We are honored to be speaking this Thursday March 19th at 7 pm to the Prostate Cancer Support Group-Saskatoon www.pcssaskatoon.ca @apccc.bsky.social @pcr-uk.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca @canadahealthwatch.ca @pihcanada.org

From Ilan Schwartz: An oral formulation of amphotericin B could be a game-changer for managing serious fungal infections like cryptococcal meninigitis/histoplasmosis. The invention of a temperature-stable oral amphotericin B formulation by Dr. Kishor Wasan and Ellen Wasan shows enormous promise.

Excellent Infographic From Fouad Saade PhD Candidate in Microbiology | Owner of ALAMAT Tutoring Platform

"This World TB Day, as ever, the world has everything it needs to end tuberculosis in our lifetimes. Yet in 2024, 1·23 million people died of tuberculosis, indicating that tuberculosis persists as the world's deadliest infectious disease" @lancetgh.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NEW: Oxford and Serum Institute of India sign agreement to advance NipahB vaccine candidate. Nipah virus is a zoonotic pathogen associated with severe disease and high mortality. There are currently no approved vaccines available to prevent Nipah virus infection. Find out more ⬇️

Are you a malaria researcher? Use the freely available WWARN Clinical Trials library developed to support global #malaria research efforts. The library is a comprehensive living systematic review of clinical efficacy studies from 1946 to the present day. www.iddo.org/wwarn/wwarn-...

#ScienceReadForSunday: Elimination of #VisceralLeishmaniasis as a public health problem in #Bangladesh: Lessons learned and questions remaining journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Iceland PM says Canada’s leadership is widely appreciated around the world. Credit to CPAC for video

@ox.ac.uk and Serum Institute of India have signed an IP license agreement to advance a #NipahB vaccine candidate, based on the ChAdOx1 viral vector platform. Professor Brian Angus is Chief Investigator of the trial. Read more 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...

AlphaFold database now includes 1.7 million 'homodimers' - comprising two interacting strands of the same molecule go.nature.com/4cSmbnT

We are honored to be speaking this Thursday March 19th at 7 pm to the Prostate Cancer Support Group-Saskatoon www.pcssaskatoon.ca @apccc.bsky.social @pcr-uk.bsky.social @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca @canadahealthwatch.ca @pihcanada.org

On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

"Over the last year, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his associates have questioned the safety of childhood vaccines, made false statements about their effectiveness and rescinded recommendations for routine vaccination against a half-dozen diseases." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/h...

We want to help transform early intervention for youth mental health. Our new Mental Health Award will do this by building on existing physical activity and circadian-based interventions in the UK and Africa. 💰 Level: £1 to 4 million per grant 💡 Duration: 3-4 years 🗓️ Opens: 13 April

Congrats to @ngdiubc.bsky.social's Dr. Kishor Wasan, a good dude, on his CSPS Lifetime Achievement Award. 👍🏆

‪ Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada is Pleased to share that on March 23rd, in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus #8215 Holy Cathedral in Saskatoon, NGDI UBC Co-Founder and Distinguished University Scholar Dr. Kishor Wasan will be leading a Prostate Cancer Information session.

Yes, please listen to grandparents- they know exactly how bad things were before vaccines www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-h...

Kristrún Frostadóttir (Iceland PM): "I think there's a lot of not just leaders out there but also general publics in a lot of different countries around the world that are very thankful for the leadership Canada has shown over the past few months" 🎥 Credit CPAC Live ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️

Events are being held in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal Calgary to amplify the voices of people living with #LongCOVID. 😷 See the full list of events organized by @CanCovSoc and ways to get involved: covidsociety.ca/priorities/lon g-covid/events-lcad-2026/ #LongCovidAwarenessDay #LongCovidAwareness

Events are being held in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal Calgary to amplify the voices of people living with #LongCOVID. 😷 See the full list of events organized by @CanCovSoc and ways to get involved: covidsociety.ca/priorities/lon g-covid/events-lcad-2026/ #LongCovidAwarenessDay #LongCovidAwareness

🌍 Global health infrastructure is undergoing a major transformation. Funding cuts and geopolitical shifts are reshaping institutions like @who.int and @unaids.org. The question now: what kind of global health system emerges next? ✍️ Marcus Low healthpolicy-watch.news/global-healt...

Health Affairs: The Benefits To Americans Of US-Supported International HIV Research by Judith Auerbach Jirair Ratevosian Mitchell Warren @healthaffairs.bsky.social @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @avac.org 👉 bit.ly/4seablw

FDA approves use of RSV vaccine in at-risk younger adults https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/fda-approves-use-rsv-vaccine-risk-younger-adults ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁

Long Covid is not a rare disease occurring in 1 in 9 adults after a Covid infection. It has the same prevalence as Diabetes which has received $235 million from Gov Canada for research. Based upon prevalence, Long Covid should receive the same funding." cbc.ca/listen/live-...

42 years ago, global health leaders gathered to accelerate childhood immunization worldwide. That meeting launched what is now @taskforce.bsky.social. More than four decades later, our global impact continues because of the dedication of our coalitions and partners around the world. bit.ly/3Ph0XGs

CDC's weekly US measles update: 1353 confirmed domestic cases (+9 brought in) in 30 states and NYC. This is likely an undercount as it is only agency-confirmed cases. #IDsky #pediatrics #MMR #publichealth #epidemiology #virology #immunology #primarycare

A 49-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of an itchy lump on her vulva. Examination showed a painless purple mass originating in the labia minora on the left side. Read the full case details: nej.md/3NvfoWW

With @gavi.org support, #Mozambique is 1st country in world to restart preventive #cholera vaccination. Vaccine supply has been limited for 4 years due to a global surge in cholera outbreaks & unprecedented vaccine demand. Supply is now at an all-time high: www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... #gavi

Happy #WorldSleepDay! Worth staying awake for these @plosone.org articles on the diverse links between sleep, diet, physical activity, wellbeing, coffee and music: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Over the past five years, the production of antibiotics has slowed, leaving children in low- and middle-income countries particularly vulnerable to hard-to-treat infections amid the global drug resistance crisis. The full story via SciDevNet: bit.ly/4rtRuJp

In this episode of The Lung Science Podcast, experts discuss emerging techniques that may accelerate biomarker discovery and advance precision medicine in pulmonary disease. 🎧 Listen here: thelungsciencepodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/who... @atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

The next Information Session on Prostate Cancer will be on Monday, March 23rd 2026 from 7-9 pm at the Holy Family Cathedral led by NGDI Co-Founder Dr. Wasan, who is currently a Board Director/ Chair Scientific Advisory Board of Prostate Cancer Foundation and UBC Distinguished University Scholar.

What could new food technologies mean for the UK? Sarah Nájera Espinosa discusses how new technologies could help transform food systems but warns research needed to understand benefits & potential trade-offs before they are widely introduced. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Calling all researchers working in #InfectiousDiseases #EmergingInfections or #NTDs? You can use our free tools, resources to support your work www.iddo.org/tools-and-re... #BeatNTDs

Excellent Infographic From Fouad Saade PhD Candidate in Microbiology | Owner of ALAMAT Tutoring Platform

NGDI UBC is committed to Global Health Access and Equity. Developing Interventions for LMICs at or below costs to serve the poorest of the poor. Learn More about NGDI UBC at: ngdiubc.med.ubc.ca @uaemcy.bsky.social @medicinespatentpool.org @isntd.org @who.int @cughnews.bsky.social

Major Announcement featuring NGDI UBC Member Dr. Khumbo Kalua: UBC School of Population and Public Health receives nearly $500,000 in federal funding to strengthen Indo-Pacific global health partnerships: spph.ubc.ca/ubc-school-o... @healthcare-global.bsky.social @isntd.org @who.int @dndi.org

Long-COVID prevalence may vary by #COVID-19 variant, time since infection The prevalence of the condition was 29% overall, though it dropped to 23% once the Omicron strain started to dominate. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Politicization of science in Canada: what’s happening and what can we do about it? sciencepolicy.ca/posts/politi...

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming theconversation.com/we-study-pan...

You can still register for the International Workshop on #WomenandHIV taking place April 10-11, 2026 via @academicmededu.bsky.social ! This is an outstanding opportunity to discuss, debate, and further your knowledge on issues related to #HIV and women. More info at 🔗 below. #womenhiv #HIVresearch

WHO releases guidance for urgently needed new antibiotics The guidance aims to help accelerate the development of new antibiotics for severe, drug-resistant gram-negative and gram-positive infections and bacterial meningitis. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 @atranscendedman.bsky.social 🙏🏻 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We're thrilled to announce the 1st Annual CGD Women in Leadership Conference! We'll convene experts to examine why promotion systems fail to deliver equitable leadership outcomes—and what that failure means. Happening May 21. Save the date! https://go.cgdev.org/4bBq3bL

How do collaborative training models, cross-institutional partnerships, & context-responsive education help expand and sustain the health workforce? Panelists will explore lessons from global health and medical education initiatives. globalhealth.harvard.edu/symposium/20... @harvardmed.bsky.social

‪ Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada is Pleased to share that on March 23rd, in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus #8215 Holy Cathedral in Saskatoon, NGDI UBC Co-Founder and Distinguished University Scholar Dr. Kishor Wasan will be leading a Prostate Cancer Information session.

Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada is Pleased to share that on March 23rd, in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus #8215 Holy Cathedral in Saskatoon, NGDI UBC Co-Founder and Distinguished University Scholar Dr. Kishor Wasan will be leading a Prostate Cancer Information session. @news.ubc.ca