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As the Trump administration reshapes the country’s immigration system, survivors of violence who entered the country illegally have a tough time proving their abuse and trauma to get relief, advocates say.

Eli Lilly is building a new plant in the Netherlands to produce a pill form of its popular Mounjaro injection. About two-thirds of the world’s 1 billion obese adults live outside the developed world. Will they be able to get the medicine?

Infants in at least 12 states who consumed ByHeart formula have been hospitalized. The formula is sold online by the company and through major retail stores including Amazon, Kroger, Walmart, Whole Foods, and Target.

Lori Freeman talks to Healthbeat about CDC disruptions, funding cuts, and what city and county officials can learn from red state colleagues.

Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly undercut outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.

The fund has provided nearly $2.2 billion to states, territories, major cities, and other entities over the past 17 years to ready health care systems for the next pandemic, cyberattack, or mass-casualty event.

Cases are on the rise, with a new, faster-spreading strain turning up in several countries – and California. Here’s the long-term outlook.

In the study, the link between Covid and developmental delays was strongest when infection occurred late in pregnancy, during the third trimester. That’s also when the fetal brain is growing most rapidly.

Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that’s particularly dangerous for the youngest infants.

The Tulane National Biomedical Research Center drew national attention in 2015 when a deadly foreign-strain of bacteria escaped one of the center’s high-containment laboratories.

Also in the Global Health Checkup: Bird flu in Europe, Fiji free of trachoma, Rift Valley Fever in Senegal, and what happens when malaria aid is cut.

The discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., explored coverage of the outbreak's origin: Was it caused by an accident at a lab in Wuhan, China? Or an infected animal at a Wuhan market or in the wild?

Warning by European health agency about mpox strain notes locally spread cases in Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, and California.

As CDC systems are dismantled, the idea of a coordinated national response to a health emergency seems as fictional as zombies themselves.

History shows that mandates increase the use of vaccines. Lower vaccination rates will mean increased rates of diseases like measles, hepatitis, meningitis, and pneumonia — and even the return of diphtheria and polio.

Public health team’s investigation suggests Tacoma-area woman is state’s first known locally acquired malaria infection.

Also in the Global Health Checkup: Severe hunger, biodiversity loss, the global funding gap, and a tuberculosis comeback.

The new cases are the first reported clade I infections in the United States that don’t involve international travel, the California Department of Public Health said.

New research, suspected cases in N.J., Washington this year raise concerns about local malaria infections.

Efforts to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo may show that the WHO and Red Cross can rally new sources of emergency aid in absence of U.S. But is that a long-term solution?