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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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Hospitals in Gaza report threats from Israeli planes
Hospitals in Gaza are facing crisis amid fuel shortage, sanitation and threats from Israel, a joint statement by the Red Crescent Society of Palestine and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. Over 100 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 have been injured in the conflict, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
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The Supreme Court case regarding gun control has been up for a month
Voters in US’ Ohio state are voting on a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. If voters approve the measure, Ohio will be the seventh state to pass abortion rights since the Supreme Court’s decision last year. The amendment comes after the Supreme Court ruled last year that states have the power to ban abortions.
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A daily report on countries weaving a safety net using artificial intelligence
Scientists at the UK-hosted summit Plus have come up with a new plan for the safety of artificial intelligence (AI), which includes calling for the right to science. Researchers pumped smells into the nostrils of wide-awake people who were undergoing brain surgery and recorded neural activity in the piriform cortex. The guidelines build on work done by the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Thousands of workers are stuck in the West Bank after Israel forces workers from Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip will be given three hours to leave the territory after it was declared an “enemy entity” by Israel on Saturday. The announcement came a day after Israeli jets struck targets in the Gaza Strip for the third time in a week. Over 9,200 people have been killed since hostilities began on October 7.
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The Evacuating From Gaza is its own deal
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas movement, US officials said that it could take up to two months to get all the foreign nationals and their families out of the blockaded region. A US official said the process has been held up because Hamas was trying to get its own wounded fighters included.
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Azaarenes are carbon-to-nitrogen transmutations
The nitrogen atom plays a critical role in drug discovery by mediating oxygen-to-oxygen transitions. An analysis of the structural diversity, substitution patterns, and Frequency of Nitrogen Heterocycles among US FDA approved pharmaceuticals revealed that nitrogen atom insertion increased oxygen-to-oxygen transition from bosentan to Macitentan. The nitrogen atom is also required for diversification of indole skeletons through nitrogen atom insertion.
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