MEE staff (2024-07-23). WHO warns polio spreading across Gaza as Israel vaccinates its troops. middleeasteye.net WHO warns polio spreading across Gaza as Israel vaccinates its troops | Health officials say outbreak could 'spill over' into other territories if not controlled | Tue, 07/23/2024 – 11: 18 | A Unrwa employee provides a polio vaccine for a child in a clinic in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on 9 September 2020 (Moh…

Jack Khoury (2024-07-23). WHO warns of high polio risk in Gaza and beyond its borders amid dire water sanitation. haaretz.com Although it has been found in sewage samples in the coastal enclave, the Israeli army said it has no information about any residents of Gaza contracting the disease; This week, the IDF began a polio vaccination drive for Israeli soldiers…

Democracy Now! (2024-07-23). Democracy Now! 2024-07-23 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden's Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must "Chart a New Path" on Israel-Palestine; "The Prescription Is Ceasefire": Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza; Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption | Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden's Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit ov…

Democracy Now! (2024-07-23). Democracy Now! 2024-07-23 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden's Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must "Chart a New Path" on Israel-Palestine; "The Prescription Is Ceasefire": Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza; Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption | Headlines for July 23, 2024; Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden's Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza; Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit ov…

ecns.cn (2024-07-23). Chinese Embassy urges U.S. to give explanation to the Philippines for disinformation against Chinese COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines released a statement on Monday urging the U.S. to give "a long-overdue explanation" for the severe damage it inflicted on the Philippines by the lies it has told regarding China's Sinovac vaccine.

ecns.cn (2024-07-23). China launches comprehensive guidelines to combat overweight, obesity in school children. ecns.cn China released new guidelines on Monday to ensure the physical and mental well-being of children by effectively controlling and preventing unhealthy weight gain and obesity among primary and secondary school students in China.

ecns.cn (2024-07-23). Tianjin team develops greener propylene catalyst. ecns.cn Scientists from Tianjin University have developed a cheap, environmentally friendly catalyst for propylene — a raw material in plastics, fibers and pharmaceuticals — that could halve production costs.

ICRC (2024-07-23). Afghanistan: Stable electricity supply elevates health care at Mirwais Regional Hospital. icrc.org

Labor Video Project (2024-07-23). Kamala Harris Charged with Covering up Corruption by Residents of Radioactive Treasure Island. indybay.org Former residents of radioactive Treasure Island charged that Kamala Harris was involved in covering up corruption by the developers and politicians who have pushed building million dollar condos on the former nuclear military training facility. Many residents, children and sailors were poisoned and sickened by the radioactive material on the Island and the cover-up by the politicans and government agencies responsible for health and safety of the people of California.

LaborFest (2024-07-23). Tuesday 7/23: Silicon Toxic Dumpsites, Workers Health & Safety & the RICO Case Against Apple. indybay.org By Zoom…

LaborFest (2024-07-23). Tuesday 7/23: Silicon Toxic Dumpsites, Workers Health & Safety & The RICO Case Against Apple. indybay.org On Line…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2024-07-23). Republicans' Project 2025 maps out plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid. peoplesworld.org Republicans have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they'll try to do if Donald Trump is re-elected. Project 2025, a "presidential transition project" of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-07-23). Angola reaffirms commitment to improve health services. plenglish.com Luanda, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan Minister of Health, Silvia Lutucuta, reaffirmed the Executive commitment to improve the quality of services in the country and the humanization of care at all levels.

UMMID (2024-07-23). Olympic Committee urged to terminate Coca Cola sponsorships. ummid.com Health experts and activists associated with over 45 organisations ahead of Paris 2024 urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to terminate the Coca Cola's sponsorship of sporting events throughout the world.

EDWIN (2024-07-23). Assets worth R52 million seized in alleged COVID-19 corruption case. sanews.gov.za Assets worth R52 million seized in alleged COVID-19 corruption case | The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) on Tuesday seized various assets and properties valued at approximately R52.6 million. | The assets and properties are linked to 22 senior management officials, service providers and entities involved in an alleged corruption network within the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works. | The seizure follows a preservation court order from the High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga…

Knowledge (2024-07-23). Fertility Rates Are Declining. Is Tech to Blame? fairobserver.com Rising inequality and social isolation have led to an "epidemic of despair" that is driving down fertility rates worldwide, according to a new paper by University of Pennsylvania neuroscientists Michael Platt and Peter Sterling. This acute sense of loneliness and anxiety is contributing to more physical and mental ailments, particularly in high-income countries, and dampening…

theonion (2024-07-23). SATIRE: Study Finds 14% Of College Freshmen Contract HPV By End Of Campus Tour. theonion.com BALTIMORE—Aiming to raise awareness of the sexually transmitted disease, a new study published Tuesday by the University of Maryland School of Medicine revealed that nearly 14% of college freshmen will contract human papillomavirus by the end of their campus tour. "New data shows a staggering number of incoming…

UMMID (2024-07-23). Maha Direct 2nd-yr B Pharm Admission 2024: Registration Starts. ummid.com Online registration for the students seeking admission in DSP 2024- Direct Second Year Full Time Under Graduate Course in Pharmacy (B. Pharmacy), has started on the official website dsp2024.mahacet.org.in from Thuesday July 16, 2024.

Human Rights Watch (2024-07-23). South Korea's Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Same-Sex Partners. hrw.org Click to expand Image | So Seong-wook, left, and Kim Yong Min leave the Supreme Court building in Seoul, South Korea, July 18, 2024. | © 2024 Suh Dae-yeon/Yonhap via AP Photo | On July 18, South Korea's Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling affirming that the country's National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) must extend dependent benefits to same-sex partners.The plaintiff in the case, So Sung-uk, had registered his partner, Kim Young-min, as a dependent to obtain employer health insurance benefits. The NHIS initially accepted Kim as a dependent, but later revoked that status when its decision to recogn…

aljazeera (2024-07-20). India's hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher? aljazeera.com India had nearly 1.2m excess deaths in 2020, new data shows. The life expectancy of Muslims fell more than five years.

Palestine-Global Mental Health Network (2024-07-20). Mobilizing global support for Gaza's mental health emergency. mondoweiss.net A new Gaza Community Mental Health Programme report paints a stark picture of the severe mental health crisis unfolding in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli genocide.

Tony Kirby (2024-07-20). Perspectives] Beatriz Grinsztejn: leading Brazil's response to HIV. thelancet.com Amid the cultural and social upheaval of the mid-1980s after Brazil's military dictatorship, Beatriz Grinsztejn found her purpose at the intersection of medicine and social justice. Dedicated to health equity, she is an infectious disease physician, researcher, and mentor who has devoted her career to HIV/AIDS prevention and care, advocating fiercely for the rights of those most affected and fighting stigma against the LGBTQIAPN+ community.

Helena Hui Wang, Esther Lau, Richard Horton (2024-07-20). Comment] The 2024 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize Essay: women and health. thelancet.com In the 2015 Lancet Commission Women and Health: The Key for Sustainable Development, Ana Langer and her colleagues proposed "the multifaceted pathways through which women and health interact, moving beyond the traditional exclusive focus on women's health to address the roles of women as both users and providers of health care, highlighting the potential for synergy between them".1 The authors also recognised the evolution of women's health from a focus on maternal and child health to a broader framework, inclusive of sexual and reproductive health, and a holistic life-course perspective.

ELEL (2024-07-20). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990—2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 2024; 403: 2162—203—In this Article, the Risk category key in figure 7 has been updated with the correct colours. This correction has been made to the online version as of July 18, 2024.

Sharmila Devi (2024-07-20). World Report] Aid workers warn over Sudan crisis: "time is of the essence" thelancet.com Health and humanitarian organisations struggle to support the population affected by conflict in Sudan. Sharmila Devi reports.

Brendan K Tao, Jim S Xie, Radha P Kohly, Edward Margolin (2024-07-20). Correspondence] Disease burden descriptions in trial protocols. thelancet.com It is well known that historical clinical trials do not routinely report the race of enrolled participants nor do they enrol groups across demographic spectra (notably race and sex) in proportion to real-world disease burden.1,2 Over time, only modest improvements to representative enrolment have been observed.2 This form of selection bias is problematic since evidence from such trials typically informs clinical guidelines. A lack of representation might lead to under-surveillance of safety and efficacy outcomes, predisposing under-enrolled demographic groups to inadvertent harms upon mainstream implementation of…

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Adeyemi Williams, Abdulai Jawo Bah (2024-07-20). Correspondence] Drug use among young people in Sierra Leone. thelancet.com Sierra Leone, a sub-Saharan African country with a median population age of 19 years and 75% of its entire population younger than 35 years,1 is experiencing an exponential increase in synthetic substance misuse among its young people.2 Many Sierra Leoneans live through multi-dimensional poverty that is exacerbated by the psychosocial distress they experienced during the decade-long civil war (1991—2002) and the 2014—16 Ebola epidemic in west Africa.3 These catastrophic events mediate a strong, bidirectional link between these traumatic experiences and substance abuse, which have contributed to the dr…

Christina Bergh, Kersti Lundin (2024-07-20). Comment] No improvement in livebirth rates by time-lapse technology. thelancet.com One in six individuals have problems becoming pregnant.1,2 Assisted reproductive technology is indisputably a great achievement of modern medicine and new methods and treatments in assisted reproduction are continuously being developed.3 Many times, such innovations are rapidly implemented in clinical practice, motivated by a wish to increase success in terms of pregnancy and livebirth rates, but often without the preceding, systematic evaluation of treatment efficacy and health consequences seen in other fields of medicine.

If Americans Knew (2024-07-20). New worries as polio virus detected in Gaza sewage. imemc.org Polio risk added to long list of crises in Gaza; Amnesty speaks out on Israeli torture, Oxfam speaks out on Israeli water weaponization; LA may hire ex-IDF soldiers to patrol streets; 1,000+ attacks on Palestinian healthcare; Ben Gvir's provocative prayer visit to Al Aqsa; Netanyahu nixes children's hospital for Gaza kids; ICC arrest warrants expected …

Robert Inlakesh (2024-07-20). Israel Is Deliberately Causing The Spread Of Infectious Disease In Gaza. thelastamericanvagabond.com With the recent detection of Poliovirus in the sewage water that flows freely throughout the Gaza Strip, it is time to address the fact that Israeli government has deliberately manufactured the conditions for the breakout of disease and infection amongst vulnerable Palestinians, aimed at inflicting torment and mass murder. Labelled a "ticking time bomb", the

Rhoda Wilson (2024-07-20). UK Covid Inquiry misses the point. expose-news.com On Thursday, the UK Covid Inquiry published its first report and recommendations following its investigation into the UK's resilience and preparedness, which was Module 1 of the Inquiry. Corporate media has highlighted …

Colin Todhunter (2024-07-20). What Was COVID Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (2024-07-20). Wednesday 7/31: Mar Monte Monthly: The Hottie Summer Guide to Sexual Health. indybay.org Virtual – Registered attendees will be sent Zoom details the week of the event…

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-07-20). EcoWaste Coalition Detects Toxic Lead in Reusable Stainless Steel Water Bottles and Tumblers. pressenza.com Group urges buyers to assert consumer right to product information and safety, calls on the authorities to pull out non-compliant products from the market | 19 July 2024, Quezon City. Not all reusable stainless steel water bottles and tumblers are created equal. Some may be decorated with lead-containing paints in violation of the country's lead paint standard, posing health risks to users, especially to young children. | The toxics watchdog group, EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for reuse and refill to fight plastic pollution and the climate crisis, encouraged consumers to insist on their legally protected right…

presstv.ir (2024-07-20). Experts: Full recovery from 'largest' IT outage in history to 'take weeks'. presstv.ir Experts warn recovery from the global IT outage that grounded thousands of flights, stalled banking and healthcare services could "take weeks."

Nicole Leonard (2024-07-20). Camden County sees major drop in fatal drug overdoses so far this year. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Leaders and public health experts in Camden County, New Jersey hope that their efforts to address the devastating Camden County has recorded 109 drug overdose deaths in the first six months of this year, according to new preliminary state data. T…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-07-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Treatment and research of glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: Glioblastoma Awareness Day is July 17 Considered the most aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma grows rapidly, destroying healthy tissue. Globally, approximately 300,000 people are diagnosed each year with glioblastoma. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/DP7p09z_mOY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Glioblastoma is a type of cancer affecting glial cells, which connect nerve cells and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-07-20). Sports Safety Spotlight: Mayo advises teens on how to get back in the game safely after shoulder injury. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org AUSTIN, Minn. ‚Äï For teens who love playing summer team sports, an injury that takes them out of the game can be devastating. Shoulder injuries are among the most common for athletes who play volleyball, tennis, swimming, football and a variety of others. "The shoulder is an incredibly mobile joint that allows you to reach and rotate in a number of directions," says Robert Cates, D.O., Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System….

aljazeera (2024-07-20). How is new malaria vaccine drive working in West Africa? aljazeera.com How does the new R21/Matrix-M vaccine work and where is it being administered?>

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-07-20). Mayo Clinic again earns top positions in U.S. News rankings, continues to transform healthcare for people everywhere. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has once again been named a best hospital in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 "Best Hospitals" rankings, which were released today. Mayo Clinic continues to be top-ranked in more specialties than any other hospital, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Arizona are again recognized on the Honor Roll. U.S. News continues to rank hospitals numerically within states, and Mayo Clinic again ranks No. 1 in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-07-20). Mayo Clinic scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease. The good news: Limbic-predominant Amnestic Neurodegenerative Syndrome, or LANS, progresses more slowly and has a better prognosis, and is now more clearly defined for doctors working to find answers for memory loss patients. Prior to the researchers developing clinical criteria published in the…

UMMID (2024-07-20). Maha Direct 2nd-yr B Pharm Admission 2024: Registration Starts. ummid.com Online registration for the students seeking admission in DSP 2024- Direct Second Year Full Time Under Graduate Course in Pharmacy (B. Pharmacy), has started on the official website dsp2024.mahacet.org.in from Thuesday July 16, 2024.

UMMID (2024-07-20). Olympic Committee urged to terminate Coca Cola sponsorships. ummid.com Health experts and activists associated with over 45 organisations ahead of Paris 2024 urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to terminate the Coca Cola's sponsorship of sporting events throughout the world.