Author: admin

The type of health insurance a mother possesses may influence the likelihood of infant mortality, according to a recent study examining childbirth outcomes based on private insurance versus Medicaid. Dr. David Principe, a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine at St. Joseph’s Health in Paterson, emphasized the need to understand the reasons behind this disparity. Paterson, a community with a high prevalence of high-risk pregnancies, faces various contributing factors such as socioeconomic status, access to prenatal care, dietary habits, including processed food and soda consumption, and substance use, including smoking and drugs. A recent study published in the Journal of the American…

Even before encountering one of the rarest mammals in the Gulf of Mexico, two amateur fishermen were already feeling fortunate. Positioned 35 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, they had reached their favored spot, enjoyed a couple of Miller Lites, and successfully caught their third mahi-mahi when they were intrigued by the sound of air escaping a blowhole. “Then you start looking,” recounted Ben Renfroe, who promptly grabbed his phone to capture the moment. “Is that a dolphin or a whale?” However, dolphins in the Gulf are not known to surpass the size of motorboats. The dark figure Renfroe…

Sometimes ridesharing companies worldwide tend to feel above accountability, according to experts, who cited the Uber and Lyft generating money by cheating their own drivers out of pay. Such violations didn’t occur in the Middle East but in New York.  Of course, these violations haven’t gone unpunished. The two companies were fined literally hundreds of millions of dollars, with Uber paying the biggest share of the fine. Uber and Lyft have agreed to pay $328 million to New York Attorney General Letitia James for “systematically” defrauding drivers of their wages and perks. After an inquiry, more than 100,000 drivers in…

In the US, there are millions of people who could be once and for all deprived of the sodas they have long been attached to. Sodas, which are enjoyed by millions of Americans each year, may be outlawed or compelled to change their formulations if a chemical in them is banned. After being linked to headaches, memory loss, decreased balance, and thyroid disorders, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that brominated vegetable oil (BVO) be banned. The substance is used to help with citrus flavoring and may be found in popular sodas like Sun Drop, which is produced…

According to a recent report from the renowned medical journal The Lancet, the burning of fossil fuels, a major contributor to climate change, is not only causing environmental issues but is also negatively impacting people’s health and lives. The eighth annual Lancet Countdown, which monitors nearly 50 health-related concerns influenced by climate change on a global scale, emphasizes the urgent need to phase out the use of fossil fuels. The report highlights that the world is already experiencing the effects of climate change, with lives and livelihoods being affected in various regions. The lead author, Marina Romanello, stresses the importance…

With warplanes carrying out air strikes and Israel’s announced total blockade of the Gaza Strip, residents have been stripped of access to many necessities, including food and water. In response to the Hamas attack on Israel, Gazan neighborhoods, including al-Karama and Rimal, have been bombarded, and the civilian death toll, including hundreds of children, continues to rise. Here is a look at how the war is affecting Palestinian children on the Gaza Strip: How many Palestinian children were killed and injured? On Wednesday, the death toll in Gaza reached at least 950 Palestinians, including 260 children, with the Palestinian Health…

Taipei, Taiwan- As autumn approaches in many parts of Asia, that means one thing: boxes and boxes of mooncakes. The small pastries are synonymous with the Mid-Autumn Festival and are handed out in colorful boxes to friends and colleagues end of list It is not uncommon to see boxes stacked around offices at this time of year or long queues outside popular bakeries. Brands from Starbucks to luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton and the five-star Shangri-La hotel chain sell their own versions of the traditional gift, with some costing as much as $100 for a box of four A few…

People dug through the rubble of the quake in western Afghanistan for their few possessions, but the material losses seemed unimportant. Saturday’s 6.3-magnitude quake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. Picking through the rubble on Monday, Asadullah Khan paused to think about a future marred by grief. Khan lost three daughters, his mother and his sister-in-law. Five members of his uncle’s family have died. His neighbors are grief-stricken, too. “We have lost 23 people in this village,” Khan said. The Taliban-appointed deputy prime minister for economic affairs, Abdul Ghani Baradar, and…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s blockade and bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip, calling it a “massacre.” Speaking to the members of his ruling AK Party in parliament on Wednesday, Erdogan said even war had a “morality,” but the flare-up since the weekend had “very severely” violated that. “Preventing people from meeting their most fundamental needs and bombing housing where civilians live—in short, conducting a conflict using every sort of shameful method—is not a war; it’s a massacre,” he said, referring to Israel cutting off electricity and water to Gaza and destroying infrastructure. “We openly oppose the…

On October 7, Hamas launched a massive military operation into Israeli territory. The shooting of thousands of rockets into Israel was followed by an attack by land, air, and sea, with fighters penetrating deep into territory under Israeli control. They attacked military installations and temporarily took over various settlements. The death toll among Israelis has exceeded 1,200, including more than 120 soldiers; dozens of Israeli hostages were also taken into the Gaza Strip. The planning of the operation took somewhere between a few months and two years, per different accounts from Hamas leaders. The depth and magnitude of the attack…