US lawmakers are sounding the alarm about American drug companies conducting clinical trials in China’s occupied Eastern Turkistan, which is also known as Xinjiang. The United States already has declared China is committing genocide against the Uyghur population in the region. In a letter addressed to the Food and Drug Administration or FDA, R...
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Sudan’s health minister on Saturday declared a cholera epidemic after weeks of heavy rain in the war-torn country, in a video released by his ministry. “We are declaring a cholera epidemic because of the weather conditions and because drinking water has been contaminated,” Haitham Ibrahim said in...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN chief on Friday called for a “polio pause” in Gaza to facilitate a major vaccination campaign. Describing Gaza as being in a “humanitarian freefall,” Antonio Guterres told reporters in a press conference: “Just when it seems the situation could not get worse for Palestinians in...
United Nations, United States AFP Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year — or more — than their grandparents did, says the UN, warning of deadly consequences. As climate change continues to push up temperatures globally, one in five children — some 466 million kids — [&hel...
Beersheba, Israel — AFP At 19, Israeli man Yoni has to put aside his plans to join the military and instead enter rehab for drug abuse that has worsened since the events of October 7 and the launch of Israel’s war on Gaza. Health professionals said Yoni’s case is not an exception in wartime Israel, […]
New Delhi, India — AFP Doctors in government hospitals across several states of India halted elective services “indefinitely” on Monday in protest against the rape and murder of a young medic. The 31-year-old woman’s brutalised body was found bearing multiple injuries last week in a state-run hospital in West BengalR...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it will send more than one million polio vaccines to war-torn Gaza after the virus was detected in wastewater there. “WHO is sending more than 1 million polio vaccines which will be administered in the coming weeks,” the UN agency’s chief Tedros A...
On the 59th anniversary of Medicare, Congressional Democrats unveiled a new tool highlighting the potential impact of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. This law currently caps insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month. The tool, created by House Budget Committee Democ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden is set to return to the White House on Tuesday as he continues to recover from COVID-19. Later in the day, he is scheduled to receive the daily briefing, which will be closed to the press. The president is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
The polio virus has been detected in wastewater across six locations in Gaza, sparking fears of an outbreak. The World Health Organization and local health ministries confirmed the presence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in sewage samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. Despite no current cases, the discovery has raised alarm about a...
