Andrea Mazzarino (2024-07-08). War and Famine. counterpunch.org Many war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on significant portions of a population. In Christian theology, the Biblical "four horses of the apocalypse," believed by many in early modern Europe to presage the end of the world, symbolized invasion, armed conflict, and famine followed by death. They suggest the degree to which people have long recognized

newarab (2024-07-08). Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kills 16: health ministry. newarab.com The government in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a UN-run The territory's health ministry, which condemned the strike as an "odious massacre", said 50 injured were taken to hospital from Al-Jawni school in

Amos Harel (2024-07-08). Netanyahu is playing for time in Israel-Hamas negotiations, betting on the hostages' fate. haaretz.com U.S. pressure on Egypt and Qatar is pushing for a breakthrough with Hamas. However, Netanyahu has adopted his usual tough stance just before the delegation's trip to Cairo. Biden's health might divert attention from the Middle East…

Ociel Alí López, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-07-08). Why The US-Venezuela Dialogue Restarted. popularresistance.org With less than a month to go before the presidential elections in Venezuela, several international players are making their moves. The first was Washington. President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday, July 1, the resumption of talks with the US government. | Venezuela has been quite far from the front pages of the international media unlike in previous years. Additionally, its economy has stabilized, emerging from the hyperinflation that today plagues various other countries. It seems that something is happening in Venezuela, and it is that after nine years, on the coming July 28, all political sectors, without…

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Scholarship to commemorate ALS student. ecns.cn A university in Chongqing recently set up a scholarship in the name of a student who died of a motor neuron disease to encourage young people to learn from his fighting spirit.

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). Heat waves across Asia stoke health concerns, food security fears. ecns.cn Santosh Sikdar, 52, who does welding jobs for a small construction company in Kolkata, eastern India, finds the scorching weather "simply unbearable", but says he cannot afford to skip work, even for one day.

ecns.cn (2024-07-08). China expands infectious disease direct reporting system. ecns.cn The two-day event was jointly held by Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Asia Pacific Alliance for the Control of Influenza, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2024-07-08). Lawsuit on Behalf of Vaccine-injured Seeks to Strike Down 'Unconstitutional' PREP Act. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2024-07-08). 33% Agree COVID-19 Vaccine 'Is Killing Large Numbers of People'. Survey. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2024-07-08). Childhood Vaccine Injury: 5 Years Old Had Been Vaccinated Against Influenza A and Developed "Flu" Days Before Sudden Death. globalresearch.ca

Plus News (2024-07-08). Jinja Residents Protest Poor Health Service Delivery, Demand Improvement. plusnews.ug Residents of Jinja District have accused health workers of poor service delivery, which is driving them to seek treatment in shrines and uncertified herbal medicine shops. They allege that health workers extort money and use derogatory language, pushing them away from government health facilities. These concerns were raised during a public baraza organized by officials …

The Independent (2024-07-08). Shortage of rabies vaccines hits Eastern Uganda. independent.co.ug Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A severe shortage of rabies vaccines has hit government health facilities in Eastern Uganda amidst a surge in the number of people bitten by suspected rabid animals. A survey conducted in Tororo, Busia, and Namayingo districts revealed significant shortages of rabies vaccines, leaving many victims stranded at home or …

Sophia Schmidt (2024-07-08). Philadelphians are missing out on flood insurance discounts. The city could cash in next year. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover?
| Jamie Glenn loves many things about her neighborhood in Southwest Philly: the open space, the family-oriented atmosphere, and most of all, the neighbors who support one another, especially during hard times. One thing she does not like about her neighborhood…

hindustantimes (2024-07-08). Biden Health Row – Parkinson's Disease Expert At White House 8 Times Since…: Report | US Election. hindustantimes.com The mental acuity of U.S. President Biden has emerged as a significant issue in the U.S. election. According to a recent report in the New York Post, a Parkinson's disease expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard from Walter Reed Medical Center, has visited the White House multiple times. During one visit in January 2024, Dr. Cannard reportedly met with Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, at the White House residence clinic on January 17, 2024. This follows Biden's statement on July 5, where he dismissed the idea of taking an independent cognitive test, stating that his daily duties serve as a cognitive test in themselves. W…

Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein,, Steffie Woolhandler, Portside. (2024-07-03). Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments And Inequity. popularresistance.org Medicare Advantage—the privatized Medicare plans run by insurance firms but funded by the federal government—rips off taxpayers. On this there is little controversy. In March, MedPAC, Congress's nonpartisan advisory board on Medicare policy, estimated that this year alone taxpayers will overpay Medicare Advantage plans by $83 billion—the savings to Medicare if all of those plans' enrollees were instead covered by the traditional, fully public Medicare program. A 2022 New York Times exposé, "'The Cash Monster Was Insatiable': How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions," lays out the gory mechan…

Hasan Khatib (2024-07-03). Why Gazans' Extreme Hunger Could Leave Its Mark on Subsequent Generations. counterpunch.org As Israel's offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity, including malnutrition, hunger and starvation. A famine review analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported on June 25, 2024, that "a high risk

Democracy Now! (2024-07-03). Democracy Now! 2024-07-03 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; "This Must End": Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee | Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; "This Must End": Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Z…

Anand Naidoo (2024-07-03). The Heat: Middle East crisis escalates. america.cgtn.com Nearly nine months into the conflict in Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry there reports nearly 38,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, and more than 87,000 have been wounded. | On the Israeli side, the death toll is estimated to be about 1,100, with dozens of hostages still held captive. Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, spoke about conditions in Gaza, at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. | Meanwhile, fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah have increased at the Lebanon-Israel border. Increased cross-border, ti…

Injured Workers Unite (2024-07-03). Injured Workers Panel On Injured Workers, Workers Comp, OSHA, Healthcare & Workers Rights. indybay.org Workers and health and safety advocates will speak out about the attack on health and safety on the job and the corruption of the workers compensation system as well as the capture of government agencies by employers that are supposed to be protecting workers on the job and injured workers…

albawaba (2024-07-03). Human Rights Watch accuses Ethiopian forces of attacking hospitals. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ethiopian forces of committing "widespread attacks amounting to war crimes against medical professionals, patients, and health facilities" in the Amhara region.The report included interviews with 58 people, including eyewitnesses and victims of the attacks, HRW documented attacks by federal forces and a pro-government militia against "medical workers, healthcare facilities, and transports in at least 13 towns".The Amhara region fell into an emergency state later in August 2023 after fighting erupted there between federal forces and the Fano "self-defense" militia.Shocki…

albawaba (2024-07-03). FDA approves endorsed Alzheimer's drug for early symptoms. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly for adults with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, brand named Kisunla, following multiple delays and regulatory hurdles.According to a statement by Eli Lilly, Kisunla "demonstrated very meaningful results for people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease" including individuals with verified amyloid pathology who have moderate cognitive impairment (MCI) or the mild dementia stage of AD.According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease affects around 7 million people in the United States…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2024-07-03). Biden in the Bardo. counterpunch.org Seymour Hersh said Biden isn't all there. Thomas Friedman and Jane Fonda were reduced to tears. Rob Reiner, who watched the debate with Fonda in LA in the company of Doug Emhoff, the husband of Biden's VP Kamala Harris, screamed at the TV: "We've lost." One of the party's top money-bundlers told Politico: "Our only hope is that he bows out, we have brokered convention or dies. Otherwise, we are fucking dead."

Jeffrey St. Clair (2024-07-03). Biden in the Bardo. counterpunch.org Seymour Hersh said Biden isn't all there. Thomas Friedman and Jane Fonda were reduced to tears. Rob Reiner, who watched the debate with Fonda in LA in the company of Doug Emhoff, the husband of Biden's VP Kamala Harris, screamed at the TV: "We've lost." One of the party's top money-bundlers told Politico: "Our only hope is that he bows out, we have a brokered convention or he dies. Otherwise, we are fucking dead."

Rhoda Wilson (2024-07-03). In 2014 a former Nokia technology chief blew the whistle about harms caused by mobile phone use. expose-news.com In 2014, the Finnish newspaper Satakunnan Kansa posted an article about a former Nokia technology chief who said that mobile phones had wrecked his health. He went on to express his concerns …

latintimes (2024-07-03). Haiti PM Vows 'Transparency' To Population Traumatized By Gangs. latintimes.com Despite what he called an "extremely complicated" situation in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, the leader of Haiti's transitional government pledged on Tuesday to offer "transparency" to his countrymen as he takes on the challenge of restoring order.

Aussie17 (2024-07-03). Explosive Hearing: Philippines' House of Representatives Investigates 290K+ Excess Deaths Correlated with Experimental Vaccines. asia-pacificresearch.com

Sophia Schmidt (2024-07-03). New tax breaks, grants and assistance: Pa. task force makes recommendations on flood insurance. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The problem is often cost. Families pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year on top of their regular homeowners insurance, and state officials want to chang…

aljazeera (2024-07-03). Dozens killed in attack on village in central Mali. aljazeera.com Mali has been plagued by al-Qaeda-linked and ethnically based armed groups, but forced out UN peacekeepers.

Plus News (2024-07-03). Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Confirmed in Ntungamo. plusnews.ug An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Ntungamo district. The disease has already claimed three lives, in the areas of Rubaare, Nyarutuntu and Itojo, according to the District Surveillance Focal Person Moses Asiimwe. The majority of cases are registered among 13 to 45-year-olds and livestock handlers. Asiimwe says that while six …

Hannah Davenport (2024-07-03). Deputy Prime Minister's top choice for next Tory leader revealed. leftfootforward.org The Deputy Prime Minister has raised some eyebrows after it was revealed who his preferred candidate to lead the Tory Party aside from Rishi Sunak would be. | Oliver Dowden told his constituents that he believed Health Secretary Victoria Atkins was the only other "star of his generation" to be Conservative party leader aside from Rishi Sunak. | A leaked recording from the event last December revealed his choice, while the Health Secretary did not deny rumours she could run when asked by reporters at an election event. She said she was currently "not entertaining" questions about her leadership while campaignin…

aljazeera (2024-07-03). Is the UK's health system worse than much poorer countries? aljazeera.com The worsening state of the NHS is high on the list of voter grievances ahead of the UK's snap election. Some of them sa…

aljazeera (2024-07-03). Dangerous skin diseases spreading among children in Gaza. aljazeera.com More than 150,000 people have contracted skin infections in the squalid conditions prevailing in the enclave.

ptcnews.tv (2024-07-03). US bans additives in sports drinks, soda due to health concerns. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently declared that it will no longer permit the use of hazardous additives in packaged drinks and food items. According to a statement released by the FDA, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is a type of vegetable oil that is used as a food additive to prevent citrus flavouring from rising to the top of beverages, as reported by CNN. The FDA has also informed that this decision will take effect on August 2, 2024. According to the FDA statement, the packaged food companies will have a year from that date to reformulate and relabel their products…