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Chicago
english.elpais.com
2 weeks ago
Chicago

What is known about the tuberculosis cases in migrant shelters in Chicago

Tuberculosis cases detected among newly arrived migrants in Chicago shelters.
Public health concerns raised due to tuberculosis and measles outbreaks in the same facilities. [ more ]
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

David McGrath: Sometimes Mom was a piece of work. But all for the sake of family.

She was one of a kind, my mom.
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infectious-diseases
www.ocregister.com
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

US tuberculosis cases were at their the highest level in a decade in 2023

Tuberculosis cases in the US highest in a decade, 16% increase from 2022
Factors contributing to rising TB cases include international surge, weakened immune systems [ more ]
time.com
4 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Tuberculosis Is the Highest It's Been in a Decade

U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 hit a decade-high of over 9,600, with a 16% increase from 2022.
Most cases are in those born outside the U.S., factors contributing include international migration and weakened immune systems. [ more ]
The Atlantic
4 months ago
Health

One of Tuberculosis's Biggest, Scariest Numbers Is Probably Wrong

Decades-old dogma about tuberculosis may not be true
The extent of latent TB has been exaggerated for decades [ more ]
Chicago Tribune
11 months ago
Chicago

Op-ed: Ending masking requirements in hospitals is a step backward

Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the last three years.This is being hailed as a sign of moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic.But is it really "moving on?"
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Public health

Opinion: Newsom's budget cuts threaten public health investment

The state's public health emergency, in place for nearly three years, expired Tuesday.Californians know from experience that it won't be time to let down our guard.We know better.Experience taught us that threats rarely subside permanently.For instance, after a wildfire is contained, there remain a threat it can flare up again all it could take is another spark.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

North Korea Imposes Lockdown on Pyongyang to Fight Recurrent Flu'

North Korea has imposed a five-day lockdown on its capital city as it battles an increase in recurrent flu and other respiratory diseases amid a cold spell, according to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang.A North Korean government notice that the embassy posted on its Facebook account on Wednesday said Pyongyang had ordered a special anti-epidemic period through Sunday.
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public-health
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
Los Angeles

Tuberculosis cases rising in California, and state officials are sounding the alarm

Tuberculosis cases rose by 15% in California in 2023, with the highest increase since 1989.
People at higher risk for tuberculosis are those who have lived in countries with high TB rates. [ more ]
www.bostonherald.com
2 months ago
Health

Tuberculosis cases rise, but public health agencies say they lack the resources to keep up

Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. increased by 5% in 2022, although nationally the numbers are still lower than pre-pandemic levels.
Awareness about tuberculosis is lagging and state and local health departments lack resources for prevention and control efforts. [ more ]
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Artificial intelligence
Nature
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Google AI could soon use a person's cough to diagnose disease

Machine-learning tool detects health conditions from audio clips
Sound used as a biomarker for diseases like COVID-19 and tuberculosis [ more ]
www.dw.com
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Could AI transform healthcare in Africa? DW 12/01/2023

AI is being used in Africa to aid healthcare in areas such as managing datasets, reading genomes, analyzing medical images, and tracking COVID-19.
AI has been successful in disease diagnostics, including detecting tuberculosis in a high-security jail in Mozambique.
TB is a major healthcare issue globally, and AI technology can help reduce the global TB burden. [ more ]
Engadget
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google is working on AI for ultrasound diagnosis and cancer therapy | Engadget

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AI isn't just good for writing term papers or clickbait financial explainers; it could help save lives in the medical field.At Google's annual The Check Up healthcare event, it announced AI-related partnerships for ultrasound readings, medical language models and cancer treatments - areas where the technology could someday serve as a force for good.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Los celulares pueden ayudar a predecir suicidios?

Un proyecto de investigación intenta unir las tecnologías del aprendizaje automático y los biosensores que rastrean el estado de ánimo de las personas para generar un sistema de alerta temprana para pacientes de alto riesgo.
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Sacramento Bee
1 month ago
California

Tuberculosis is spreading in California, officials say. Silent bacteria could be why

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis can lay dormant and suddenly multiply causing active TB infection
California is experiencing a significant rise in tuberculosis cases. [ more ]
London
www.standard.co.uk
2 months ago
London

Health experts to probe increase in tuberculosis as cases rise in London and elsewhere

Cases of tuberculosis have increased in England.
The largest increases have been seen in London, the West Midlands, and the North West. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Charlotte Jones obituary

My friend Charlotte Jones, who has died aged 95, was a pioneering GP, an early advocate of family-planning services and an obstetrician who taught doctors and midwives to make childbirth as positive as possible for women, with fewer medical interventions and more involvement of partners.An only child, Charlotte was born in Vienna and raised in Czechoslovakia.
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Time Out New York
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

A new exhibit honors NYC's Black nurses who cared for tuberculosis patients

The Black Angels were a group of Black nurses who cared for tuberculosis patients at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island.
Sea View Hospital recruited around 300 Black nurses to care for thousands of patients and did not discriminate or have quotas against them. [ more ]
Health
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
Health

Why TB cases are rising in California after decades of decline

Tuberculosis cases in California are on the rise after years of decline.
The increase in cases is attributed to missed, misdiagnosed, or delayed diagnoses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
Health

Tuberculosis: Symptoms and treatment, and who should be tested

Santa Clara County had the second highest case for tuberculosis in the US.
Tuberculosis can be spread through the air by coughing, sneezing, or speaking, and the symptoms can be coughing, chest pain, and fatigue. [ more ]
www.npr.org
5 months ago
Health

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The head of the World Health Organization wants to eradicate tuberculosis, one of the oldest and deadliest diseases.
Two clinical trials have shown that taking levofloxacin, an antibiotic commonly used for drug-resistant TB, can reduce the risk of developing drug-resistant strains by about 60%.
The new data could inform global TB guidelines in the future. [ more ]
www.npr.org
5 months ago
Health

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The head of the World Health Organization wants to eradicate tuberculosis, one of the oldest and deadliest diseases.
Two clinical trials have shown that taking levofloxacin, an antibiotic commonly used for drug-resistant TB, can reduce the risk of developing drug-resistant strains by about 60%.
The new data could inform global TB guidelines in the future. [ more ]
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

An elite Bronze Age man had brain surgery more than 3,000 years ago | CNN

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.When archaeologists uncovered the burial site of two brothers who lived during the 15th century BC in Israel, they were surprised to discover that one of them had brain surgery shortly before he died.
DW.COM
1 year ago
Health

How stigmas impact refugee and migrant health | DW | 22.07.2022

Waheed Arian spent the first five years of his life hiding in cellars from rockets and bombs.
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Battery Power
5 months ago
Atlanta Braves

This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay

Red Schoendienst diagnosed with tuberculosis
Braves trade Fred McGriff to the Tampa Bay Rays
Chipper Jones restructures contract [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
10 months ago
Science

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2023

John Keats, Poet and Surgeon Poet John Keats died tragically early, in 1821, at the age of 25, of tuberculosis.But few people are aware that he crowded two careers into his brief life: he studied medicine and was trained in surgery for as many years as he wrote poetry.Even people who know of Keats's early training have assumed that he was pushed into medicine against his will, resented it and left it as soon as possible.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Science

Clues to Bronze Age cranial surgery revealed in ancient bones

This hole was made in a Bronze Age man's skull shortly before he died, archaeologists say, based on several clues.It's the result of a surgical procedure called a trephination.Kalisher et al., 2023/PLOS ONE During the Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago, the town of Megiddo, currently in northern Israel, was a thriving center of trade.
Ars Technica
11 months ago
OMG science

Woman with untreated TB still on the lam three months after arrest warrant

1. Tuberculosis can be a serious public health issue if left untreated, as it can spread quickly and be resistant to normal treatments.
2. Law enforcement faces a unique challenge when trying to track down fugitives with tuberculosis, as the search must balance arresting the suspect while keeping the public safe from
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Writing

Poem of the week: The North Wind by Anne Bronte

T hat wind is from the North, I know it well;No other breeze could have so wild a swell.Now deep and loud it thunders round my cell,Then faintly dies,And softly sighs,And moans and murmurs mournfully.I know its language; thus is speaks to me I have passed over thy own mountains dear,Thy northern mountains and they still are free,Still lonely, wild, majestic, bleak and drear, And stern and lovely, as they used to be When thou, a young enthusiast,As wild and free as they,O'er rocks and glens and snowy heightsDidst often love to stray.I've blown the wild untrodden snowsIn whirling eddies from their brows,And I have howled in caverns wildWhere thou, a joyous mountain child,Didst dearly love to be.The sweet world is not changed, but thouArt pining in a dungeon now,Where thou must ever be;No voice but mine can reach thine ear,And Heaven has kindly sent me here,To mourn and sigh with thee,And tell thee of the cherished landOf thy nativity.'Blow
Battery Power
1 year ago
Atlanta Braves

This Day in Braves History: Atlanta sends Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay

Braves Franchise History
1958 - Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959.1997 - The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later.2002 - The Florida Marlins send recently-acquired pitcher Mike Hampton to the Atlanta Braves for Ryan Baker and Tim Spooneybarger.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Health

Dying too young: focus on communicable diseases takes toll in South Africa's slums

Weaving her way through the narrow alleyways running between the shacks of Barcelona squatter camp, Nomachine Jali is on her way to see her first patient of the day: Atwell Mbadamana, 69, is lying on a plastic mattress on the floor in the corner of a dark room.A blanket covers him.He has been here, bedridden, since August after he had a stroke.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Overseas aid spending a mess since Foreign Office put in charge, watchdog warns

They report that partner organisations in recipient countries no longer receive the information they need about aid spending, making it harder to structure work and avoid duplication.The department welcomes the report and will work to take forward its recommendations.FCDO has allowed transparency over the UK aid budget to plummet in recent years, which not only weakens its accountability to the British taxpayer and the communities we work with, but hampers the support we provide to the world's most marginalised people.
Battery Power
1 year ago
Atlanta Braves

This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn wins 20 games for ninth time

1958 - Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to have nine career 20 win seasons with an 8-2 victory over St. Louis.Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won 20 games eight times.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Public health

Preventing millions of hepatitis deaths is a thundering moral imperative'

The world faces a thundering moral imperative to prevent people in poor countries dying of viral hepatitis when the cost of treating them is less than dinner for two, the pharmaceutical industry will be told today.In a passionate appeal to the international community to avoid repeating the mistakes made early in the HIV and Aids crisis, delegates meeting in Geneva at the first international pledging conference for viral hepatitis will be urged to give $150m (120m) to ensure that low-cost treatment reaches those who need it.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Change in monkeypox vaccine injection method could mean more doses but may not be easy, experts say

(CNN)The US government is considering a change to how physicians give monkeypox vaccines so it can make the most of the supply on hand, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said Thursday.
RMNB
11 months ago
Washington Capitals

NHL announces 2023 Vezina Trophy finalists

The NHL has revealed more finalists for their end-of-season awards.The league announced Thursday afternoon three goalies up for the Vezina Trophy on Thursday.The award is given to "the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position," as chosen by NHL general managers.Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck, the New York Islanders' Ilya Sorokin, and Boston's Linus Ullmark topped voters' ballots.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Government's badger cull plan deeply flawed', damning report warns

Government experts have based the UK's badger cull on a confused and flawed interpretation of the science, a damning report sent to MPs has concluded.Calling for an immediate rethink of the policy, the study claims officials adopted an ineffective and misguided approach to tackling tuberculosis in dairy cows, leading to a policy that is a self-perpetuating failure.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Invasive weed has anti-ageing potential, study suggests

The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has anti-ageing potential, a new study suggests.The weed has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, researchers say.According to the study, compounds in the plant's spiky fruits reduced damage from UVB exposure rays that can cause sunburn, darkening and thickening of the outer layer of the skin and sped up wound healing in laboratory tests using cells and tissues.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Victorian era love letters sent by former PM's parents published online

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A selection of Victorian love letters written by the parents of a former prime minister are being published online for Valentine's Day.The letters were written in 1843 by James Maitland Balfour, then MP for Haddington, and his bride-to-be, Lady Blanche Cecil, the daughter of prominent nobleman, the Marquess of Salisbury.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Woman raises more than 25,000 for needy farmer who appeared on Clarkson's Farm

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A deputy manager at a nursery has said she was blown away after raising more than 25,000 to help a dairy farmer who appeared on Clarkson's Farm.The Amazon Prime show follows Jeremy Clarkson as he manages an Oxfordshire farm, and season two features Emma Ledbury, a farmer who lost half of her cattle to tuberculosis-carrying badgers.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Disease spotting AI could be key to cutting hospital pressures'

Lung diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia can be diagnosed in a matter of minutes using artificial intelligence  and university researchers have said the technology could be key in easing winter pressures on hospitals.Developed by the University of the West of Scotland, the technology originally created to quickly detect Covid-19 from X-ray images has been proven to automatically identify a range of different lung diseases.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Fund for AIDS and malaria victims in disarray as UK breaks pledge to donate

A global fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria victims has been plunged into disarray after the Foreign Office broke a promise to make a crucial donation.In September, ministers pledged to make an allocation in the coming weeks  after an initial failure to give any money  but has now missed a final deadline to stump up cash.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Girls

Su medico le dijo que su enfermedad era imaginaria. Esta cientifica se propuso descubrir la verdad

Pegado con cinta adhesiva encima de un escritorio de madera muy bien ordenado en una esquina de su recamara, justo al nivel de los ojos, se encuentra un pedazo de papel que Marlena Fejzo ha guardado durante 24 anos.Es un retrato de Fejzo a los 31 anos durante el peor momento de su vida.El rostro y el cuerpo estan dibujados con los verdes y amarillos lugubres de la enfermedad, las mejillas hundidas estan marcadas con lagrimas.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Mustaches Don't Creep Women Out. Masculinity Does.

Modern mustaches are confusing.Lip fuzz can be a marker of class, non-conformity, delinquency, aspiration, or hypersexuality.Different men grow mustaches for different reasons, but all these men share one thing in common: They made a choice.It is extremely rare that a man's facial hair naturally grow into under-nose topiary if left alone to do its thing.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

50 Best Dad Jokes You Can Use On Your Kids Right Now

As surely as a carton of milk couldn't play soccer because it lacked toes and as definite as an outcast tub of butter lives a life in the margarines; dad jokes are the epitome of humor so dry and indifferent to whether or not anyone actually laughs they've become a cultural meme through sheer force of will.
Pinstripe Alley
1 year ago
New York Yankees

The Yankees' all-time "full sentence" team

Over the years, we here at Pinstripe Alley have had some run learning and reading about amusingly named players from Yankees history.There's one area we haven't totally explored though: players whose names make full sentences.If a player's surname is a verb, that can lead to fun opportunities to make full, gramatically correct sentences out of just the two words in a player name.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Ukrainian refugees find much-needed relief from Brighton Beach volunteers * Brooklyn Paper

As the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine approaches, a group of Brighton Beach volunteers continue serving as the first stop for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war zone in need of relief aid.Leading up to the war, Shorefront Jewish Community Council, a sister organization of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island , began seeing a small trickle of Russian immigrants seeking political asylum, and looking to avoid participating in the coming conflict.
www.cnn.com
8 years ago
Health

Patient with drug-resistant tuberculosis being treated in Maryland

Woman traveled from India to the U.S. and later tested for drug-resistant TB Contact tracing is underway for people who had prolonged close contact with patient Health authorities are working to identify people who may have been exposed to a patient with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.The patient traveled in April from India to the United States, through Chicago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Public health

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

FILE - A relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2018.The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report issued Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 by the World Health Organization.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Malaria vaccine a step closer as experts urge Truss not to 'turn off the tap' on funding

The co-inventor of a groundbreaking vaccine that could eradicate malaria has implored Liz Truss not to squander cutting-edge UK innovation by "turning off the taps" on global health funding.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria

A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Medicine

'Patients are falling through the cracks': drug costs hinder India's response to TB

eera Yadav's flat in Mumbai once felt like a prison, but it's now a war room.For five years, Yadav barely left her second-storey home after being diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Global vaccination coverage continued to plunge in 2021, according to a new report

Children in Venezuela get toys as a reward for taking vaccines for polio, rubella and influenza.
Worldwide vaccination rates have been on a downward plunge.
Brooklyn Eagle
1 year ago
Writing

The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906.In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of the 20th century.He was the first Black American to make a living as a writer and was seminal in the start of the New Negro Movement and Harlem Renaissance.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Writing

The outsider: why Katherine Mansfield still divides opinion 100 years after her death

How and why did Katherine Mansfield provoke such violent extremes of admiration and hostility, both during her life and after it?Fifty years after her death, the BBC television series A Picture of Katherine Mansfield gave a fair example of her reputation in 1973.Tall, intense Vanessa Redgrave played Mansfield; short, baffled Annette Crosbie her devoted dogsbody friend Ida Baker (known as LM), with Jeremy Brett as Mansfield's husband John Middleton Murry taking off his glasses whenever he had to express emotional inadequacy which was frequently.
Therumpus
1 year ago
Writing

Revising Time: Nonlinear Memory In Brian Tierney's Rise And Float - The Rumpus.net

Revising Time: Nonlinear Memory in Brian Tierney's  Rise and Float
Of time, J.W. Dunne, in 1934, writes that if

Time passes or grows or accumulates or expends itself or does anything whatsoever except stand rigid and changeless before a Time-fixed observer, there must be another Time which times that activity of, or along, the first Time, and another Time which times that second Time, and so on in an apparent series to infinity.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Writing

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas review doyenne of love and devastation

In 1982, Shirley Hazzard flew to Britain for a reunion with Alec Vedeniapine, a man with whom she had been in love more than 30 years before.Vedeniapine and his wife farmed in Wales, and their world  cats and cows; damp, rural isolation - couldn't have been more different from that of Hazzard, who lived with her husband, Francis Steegmuller, a biographer of Cocteau and Flaubert, on New York's Upper East Side in an apartment filled with paintings by Matisse and Picasso.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Writing

Nonfiction by Julie Myerson review - fact into incandescent fiction

n Julie Myerson's latest work of fiction, the first-person narrator, herself a novelist, receives a fan letter from a student about a book she published some years previously.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

The Trash Report: Monkey Business, Monica Lewinsky, Protein Thefts, and Being Cool and Slutty

Hello, friends!Hello, enemies!Hello, people about whom I feel indifferent!I hope you had a nice weekend that left you refreshed and ready to dig through the dumpsters with me, your pal (or enemy?) Elinor Jones in this here Trash Report.Monkey Business
I mentioned this story last week in Good Afternoon, News, but would like to dive more deeply into it: Oregon Health and Sciences University's primate research center was found to have had the most citations for animal welfare violations in the nation.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Multnomah County Board Seeks to Rename Sauvie Island Bridge

Multnomah County commissioners voted Thursday to advance a plan to rename the Sauvie Island Bridge to more accurately reflect the indigenous population that first inhabited the area.Multnomah County owns the bridge connecting NW St. Helens Rd. to the island, while the island itself is owned by the state of Oregon.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Another Police Shooting, Suspected Heatwave Death, and Everything You Need to Know About Monkeypox

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
OMG science

We now have a pretty good idea what the "Connecticut vampire" looked like

Thanks to the efforts of Parabon NanoLabs and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, we now know what the so-called "Connecticut vampire" probably looked like.Using DNA analysis and a 3D scan of the skull, the two labs collaborated to digitally reconstruct the face of the 19th-century man whose remains were discovered more than 30 years ago.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Pope denounces 'sirens of populism' as he marks day for poor

Pope Francis denounced the sirens of populism on Sunday as he called for a renewed commitment to helping the poor, homeless and migrants amid Italy's latest migration debate.Francis celebrated the Catholic Church's World Day of the Poor by inviting hundreds of poor and homeless people and migrants into the Vatican for a special Mass and luncheon.
The Marginalian
1 year ago
Inspiration

Dostoyevsky in Love

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821-February 9, 1881) was twenty-seven when he was arrested for belonging to a literary society deemed dangerous by the tsarist regime and sentenced to death.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Liz Truss will have a claim to being the UK's shortest-serving prime minister

Liz Truss became the British prime minister on Sept. 6.
Stefan Rousseau/AP Liz Truss is expected to leave office as the United Kingdom's prime minister in the coming days.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia 'shamelessly violated' UN Charter with war in Ukraine, says Biden

US president Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia had "shamelessly violated the core tenets" of the UN with its "brutal, needless war" in Ukraine.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine to dominate UN General Assembly amid geopolitical divide

Climate change, Iran sanctions, and worsening global poverty will also feature at the annual meeting of world leaders in New York this week.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Peter Davison, Orwell Scholar on a Monumental Scale, Dies at 95

Altogether, his publishers abandoned the project "no fewer than six times," he said.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Video shows conditions in Russian 'filtration camp,' Mariupol mayor's office says

Video released by the office of the Mariupol mayor on Thursday claimed to show the inside of a Russian "filtration camp."
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Books

8 Spanish authors you need to know DW 10/18/2022

Once again, it's time for the world's biggest book fair, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and this year Spain is the festival's country of honor.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Books

Portable Magic by Emma Smith review - a love letter to reading

ne of the most familiar visual tropes to emerge from the pandemic has been that of Serious People seated in front of their bookshelves.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Florida mayor not offended by Biden's 'salty language' on live microphone

The Florida mayor to whom Joe Biden uttered a profanity captured by a live microphone, sparking a minor viral fuss, said the presidential swearword did not bother him in the slightest.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

UK gives nothing to global AIDS and malaria fund while Congo donates millions

The UK stands accused of putting the lives of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria victims in danger after a shameful failure to donate to an international fund.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC music

Ray Edenton, 'A-Team' Studio Guitarist in Nashville, Dies at 95

In a career that spanned four decades, he played on thousands of sessions and accompanied many of the biggest names in country music.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

The case of the murdered mummies: "virtual autopsy" reveals fatal injuries

An international team of scientists used CT scanning to conduct "virtual autopsies" of three South American mummies and found evidence of fatal trauma in two of them, according to a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Ukraine Will Need $349 Billion to Rebuild, World Bank Says

GENEVA - United Nations human rights monitors said on Friday that Russia was denying them access to detention sites where they have found increasing evidence of torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war that may amount to war crimes.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Thomas Carney, Crusty Bartender at Elaine's, Dies at 82

Cracking wise, keeping tabs and keeping order, the head barman of New York's famous saloon was a supporting character in one of the city's longest-running shows.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Woman who can smell Parkinson's disease helps scientists develop test

A woman who can "smell Parkinson's" has helped scientists develop a test to detect the disease.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

New Parkinson's test developed thanks to woman who could smell the disease

Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman's hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson's disease.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Parenting

Papua New Guinea's undocumented children face 'perfect storm of vulnerability'

When 11-year-old Mary's mother remarried after her husband's death, Mary was left in the care of an aunt who exploited her.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Japan may rethink reporting of Covid cases as subvariant hits hard

Japan could soon overhaul its battle against coronavirus to relieve pressure on hospitals as it struggles to cope with its biggest outbreak since the start of the pandemic.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Spain news

The fight to save poet Vicente Aleixandre's house in Madrid

The cedar-dwarfed, pale yellow house at 3 Vicente Aleixandre Street in north-west Madrid wasn't always the damp, silent and neglected place it is now.Nor was it always 3 Vicente Aleixandre Street.
I've also become slightly addicted to vitamin laced cough drops and I hope there isn't too much sugar in those... but I bet there is 😭
Nytimes
1 year ago
Wellness

The Worst Foods and Drinks for Your Teeth

Sugary foods - and in particular, those composed of sucrose, or table sugar - are especially bad for your teeth because harmful bacteria thrive on them, Dr. de Aguiar Ribeiro said.
This article fails to mention that fluoride is in virtually all foods and beverages - even sugary drinks, according to the USDA Fluoride in Foods database. It also fails to mention that vitamin D deficiency can cause tooth decay and that some teas have a fluoride content higher than allowed in public drinking water by the EPA. Individuals have developed fluoride-induced bone damage from drinking copious amounts of tea and 70% of US children and adolescents are fluoride overdosed and afflicted with dental fluorosis - white spotted and/or yellow splotched teeth, according to federal data (NHANES)
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Nytimes
1 year ago
Wellness

The Worst Foods and Drinks for Your Teeth

Sugary foods - and in particular, those composed of sucrose, or table sugar - are especially bad for your teeth because harmful bacteria thrive on them, Dr. de Aguiar Ribeiro said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Wellness

The Worst Foods and Drinks for Your Teeth

Sugary foods - and in particular, those composed of sucrose, or table sugar - are especially bad for your teeth because harmful bacteria thrive on them, Dr. de Aguiar Ribeiro said.
the Guardian
1 year ago
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