1% of global health research...

The House unanimously passed the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act, sending it to the President after Senate approval.

• Research boost:...

Zoonotic spillovers from animal disease outbreaks carry severe public health consequences for humans, while non-zoonotic diseases undermine food security.

Trump's January 2026 Great Healthcare Plan is only a framework lacking details on assistance or eligibility.

• Medicaid cuts of nearly $900 billion...

A pediatric case series highlights tosufloxacin can cause drug crystalluria and acute kidney injury in children even at appropriate doses.

• Median...

• Major threat: WHO identifies antimicrobial resistance as one of the greatest health security risks, already present in Sierra Leone and driving...

Africa's population surge to 2.5 billion by 2050, with urban residents doubling to 1.4 billion, will strain informal settlements like Nairobi's Mukuru...

Grenada's new online Integrated Health Surveillance Guidelines, paired with targeted training for 45 workers across sectors, ensure frontline staff...

Funding surveillance systems, diagnostics and health workforces abroad builds the first line of defense against outbreaks reaching Europe. Cuts now risk decades of this shared security.

Can the Gates Foundation's $1B AI investment deliver equitable gains for health workers and underserved communities—or widen the gap?

• Core bet: 40%...

Government reports 7,200 cases and spread to a seventh province, with nearly half fatal.

• Contact tracing at just 88% stays too low to confirm...

Indian institutions are linking household transmission studies with molecular diagnostics and severity scoring to sharpen early detection.

• WHO Unity...

Structured cross-sector partnerships are gaining momentum through targeted support programs.

• APHA's Building Bridges initiative will select up to 8...

Routine data without pre-treatment cultures severely bias resistance estimates, as seen in a Chinese hospital where cultures preceded therapy in under...

Behavioral adaptation and transmission probabilities shape epidemic thresholds on clustered networks through distinct mechanisms, with behavioral effects acting independently of probability changes.