(2024-08-29). Mpox outbreak: How WHO 'vaccine apartheid' has segregated Africa. newarab.com 
It's no surprise that nearly two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) triumphantly Once again, the WHO has done the bare minimum. Instead of challenging how the worl…
(2024-08-29). How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections. whyy.org 
When Swarthmore, Pa., resident Scott Richardson first voted in a U.S. presidential election, it was for Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976. | Richardson cast his ballot for Republican Donald Trump in 2016. But after being disillusioned by Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Richardson chose Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. | "It's almost 50/50 who I have voted for," Richardson, a former restaurateur, said of the political affiliations of his chosen presidential candidates over the years. "It has never been related to [political] party. I kind of felt like I was voting for an individual." | Richardson is…
(2024-08-29). Palestine paralyzed: Israel's brutal war revives polio virus among children. peoplesworld.org 
After 25 years without polio, the siege of Gaza has directly resulted in a confirmed case of childhood paralysis, in what could be the start of a polio outbreak. The British biologist Peter Medawar described a virus as "a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein." The virus that causes polio provides a perfect …
(2024-08-29). Israeli soldiers sexually harassing Palestinian women at Hebron checkpoint: Report. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli soldiers sexually harassing Palestinian women at Hebron checkpoint: Report | Hebron residents report surge in sexual harassment and humiliating treatment at checkpoints since outbreak of war | | Palestinians cross an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, on 5 April 20…
(2024-08-29). Deadly Israeli raids in West Bank as Gaza war rages on. newarab.com 
Israel launched a large-scale operation on Wednesday in the The military said its forces killed nine militants while the Palestinian Red Crescent reported 10 deaths in the West Bank, where The war…
(2024-08-29). Deadly Israeli raids in occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages. aljazeera.com Israel has launched its largest military assault in the territory in more than 20 years, attacking four areas.