In the last two decades, doctors have encouraged women to choose long-acting reversible contraceptives, or LARCs, because they are the most effective method of preventing unplanned pregnancies. Doctors and many patients like that LARCs–either IUDs, which are inserted in a woman’s uterus, or implants, which are inserted in a woman’s arm–allow women to “set it…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux8BqWcuNgg&ab_channel=SouthChinaMorningPost[/embed] “A couple in Indonesia have been jailed for abusing their domestic worker, who suffered months of abuse under their employment. The case has underscored the lack of laws to protect vulnerable domestic workers in the country, according to one lawmaker, who said the case is merely the tip of the iceberg. Domestic workers in…
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait has suspended all new visas for Philippine nationals indefinitely, the interior ministry confirmed this week, in an escalation of a row between the oil-rich Gulf state and Manila over worker protections and employer rights.Philippine nationals make up around 6% of Kuwait’s 4.7 million population, government data shows. Kuwaitis make up 32%.The…
The Minnesota Nurses Association, which supports the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act, is pushing back against what it describes as Mayo Clinic’s “blackmail tactics.””This desperate move by executives at Mayo Clinic Health System makes clear exactly why this bill is needed at Mayo facilities, and at every hospital in the state. Mayo executives have…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGcrMdjX0E&ab_channel=NationalLibraryofMedicine[/embed] Why do we expect to find toilet paper and paper towels in a public restroom, but feminine hygiene products are considered optional? Period Poverty is the struggle many low-income women and girls face while trying to afford menstrual products, which contributes to increased economic vulnerability due to absenteeism and health concerns. With a lack…
Des représentants de la société civile ont organisé une conférence de presse hier au Palais du peuple pour dénoncer l’opération «Wuambushu» à Mayotte. Le Comité Maore a appelé les responsables étatiques à se joindre à leur cause pour empêcher cette opération. La présidente de l’Ong Hifadhu a mis l’accent sur « les abus perpétrés à…
The concept of “American exceptionalism” has a long history. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines American exceptionalism as the “idea that the United States of America is a unique and even morally superior country for historical, ideological, or religious reasons.” What if American exceptionalism has a different meaning when compared with other industrialized countries? What if, beyond…
CCTV footage released by the Crown Prosecution Office shows the moment Andrew Innes purchases a hammer at a B&Q.
In a joint statement, they said: ‘Bennylyn had bright ideas and big dreams. She bravely left home to seek a better future in a country far away. Instead, she found the worst cruelty we could ever imagine at the hands of someone she trusted,” they said in a joint statement on Monday. ‘We shall be…
A true story about a neighborhood making sure everybody in it is eating.
Once upon a time poor people in the city couldnt find places to get healthy fruits and veggies. People were sick and dying from diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other types of diet related illness. Everyday, they would struggle to find rides to the grocery store or they would have to settle for the unhealthy……
An analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mortality data found that firearm-related deaths surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for US children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years (hereafter “youths”) for the first time in 2020.1 The 2019 to 2020 increase in the crude rate of firearm-related…
