A new poll reveals nearly seven in 10 Americans blame health insurers for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was shot in Manhattan in December, sparking public outrage over the industry’s practices. The survey by NORC at the University of Chicago found 69% believe insurers’ denial of claims played a key role, while [...
Norovirus cases appear to be increasing in various parts of the U.S. Citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ABC news reports 90 norovirus outbreaks were detected during the first week of December. Previous years’ data for the same December week shows a maximum of 65 outbreaks, according to the CDC. [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) director-general has called on Israel to stop attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.” He stressed that the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza w...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A 20-day-old baby died on Sunday due to severe cold and a lack of heating in refugee tents in the central Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said. The infant, Jumaa al-Batran, “passed away due to the intense cold” in Deir al-Balah city, the ministry explained in a statement. “His twin […]
Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence software that can determine the timing of a stroke. It also can determine whether treatment is feasible with twice the accuracy compared to conventional methods. Researchers from Imperial College London, Technical University of Munich in Germany and University of Edinburgh in Scotland col...
The only orthopedic specialist in Gaza, Dr. Saeed Joudeh, has been killed by an Israeli quadcopter strike. The fatal attack occurred while Joudeh was traveling between Al Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals to address critical staff shortages. The Ministry of Health confirmed Joudeh succumbed to a direct head injury in the strike. This comes just ...
Israel has attacked the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, disabling its only intensive care unit (ICU), according to hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya. The attack, which caused a fire, followed heavy bombardment of nearby homes. This ICU was the sole specialized care unit in northern Gaza, a region under daily attack since Israel’s Octo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Wednesday that an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus within the state’s dairy cattle constitutes an emergency. Bird flu has been detected in cattle in 16 states after it was first identified in stocks in Texas and Kansas in March this year. While no person-to-person transmiss...
Nearly 10 million children across 12 Republican-led states may face hunger next summer as $1.14 billion in federal funding to alleviate hunger remains unclaimed. SUN Bucks program provides $120 per child during the summer to buy food. According to the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Tennessee, Texas, and Florida are poised to declin...
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned two hazardous chemicals commonly used in dry cleaning and automotive industries. The chemicals trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene have been found linked to serious health risks such as liver and kidney cancers, as well as damage to the nervous and immune s...
