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Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier; more than half a million people killed.

Nov
01

Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released on Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil fuels.

More than half a million people around the world were killed in those disasters since 2004.

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Famine is Growing in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones; Is the world prepared for future pandemics?

Oct
31
Famine Takes Grip in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones Eighty percent of Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including 900,000 people experiencing famine. the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Africa Center
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Australia’s pandemic plans called ‘grossly inadequate’, pointing to lessons learned--government inquiry

Oct
29
Australia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found. What lessons can be learned? Initiated by the Albanese government in 2023, the 866-page report finds people still feel ‘resentment about what they lost’ during pandemic lockdowns The Guardian
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Jewish officials involved in hurricane rescue efforts subjected to barrage of antisemetic attacks

Oct
09
Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response Report finds Elon Musk’s platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton. The Washington Post
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Non-government organizations helping western North Carolina describe the devastation and what supplies are needed most.

Oct
08
'Utter War Zone’: Groups Provide Aid in Helene- Ravaged North Carolina Organizations helping residents and communities in western North Carolina spoke with U.S. News about the devastation there and what supplies are needed most. Steven Ross Johnson U.S. News & World Report
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Hurricane aftermath: Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100

Sep
30
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll passes 100 A crisis is unfolding in western North Carolina as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas that still lack power and cellular service days after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. AP News
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Safety: A federal ban on assault weapons could have stopped 38 mass shootings--study

Sep
25
Federal assault weapons ban could have stopped 38 mass shootings since 2005 The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB) would have prevented as many as 38 mass shootings that have taken place since the law lapsed in 2005, a new study estimates. Dennis Thompson Medical Xpress

 

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The field of street medicine to help the homeless is evolving

Aug
23
The Rapidly Evolving Field of Street Medicine - KFF Health News The rapidly evolving field of street medicine — the practice of providing health care to homeless people living outside — is getting a jolt in California with a new player: a medical group devoted exclusively to homeless people. And it’s actually making money. Sachin Jain, who worked on federal Medicaid policy during his tenure in […] khnerich KFF Health News

 

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US surgeon general declares US gun violence an urgent public health crisis

Jun
25
US surgeon general declares US gun violence an urgent public health crisis | CNN Gun violence in the United States is an urgent public health crisis that demands the “collective commitment of the nation” to stop it, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says in a new advisory released Tuesday. Jen Christensen CNN

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Deadly heat waves fueled by climate change hit four continents

Jun
20
Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. Gloria Dickie Reuters

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