Esther Lau, Helena Hui Wang, Richard Horton (2024-02-03). Comment] Winner of 2023 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize: are congenital diseases a curse? thelancet.com ![]()
For the 2023 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize we invited submissions related to five health issues (Spotlights) that deserve to be prioritised for this century: universal health coverage, child and adolescent health, mental health, climate and health, and research for health.1 We were pleased and grateful to receive 112 submissions in response to our call. Essays were selected and discussed among seven editors at The Lancet Group and an external medical expert. The winning essay is "Congenital Curse" by Shu Wang, a neurosurgeon from Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, China.
Eve Ottenberg (2024-02-02). Nuclear War? Climate Collapse? No Worries. WEF Says Disinformation is Humanity's Most Immediate Threat. counterpunch.org ![]()
The assorted billionaire geniuses and official intellectual luminaries who gathered in Davos Switzerland January 15-19 proved, for those who doubted, that neither singly nor as a group could these nincompoops find their way out of a paper bag. Weighing the world's fate in their well-manicured fingers, did they seem concerned about the Ukraine War morphing
geo.tv (2024-02-02). Greta Thunberg goes on trial for oil protests. geo.tv 
The climate change activist was arrested after she refused to move from outside of hotel to designated protest area in 2023…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-02). Mayo Clinic expert: Warm climates offer mobility options for snowbirds after surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ![]()
PHOENIX — For snowbirds who need joint replacement surgery, places like Arizona and Florida offer an enticing prospect in the dead of winter — the opportunity to recuperate in a warmer climate without fear of slipping and falling on ice. Snowbirds are people who typically seek out warm winter climates to escape Arctic-like conditions at home, but there are also benefits from a medical standpoint. Regaining mobility after joint replacement is an important milestone for…
Ramona Duhoux (2024-02-02). Elected officials want inclusive, equitable offshore wind power development. indybay.org ![]()
For security and equitability offshore wind will move America off its dependence on fossil fuels. Over 550 elected officials want inclusive, equitable offshore wind power development to improve health, economies and mitigate climate disasters.
The Independent (2024-02-02). Developing countries need debt relief. independent.co.ug ![]()
To act on climate change, the gap between their short-term debt and long-term investment must be closed COMMENT | ISHAC DIWAN & VERA SONGWE | If developing economies found it hard to manage their debts in 2023, they are likely to face even more formidable challenges this year. Though most possess relatively small debt stocks …
Andy Kroll (2024-02-01). When in Doubt, Strip Search and Restrain the Unwell. tomdispatch.com ![]()
Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency and Israel's war on Gaza (not to mention the flare-ups of global climate change), the U.S. has slipped quietly toward an assault on civil liberties as an answer to plummeting mental health. From coast to coast, state lawmakers of both parties are reaching for coercive treatment and involuntary commitment to address spiraling substance use and overdose crises — an approach that will only escalate despair and multiply otherwise preventable deaths while helping to choke the life out of America. In D…
Beverly Law — William Moomaw (2024-02-01). Old Forests are Critically Important for Slowing Climate Change and Merit Immediate Protection From Logging. counterpunch.org 
Forests are an essential part of Earth's operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and the resulting changes to the climate. In the U.S., forests take up 12% of the nation's greenhouse
Democracy Now! (2024-02-01). Democracy Now! 2024-02-01 Thursday. democracynow.org ![]()
Headlines for February 01, 2024; "The Houthis Are Not Iranian Proxies": Helen Lackner on the History & Politics of Yemen's Ansar Allah; "Climate of Fear": Inside UAE's Use of U.S. Mercenaries to Carry Out Assassinations in Yemen; "Legacy": Dr. Uché Blackstock on How Racism Shapes Healthcare in America | Headlines for February 01, 2024; "The Houthis Are Not Iranian Proxies": Helen Lackner on the History & Politics of Yemen's Ansar Allah; "Climate of Fear": Inside UAE's Use of U.S. Mercenaries to Carry Out Assassinations in Yemen; …
Editor (2024-02-01). After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health. scheerpost.com 
Environmental Organizations (2024-02-01). Activists Target Wells Fargo's Support of Mountain Valley Pipeline. indybay.org ![]()
San Francisco Event Is Part of a National Action Targeting Climate-Destroying Funding…
Independent Media Institute (2024-02-01). How Media Companies Can Meet Their Climate Commitments—and How Readers Can Help. pressenza.com ![]()
A few simple strategies for recipe curation can help newsgroups achieve their own climate goals. | By Laura Lee Cascada | The global shift toward plant-forward diets, particularly in wealthy countries, is consistently Given the significant influence media wields in shaping cultural norms, news outlets have a unique opportunity to promote plant-based eating, mainly through the recipes they offer their audiences. Through several simple behavioral nudges, news out…
WSWS (2024-02-01). Climate crisis driving extreme drought in the Amazon River Basin. wsws.org ![]()
A recent report shows that climate change has drastically increased the severity of the current drought in the globally-critical Amazon Basin.
Mattea Kramer (2024-02-01). 38 States Currently Authorize Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use. truthout.org ![]()
Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency and Israel's war on Gaza (not to mention the flare-ups of global climate change), the U.S. has slipped quietly toward an assault on civil liberties as an answer to plummeting mental health. From coast to coast, state lawmakers of both parties are reaching for coercive treatment and… |
Staff (2024-02-01). "Climate of Fear": Inside UAE's Use of U.S. Mercenaries to Carry Out Assassinations in Yemen. democracynow.org 
Democracy Now! speaks with filmmaker Nawal Al-Maghafi about her BBC investigative report which reveals new details about how the United Arab Emirates hired American mercenaries to carry out over 100 assassinations in southern Yemen, targeting politicians, imams and members of civil society. Al-Maghafi interviewed several mercenaries for the first time on camera about how they conducted the targeted killings and trained others to run similar operations. "What we've seen is a systematic targeting campaign of … political activists, members of Al-Islah, civil society members," says Al-Maghafi. …
Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2024-02-02). Mountain Mamas Resistance To Mountain Valley Pipeline Continues. popularresistance.org ![]()
Early this morning Mama Julz, an Ogala Lakota land defender and water protector, locked herself to a Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) helicopter to prevent the transportation of pipeline workers onto a remote work site on Poor Mountain, where MVP is causing an immense amount of damage pushing the pipeline through rugged lands. Mama Julz prevented MVP's use of the helicopter for multiple hours before she was extracted from her blockade and arrested, along with one other person who supported Mama Julz' action this morning. Both Mama Julz and the supporter were charged with one misdemeanor; both were denied bond and a…
Carla Stea (2024-02-01). Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage, Russia IL-76 Aircraft: United Nations Ignores Demands for Investigation of Perpetrators of Heinous Crimes. globalresearch.ca ![]()
albawaba (2024-02-01). Man City to battle Real Madrid over Bayern's Alphonso Davies. albawaba.com ![]()
Manchester City and Real Madrid are ready to battle it out for Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, as reported by Fichajes.The Canada international is a proven left-back and has went on to become one of Bayern's top players since his breakthrough in the 2019/20 season.He has made 26 appearances for the Bundesliga giants this term with one goal and three assists to his name.Real and City have taken notice of the 23-year-old and are both planning to bid for his services in the coming months.Davies is tied to Bayern Munich until the summer of 2025. However, the Madrid-based club may have an edge in the race over Cit…
John Clarke (2024-02-01). Canada's oilsands are a toxic nightmare. mronline.org 
The poisonous waste, and deadly carbon emissions produced by oilsands production is even worse than had been thought, and production must stop, argues John Clarke.
Greenpeace campaigners said that the oil group should pay some of its profits into a fund agreed upon at Cop28 climate talks last month to help pay for loss and damage caused by climate change.
Was a very busy day on the podcast front. In addition to my solo outing, I talked with RT about the sentencing of the CIA contractor who leaked the Vault 7 documents to Wikileaks, chatted with the Judge and Ray McGovern on the weekly roundtable and did an hour with Nima (that should post on Sunday). | News was breaking as Ray and I came on live with the Judge. We originally planned to discuss the soap opera drama in Ukraine but all networks were lighting up to report the U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Iraq were underway. This is a colossal waste of expensive U.S. weaponry that is going to achieve nothing sign…