[ad_1] CNN — Panic is soaring in Rafah as desperate Palestinians decide whether to flee the last refuge in Gaza as Israel draws up plans for a ground offensive that the United Nations aid chief has warned could lead to “a slaughter.” A growing number of countries and international organizations are now scrambling to convince … Read more
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing its first major revision to COVID-19 guidance since the end of the federal public health emergency last year. Among the changes being considered by the agency is an end to its pandemic-era plea that people isolate for at least five days after testing positive for … Read more
[ad_1] This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We turn now to Gaza, to Israel threatening to launch a ground invasion of Rafah, where over a million displaced Palestinians have sought … Read more
[ad_1] For eight months, I tirelessly tracked my periods, stockpiled ovulation strips and pregnancy tests, and even borrowed a busty fertility statue curvy enough to make a Kardashian jealous. After putting our toddler to bed, wearing a stained nightshirt and messy topknot, I’d tap my fatigued husband on the shoulder with a raised eyebrow, tilting … Read more
[ad_1] After nearly a decade of strained relations with Egypt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to visit Cairo on Wednesday at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Both leaders had been regarding each other as persona non grata for almost a decade primarily due to Sisi’s 2013 coup against his predecessor Mohamed … Read more
[ad_1] Farmers hurl eggs at the European Parliament. They dump manure wherever they go. In Spain, they burn tyres. In Occitania, office buildings. Their tractors have cursed the capital of Germany with terrible traffic. As in the Holy Roman Empire circa 1524, so in the Europe of 2024: we must beware the peasant. In parliaments … Read more
[ad_1] {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} People are curious about heart health — and for good reason. Heart disease remains the leading killer of men and women in the U.S. — each year, around 695,000 people die from cardiovascular conditions, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For American Heart Month, Dr. Martha Gulati, M.D., a … Read more
[ad_1] The recent release of a leaked transcript of a private WhatsApp group for Jewish writers, artists, musicians and academics has stirred a controversy that has led to threats of violence, a family in hiding, and the fast-tracking of new federal legislation to criminalise doxing. The WhatsApp group in question, administered by writer Lee Kofman, … Read more
[ad_1] Samarkand, 12 February 2024 – The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN biodiversity treaty, at the opening of a major UN wildlife conservation conference (CMS COP14). The landmark report reveals: While some migratory species … Read more
[ad_1] Q: I’m curious why humans hold hands. Is there a biological reason it’s such a common part of relationships across so many cultures? A: Holding hands exerts striking effects on our emotional state, especially when it’s with a romantic partner: It can help lower blood pressure, reduce pain and buffer stressful experiences. A 2021 … Read more