Yousef Fares (2024-01-04). Gaza Residents Reject a Temporary Truce Despite Weaponized Famine. orinocotribune.com Today, amidst the ongoing political movement in Cairo and Doha, Gazans eagerly await news hinting at an imminent agreement leading to a ceasefire. This anticipation is palpable, especially in light of the intensification of the humanitarian crises, specifically in northern Gaza. | Ahmed Qadra, a displaced person from the Al-Jarn neighborhood in Jabalia City now residing in Jabalia refugee camp, stopped the Al-Akhbar correspondent in the street, saying: "Please deliver our message, we are dying of hunger and diseases, but everyone must understand that we do not want a temporary ceasefire. After the previous tempor…

Yakov M. Rabkin (2024-01-04). How Long can Israel Defy the World? pressenza.com Palestinians in Gaza are being decimated. Over 20 000 have been killed, mostly women and children. Three times more have been wounded. Some experts qualify it as genocide, others as massacre. Two million people have been displaced, many more than during the entire history of displacement of the Palestinians since the start of the Zionist settlement at the turn of the 20th century. As Israel takes out hospitals and civilian infrastructure, infectious diseases and famine threaten to kill many more people. Several Israeli soldiers have been reported infected during the ground operations, one has died. General Giora…

thecommunists (2024-01-04). NHS: Murder by a thousand cuts. thecommunists.org As the NHS is gradually dismembered in the interests of privatisation, the rate of avoidable deaths in Britain is soaring. The Office for National Statistics has highlighted the fact that in the UK some extra 55,000 people a year are dying prematurely of preventable diseases — ie, more than 1,000 every week. The effect is …

Labor Video Project (2024-01-04). Plutonium & Fighting for Justice & Accountability for Residents & Workers at Hunters Point. indybay.org The continuing cancers and epidemic of disease in Hunters Point shipyard and Treasure Island has been happening for decades despite protests of the community and workers about the dangers. Now Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai has discovered that there is plutonium in the bodies of residents. This is a direct correlation between their cancers and the radioactive toxins that are only produced by nuclear fission. Politicians including Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown and many others have been involved in covering up this criminality resulting in sickness and death at these radioactive dump sites.

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-04). 80 percent of global famine is currently in Gaza, UN expert warns. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Israel's starvation campaign in Gaza is so severe that the vast majority of people across the world who are experiencing famine are located in Gaza, a UN food expert pointed out this week. | There are currently roughly 706,000 people in total across the world who are in populations experiencing "catastrophic" or "famine" levels of hunger, global food researchers have found. Of t…

Yousef Fares (2024-01-04). Gaza Residents Reject a Temporary Truce Despite Weaponized Famine. orinocotribune.com The seven-day-long temporary truce in November left deep scars in the consciousness of the people in Gaza. Indeed, the occupation returned from it more bloody and brutal, and expanded the scope of its ground operations, displacing hundreds of thousands of citizens from their refugee camps several times. | Today, amidst the ongoing political movement in Cairo and Doha, Gazans eagerly await news hinting at an imminent agreement leading to a ceasefire. This anticipation is palpable, especially in light of the intensification of the humanitarian crises, specifically in northern Gaza. | Ahmed Qadra, a displaced person…

The Independent (2024-01-04). Luwero district bans trainees from handling patients without supervision. independent.co.ug Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luwero District Administration has banned medical trainees from handling and administering treatment to patients without the presence of supervisors at health centers. Every year Luwero district receives over 200 medical students from different institutions to conduct training at health center IIIs, IVs, and Luwero hospital. This year the program …

noemail (2024-01-04). Gujarat Health Minister helps 21-year-old blood cancer patient airlift to Telangana. devdiscourse.com A 21-year-old youth battling blood cancer was airlifted from Ahmedabad to Telangana with the help of Gujarat health minister Rushikesh Patel. The youth was studying in Gujarat's Rashtriya Raksha Shakti University and sought help due to his financial inability to return to his home in Telangana.

Angela (2024-01-04). Monday 1/8: San Francisco: Healthcare Workers for Ceasefire! indybay.org San Francisco City Hall | 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl | San Francisco, CA…

Kelly Laco (2024-01-04). Over 200 Service Members Demand Biden's Military Leadership be Court-martialed and Fired for Forced 'Experimentation' on Troops with COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Pierre Kory (2024-01-04). Data Reveal New York Vaccine Clinics Called Ambulances to be "On Standby" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2024-01-04). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part Two). wsws.org Just as the ruling elites have normalized genocide and nuclear war, they have deliberately normalized ongoing mass death and human suffering through the unhindered spread of COVID-19.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-04). UK care home worker who was fired for not being vaccinated wins unfair dismissal case. expose-news.com In mid-December, the Workers of England Union ("WEU") announced that an assistant in an English care home won his unfair dismissal case in an employment tribunal for refusing to get a covid …

WSWS (2024-01-04). Despite the cover-up, current coronavirus wave reaches new heights in Germany. wsws.org In contrast to official propaganda about the end of the pandemic, COVID continues to spread and cost many lives.

Julia Conley (2024-01-03). Israeli Assault Causing Disease, Hunger to Rapidly Spread Across Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-01-02). Israel's Genocide Betrays The Holocaust. popularresistance.org Israel's lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi's depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear. Destroy infrastructure, medical facilities and sanitation, including access to clean water. Block shipments of food and fuel. Unleash indiscriminate industrial violence to kill and wound hundreds a day. Let starvation — the U.N. estimates that more than half a million people are already starving — and epidemics of infectious diseases, along with the daily massacres and the displacement of Palestinians from their homes, turn Gaza into a mortuary. The Palestinians are being forced to choose betwe…

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Abortions Rose in 2020 Despite Prior Downward Trend. jamanetwork.com The number of abortions provided increased by 5% between 2020 and 2021, with a total of about 626‚ÄØ000 abortions reported in 2021, according to new surveillance data collected by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, abortion numbers, rates, and ratios have declined overall during the period between 2012 and 2021.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Could Reduce Millions of Excess Deaths. jamanetwork.com New estimates suggest that air pollution might contribute to about 8 million additional deaths worldwide per year, with fossil fuels accounting for the most fatalities. The majority of excess deaths from air pollution, defined as particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 μm, were linked with cardiometabolic conditions such as ischemic heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to results from a model based on 2019 data.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Life Expectancy in US Climbed After Declines Related to COVID-19. jamanetwork.com US life expectancy has risen by 1.1 years, from 76.4 years in 2021 to 77.5 years in 2022, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. Yet the increase does not cancel out the 2.4-year decrease in life expectancy that occurred between 2019 and 2021, due in large part to excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Famine Early Warning System Network (2024-01-02). Madagascar: Southern Africa Price Bulletin, December 2023. reliefweb.int

Famine Early Warning System Network (2024-01-02). Mali: Mise à jour sur la sécurité alimentaire – Accès limité des pauvres aux aliments au nord et centre du pays à cause des prix élevées et les conflits, décembre 2023. reliefweb.int

ecns.cn (2024-01-03). Plan points way toward bluer skies. ecns.cn The latest measures outlined by China to curb air pollution and promote its green transition by next year will pave the way for bluer skies and healthier lives while further propelling the nation's response to climate change, officials and analysts said.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-02). Health Workers in the UK Shut Down the Headquarters of a Gaza War Profiteer. portside.org

Taj Ali, Portside. (2024-01-02). Health Workers Shut Down Headquarters Of A Gaza War Profiteer. popularresistance.org Last week, hundreds of UK health workers shut down the central London headquarters of US tech giant and spy firm Palantir to disrupt its business. Their mass picket aims to blockade entry to and exit from the building in protest against National Health Service (NHS) England awarding a £330 million contract to Palantir, a company that professes to be keeping the Israeli government "armed and ahead" in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, including Israel's systematic targeting of health care facilities, health workers, and patients. | Palantir specializes in artificial intelligence—powered military and sur…

Staff (2024-01-02). Gaza health ministry briefs WHO delegation on health situation. muslimmirror.com Tel Aviv: Gaza Deputy Minister of Health Dr Yousef Abu Al-Rish on Monday briefed the Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator in Palestine McGoldrick and the World Health Organization (WHO) delegation about the catastrophic health situation in Gaza. The Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator and the WHO accompanying delegation are on a visit to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis …

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Health Care Workers and War in the Middle East. jamanetwork.com To the Editor As physicians who worked in many hospitals in Gaza, we are deeply concerned about the recent Viewpoint titled "Health Professionals and War in the Middle East." The night following the publication of this article, the Israeli military conducted large-scale attacks on Gaza's hospitals, including Al-Rantisi (the only pediatric cancer center in Gaza) and Gaza Psychiatric and Al-Shifa hospitals (the largest hospitals in Gaza). These attacks killed and injured patients and health care workers, and internally displaced refugees. Since October 7, Israel targeted a total of 135 health care facilities, and 2…

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Health Care Workers and War in the Middle East. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We write to respond to a recent Viewpoint, taking issue with its substantial omissions regarding the humanitarian crisis and war crimes occurring in Gaza.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Optimizing Interventions for Early Childhood. jamanetwork.com Early childhood is a critical period for development. The estimated costs of children not reaching their full developmental potential during this period are high and persist throughout life, including lower economic productivity and poorer health. Attaining full developmental potential has been recognized as the right of every child, and investing in early childhood development is key to breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty, increasing human capital, and improving population health and well-being. Yet the most recent estimates indicate that about 43% of children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-inc…

Helen Santoro (2024-01-02). The Case Of The Missing Health Care Providers. levernews.com

Lizzie Chadbourne (2024-01-02). History Shows Community Solidarity Is Essential for Making Abortion Accessible. truthout.org When Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was decided in the summer of 2022, ending the constitutional protection of abortion rights in the United States, calls for the creation of underground networks of abortion helpers echoed across communities supportive of reproductive freedom. These calls were largely centered on the history of the Jane Collective, a diffuse but highly organized… |

Zane McNeill (2024-01-02). Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Trans Youth Goes Into Effect in West Virginia. truthout.org On January 1, West Virginia implemented a law banning transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming care like hormone therapy and puberty blockers. The bill was signed into law in March by Gov. Jim Justice (R), making West Virginia one of 22 states across the country to restrict or ban transgender youth's access to lifesaving health care. "Once again, the party that tells us that it is for… |

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). The Margins Matter. jamanetwork.com In this narrative medicine essay, an internist illustrates how working class patients juggle their health care needs‚àíwhether to eat, pay rent, or lose wages—before illness or pain propels them to see a clinician.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Deep Brain Stimulation Might Improve Cognition Years After TBI. jamanetwork.com Deep brain stimulation improved executive control—or the ability to focus attention as well as plan and organize multiple activities—in people with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurred between 3 and 18 years earlier, according to results from a small feasibility study involving 6 participants with persistent TBI-related symptoms. The improvements from baseline ranged from 15% to 52% among the 5 participants who completed the study. Some participants also experienced improved overall function, better mental health, and less fatigue.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Criminal Justice Reform is Health Care Reform. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses legal provisions guiding health care delivery for incarcerated individuals, the impact of the First Step Act of 2018, and future federal criminal justice reform.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Increasing Telehealth Access Through Licensure Exceptions. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint explains how exceptions can be used to connect patients via telehealth with a physician in another state, why this is a more practical and effective strategy, and what needs to happen for this to be a feasible solution.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Spending on Dual Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drugs in Medicare Part D. jamanetwork.com This study compares Medicare and patient spending for dual over-the-counter and prescription drugs with their over-the-counter cash prices.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Long COVID in Nursing Home Residents Manifests as Functional Decline. jamanetwork.com People living in nursing homes tended to need more help with activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing, for months following infection with SARS-CoV-2 compared with their peers who were not infected, a retrospective cohort study found. Nursing home residents also experienced modest declines in cognition after COVID-19 infection.