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Weekly Health Digest: HIV Prevention, CDC Firings, Somalia’s Healthcare, Chikungunya in New York

October 20, 2025
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New from the EmoryCSHH News Team: HIV prevention in South Africa, mass firings at CDC, how USAID cuts are dismantling Somalia's health system, and a mysterious case of chikungunya.

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Weekly Health Digest: NIH Funding, Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine, Semaglutide Shortage, Foodborne Outbreaks

February 25, 2025
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New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH funding cuts, mRNA vaccines under testing for pancreatic cancer patients, semaglutide shortage ending and what it means for compounded drugs, understanding the spike in severe foodborne illness cases.

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Weekly Health Digest: Big Pharma, Lab-made Meat Rice, Female Soldiers in Gaza, and Quarantining for COVID-19

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Colorado is trying to limit drug prices, but big pharmaceutical companies are pushing back. At the same time, Korea is exploring rice coated with lab-made meat, Israel is focusing on the health of female soldiers, and the CDC updates guidelines for COVID-19 quarantine.

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Weekly Health Digest: Youth Mental Health, Autism Prevalence, Insulin as Preventative Care, and Birth Control and Breast Cancer

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: deteriorating youth mental health, autism prevalence continues to rise, insulin as preventative care, and progestin birth control linked to breast cancer

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Weekly Health Digest: Teenage Sadness, Over-the-Counter Narcan, and American Child Malnutrition

February 20, 2023
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New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: rising teenage girl sadness, over-the-counter Narcan coming soon, and American child malnutrition

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Weekly Health Digest: Abortion Access, CDC Institutional Review, The Loss of a Legend, High C-Section Rates in the South

A summary of health news from this past week. Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash (rights-free) As states move to restrict abortion access, neighboring states prepare for surges in demand By: Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Many Republican-led states have recently passed…

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