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Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly Concludes with Key Resolutions on Global Health

• The 79th World Health Assembly, which concluded this week in Geneva, adopted over 20 decisions and 13 resolutions, including a landmark strategy to integrate health into economic policy for 2026–2030. Member States also approved the first-ever resolution on radiation and health, committing to strengthen national protection systems against both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. A renewed Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR) for 2026–2036 was also approved, noting that one in six common bacterial infections in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatment.

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• In response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded enhanced public health entry screening to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, effective May 22, 2026, with George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to follow on May 26, 2026. Furthermore, the U.S. government has enacted a rule restricting green card holders who have recently been in Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan from re-entering the United States. This comes as a second Ebola treatment center in Mongbwalu, eastern Congo, was attacked and burned on May 23, leading to 18 suspected Ebola cases fleeing the facility.

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• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced the first-ever Surgeon General's warning on excessive screen time for children and adolescents on May 21, 2026. This advisory highlights the growing physical, mental, emotional, and developmental harms linked to prolonged screen exposure, coinciding with Iowa's new MAHA legislation aimed at reducing classroom screen time and increasing physical activity.

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