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UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told a daily briefing at the UN that the health ministry in Gaza recently published two separate death tolls – an overall death toll and a total number of identified fatalities. The fully identified death toll comprises of 7,797 children, 4,959 women, 1,924 elderly, and 10,006 men, the UN spokesperson said, citing the Gaza health ministry. The total number of dead also does not include the approximately 10,000 people who are still missing and trapped under the rubble, the officials added. Israel launched its military assault on Gaza on October 7 after the militant group Hamas, which governs Gaza, killed at least 1,200 people in Israel and abducted more than 250 others. CNN has seen a daily report from the Palestinian health ministry which matches the number OCHA published in the revised version.

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☆ Big corporations are quietly taking over your medical practice. Some doctors and experts say it's ruining healthcare.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

UnitedHealth Group struck a deal in March to buy the nine-state doctor group of the struggling hospital system Steward Health Care. AdvertisementDoctors are hot commoditiesIt's tough to lump the many buyers of medical practices together, as they're pursuing different strategies. Insurers like UnitedHealthcare and CVS' Aetna are required by federal law to spend most of the money they collect in premiums on medical care. Plus, running a modern medical practice is expensive, requiring investments in staffing, technology, and electronic health records. Advertisement"The corporate practice of medicine is the reason why healthcare costs are out of control," Li said.

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☆ President Biden seizes on tougher border measures as he tries to fend off Trump attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is embracing tougher border measures, including shutting down the US-Mexico border, marking a stark shift from his early days in office as he tries to fend off former President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigration policy ahead of the election. “(The compromise) would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. Johnson on Saturday attacked Biden over his endorsement of the potential border deal, arguing the president can take executive action without Congress to clamp down on migrant crossings. And in his first statement on the Senate deal, Johnson claimed that it would force the US to surrender to illegal migration. Immigrant advocates quickly slammed Biden over his statement — revealing the deepening rift between the president and the advocacy community.

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☆ UNRWA: What we know about Israel’s allegations against UN staffers in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Hira Humayun | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has fired several employees in the wake of the allegations, which have not been made public. UNRWA was established by the United Nations after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide humanitarian assistance for displaced Palestinians. At least 152 UNRWA staffers have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to the agency. Neither Israel nor UNRWA have specified the nature of the alleged involvement of UNRWA employees in the events of October 7, nor did they specify the number of employees allegedly involved. “A case was compiled by the Intelligence Directorate, incriminating several UNRWA employees for their alleged involvement in the massacre, along with evidence pointing to the use of UNRWA facilities for terrorist purposes,” the IDF statement said.

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☆ California and Oregon Ease Covid Isolation Rules, Breaking With C.D.C.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Shawn Hubler | Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been doctor’s orders in this country: If you test positive, stay away from other people, even if you aren’t coughing or feverish. In recent months, however, that rule has been relaxed in two of the unlikeliest places. The new approach has been greeted with trepidation by some health experts in the United States, especially as wastewater data shows a surge in cases driven by a new variant. But many scientists say that Covid has transitioned from a public health crisis into more of a featured virus among an array of respiratory risks. Covid-19 is endemic,” said Dr. Melissa Sutton, medical director for respiratory viral pathogens at the Oregon Health Authority.

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☆ A bride and groom spent their wedding night in hospital after the venue floor collapsed, sending them plummeting 13 feet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newlyweds spent their first night in hospital after the floor of their wedding venue collapsed. AdvertisementA bride and groom spent their wedding day in the hospital after a section of a historic venue in Tuscany collapsed on Saturday night. AdvertisementAccording to the local health authority, they were discharged a few hours later. According to a news release by Tuscany's local health authority, 39 people needed medical treatment. AdvertisementThe owners of the venue told local publication Report Pistoia that they don't understand how the collapse happened, describing it as a "tragic and unpredictable event."

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☆ Who are the Houthis and why are the rebels in Yemen attacking Red Sea shipping?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have been launching attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Here's the history of the Houthi rebels and how they fit into the broader Middle East conflict. The Houthi rebels are based in Yemen and are attacking commercial vessels traveling into the Red Sea. Roberto Scandola/Getty Images; Business Insider illustrationHow could the Houthis' attacks affect the rest of the world? US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters at a press conference this week that the Houthis' attacks on international shipping are "a threat to everyone."

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☆ A British mom who stayed in Denmark's 'maternity hotel' says she had on-call nurses and room service for 3 days after giving birth
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementIn October 2023, Claire Christensen gave birth to her first child in Copenhagen, Denmark, before checking into a "maternity hotel." The hotel — located in Hvidovre Hospital's maternity ward — allows mothers and their new baby to stay overnight for up to 48 hours after giving birth at no cost, a hospital spokesperson told Business Insider. New mothers in the UK are usually sent home between six and 24 hours after giving birth if they don't require additional care, according to NHS Inform. "Obviously, I was a bit nervous about giving birth in a different country, and I'm not fully fluent yet," she added. After giving birth, Christensen said she and her husband spent two nights and three days in a private room, which had two beds, a crib, and an en-suite shower and bathroom.

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☆ Israel may try to drive Hamas out of its tunnels in Gaza by pumping them full of seawater: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel has a plan to flood Hamas tunnels in Gaza using seawater pumps, per The Wall Street Journal. Israel's military said the tunnel system is used to transport Hamas weapons and militants. Hamas' tunnel system, known as the "metro," is believed to extend some 300 miles. AdvertisementWim Zwijnenburg, who works for PAX, a Netherlands-based peace organization, told the Journal that flooding the tunnels could exacerbate that pollution. He added that hazardous substances stored by Hamas in the tunnels could also seep into the ground.

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☆ Fact Check: Iceland has not banned COVID vaccines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A headline shared online falsely claims that Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccines and cites sudden deaths for which there is no evidence, according to the Icelandic national health authority. Iceland has not banned COVID vaccines and “there are no soaring sudden deaths,” Guðrún Aspelund, chief epidemiologist at the Icelandic Directorate of Health, told Reuters in a Nov. 29 email. In 2021, Iceland along with other Scandinavian countries temporarily discontinued giving some COVID vaccines to younger adults. As of Oct. 5, 80.5% of the population (archived) in Iceland has received the primary course, that is two doses of a COVID vaccine. Iceland has not banned COVID vaccines and vaccination is recommended for specific groups of the population.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the ambitious agenda he released Wednesday for his first 100 days in office. Christopher Luxon outlined 49 actions he said his conservative government intended to take over the next three months. Many of the actions in the 100-day plan involve repealing initiatives from the previous liberal government, which had been in office for six years. Political Cartoons View All 1270 ImagesMany of the plans are proving contentious, including the one to repeal tobacco restrictions approved last year by the previous government. Those included requirements for low nicotine levels in cigarettes, fewer retailers and a lifetime ban for youth.

Persons: Christopher Luxon, Luxon, ” Luxon, Critics Organizations: Health Authority Locations: WELLINGTON, New Zealand

☆ Gripped by drought, this French island is running out of drinking water
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Claudia Colliva | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In a country like France this is ‘unimaginable’Though 5,000 miles away from mainland France, under French law, Mayotte is as French as the suburbs of Paris. A dried up reservoir in Dzoumogne on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on October 15, 2023. Gregoire Merot/APAs the water crisis continues, so do the health risks. ‘It’s not a normal life’A man fills a bucket with water in Dzaoudzi, on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Nov. 7, 2023. Marion Joly/AFP/Getty ImagesMahorais continue to struggle with the financial repercussions of the dire water crisis.

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☆ 'Survival feels uncertain': Palestinians in Gaza describe desperation under Israeli bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dalya Al Masri | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Mostafa Alkharouf | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesEvery day in the Gaza Strip brings desperate uncertainty as the war intensifies, Palestinian residents told CNBC. We don't know when our turn is, but we expect to get bombed any minute," Shouq Al Najjar, a 28-year-old development worker in Gaza, told CNBC. We're living in constant fear, and survival feels uncertain," she told CNBC. Home to 2.3 million people and roughly twice the size of Washington, D.C., the Gaza Strip is considered one of the most densely populated areas in the world. He was speaking via voice note in Rafah, near the single exit point out of the Gaza Strip that is not controlled by Israel.

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And they shot me.”From a dark room in Gaza’s Al Quds hospital, Farah Abuolba speaks matter of factly into the camera. Israel’s siege of Gaza has been the unexpected coda to her first trip to see extended family in the enclave. I feel like I’m dead.”His daughter celebrated her 17th birthday from her hospital bed in Al Quds, in Gaza City. Farah Abuolba was among the patients evacuated, her father said, and was on her way to southern Gaza. CNN has been unable to reach her. Abuolba, who has lived in the US since 2007, said he thought the United States should do more to protect American citizens in Gaza like his daughter.

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☆ Circus lion captured after hours on the loose near Rome
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A lion that escaped from a circus in the Italian town of Ladispoli, near Rome, on Saturday has been recaptured after several hours on the loose, the local mayor has announced. ET) on Saturday, Ladispoli mayor Alessandro Grando announced on his Facebook page that the lion had been caught. The animal had been on the loose for at least 5 hours, causing concern and confusion among local residents. ET) when it was announced the lion had escaped from the circus and that the animal was immediately tracked down within the adjacent waterway. Residents of Ladispoli, a seaside town near Rome, were told to stay home yesterday after Kimba the lion escaped from the circus before the animal was sedated and captured.

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Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians and civilian structures including hospitals as shields; Hamas and several hospitals in the enclave have denied that. Since Saturday, Israel has opened up a humanitarian corridor for four hours each day, allowing Gazans in the north to leave for the south. Eyewitnesses described multiple explosions in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday morning that they said were caused by Israeli airstrikes. Yet Netanyahu insists he will not permit a ceasefire until Hamas releases the hundreds of hostages it still holds in Gaza. It’s not good for Israel; not good for the Israeli people,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank—Secretary of State Antony Blinken worked to assure Palestinian leaders that the U.S. is committed to helping Palestinian civilians and was met with a demand for an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. Blinken’s unannounced Sunday visit to the West Bank, to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas , came hours after an Israeli airstrike hit a refugee camp in Gaza, killing at least 38 people according to the Hamas-controlled health authority. Israeli officials didn’t immediately comment on the explosion at the Al Maghazi refugee camp.

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☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Brings Reporters to Combat Zone Inside Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ronen Bergman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Image Journalists were taken into northern Gaza for four hours on Saturday to see the extent of the Israeli military’s advance. Israeli military leaders brought a small group of foreign journalists into northern Gaza on Saturday for four hours to witness the extent of the advance. On Saturday, it was a giant Israeli military camp. Bloodier battles await the Israelis in Gaza City, where Hamas fighters are entrenched in their subterranean fortifications and are thought to be planning many more ambushes. Saher Abu Adgham, 37, a Palestinian graphic designer, had been searching the streets of Gaza City for firewood to boil some rice.

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☆ Blinken Travels to Israeli-Occupied West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ronen Bergman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Image Journalists were taken into northern Gaza for four hours on Saturday to see the extent of the Israeli military’s advance. Israeli military leaders took a small group of foreign journalists into northern Gaza on Saturday for four hours to witness the extent of the advance. A reporter for The New York Times was among them. On Saturday, it was a giant Israeli military camp. Saher Abu Adgham, 37, a Palestinian graphic designer, had been searching the streets of Gaza City for firewood to boil some rice.

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☆ Telegram rarely bans channels. Israel-Gaza forced it to step in.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It has also restricted two of Hamas' official channels on Android and iOS devices. Restrictions, not bans — but rare for Telegram nonethelessTelegram, which is known for its message encryption and lax moderation, restricted two official Hamas channels on Android devices earlier this month. The impact of banning Telegram channels remains to be seenAs for Hamas, Telegram has been under pressure for weeks to cut the militant group from its services. Before the restrictions, Hamas' official Telegram channels saw a three-fold jump in followers after the attacks, the Digital Forensic Research Lab reported. Notably, Hamas channels are not the only ones spreading content related to the October 7 attacks, and some of those channels are still available on the platform.

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The ministry said the actual number of dead is likely to be much higher than stated in the report. The Palestinian Authority is run by a rival faction to Hamas, though the umbrella Ministry of Health maintains a relationship with the ministry in Gaza. But international agencies, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO), report figures provided by the Gaza ministry. The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammad Shtayyeh, criticized Biden’s remarks, saying his health authority in the West Bank believed the Gaza numbers to be accurate. “I don’t have the numbers of people killed in Gaza Strip,” IDF Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht told CNN.

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☆ Gaza: EU stops short of calling for ceasefire ahead of UN vote as crisis escalates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Andrew Raine | Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +34 min

Shadi Tabatibi/Reuters Relatives mourn for a family killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 21. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Ramez Mahmoud/AP A plume of smoke rises in the sky over Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9.

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☆ New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ivan Tarlton | AFP | Getty ImagesConservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand's next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday. "But I want you to be proud of what we achieved over the last six years," he told supporters at an event in Wellington. The seat has long been a Labour stronghold and was also held by another former Labour prime minister, Helen Clark. It has been the biggest, safest Labour seat forever," she said. Luxon has promised to axe the Māori Health Authority, which he says creates two separate health systems.

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The message is one more indication of the political and security challenges the U.S.-Mexico border has presented for President Joe Biden. The Biden administration this week took two actions seen by many as moving to the right on immigration. The White House counters that migration has surged across the Western Hemisphere due to regional challenges out of the administration's control. So they are on the streets.”Despite his 2020 promises on the border, Biden has long been more moderate on the issue than some in his party. It hasn’t worked for them before and it won’t work for them this cycle either,” said Pili Tobar, a former senior Biden White House official and Democratic strategist.

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The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman. In July, The Associated Press reported on the case of an Inuit woman in Yellowknife who had surgery in 2019 aimed at relieving her abdominal pain. “This is a pivotal case for Canada because it shows that forced sterilization is still happening,” said Dr. Unjali Malhotra, of the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. Political Cartoons View All 1182 ImagesBut the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they would not be investigating Kotaska, because the woman hasn't filed a criminal complaint.

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