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Eastern Michigan University had its Mental Health and Wellness Fair Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 12-2 p.m. in the Student Center, featuring a variety of booths and tables on the Student Center patio and the first floor of the Student Center. Different groups and organizations attended the event, providing attendees with info packets, games, candy and other items.

The WHO says the lack of a confirmed diagnosis remains a key uncertainty, with no sign of ongoing transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it still does not know what caused the pneumonia that killed a laboratory worker at a Russian plague research institute and that no case of plague has been registered. Russia’s state health regulator told the WHO that tests on the worker and people who had been in contact with her were negative for the dangerous pathogens they tested for, the United Nations health agency said in a statement on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker deathlist 2 of 3US CDC says it’s ‘aware of and closely monitoring’ Russian plague caselist 3 of 3Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague in Siberia; US monitoring caseend of listHer contacts still showed no symptoms, and no further linked cases of severe pneumonia had been found, the WHO added. “Based on the information provided… WHO has not identified evidence of ongoing transmission associated with this event. A key uncertainty remains the absence of a confirmed diagnosis in the deceased laboratory worker,” it said.

The opening session of AAO 2026 featured a keynote speech discussing how artificial intelligence (AI) will play a part in health care. “We are embarking on what is the greatest experiment in the history of medicine in trying to get this right,” Robert M. Wachter, MD, began his keynote address for the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2026 Annual Meeting on October 10, 2026. For Wachter, artificial intelligence (AI) represents a promising path forward for health care that should be encouraged. AI Can Provide Scalable Specialty Expertise in Health CareWachter emphasized that informed optimism is the way to approach AI in the future as the tools become more normal rather than novel. According to an NBC News poll, public sentiment toward AI in health care specifically is mostly positive, with 47% claiming that it would bring more good than harm compared with 30% who thought it would bring more harm than good.1 This could allow for more ease in introducing AI into health care than in other areas, as the pushback is not as strong in this area, said Wachter.

In the video below, Pimblett shares his personal experience of losing a close friend to suicide and reflects on why speaking openly about mental health is so important. He also talks candidly about his own experience with mental health challenges, saying: “I thought about suicide a couple of times, how I’d do it. To man up, bottle it up and not say anything is just sewn into our being. “There are a lot of lads I know over the past 10 years who’ve taken their own lives and it’s crazy when you think about it, because Scousers are the most happy-go-lucky people in the world. “Every 90 minutes someone takes their own life, that’s just absolutely shocking.”Kick off Conversations with Liverpool FC: Paddy Pimblett on speaking up on World Mental Health DayPimblett shared his story following the launch of the permanent Kicking Off Conversations hub at Anfield, located at the corner of 97 Avenue and run by the club’s official charity LFC Foundation and LFC’s safeguarding team.

World Mental Health Day on October 10 highlighted several emerging issues in mental health, including greater involvement of people with firsthand experience, concerns about AI chatbots, the psychological effects of digital connectivity, and family estrangement. One shift is challenging the traditional divide between mental health experts and patients. The World Health Organization is calling for people who have personally experienced mental health conditions to have a greater role in shaping care and policy.

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Skip to main contentNavigating the shift from volume to value in healthcareJoseph Villa emphasizes the importance of understanding AI's true capabilities in healthcareOct. 10, 20263 min read Pietje Kobus-McAllisterWinter is coming, Joseph Villa, founder and CEO of Bigbee Labs, Inc., predicts regarding the future of artificial intelligence (AI). Villa shared his thoughts at the second annual HealthAI summit, hosted by HealthInno on October 8 in Albuquerque, NM. The summit drew health leaders and medical professionals from New Mexico and beyond. The audience was invited to write their questions and concerns about AI on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Later in the day, notes with solutions and ideas would be added. As AI becomes increasingly prominent in healthcare, organizations must distinguish between what the technology can actually do and what vendors claim it can do, Villa said.

Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry hosted “Advancing Equity in Women’s Health Research” on Monday, a presentation highlighting inequalities in women’s health research. Around 50 people gathered in Auditorium B at University Hospital from 2 to 3 p.m. for the talk by Liisa Galea, who received her PhD in neuroscience from Western University in 1994 and is now a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Galea highlighted how despite making up roughly half of the population, women remain underrepresented in medical research — a gap she said continues to affect how women’s health concerns are understood and treated. Galea pointed to a recent fifteen-year analysis conducted by CAMH evaluating the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which found that just 6.4 per cent of grants went toward female studies, with much of that funding concentrated on pregnancy-related research rather than women’s health across the lifespan.

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The Organization is coordinating with national authorities to identify priority areas for technical cooperation in response to health needs resulting from the earthquake. Panama City, October 11, 2026 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is coordinating with Panama’s Ministry of Health (MINSA) to support the health sector response following the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the country on October 9, which affected health facilities and temporarily disrupted some health services in several parts of the country. According to preliminary information from MINSA and its Health Emergency Operations Center (CODES), 29 health facilities have been affected across eight provinces and the Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous Region. Most remain operational, although some have sustained structural and nonstructural damage, undergone preventive evacuations, temporarily relocated health services, or experienced disruptions to essential utilities. Assessments are ongoing to determine the extent of the damage and response needs.