“I hope I never have to go back” – 2024-02-19 11:04:30

“I hope I never have to go back”
 – 2024-02-19 11:04:30

News Writer Miki Liukkonen shared shocking information: he was repeatedly sent home from Aurora Hospital. Then Liukkonen died. He’s not the only one. The documents reveal what goes on inside the walls of the hospital. Hanna, 47, was so shocked by her treatment that she wanted to move away from the whole country. Friday 16 … Read more

Global Fungal Infection Deaths Almost Double, New Study Suggests

Global Fungal Infection Deaths Almost Double, New Study Suggests

Photomicrograph of a mycosis or fungal infection. Nephron (CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED) Just 11 years ago, scientists estimated that about 2 million people worldwide died from fungal infections every year. According to a new study in the renowned journal The Lancet, that number is now almost double: approximately 3.75 million deaths. According to the University … Read more

The Addictive Effects of Refined Carbohydrates and Added Fats: Why Ultra-Processed Foods are as Addictive as Smoking

The Addictive Effects of Refined Carbohydrates and Added Fats: Why Ultra-Processed Foods are as Addictive as Smoking

Foods with refined carbohydrates and added fats, such as chips, donuts or ready-made pizza, are experienced as very rewarding and attractive by our brain, in a way that is similar to how addictive substances such as nicotine are experienced. THE ORGANIC CRAVE Ⓡ / Unsplash Added fats and refined carbohydrates make foods as addictive as … Read more

Air Pollution Linked to Increase in Antibiotic Resistance: Study

Air Pollution Linked to Increase in Antibiotic Resistance: Study

The analyzes showed that for every 10% increase in air pollution, antibiotic resistance increased by an average of 1.1%. Air pollution and antibiotic resistance are the two biggest threats to public health right now, says Chinese researcher Hong Chen. He discovered that resistance to antibiotics also increases in areas where a lot of air pollution … Read more

Climate Change Worsening HIV Control in the Asia-Pacific Region

Climate Change Worsening HIV Control in the Asia-Pacific Region

The flooded streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 2013, Wereldbank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Extreme weather, rising sea levels and environmental pollution are making HIV more difficult to contain in the Asia-Pacific region. “We know that climate change affects human health.” The warning coincides with unprecedented heat waves on a planet that the United Nations (UN) says … Read more

Russian Journalist Attacked in Chechnya: Novaya Gazeta Reporter Hospitalized with Severe Injuries

Russian Journalist Attacked in Chechnya: Novaya Gazeta Reporter Hospitalized with Severe Injuries

Novaya Gazeta is one of the last bastions of press freedom in Russia and its editor Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. A Russian investigative journalist working for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has been hospitalized after being badly beaten in Chechnya, the newspaper and the Russian human rights NGO Morial … Read more

PFAS disrupt crucial biological processes in the body

PFAS disrupt crucial biological processes in the body

It is the first time that research has been done into exactly which biological processes are changed by exposure to PFAS. U.S. Forest Service / rawpixel.com (CC0) A team of scientists has been able to demonstrate for the first time exactly which biological processes are changed by the presence of “forever chemicals” in the blood … Read more

World leaders pledge $ 2.6 billion to eradicate polio “once and for all”

World leaders pledge $ 2.6 billion to eradicate polio “once and for all”

At a summit in Berlin, world leaders pledged $ 2.6 billion in funding to eradicate polio “once and for all.” Over the next five years, 370 million children will need to be vaccinated every year. The wild polio virus is endemic in only two countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. But 29 cases have already been registered … Read more

Finally green light for the recovery of the abandoned oil tanker off the Yemeni coast

Finally green light for the recovery of the abandoned oil tanker off the Yemeni coast

Since 2015, FSO Safer, an oil-processing vessel with 1.1 million barrels of oil on board, has been rusting five miles off the coast of Yemen. – Bron: Youtube / Holm Akhdar – There is a turning point in the FSO Safer file, the abandoned oil tanker that has been a time bomb in the Red … Read more