January 16, 2025
(Christianity Today) – Even as wildfires burn neighborhoods nearby, destroying the homes of some faculty and students, Pepperdine University is starting its spring semester by helping local firefighters in Los Angeles. With firefighters in the area facing water shortages, the … Read More
January 15, 2025
(Wired) – Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local supplies. Multiple water authorities in north Los Angeles have issued Do Not Drink notices. In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, … Read More
January 10, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of tens of thousands of residents and business owners, but also stressing the region’s … Read More
January 10, 2025
(ABC News) – Several hospitals and health care facilities have closed their clinics and offices in the southern California area as the devastating wildfires continue to spread. As of Thursday, at least five people have died, and thousands of structures … Read More
January 9, 2025
(NPR) – Air quality in the Los Angeles region has plummeted because of smoke from several wildfires burning in the surrounding hills. Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the country, as human-caused climate change increases the … Read More
January 8, 2025
(New York Times) – Rescuers rushed to distribute blankets and tents to those displaced by the magnitude-7.1 quake that struck Tibetan villages near Nepal, toppling over 3,000 homes. Rescuers working in subzero conditions and bracing winds searched the rubble on … Read More
January 8, 2025
(NPR) – “We woke up from bombs being dropped on the military base two blocks away [from our home],” says Ali, adding that his medical school and many hospitals were also bombed. “I had to flee my home.” For over … Read More
January 3, 2025
(New York Times) – The takeaway from these and similar parables is clear, Dr. Sharfstein says: Crisis can be a powerful catalyst for shaping policy and improving society. But just like any such tool, it can be misused as easily … Read More
December 31, 2024
(Undark) – The CDC is piloting a disease forecasting service called Insight Net. Could it be a game-changer for public health? Can we predict the ebb and flow of infectious disease the way meteorologists predict the weather? The federal government … Read More
December 31, 2024
(Washington Post) – The head of the World Health Organization called for the immediate release of Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who was detained as Israeli forces raided the facility last week. Other … Read More
December 31, 2024
(ABC News) – A 33-year-old flight attendant, one of just two survivors of the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed 179 people, is awake and talking to medical staff, according to a hospital official. The survivor, who … Read More
December 26, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Intelligence Council’s work on Covid-19 origins complied with all of the Intelligence Community’s analytic standards, including objectivity,” the spokeswoman said. But an investigation by The … Read More
December 23, 2024
(Wired) – In Russia’s war against Ukraine, electronic warfare, including signal-jamming, anti-drone weapons, and innovative protections for critical military systems, has become a key piece of the conflict. EDM4S—or Electronic Drone Mitigation 4 System—is a portable electronic-warfare weapon from Lithuania. … Read More
December 20, 2024
(Kron4) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in response to bird flu on Wednesday. The declaration comes following the spread of avian influenza in 16 states, including California and outside the Central Valley. The declaration, according … Read More
December 16, 2024
(Undark) – When providing health care for new immigrants and refugees, the world’s faraway conflicts fall sharply into focus. I work in a clinic in Toronto that largely serves patients who are newcomers to our country, many of whom are … Read More
November 26, 2024
(New York Times) – Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East. Nations of the Middle East, like Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, now suffer from particularly high rates … Read More
November 26, 2024
(New York Times Magazine) – Ours is a hyperconnected world, a place where it’s strange not to walk around with an internet-connected recording device in your pocket. When something big or new or scary happens — something like the natural … Read More
November 19, 2024
(NPR) – Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether. Hurricane Helene, which hit … Read More
November 8, 2024
(Reuters via MSN) – At least 73 people have died of mysterious causes in the Sudanese town of al-Hilaliya, besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Doctors Union said late on Wednesday. It is one of dozens of … Read More
November 6, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Drone attacks have made any time outdoors in the city, even a cigarette break, potentially deadly. ‘Run for shelter.’ Russian drones are hunting civilians in Kherson, unleashing a new kind of terror on Ukraine’s largest front-line … Read More
October 30, 2024
(NPR) – Canceled surgeries have been a problem for patients around the country in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm flooded a Baxter International factory in North Carolina that was making 60% of the national supply of IV fluids, … Read More
October 29, 2024
(NPR) – Ivana is one of 22 patients being treated in the burn unit of the Geitaoui Hospital in Beirut. It’s a private medical center with theonly burn unit in Lebanon. Only the most critically injured victims are transferred to … Read More
October 29, 2024
(New York Times) – Dozens of volunteer doctors, nurses and psychologists traveled to the region to treat people whose routines, including medical appointments, were disrupted by the storm. Even before the storm sent floodwaters raging through this slice of mountainous … Read More
October 25, 2024
(New York Times) – Climate change, civil conflict and growing resistance to insecticides and treatments are all contributing to an alarming spread of cases. More than 6.1 million malaria cases, and 1,038 deaths, have been recorded in the country this … Read More
October 22, 2024
(Axios) – IV fluids from as far away as China are being imported to the U.S. to alleviate nationwide shortages stemming from hurricane damage to a key manufacturing plant in North Carolina. Why it matters: Hospitals now have 50% more … Read More