Annie Sparrow
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MBBS FRACP MRCP MPH MD. Flying doctor. Scientist. Strategist. Aid worker. Activist. Associate Professor Global Health Icahn School Medicine @ Mount Sinai.
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Having led four medical missions to Gaza, @sahloul describes the war’s devastating impact on the territory’s inhabitants and hospitals, and recounts a revealing conversation with President Biden, for @newlinesmag.
newlinesmag.com
A doctor who has led four medical missions to the territory describes the war’s devastating impact on its inhabitants and hospitals — and his fellow medical professionals
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Two years into Israel's assault on Gaza -- now its genocide -- the Sunday morning news shows that set the agenda for Washington on NBC, ABC and CNN have not featured a single Palestinian guest.
inthesetimes.com
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the WHO warned, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics, endangering millions and straining health systems worldwide. https://t.co/JwinrTwJIN
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Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally...
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“When we were in Gaza City two days back to al-Ahli Hospital bringing in the most needed trauma supplies – IV fluids, saline, IV antibiotics,...lab equipment and food for patients and staff etc – bombardments were all over the place where we were" -- @WHO.
aljazeera.com
Just 14 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functioning, WHO says, as Israel continues to bomb amid ceasefire talks.
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Due to Israel's starvation strategy, almost 55,000 children under age six in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study published in the Lancet shows.
theguardian.com
Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years
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“When the fighting stops, a new struggle will begin – to rebuild Gaza’s health system and rescue an entire population from the edge of famine and despair" -- @WHO.
news.un.org
As indirect talks in Egypt seeking to end Gaza’s two-year war continue, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) says rebuilding the devastated health system is critical to securing lasting peace and...
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Since October 2023, Gaza under Israeli assault has suffered 654 attacks on its healthcare facilities, with more than 1,700 health workers killed.
theguardian.com
IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble
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Three weeks after a leading scientist filed a whistle-blower complaint against the Trump administration, "Health" Secretary Robert F. Kennedy fired her, the latest effort to silence the messenger on how Trump is endangering public health and safety.
nytimes.com
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.
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"Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024," yet Trump's "health" secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is actively promoting hesitancy to use them. That fact-less skepticism will leave many deaths in its wake. https://t.co/1bA7bvNDDv
healthpolicy-watch.news
Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges,
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Remembering Yarmouk, home to 180,000 Palestinians in Syria - a war crime of mass starvation. Remembering Hassan https://t.co/SX5OYI61T6?
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I asked UN rights chief Volker Turk to condemn, deplore, criticize, whatever China’s persecution of the Uyghurs. He wouldn’t do it. He said he is talking to Beijing, as if his quiet diplomacy exerts any pressure for change. An utter abdication of his role. Shameful timidity.
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The World Health Organization announces that 31 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this month. It is the first outbreak that WHO must address without U.S. assistance.
aljazeera.com
UN agency confirms there have been 48 cases since the outbreak was declared early this month.
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The obvious lifesaving benefits for Covid led most of the world to a greater embrace of vaccines, but Trump and his "health" secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are moving Americans in the opposite direction despite the predictable loss of life.
nytimes.com
Most governments are trying to fight vaccine hesitancy with science and investment, while the United States heads in the opposite direction.
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Trump's "health" secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., "is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science." -- Senator @BernieSanders.
theguardian.com
Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science
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Trump's "health" secretary Robert F Kennedy has begun a full-on assault on vaccines, despite their lifesaving role, but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, which kill many but are protected by Trump-favored industries.
nytimes.com
The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.
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The limits of MAHA: instead of restricting toxic pesticides, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls only for more trust in “robust review procedures” and more study about how farmers can use fewer chemicals. He also does not call for direct restrictions of ultraprocessed foods.
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Even Trump seems to be souring on his "health" secretary in light of all the negative media coverage of Roberts F. Kennedy Jr.'s undermining of public confidence in vaccines and his broader decimation of public-health efforts.
nytimes.com
While there is no evidence of a break between them, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has caused consternation among President Trump and some of his aides.
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Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Traffickers must be arrested, not summarily executed, which U.S. forces just illegally did.
WATCH: The U.S. military destroyed a Venezuelan drug boat in international waters with 11 Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists aboard, the Trump admin says.
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The Syrian secret police under Assad abducted many children along with their parents. While the parents "disappeared," the children were often placed in orphanages and put up for adoption. Many were so young that they forgot who their parents were. https://t.co/LyujhS1Zqw
nytimes.com
In Syria, the Assad regime took hundreds of children away from their parents. A Times investigation reveals the workings of the operation — and how one family fought to reunite.
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