Staff (2024-05-07). Headlines for May 7, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support, SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony, Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement, Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience, Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of…

Alexis Sterling (2024-05-07). Israel seizes Rafah crossing, cutting off Gaza's last humanitarian lifeline amid famine crisis. nationofchange.org This move effectively cuts off a critical humanitarian aid route to the enclave, where the majority of the population faces imminent famine due to ongoing conflict.

Editor (2024-05-07). Is the UN Failing in Gaza? scheerpost.com By Dawn Clancy / PassBlue As the war on Gaza enters its seventh month, 35,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed, warnings of genocide and famine are mounting and reports of mass graves with bodies showing signs of torture are emerging. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah, a battered city in southern Gaza where over …

Sharon Zhang (2024-05-07). Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Effectively Blocked After IDF Seizes Rafah Crossing. truthout.org Israeli forces have seized the Palestinian side of Rafah crossing, which has been the main entry point for humanitarian aid into Gaza since October, putting the entire aid operation in Gaza under threat after imposing what experts say is the worst famine in modern history on Palestinians in the region. The little humanitarian aid that has been allowed into Gaza in recent months has largely come… |

Editor (2024-05-07). Gaza's Collapsing Health System is One of the Goals of Israel's Genocide. scheerpost.com

Amy Goodman (2024-05-07). 'They are starving,' says doctor back from Gaza; world food program warns North in 'full-blown famine'. nationofchange.org We get an update on conditions among the besieged and starving population of Gaza—including of children now suffering from the psychological effects of intense and prolonged trauma—from Dr. Walid Masoud.

Chris Walker (2024-05-07). New Biden Admin Rule Expands Access to Health Exchange for DACA Recipients. truthout.org Last week, the Biden administration announced the finalization of a rule expanding health care options for tens of thousands of people currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program who are uninsured. DACA recipients, who are sometimes called Dreamers, are individuals who were born outside of the United States but were brought to the country as children and… |

Anna Maria Barry-Jester (2024-05-07). Great Plains Tribes Face Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak as Federal Response Lags. truthout.org It was 2022 when pediatrician Tom Herr realized just how many babies on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota were already infected with syphilis when they took their first breaths. He was seeing more and more patients who'd spent their first weeks in a tangle of tubes that pumped antibiotics into their tiny bodies. Some had died in the womb. With growing alarm, Herr and other health officials… |

Zane McNeill (2024-05-07). Federal Judge Condemns Alabama AG's Abortion Prosecution Warning. truthout.org A federal judge declined Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's (R) request to dismiss two lawsuits, filed by an abortion fund and health care providers, challenging his threat to prosecute organizations that "aid and abet abortions." "The right to interstate travel is one of our most fundamental constitutional rights," U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote in a preliminary ruling on Monday. |

WSWS (2024-05-07). Australian health professional faces discipline on bogus antisemitism charges. wsws.org "How can the very people entrusted to 'do no harm' stay silent when over 400 of our healthcare colleagues have been targeted, detained, abused and murdered…"

Rhoda Wilson (2024-05-07). The "bad flu" called covid came and went before the end of 2019. expose-news.com The 2020 covid pandemic was a pandemic of iatrogenic harm instigated by governments and aided by corporate media. Covid, in so far as it is in any way distinct, came and did …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-05-07). TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in health. expose-news.com TIME magazine has published its "100 Most Influential People in Health in 2024" list. Here are some of the criminals stars of the show. TIME heads its list of notorious people: "In …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-05-07). Half the US Senate notifies Biden they oppose WHO's Pandemic Treaty. expose-news.com Last Wednesday, 49 members of the US Senate threw down the gauntlet to President Joe Biden over his administration's secretive plan to make the World Health Organisation ("WHO") Dictator-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …

Alejandra Marquez Guajardo (2024-05-07). Mexico Emerges as a Destination for Americans Seeking Reproductive Health Services…Not for the First Time. counterpunch.org When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it. These laws came into effect after the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade ended nearly 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the

The Independent (2024-05-07). SACCOs, MFIs put Uganda at risk by flouting anti-money laundering rules. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The failure of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOs) and Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to comply with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) regulations poses a significant threat to Uganda's financial integrity on the global stage. Despite being obligated to adhere to AML/CFT regulations like banks, insurance companies, and NGOs, SACCOs …

The Independent (2024-05-07). Molly Katanga makes second bail attempt. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Molly Katanga, accused of murdering her husband, businessman Henry Katanga, has sought temporary release from prison due to her health condition. After being denied bail on April 9th, 2024, by High Court Criminal Division Judge Isaac Muwata for failing to prove exceptional circumstances, Molly has made a second bail …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-07). Palestinian Red Crescent: Rafah invasion threatens lives of thousands of civilians and deteriorates already collapsing health system. english.almanar.com.lb

presstv.ir (2024-05-07). Police dismantle migrant camp near Paris city hall. presstv.ir Police said the dozens of tents posed a potential health and security risk.

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2024-05-03). Palestinians in Gaza's displacement camps face rampant disease due to destroyed infrastructure. mondoweiss.net Those who survived Israel's deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza's displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of garbage and human waste, and the spread of infectious disease.

Staff (2024-05-03). UN agencies prepare for Rafah incursion, warn of 'slaughter'. muslimmirror.com GENEVA : An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the aid operations of the entire enclave, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Friday, as the World Health Organization announced contingency plans for an incursion. Israel has repeatedly warned of …

Staff (2024-05-03). "Dead on Arrival": Doctors Back from Gaza Describe Horrific Hospital Scenes, Decimated Health System. democracynow.org Nearly seven months of constant bombardment, siege and obstruction of aid deliveries have annihilated the healthcare system in Gaza. Last week, the Palestinian Health Ministry said that around 600,000 Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip no longer have access to any kind of healthcare. The World Health Organization has said that Israel is "systematically dismantling" the health system in Gaza. Only 11 hospitals out of 36 hospitals in Gaza are partially functioning. At both of Gaza's largest hospitals, Al-Shifa and Nasser, Palestinians found hundreds of bodies buried in mass graves after Israe…

Staff (2024-05-03). Gaza: 54 Palestinians killed, 102 injured by Israeli bombardments last 48hrs. muslimnews.co.uk Gaza City, (Al Jazeera, Wafa, AA): Between the afternoons of 1 and 3 May, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 54 Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured by indiscriminate bombings by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza Strip. This brings to the total Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip since …

Ana Malinow, Common Dreams. (2024-05-03). Progressives Must Put Medicare For All Back On The Agenda. popularresistance.org In May 2009, Dr. Margaret Flowers, renowned single payer activist and humanist, was one of 13 single payer activists, doctors, and nurses arrested at one of the Senate Finance Committee meetings, chaired by then-Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), charged with reforming the U.S. health care system. The committee heard from 28 witnesses over two days representing major health care stakeholders. Missing from the lineup was even one witness in support of the obvious solution, single payer health care. As activists were hauled out of the hearing by police, one of them could be heard saying, "Why aren't single payer activis…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-05-03). WHO worries about bird flu notwithstanding low global health risk. plenglish.com Geneva, May 2 (Prensa Latina) WHO sustained on Thursday that the global health risk level of bird flu at a low level, but it admitted concern over the growing spread of its incidence due to climate change, among other reasons.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-05-03). India and Nigeria identified new areas of bilateral trade. plenglish.com New Delhi, May 3 (Prensa Latina) India and Nigeria identified new avenues of cooperation in trade areas, digital and public infrastructure, oil, natural gas, and pharmaceutical products, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of India reported.

WSWS (2024-05-03). UAW sets strike vote at Stellantis Warren Stamping over health and safety but raises no demands. wsws.org The impact of the mass layoffs and firings by Stellantis and other Detroit automakers have further undermined conditions in the factories via overwork and job overloading.

WSWS (2024-05-03). Democrats join with Republican fascists to witch-hunt scientist Peter Daszak. wsws.org During Wednesday's House Subcommittee on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, Democrats joined ranks with fascistic Republican colleagues to promote the Wuhan lab-leak lies.

latintimes (2024-05-03). Biden administration unveils expansion of health coverage for eligible DACA Dreamers. latintimes.com The Biden administration announced Friday the new plan to expand health care to more than 100,000 young immigrants protected by DACA.

Katrina Fischer Kuh — James R. May (2024-05-03). How the Constitution Fails to Protect the Environment. counterpunch.org By Katrina Fischer Kuh and James R. May Even a healthy U.S. democracy would struggle to respond effectively to the "wicked" problem of climate change. As humans, we would have to overcome innate cognitive limitations to accept the connection between everyday actions like driving and attenuated effects on climate. As voters, we would have to

tvbrics (2024-05-03). South Africa raises profile of the nation's health. tvbrics.com South Africans are more mindful of the food they consume as well as exercise…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-05-03). NAMRU-6: A Threat to Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad NAMRU-6 receives visit from the U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna. BSL-3 containment laboratories are designed to work with risk group 3 microorganisms, which include parasitic infections such as malaria and leishmaniasis, viral and bacterial diseases. The existence of US biolaboratories in Peru poses a risk to the entire region. Namru-6 is a…

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-05-03). EcoWaste Coalition Uncovers Mercury in 5 China-Made Skin Whitening Creams. pressenza.com Dangerous Cosmetics with Mercury Touted as "Key to Perfect Skin": | 3 May 2024, Quezon City. Following its recent exposé on five Pakistan-made mercury-containing skin- lightening products sold locally, the EcoWaste Coalition today announced it also detected mercury in five China-made cosmetics procured from an online seller. To protect human health and the environment, the group asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clamp down on dealers of mercury-added cosmetics being sold online. | The toxics watchdog group made the announcement ahead of the 5.5 online shopping sales to again draw attention t…

Pressenza IPA (2024-05-03). Australia/ Demonstrations seek end to violence against women. pressenza.com Social protests and demonstrations were held in several Australian cities with thousands of people clamoring for an end to the violence against women that has recently shaken the country. | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, addressing the crowds, described the situation of gender-based violence as an "epidemic", a major "national crisis", a kind of national emergency. | Across Australia, thousands of people took to the streets to demand an end to gender-based violence. Let us remember that in the city of Sydney, at the beginning of April, a mass stabbing took place in which of the six victims who died,…

Aussie17 (2024-05-03). Video: Japanese Oncology Professor Fukushima Condemns mRNA Vaccines as "Evil Practices of Science" globalresearch.ca

Paul Anthony Taylor (2024-05-03). AstraZeneca Finally Admits That Its COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause Deadly Blood Clots. globalresearch.ca

Joanne Gallardo (2024-05-03). Five things Friday roundup: Mental Health Awareness Month. anabaptistworld.org Content warning: suicide 1. 988 The Suicide and Crisis Hotline has made it easier than ever to text in the event of a mental health crisis, shortening the number to 988. You can also call this number. You will be quickly connected to an individual trained to help deescalate you and help you think through …

The Independent (2024-05-03). WHO: Africa has made remarkable vaccination progress, more can be done. independent.co.ug A new WHO report has highlighted Africa's vaccination triumphs. Despite gaps, ongoing country-level initiatives underscore the urgency of tackling preventable diseases head-on. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | As the 2024 World Immunization Week comes to a close, a recent WHO report has highlighted Africa's remarkable advancements in vaccine accessibility. According to the report, an …

ecns.cn (2024-05-03). China opposes U.S. statement encouraging Taiwan's presence at WHA. ecns.cn China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the statement from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which he said the United States encourages the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan's presence as an observer at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA), a foreign ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

newarab (2024-05-03). Which countries have also kickstarted student protests. newarab.com Students have set up encampments or organised rallies at The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that at least 34,596 people were killed in the Palestinian territory by Israeli forces during almost seven months of war with student protests across the US stepping up demanding an end to the bloodshed.

presstv.ir (2024-05-03). Police dismantle migrant camp near Paris city hall. presstv.ir Police said the dozens of tents posed a potential health and security risk.