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30 Americans die worldwide from Terrorism annually, while 130,000 die by accident

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The right wing is carping that President Obama is "downplaying" the dangers of Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in the wake of the Paris and…

Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands; Cancer Fears

By IMEMC | - - Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory. Several farmers informed…

Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Despite international laws prohibiting the use of starvation against civilians, forces on all sides preventing aid from reaching blockaded towns in…

Zika: As temperatures rise from CO2 Emissions, epidemics spread

The Tree | - - "“Zika is a disease of poverty, similar to other neglected tropical diseases such as chikungunya and dengue. The burden falls disproportionately upon poor populations living near open…

People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Important Reminder in the Flint Crisis: People Still Have No Safe WaterEmergency declared by governor, but there is no city- or state-run…

Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted…

Women Refugees from radical groups like Taliban suffer Psychological Disorders

By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 26 2015 (IPS) - “My two sons were killed by Taliban militants mercilessly three years ago. My husband died…

Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital

Human Rights Watch | - - (Sanaa) – The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) on October 26,…

Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Processed meats have been placed in the same health risk category as smoking and asbestos by the cancer research body of the…

Trans-Pacific partnership raise the barriers for the access to affordable medicines

Trans-Pacific partnership raises the barriers for the access to affordable medicines

By Carlos M. Correa | (Inter Press Service) | - - GENEVA (IPS) - The pharmaceutical industry from the US and Europe scored a major victory with the adoption, in 1994, of…

War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor

By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health…

Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced

By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence in Yemen “has radically increased” since March,…

After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 10% have regular Nightmares

After Israeli Attack, 50% Gaza Children have PTSD, 70% have regular Nightmares

By IMEMC | - - Gaza Community Mental Health Program’s (GCMHP) Deputy Director General for Professional Affairs Taysir Diab Thursday said around 51% of Gaza’s children and 31% of its adults suffer…

Can Marijuana heal Broken Bones?

Nik Zecevic and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV) | - - "Marijuana helps broken bones heal faster, according to a study which also found that bones treated with marijuana were stronger and less…

South Carolina removes the Physical Flag: Can it remove the Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South Carolina legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse. It was put there in 1961…

Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest

By Zofeen Ebrahim | {Inter Press Service) | - - KARACHI (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with…

Top 6 Achievements of Obamacare: (Hint, millions more insured)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, Obamacare) has beaten back all judicial challenges, it is worth revisiting its vast success. A single-payer…

“The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine, Resistance, and Remembrance in Palestine” with Laila El-Haddad

By JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Cooking and conflict? It’s a different approach, but it works, and these blended themes still resonate five years after she and co-author Maggie Schmitt first began…

Yemen conflict fans food insecurity

By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) - AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) - The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country's food insecurity, according to a new report, which predicts that…

Epilectic Girl moved to Denver for Medical Pot, Dramatically Improves

Epileptic Girl moved to Denver for Medical Pot, Dramatically Improves

WCPO Denver | (9 on Your Side Video) | - "Adam and Heather Benton uprooted their lives to move across the country this April to provide their daughter, Addyson, with medical marijuana…