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Why Hasn’t The United States Eliminated Hepatitis C When Egypt Did So?

FORBES – Three years ago, Egypt and the United States had approximately the same number of people infected with chronic hepatitis C. The hepatitis C burden in Egypt was also three to four times higher per capita than in the United States. Today, the situation is very different. Egypt has been certified by the World Health Organization to be virtually free of the disease. The United States, however, still carries the same burden despite having the...

Calif. Bans Skittles Due to Health Concerns, Still Allows Child Sex Changes

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The California State Assembly passed a bill banning several different types of candy due to chemical ingredients discovered to cause health issues. Assembly Bill 418 banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all products with titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, red dye No. 3, brominated vegetable oil or propyl paraben—all of which have been linked to cancer, reproductive issues and developmental complications. According to the Post Millennial, no one present at the assembly noted the irony of...

Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors

KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION HEALTH NEWS – The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have considered: fewer medical services available for all women living in those states. Doctors are showing — through their words and actions — that they are reluctant to practice in places where making the best decision for a patient could result in huge...

California’s Newsom faces tough question: Who would replace Feinstein?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive political question with no easy answer: Who would California Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to replace her if the seat becomes vacant? Despite calls from within her own party to resign, Feinstein, who turns 90 next month and is the oldest member of Congress, has given no indication that she is considering stepping down. Her frail appearance, confused interactions with reporters in...

Tweaked Food Delivery Apps Make You Eat Less

DUBLIN — Changing the way food options and information is presented on food delivery apps, as well as default smaller portions, may encourage healthier selections, lowering the calorie intake by 4%-15%, show three new randomized trials from the UK. The prominent positioning of low-calorie menu items, and restaurants with low-calorie main meals, on a food app emerged as the most promising approach to promote healthier eating, followed by preselecting smaller portions by default, and finally...

One billion people at risk of cholera, UN warns

Cholera is contracted from a bacterium that is generally transmitted through contaminated food or water. It causes diarrhoea and vomiting, and can be especially dangerous for young children.

The NAACP Says Florida Isn’t Safe for Black People. Data Tell a Different Story.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People last week cautioned black Americans to stay out of Florida, claiming that the state’s "openly hostile" policies put them at risk. But a Washington Free Beacon review found that minorities are far more likely to be the victims of hate crimes in liberal states like California.

He Returned to the US for His Daughter’s Wedding. He Left With a $42,000 Hospital Bill.

KFF Health News – Last June, Jay Comfort flew to the United States from his home in Switzerland to attend his only daughter’s wedding. But the week before the ceremony — on a Friday evening — Comfort said he found himself in “excruciating pain.” “I tried to gut it out for three hours because of the insurance situation,” said Comfort, a retired teacher and American citizen who has Swiss insurance. When the pain became unbearable, Comfort...

Rick Hoyt, Who Competed in Races With His Father, Dies at 61

Rick Hoyt, a regular at the Boston Marathon who competed in more than a thousand road races using a wheelchair pushed by his father, died on Monday. He was 61.

Fallout From NC Abortion Ban Will Reverberate In Southeast

KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION HEALTH NEWS The AP looks at why a former Democrat who ran on a pro-choice platform voted with Republicans in North Carolina to ban abortions at 12 weeks. Abortion developments from Texas, Wisconsin, and Nebraska are also in the news. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to avoid the abortion issue before an anti-abortion group. AP: How One North Carolina Lawmaker's Defection From The Democratic Party Upended Abortion Protections Mere weeks before North Carolina’s...

“New World Ag On Its Way” – Food Safety News

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – As the popular children’s poem goes: “This little piggy went to market.” Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized letting gene-edited pigs enter the human food chain, that may be the case for a vastly different sort of pig than the one in the Mother Goose poem. As a starter, German-style sausages, made from five 2-year-old genetically edited pigs, which were cooked up earlier this month at Washington State University,...

Bud Light Buying Back Unsold Beer as Company Scrambles After Backlash

NEWSWEEK – Bud Light is reportedly buying back unsold beer that has passed its expiry date, according to The Wall Street Journal—a move which could signal a change in strategy for the iconic brand following the culture-war storm it recently found itself in. After offering a sponsorship deal to trans activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney in early April, sending the social media star a commemorative can celebrating the anniversary of her gender transition, Bud Light...

Jeffrey Epstein allegedly tried to extort Bill Gates over extramarital affair

THE GUARDIAN – Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, sources familiar with the matter said that after Epstein found out about the Microsoft co-founder’s affair with Russian bridge player Mila Antonova, he threatened Gates into reimbursing him for tuition costs that Epstein had initially covered for Antonova to attend software coding school. Epstein’s threat to Gates came in the form of an email he sent in 2017 after he failed to convince Gates to join a...

What To Eat When You’re Trying to Heal

CLEVELAND CLINIC – Food is the fuel that keeps your body running — and nutritional food is the fuel that keeps your body running well. What you eat impacts your energy levels, your immune system, your strength and even how quickly your wounds heal. “Poor nutrition before or during the healing process can delay your healing,” says registered dietitian Kavitha Krishnan, RD. “While eating well can help the body heal faster and fight infection.” That’s right:...

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