Month: November 2023
The effort to evacuate young cancer patients from Gaza was desperate
Gaza’s largest hospital has reported that it has buried more than 100 people in a mass grave, as it says bodies decompose in its courtyard and babies are dying because their incubators have no power. The conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital and other medical facilities in Gaza are worsening to new unimaginable levels, health officials and humanitarian groups on the ground said.
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Taller cars are more dangerous for pedestrians
The US has a growing problem with pedestrian safety in which deaths are at a 40-year high and the number of pedestrians is increasing by 80% since hitting a low. “The frontends of some of the best selling cars…are as high as 55 inches, producing huge forward blind zones that are particularly dangerous to children and wheelchair users,” author Angie Schmitt said.
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The trial of base editing lowers cholesterol, but it raises safety concerns
A mid-stage trial of base editing drug VERVE-101 was reported at a meeting of the American Heart Association. Results showed that after 28 days, participants who received a high or low dose of VERVE-101 had their PCSK9 levels reduced by up to 84%. They also saw their cholesterol levels drop by over 50%. The trial will continue next year.
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Health care is on its knees due to the order by Israel to evacuate Gaza hospitals
A Gaza City hospital is “out of service” and no longer operational because of “the depletion of available fuel and power outage”, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said. It added that over 14,000 people were sheltering there. The WHO has documented five attacks on five Gaza hospitals in a single day last week, its Director-General said.
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The situation in the Gaza hospitals is not good
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that Gaza’s medical system is on its knees due to Israeli bombardment of hospitals. The WHO had documented five attacks on five hospitals in a single day in the previous week, Ghebreyesus said. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society claimed that Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City is “out of service” and no longer operational.
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The health care is ‘on its knees’ as Israel orders Gaza hospitals to evacuate
Human Rights Watch is investigating the Israeli airstrikes on a hospital in Gaza strip that have killed at least seven people, including three children. The hospital has been identified as Al Shifa Hospital by Hamas and the Israeli military. Doctors at the hospital said the airstrikes were indiscriminate and that several patients were injured in the strikes.
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Fears for hospitals are raised by fighting in Gaza City
The Israeli military said it is “closely monitoring” hospitals in Gaza amid fighting between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Israeli military. This comes after an Israeli hospital suffered damage during an attack by Hamas. The hospital was damaged during a clash between Israel’s troops and Hamas in Gaza on Thursday, officials said.
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Hospitals can be protected in war
Over 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza Strip since fighting between Israel and Hamas started on October 7, mostly civilians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. On Saturday, bombs fell on al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing at least 45. On Friday, Israel struck an ambulance convoy at Gaza’s largest medical facility, Al-Shifa Hospital, killing at least 13, according to the World Health Organization.
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The rights of abortion won big in the elections
Kentucky Democrat Andy Beshear has won re-election as governor after facing a challenge from the state’s Republican Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, who opposed abortion rights and has defended Kentucky’s strict abortion laws in court. Notably, this is the second general election in a row that the issue of abortion rights appeared to be a winning issue.
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There is a weight loss drug approved by the FDA
The US FDA has approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug’Zepbound’, which works by acting on two hormones in the brain that regulate appetite and metabolism, one of which is called GLP-1. The drug also reportedly caused thyroid tumors in rats, though it’s not known if Zepbound causes the same kind of tumors in humans.
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