Simar Bajaj

5 days ago | statnews.com | Simar Bajaj

BANGKOK — In countries around the world, the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to HIV/AIDS funding have left health officials scrambling for ways to deliver preventative care and life-saving treatments. But not here. Almost every day, sex workers in Bangkok’s oldest red-light district have been going to saunas, bikini bars, and massage parlors, testing their peers for HIV.

1 month ago | nature.com | Simar Bajaj

In 2024, the United States helped to provide HIV treatment to more than 20 million people around the world. It tested 84 million people for the virus and provided preventive care for several million more. All of that changed in late January, when 270,000 health-care workers, who were supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), were told to stop all patient care.

1 month ago | nationalgeographic.fr | Simar Bajaj |K H Fung

Sur cette image 3D en couleurs obtenue par tomodensitométrie, une lésion cancéreuse (en bleu) est visible dans le lobe supérieur du poumon gauche. PHOTOGRAPHIE DE Scan by K H Fung, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYÀ Taïwan, deux tiers des patients atteints d’un cancer du poumon n’ont jamais fumé. Xian Mei Yang est l’une d’elles. C’est après s’être cassé le bras qu’elle a appris souffrir d’un cancer du poumon de stade 4 , les médecins ayant découvert des métastases dans ses os.

Jan 28, 2025 | npr.org | Simar Bajaj

The Department of Health and Human Services is a powerful force in shaping both domestic and global health. The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., commences on January 29. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: The sun flares next to the sign marking the headquarters building of the US Department of Health and Human Services on February 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C./J.

Jan 28, 2025 | scientificamerican.com | Simar Bajaj

Earlier this month the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory that stated that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with seven different types of cancer and called for new warning labels on alcohol products. But recently a review from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that moderate drinking was associated with a lower risk of heart disease and death, while a competing federal report essentially found the opposite.