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Archives: Health Care
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…
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…
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…
Nepal shows its vulnerability after devastating earthquake
By Simon Redfern | (The Conversation) | - For some time scientists have realised that the Kathmandu valley is one of the most dangerous places in the world, in terms of earthquake…
Gaza: Shortage of Medicines as Israeli Blockade Grinds On
By IMEMC News The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced that the crisis of shortage in medicines and medical disposables has been critically aggravated because of the blockade imposed on the Gaza…
Palestinian Lives in Gaza at Risk if Israeli Blockade Continues: Ministry of Health
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- As millions around the world mark April 7th as World Health Day, the health situation in Gaza continues to worsen as the joint Israeli-Egyptian siege of Gaza continues…
Yemen: Russia, Red Cross Demand halt to Bombing to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The Red Cross and the Russian Federation are both demanding a temporary cease-fire in the aerial bombardment of Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition, to allow…
Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan
CBSnews.com | (Web extras) "On the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the president slams Republican critics for their unfulfilled predictions of doom and gloom." CBSnews.com: "Obama pokes fun at GOP…
Worst than ISIL: Iraq’s US-caused Public Health Catastrophe
By Mozhgan Savabieasfahani | (Informed Comment) The Iraqi people, once the envy of the Arab world for their outstanding educational and health-care systems, have been reduced to a nation of refugees, flung…
Gaza: Child Survivors with PTSD – Aftermath of the Israeli offensive
RT | - "The UN is looking into possible war-crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. RT's Bel Trew has the stories of those who survivor the offensive." RT: "Child Survivors: Aftermath of…
Satellite Imaging Shows 4/5s of Lights across Syria have gone out
By Josh Butler | - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - A single image can be more powerful, more descriptive and more potent than an entire essay – ‘ a picture says a thousand…
Israel denies Gaza govt floodwater allegations
NB AFP has withdrawn the original story. BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel on Monday rejected allegations by the government in the Gaza Strip that authorities had released storm water into the coastal enclave.…
Post-Hostilities Gaza an ‘Increasingly Toxic Environment’ UN Warns
By IMEMC News & Agencies A top United Nations official warned, on Wednesday, of an ‘increasingly toxic environment’ in the besieged Gaza Strip and called on Israel to release Palestinian tax revenues.…
5 Top Reasons Romney ought to have Withdrawn
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Likely the reasons Mitt Rimney decided not to run for a third time are financial - the big money just wouldn't make another bet on…
Gaza: Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society
By Khaled Alashqar | (IPS) -- Samah Shaheen (right), one of Gaza’s many disabled young people, joined the Irada programme to acquire expertise, learn computerised wood carving and escape social marginalisation. Credit:…