albawaba (2024-02-01). Michael Cera: The secret skincare genius behind CeraVe?>. albawaba.com Michael Cera, the actor known for his roles in comedies such as Superbad and Arrested Development, has been causing a stir on social media with his apparent obsession with CeraVe, a popular skincare brand.The 35-year-old star has been spotted carrying bags of CeraVe products, signing bottles at a pharmacy in Brooklyn, and even claiming to be the founder of the company in a podcast interview.Cera's bizarre behavior has sparked speculation among fans and celebrities alike, who wonder if he is secretly involved with the brand, or if he is just pulling a prank. CeraVe, which is developed with dermatologists and conta…

WaterAid (2024-01-31). Zambia: WaterAid warns of regional cholera epidemic as cases spread across Southern Africa. reliefweb.int

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). What do you know about pancreatitis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, a long, flat gland that lies horizontally behind your stomach. The pancreas produces enzymes for digestion and hormones that regulate the way your body processes sugar. About 275,000 hospital stays for acute pancreatitis occur in the U.S. each year, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. Chronic pancreatitis is less common, with about 86,000 hospital stays per year. And although pancreatitis is rare in children,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Hepatitis B vaccine: What to know to protect yourself. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hepatitis is inflammation in the liver caused by specific viruses. The hepatitis viruses are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. All types affect the liver, but they differ in illness severity and prevention options. In the U.S., the most common forms are hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Acute or chronic hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. It's one of the more…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Graves' disease – when the thyroid is overactive. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that triggers the thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormones than the body needs. It's the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid. Dr. Marius Stan, a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, has more on this thyroid disorder. Editor's note: January is National Thyroid Disease Awareness Month. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/mhYeuD_Z3Po Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Penicillin allergy? Maybe not. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Amoxicillin is a penicillin antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin belongs to a group of antibiotics used by healthcare professionals to combat a wide array of bacterial infections, including strep throat, ear infections and pneumonia. Penicillin, one of the most widely prescribed antibiotics, is also one of the most frequently reported medication allergies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 10% of people living in the U.S. report having a penicillin allergy. However, less than 1%…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: How precise diagnosis of lymphoma offers patients best treatment options. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Lisa Rimsza is a pathologist, director of the Mayo Clinic Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory and researcher with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research specializes in lymphoma, with a focus on developing tests for accurate patient diagnoses and assessing disease aggressiveness. Dr. Rimsza has made significant advances in this field of research. She says having a precise diagnosis allows physicians to provide patients with the best possible treatment. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/M6ARKpwlWYU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Family history, ethnicity give insights into glaucoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glaucoma has been called the silent thief of sight because its onset can be so gradual that you may not notice changes in your vision until the disease is in its later stages. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma. Half of those people don't know they have the condition. How glaucoma affects your vision Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damages the optic nerve, which sends visual information from your eye to your…

The Independent (2024-02-01). WHO, South Sudan step up fight against neglected tropical diseases. independent.co.ug JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) and South Sudan have teamed up to sustain the fight against neglected tropical diseases that pose a huge health threat in the country. Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health Ader Macar Aciek said the country, with support from WHO and partners, has made efforts …

CARE International (2024-01-31). oPt: People in Gaza suffer "slow death" even when surviving the bombs. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: CARE International | Almost four months after the October 7th attacks and the devastating conflict in Gaza, CARE warns that over two million Palestinians are at risk of dying of hunger and preventable diseases. Over 80% of the population is displaced, with many setting up makeshift shelters from salvaged material unable to protect children, pregnant women, and the elderly from current nighttime temperatures as low as 5 degrees, rain, and wind. | "People share small rooms or tents with dozens of others, and pregnant women lie on the cold floor without a mattress…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). What do you know about pancreatitis? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, a long, flat gland that lies horizontally behind your stomach. The pancreas produces enzymes for digestion and hormones that regulate the way your body processes sugar. About 275,000 hospital stays for acute pancreatitis occur in the U.S. each year, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. Chronic pancreatitis is less common, with about 86,000 hospital stays per year. And although pancreatitis is rare in children,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Hepatitis B vaccine: What to know to protect yourself. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hepatitis is inflammation in the liver caused by specific viruses. The hepatitis viruses are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. All types affect the liver, but they differ in illness severity and prevention options. In the U.S., the most common forms are hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Acute or chronic hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. It's one of the more…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Graves' disease – when the thyroid is overactive. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that triggers the thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormones than the body needs. It's the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid. Dr. Marius Stan, a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, has more on this thyroid disorder. Editor's note: January is National Thyroid Disease Awareness Month. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/mhYeuD_Z3Po Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Penicillin allergy? Maybe not. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Amoxicillin is a penicillin antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin belongs to a group of antibiotics used by healthcare professionals to combat a wide array of bacterial infections, including strep throat, ear infections and pneumonia. Penicillin, one of the most widely prescribed antibiotics, is also one of the most frequently reported medication allergies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 10% of people living in the U.S. report having a penicillin allergy. However, less than 1%…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: How precise diagnosis of lymphoma offers patients best treatment options. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Lisa Rimsza is a pathologist, director of the Mayo Clinic Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory and researcher with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research specializes in lymphoma, with a focus on developing tests for accurate patient diagnoses and assessing disease aggressiveness. Dr. Rimsza has made significant advances in this field of research. She says having a precise diagnosis allows physicians to provide patients with the best possible treatment. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/M6ARKpwlWYU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Family history, ethnicity give insights into glaucoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glaucoma has been called the silent thief of sight because its onset can be so gradual that you may not notice changes in your vision until the disease is in its later stages. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma. Half of those people don't know they have the condition. How glaucoma affects your vision Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damages the optic nerve, which sends visual information from your eye to your…

Mary Annette Pember (2024-01-31). Boarding Schools Played a Key Role in Spreading Disease in Native Populations. truthout.org George Little Wound was gravely ill when he was sent home to Pine Ridge from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1889, just three years after arriving at the notorious boarding school. Little Wound, the son of Chief Little Wound, was among a group of three Pine Ridge students shipped home together with what the school physician described as "incipient consumption" and "scrofula… |

US Agency for International Development (2024-01-31). Madagascar: Humanitarian Snapshot – USAID/BHA in Southern Africa, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. reliefweb.int Countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Source: US Agency for International Development | Please refer to the attached file. | REGIONAL PROFILE | Countries in Southern Africa continue to face conflict-induced displacement, food insecurity, the spread of disease, and numerous climatic shocks—including drought, floods, and tropical cyclones—that generate widespread humanitarian needs. In FY 2023, USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) provided more than $201 million to…

Editor (2024-02-01). Silencing the Messenger: How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities. scheerpost.com

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-02-01). Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza: Israeli occupation committed 15 massacres killing 118 people and injuring 190 others in the last 24 hours. english.almanar.com.lb

Fran Quigley, Scheer Post. (2024-02-01). Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People. popularresistance.org Last week, my students and I worked with several unhoused persons who had been recently living in dangerous, unhealthy apartments or homes in our community of Indianapolis. One, a young mother of a toddler with another baby soon on the way, had just left a home where eight people across three generations were living. The house had no central heat, so space heaters were the only source of warmth during a month when the temperature dipped below zero for several days. Those heaters and everything else electrical in the house were linked to a complex web of extension cords connected to a solitary working outlet.

Maureen Tkacik, The American Prospect. (2024-02-01). Massachusetts Wakes Up To A Hospital Nightmare. popularresistance.org The group of fresh medical school grads knew something wasn't right with Steward Health Care when they showed up in Dorchester, Massachusetts to start their residencies in Carney Hospital's inaugural family medicine residency class during the summer of 2014 and learned the president who had recruited them had already been fired. | Soon afterward, a Steward administrator admitted the new family medicine clinic and the pediatric ward they had toured on their recruitment visit were never actually opening, and that the nearby hospital at which residents were supposed to learn how to deliver babies was being shuttered…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S.This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, Black or Hispanic women, but rather related to systemic racism, access to healthcare and socioeconomic factors, says Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist. That is why she encourages women to learn more about this often-avoidable cancer and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can vitamin C keep the common cold away? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter is cold and flu season. If you take in more vitamin C, will it help prevent you from getting sick? Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family physician, explains more about the health benefits of vitamin C in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/uo0fL-RI3x0 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. Want to keep…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Born at less than a pound, 22-week preemie makes journey from NICU to home sweet home. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On Christmas Eve 2022, Sharni Saravanan was rushed to Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing. She was pregnant and bleeding, a terrifying combination. But doctors assured Sharni and her husband, Karthik Viswanathan, that she and their baby were fine. This past year, Christmas Eve looked much different for Sharni and Karthik. There were no trips to the hospital, no worries about anyone's health. And there was someone new joining the celebration: their son, Heeran,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic hospitals named 'America's Best Hospitals' by Healthgrades. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthgrades, an independent health ratings company, ranked the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals in overall clinical excellence. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona; Florida; Rochester and Mankato, Minnesota; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, were named among "America's Best Hospitals." Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida and Rochester, Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota, were named among "America's 50 Best Hospitals" by Healthgrades, an independent healthcare ratings company. In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire,…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-01). CJ Hopkins: The Verdict. expose-news.com In August 2023, CJ Hopkins was sent a "punishment order" and a choice: 60 days or 3,600 euros. His crime? Insulting the German health minister in a tweet, and using a scarcely-visible …

Aruna Rodrigues (2024-01-31). GMOs Will Destroy Indian Agriculture, Which is Non-GMO and Will Harm the Health of 1 Billion Indians and Their Animals. dissidentvoice.org Hybrid Bt cotton, the only commercialised GM crop in India, has failed conclusively. Based on this failure and the evidence on GM crops to date, the Union of India's proposal to commercialise herbicide-tolerant (HT) mustard will destroy not just Indian mustard agriculture but citizens' health. There have been five days of intense hearings on this …

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2024-01-31). World's food system must be transformed for health of people and planet, study finds. peoplesworld.org According to a new global policy report — The Economics of the Food System Transformation by the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) — how food is produced and consumed worldwide is leading to environmental damage and health impacts that add up to about 12 percent of the world's annual gross domestic product. The researchers found that a global transformation of food systems could …

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-01-31). Group of Cuban doctors returns after restoring hope in Haiti. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, January 31 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti returned to their country today after taking care of the health of inhabitants of this nation that they consider a sister, and restoring hope to the victims of oblivion.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S.This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, Black or Hispanic women, but rather related to systemic racism, access to healthcare and socioeconomic factors, says Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist. That is why she encourages women to learn more about this often-avoidable cancer and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can vitamin C keep the common cold away? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Winter is cold and flu season. If you take in more vitamin C, will it help prevent you from getting sick? Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family physician, explains more about the health benefits of vitamin C in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/uo0fL-RI3x0 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. Want to keep…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Born at less than a pound, 22-week preemie makes journey from NICU to home sweet home. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On Christmas Eve 2022, Sharni Saravanan was rushed to Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing. She was pregnant and bleeding, a terrifying combination. But doctors assured Sharni and her husband, Karthik Viswanathan, that she and their baby were fine. This past year, Christmas Eve looked much different for Sharni and Karthik. There were no trips to the hospital, no worries about anyone's health. And there was someone new joining the celebration: their son, Heeran,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic hospitals named 'America's Best Hospitals' by Healthgrades. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthgrades, an independent health ratings company, ranked the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals in overall clinical excellence. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona; Florida; Rochester and Mankato, Minnesota; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, were named among "America's Best Hospitals." Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida and Rochester, Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota, were named among "America's 50 Best Hospitals" by Healthgrades, an independent healthcare ratings company. In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire,…

tvbrics (2024-01-31). India is ready to help with developement of the health system in Zimbabwe. tvbrics.com The countries are developing co-operation in the health, agriculture and education sectors…

Editor (2024-02-01). After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health. scheerpost.com

World Health Organization (2024-01-31). oPt: WHO Director-General's opening remarks on Gaza, the WHO Executive Board, trans fats and leprosy – 31 January 2024. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: World Health Organization | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. | First to Gaza, where WHO continues to face extreme challenges in supporting the health system and health workers. | As of today, over 100,000 Gazans are either dead, injured or missing and presumed dead. | WHO has faced great difficulty even to reach hospitals in southern Gaza. | Heavy fighting has been reported near hospitals in Khan Younis, severely impeding access to health facilities for patients, health workers and supplies. | During a UN mission on Monday, WHO delivered medical s…

Global Research News (2024-02-01). Selected Articles: Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico Orders Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management and Vaccines After 21,000 Excess Deaths Announced in Slovakia Since 2020. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-01). South Australian tribunal orders employer to pay compensation for vaccine injury. expose-news.com The South Australian Employment Tribunal ordered the Department of Child Protection ("DCP") to pay compensation and medical expenses to a youth worker who developed pericarditis after getting a covid booster under a …

Prime Minister Robert Fico (2024-01-31). Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico Orders Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management and Vaccines After 21,000 Excess Deaths Announced in Slovakia Since 2020. globalresearch.ca

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-01). BBC's harmful lies are exposed during UK Covid Inquiry. expose-news.com The UK Covid Inquiry took an interesting turn last week when top government advisor Mark Woolhouse at the University of Edinburgh lambasted the BBC for misrepresenting covid risks to promote harmful lockdowns. …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-01). Professor of African history calls for an inquiry into African governments' responses to covid. expose-news.com The assumption that covid would be an equal threat in Africa as it may have been elsewhere was wrong. An accounting must be made of the mistakes so that such an inept …

British Medical Journal (2024-01-31). World: Strengthening the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) COVID-19 vaccination information system. reliefweb.int Country: World | Source: British Medical Journal | Talya Shragai, Arish Bukhari, Ajiri Okpure Atagbaza, Daniel Rasheed Oyaole, Ronak Shah, Konstantin Volkmann, Leacky Kamau, Nsasiirwe Sheillah, Bridget Farham, Man Kai Wong, Eugene Lam, Franck Mboussou, Benido Impouma | Abstract | This manuscript describes the process and impact of strengthening the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)'s COVID-19 vaccination information system. This system plays a critical role in tracking vaccination coverage, guiding resource allocation and supporting vaccination campaign roll-out for countries in the African region. Rec…

Dr. William Makis (2024-01-31). Star Trek Actress Margot Muraszkiewicz Died After One Year Battle with ALS. She Was COVID-19 Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Patricia Harrity (2024-01-31). The Plot Thickens as Comeuppance Looms for the Unhinged Zealots of the Vax Brigade. expose-news.com EMBALMERS REPORT BIZARRE BLOOD CLOTS. "The evidence is becoming overwhelming that the pseudo-vax rollout was a mass poisoning event inflicted on us with malice aforethought by the Covid Psyop's duplicitous architects, aided …

Staff (2024-01-31). As cost spikes, number of Hajj applicants from UP goes down. muslimmirror.com Lucknow : Following an increase in cost and post-Covid rules, there has been a visible decline in the number of people applying for Hajj from Uttar Pradesh. According to the data from the state Hajj committee, this year, the state could not even fill its allocated quota despite extending the application deadline by a month, …