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It’s Fall Semester, and we’re back! What an exciting time for students, faculty, and staff. As we return to the hustle and bustle amid chilly mornings and a landscape of glorious gold and crimson leaves, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the spring and summer accomplishments of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Public Health community. Dr. Allick continued to build connections across teaching, research, mentorship, and community engagement for the Washington State University (WSU) Public Health Program. Two undergraduates engaged actively in research, including a former Public Health 101 student Riley Sharp (now an undergraduate researcher collaborating with Dr. Allick) who developed a project on college students’ knowledge and perceptions of dementia and aging, and another, Leah Grier, who explored disability access while completing a summer internship at Seattle Children’s.

Attendees watch a presentation. / Taylor Morgello Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world recently gathered for a Women’s Health Conference co-organized by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. They discussed solutions for improving women’s health outcomes in a wide range of areas, including reproductive health, healthy aging, health equity, and the use of technology in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The event concluded with a half-day symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), the world’s largest and longest-running study of women’s health.

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Published: October 15, 2026 at 3:32p.m. EDTAfter an international health agency warned of the very high risk of measles spreading, Canadian experts say those who are not vaccinated are most vulnerable to catching the highly contagious disease. The risk of measles spreading “remains very high” due to the expectation that more people will be travelling both domestically and internationally in coming months for religious events, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a World Health Organization (WHO) body for the Americas, in a press release on Oct. 9. “Measles cases have also risen globally in 2026, increasing the likelihood of imported cases through international travel and onward transmission in communities with low immunity,” according to the news release. How to set CTV News as your preferred source on GoogleDr.

A healthcare worker walks inside a treatment centre for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, October 7, 2026 The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a new province at the border with the Central African Republic, according to two health officials who have spoken to Reuters.

Medicaid funding cuts are jeopardizing the health of U. S. mothers and infants—and with a weak federal database to monitor maternal health outcomes, the consequences may not be fully seen or understood, according to researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Since January 2025, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a federal program collecting data on pregnant and postpartum women and their babies, has experienced a series of disruptions. Initially, the federal government halted all PRAMS data collection, removed access to existing data, and put the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team that oversaw PRAMS and provided technical assistance to researchers and policymakers utilizing its data on administrative leave. Since then, there’s been a partial reversal regarding data collection and processing: Short-term funding renewals have restarted some of it. But the CDC oversight team remains on leave. And the public portal containing decades of prior PRAMS data remains offline.

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Creatine showed protective effects against brain inflammation triggered by chronic ulcerative colitis. The gut-brain axis is a two-way biochemical hotline, with messages zipping back and forth all day long. When the gut is chronically inflamed, inflammatory signals travel through the body to the brain and trigger neuroinflammation. The hippocampus, which governs memory, learning and mood, is especially vulnerable, so its disruption can affect how you think, remember and feel.

The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) is seeking answers from the provincial government about how proposed changes tied to Alberta’s upcoming referendum could affect access to health care for people with non-permanent immigration status. In a letter to the province, AMA president Dr. Heidi Fell raised concerns about how physicians would be expected to handle situations where patients require medical care before their identity, residency status or health coverage eligibility can be verified.

Health care recruitment, water infrastructure, housing and affordability remain key priorities for North Coast–Haida Gwaii MLA Tamara Davidson, who says collaboration among provincial, federal and local governments is needed to address challenges facing Prince Rupert and surrounding communities. In an interview with The Northern View, Davidson discussed health-care staffing challenges, the city’s water infrastructure priorities and the need to balance industrial development with environmental protection.

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The emergency department and some palliative care beds are among the services at Dauphin Regional Health Centre that have been restored as of this month according to a release from Prairie Mountain Health. The hospital, the second largest acute care centre in the PMH region, was hit hard by flooding at the end of June and start of July, becoming heavily flooded on Canada Day and forced to close. This also forced the evacuation of hospital patients and the suspension of services. While PMH said their work is not completely finished, they have restored a number of services at the Health Centre. As of October 1, these include: Reopening the 24-7 Emergency Department.

Some of the most popular travel destinations for Australians are also places where dengue is common. Prevention has traditionally relied on avoiding mosquito bites. But with the dengue vaccine Qdenga now available in Australia, travellers have another way to protect themselves.