(2024-05-15). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 220: Resistance Returns To The North. popularresistance.org The Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry announced that the remaining hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 130 Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes since Thursday, May 9, while 241 others arrived wounded. | Meanwhile, local media sources reported that in the past 24 hours, Israeli forces continued a renewed offensive on the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City's south for the fifth day in a row. Israeli incursions were accompanied by intense airstrikes on the Zeitoun, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya neighborhoods, as well as on the Jabalia refugee camp, where Israeli forces have also entered by ground.
(2024-05-15). State Agency Met Privately With Oil-By-Rail Firm Ahead Of Permitting. popularresistance.org Oregon state environmental regulators are deciding whether to issue an air permit for a contested oil-by-rail operation in Portland, a site that received local approval after a deal worked out in private between the company and city officials. | Now, new documents show that the state agency also met privately with the company before the application was submitted. | The agency said the meeting was informational and involved no commitments. But for groups that oppose oil-by-rail in Portland, the documents add to the sense that multiple layers of government are favoring the company's interests over public health and…
(2024-05-15). "Stop This War Right Now": U.S. Doctor Who Saved Sen. Duckworth's Life in Iraq, Now Trapped in Gaza. democracynow.org 
Democracy Now! speaks with Dr. Adam Hamawy, one of around 20 American medical workers trapped in Gaza after Israel closed the Rafah border crossing into Egypt. A plastic surgeon and Army veteran, Hamawy is on a volunteer mission with the Palestinian American Medical Association at the European Hospital in Khan Younis. Like many Gazans, the U.S. medical workers are now facing dehydration and other deadly health conditions. "We're continuing to do our job. … It's tiring, but this is exactly what we need to be doing," says Hamawy, who calls on President Biden to stop supporting Israel’…
(2024-05-15). Donald Trump's War on Science and the Environment. counterpunch.org 
We've spent 40 years putting together an apparatus to protect public health and environment from a lot of different pollutants. [Former EPA administrator Scott} Pruitt is pulling the whole apparatus down. — William Ruckelshaus, the EPA's first administrator, regarding former president Trump's first EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. One of President Joe Biden's greatest accomplishments over
(2024-05-15). Many countries have reached the point of over-medication. expose-news.com There is not only evidence for the uselessness of much medical research: there are also sound indications that many developed countries have reached a point of over-medication which is harmful to health. …
(2024-05-15). Flu vaccine manufacturers contract the National Immunisation Lead for the Royal College of GPs. expose-news.com In previous articles, we've briefly looked at data in the Disclosure UK database that related to ITVGate and an overview of payments from pharmaceutical companies to UK healthcare organisations such as King's …
(2024-05-15). 'Bluelining' Leaves Climate Vulnerable Communities Without Home Insurance. otherwords.org In an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever on their home insurance. But as floods, wildfires, and severe storms become more common, a troubling practice known as "bluelining" threatens to leave many communities unable to afford insurance — or obtain it at any price. | Bluelining is an insidious practice with similarities to
(2024-05-15). God Bless Nurses — And Please Hurry! otherwords.org Every religion prioritizes care for the needy. Christianity's Benedictine Rule, for example, puts care of the sick atop the moral order — "above and before every other duty." | Really? Even above the holy Wall Street mandate that medical and insurance conglomerates must squeeze every last penny of profits out of America's corporate-care system? Well, there's morality — and then there's business. | Consider how today's monopolized and financialized hospital networks treat nurses — the high-touch frontline people who do the most to put "care" in "health care." | Often paid a pittance, thousands of…
(2024-05-15). Indian-origin woman, 66, stabbed to death at London bus stop. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: On Tuesday, a 22-year-old man was accused of killing a 66-year-old woman of Indian descent while she was waiting for a bus at a stop in the northwest of the city. At the hearing, he was placed under arrest.Last week, Anita Mukhey, a medical secretary for the National Health Service (NHS) and part-time employee, was waiting at the Burnt Oak Broadway bus stop in the Edgware neighbourhood of London when she was allegedly stabbed in the neck and chest by Jalal Debella.He made an appearance at London's Old Bailey Court, and at the case's upcoming August hearing, he will enter a plea of guilty or not gu…
(2024-05-15). Caroline Lucas takes apart Tories sex education plan in one tweet. leftfootforward.org Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has torn into the government's new guidance for schools in England due to be published on Thursday, after details of the plan were leaked to the media. | A government source said the new guidelines for schools on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) will include a ban on teaching sex education to children under nine, while 'explicit' discussions including on topics such as contraception won't be allowed until age 13. | Head teachers have challenged the introduction of new guidance for schools, with the head of a school in Rotherham, Pepe Di'Iasio, telling the BBC Today s…
(2024-05-15). SIU welcomes court appearances of alleged TERS fraudsters. sanews.gov.za SIU welcomes court appearances of alleged TERS fraudsters | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the arrests by the Hawks and subsequent start of the prosecution of four people linked to the alleged defrauding of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) in the Eastern Cape. | The scheme, which was administered by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), was created by government to assist employers and employees that were distressed during the COVID-19 pandemic. | According to the SIU, the four accused allegedly claimed benefits that were not due to them and were exposed following an invest…
(2024-05-15). Court dismisses petition against veneral diseases law. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court in Kampala has dismissed a petition filed by the Non-Profit Organization Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD). CEHURD had filed a petition challenging the legality of the Venereal Diseases Act. The Court however dismissed the petition on the ground that the law which was being …
(2024-05-15). Benefits of Good Driving History for Car Insurance Premiums. ummid.com Maintaining a good driving record for lower car insurance rates is paramount. This article concentrates on the countless merits of a clean driving record and car insurance discounts.
(2024-05-15). Walgreens pharmacists take low pay case to the public. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—What do you do when you—as a group of pharmacists—produce 74% of Walgreens' revenue but see only a 2% wage increase in the last seven years and no new colleagues to take the load off your overworked shoulders? The answer given by hundreds of Walgreen pharmacists in the Chicago area was a month of informational …
(2024-05-15). Love in a time of dementia: 'A Song by Mahler' combines science and music. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? When the person you love is disappearing into dementia, what love remains? | Composer Marc Neikrug found a vessel to describe love in a period of Alzheimer's disease in a song by Gustav Mahler, "Liebst du um Schà∂nheit." | "It's a very simple, short, loaded song," Neikrug said. "It's basically a series of questions and answers." | Composer Marc Neikrug watches a rehearsal for the Philadelphia debut of his chamber opera "A Song by Mahler" at the Kimmel Center. (Emma Le…
(2024-05-15). SATIRE: Dole Salad Kits Now Include Framed Certificate Confirming Owner Has Eaten Salad. theonion.com 
CHARLOTTE, NC—Offering its customers a way to commemorate their consumption of a healthy and fiber-rich meal, fruit and vegetable producer Dole announced Wednesday that its salad kits now included a framed certificate confirming the bearer of the document had eaten a salad. "By executive order of the Salad Institute…
(2024-05-15). Emerging COVID strain infections low. ecns.cn Infections with the KP.2 variantan emerging COVID-19 strain suspected of harboring stronger transmissibility — make up an extremely low share of domestic cases at present and the risk of it triggering a fresh outbreak is low.
(2024-05-15). Prospect Medical Holdings' troubles endanger potential Crozer Health sale. Will Pa. step in to save health care in Delco? whyy.org
(2024-05-15). Presidente Lula denuncia noticias falsas sobre Río Grande del Sur. telesurtv.net Asimismo indican que los grupos que diseminaron las informaciones coinciden con los negacionistas de la pandemia de Covid-19.
(2024-05-15). Norway aims to quadruple aid to Palestinians as famine looms. newarab.com 
The Norwegian government Tuesday proposed 1 billion kroner ($92.5 million) in aid to Palestinians this year as humanitarian agencies warn of a Figures in the revised budget presented on Tuesday, show a roughly quadrupling of the 258 million kroner provided in the initial finance bill adopted last year. | "The urgent need of aid in Gaza is enormous after seven months of war," Norway's Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, said in a statement. | "The f…
(2024-05-15). UN confirms Gaza death toll is mostly women and children. newarab.com 
Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the UN agencies have since the beginning of the Gaza war in October relied on death tolls provided by the health ministry in the besieged territory. | The health ministry said Tuesday that at least 35,173 people have been killed in the territory due to Israeli…