India’s Supreme Court last Monday ruled that no individual can be forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to the integrity of bodily and personal autonomy. Justices L Nageswara Rao wrote the ruling for the court that bodily integrity is “protected under Article 21 of the Constitution and no individual can be forced to be...
Tag: may 10 2022
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HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS COULD DEVELOP LIVER DISEASE DUE TO ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ FOUND IN NON-STICK PANS, TAKEOUT CONTAINERS
Industrial compounds found in common products like takeout containers and non-stick pans may contribute to an increase in liver disease as people get older that could eventually require transplants, according to a report. Business Insider, citing an analysis published in Environmental Health Perspectives, said scientists believe that in the next decade, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease will...
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CDC OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO HEPATITIS SPREAD IN CHILDREN
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that it is investigating an outbreak of hepatitis cases in young children in the U.S. that has caused at least five deaths, caused 90 percent of those infected to be hospitalized, and 14 percent to require liver transplants. The health body said most of the...
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THE BIG OBESITY KILLER HITS EUROPE AT ‘EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS’
The World Health Organization released a report last week that called obesity an epidemic in Europe that contributes to 200,000 cancer cases and 1.2 million deaths. Euronews.com, citing the report, said about 59 percent of adults in Europe are obese or overweight, with boys being slightly more likely to be overweight than girls. The rate...
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AMERICANS GOING DOWN, GUN VIOLENCE GOING UP
More Americans were killed by guns in 2020 than any other year on record, according to a report released last week. Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions crunched the numbers provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and found gun violence surged while large swaths of the country were in lockdown during...
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NEW WORLD ORDER: ITALY’S BANKSTER DRAGHI CALLS FOR ‘PRAGMATIC FEDERALISM’ AFTER UKRAINE INVASION
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the European Union should take a shot at “pragmatic federalism” when it comes to defense and other policies so it becomes more adaptable to crises that may arise after the invasion of Ukraine. “The institution set up by a predecessors… have served Europe citizens well but they are inadequate...
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U.S. INTEL HELPED UKRAINE KILL RUSSIAN GENERALS, SINK FLAGSHIP, REPORTS SAY
The U.S. was instrumental in providing the Ukrainians with intelligence that enabled its military to kill top Russian generals on the battlefield and sink the Moskva, its flagship missile cruiser in the Black Sea. The reports, if true, would represent a significant escalation from Washington and prompted the U.S. to downplay the reports. The Biden...
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POPE FRANCIS CRITICIZES ‘BARKING NATO’ PRIOR TO UKRAINE WAR
Pope Francis last week appeared to acknowledge the role that an expanding NATO played prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and referred to the alliance as a “barking” dog at Moscow’s doorstep. “NATO barking at Russia’s gate may have compelled [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to unleash the invasion of Ukraine. I have no way...
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JAPAN: WILL CHINA ATTACK TAIWAN LIKE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE?
Japan, like Taiwan, is watching the events in Ukraine unfold while considering their neighbor China and their own security if Beijing ever decides to act militarily in the region. Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, summed up his government’s fears last week during a visit in London with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He told...
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CALIFORNIA BOOSTS CRYPTO
California will create a comprehensive regulatory and legal framework to support the cryptocurrency industry, under an executive order signed last week by governor Gavin Newsom. The order directs government agencies to structure a framework that fosters innovation, develops an infrastructure for research, creates jobs in the industry, finds ways to implement and expand crypto usage,...