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Washington (AFP) - An anti-vaccine group founded by US presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr raised millions of dollars during the coronavirus pandemic, tax records show, boosting its coffers as it ramped up what experts call dangerous health misinformation. Children's Health Defense (CHD), repeatedly called out for promoting vaccine falsehoods, collected about $46 million between 2020 and 2022, roughly 10 times its revenue in the three years preceding the pandemic. CHD and four other non-profit organizations collectively raked in more than $100 million during that period, public tax rec...
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Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests, and relationships during lives that defied medical expectations, died this month aged 62. The twins, listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, according to obituaries posted by Leibensperger Funeral Homes of Hamburg. The cause of death was not detailed. 'Space-age stuff': Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil"When we were born, the doctors didn’t think we’d make 30, but we...
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Photo by Mercedes Mehling on Unsplash Moldovan news media NewsMaker talked to Larisa and Natalia, mother and grandmother of transgender boy Jake. Global Voices translated the interview, edited for clarity and republished it with permission from NewsMaker. Larisa is the mother of a 17-year-old boy Jake, and her mother, Natalya, is the teenager's grandmother. Four years ago, their entire life was turned upside down. Their child, whom they had raised as a girl, affirmed that he felt like a boy. In an instant, all the expectations, beliefs, and plans for their child's future changed. They had to l...
Global Voices
By Pam CASTRO Manille (AFP) - Un traitement plus rapide et beaucoup plus efficace contre la tuberculose pharmacorésistante est déployé en Asie-Pacifique, laissant espérer une "nouvelle ère" dans la lutte contre l'une des maladies infectieuses les plus meurtrières au monde. Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), c'est dans cette région que l'on a recensé la plus grande proportion des 10,6 millions de nouveaux cas de tuberculose dans le monde en 2022, et plus de la moitié des 1,3 million de décès. Bien que la tuberculose puisse être guérie par des antibiotiques, plus de 3% des nouveaux...
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Ryan, a 28-year-old who lives in Berlin, first realised his prescription of PrEP was running low when his doctor advised him to space out his dosage. "I took steps to reduce the number of pills I take, four rather than seven on the advice of my physician. I also have two emergency bottles of PrEP that a friend gave me," he said. Ryan says some of his friends were also changing doses of medication. PrEP is a potentially life-saving medicine that offers protection against contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and consists of drugs used for treating those who have HIV as well. According ...
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Washington (AFP) - Sterilization rates abruptly spiked after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022, a study said Friday. The research letter was published in JAMA Health Forum and was the first to evaluate how the landmark decision impacted "permanent contraception" procedures among young adults. They found the jump was both higher and more sustained for women than for men. "The major difference in patterns of these two procedures likely reflects the fact that young women are overwhelmingly responsible for preventing pregnancy and disproportionately e...
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In April 2023 the European Commission proposed new pharmaceutical legislation updating an existing 20-year-old measure and designed to offer patients equitable access to medicines and to boost the role of the industry across the bloc. The key features of the proposed new rules are the reduction in IP protection periods, the introduction of a new system of incentives aiming to boost EU R&D, and efforts to tackle drug shortages in the bloc. However, hidden in the large number of amendments, members of the Parliament deleted exemptive wording from the original proposal regarding contraceptives an...
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The USA has placed the first ever federal limits on toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water. The rule, finalised by the Biden administration on Wednesday 10 April, requires utilities to reduce the chemicals to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers. It is the first national drinking water limit on toxic PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are widespread and long lasting in the environment. Health advocates praised the Environmental Pro...
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The simple idea of pinpointing an annual date when humans can no longer properly manage plastic waste was first marked in 2023. Plastic Overshoot Day provided a moment to reflect upon the challenge laid before us. Since the launch of last year’s report and overshoot day, we have had INC2 negotiations in Paris; INC3 in Nairobi, and the published drafts of a Global Plastic Treaty that many hope can be the vehicle for change. But despite these steps forward, it often seems that we are stuck in a cycle of single-use plastic dependency. Whilst policy has been mooted, schemes devised and initiatives...
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The European Parliament has voted for measures to combat antibiotic resistance and to end the use of mercury amalgam dental fillings. MEPs adopted their position on a comprehensive reform of EU pharmaceutical legislation in Brussels on Wednesday, the Parliament announced. The aim is to boost the development of new preparations. "This revision paves the way to addressing critical challenges such as medicines shortages and antimicrobial resistance," said Tiemo Wölken, a German MEP who is co-negotiating the project on behalf of the Parliament. Fellow German MEP Peter Liese described it as a scand...
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