Quincy Jones died from pancreatic cancer, report says
Music legend Quincy Jones died earlier this month reportedly from pancreatic cancer. The 28-time Grammy Award winner’s cause of death was listed as the aggressive…
‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for targeting their anti-abortion practices
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1-million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are…
What drives one of America’s few late-term abortion doctors
Warren Hern is every bit as intense as you would expect of someone who has been threatened with death for most of his career.One of…
Anthony Fauci has a right to savage Trump. Why doesn’t he?
Over his half-century career, Anthony Fauci learned what it was like to be both loved and loathed. As director of the National Institute of Allergy…
Victorian hospital meeting leak confirms plans to slash funding for small regional hospitals
In short: More than 20 Victorian hospitals have been told their budgets will be slashed, according to a member of a regional Victorian hospital board. The…
South Australia public hospitals operating in internal emergency, elective surgeries paused
In short: South Australia's entire public hospital system is operating under an internal emergency with long patient wait times and delayed elective surgeries.SA Health's chief…
Health officials warn of measles exposure in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County health officials issued an exposure warning Saturday after a traveler with measles visited Universal Studios and several other locations in the county…
Hiltzik: Ron DeSantis, loser – Los Angeles Times
Sunday was a tough day for those, like me, who get their entertainment jollies by watching losers try to redeem themselves. I’m not talking only…
Europe’s war against tobacco has a new target: Nicotine – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Europe is building up a head of steam to wage the next war on…
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in response to killing of Hamas leader – POLITICO
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on Saturday in retaliation for the targeted killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut this…
Bedbug hoax is targeting foreign visitors in Athens, Greece
ATHENS — Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of some Athens short-term rental apartments by inventing…
Meet Europe’s biggest loser in the war on cars – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of…
Gaza faces imminent typhoid, cholera outbreak, health bodies warn – POLITICO
Health organizations are warning of an imminent public health crisis in the Gaza Strip, where disruptions to health and water systems are raising the risk…
Gaza residents raid food warehouses as ‘civil order’ disintegrates, UN says – POLITICO
Thousands of people in Gaza pillaged wheat, flour and other food supplies from United Nations warehouses, a U.N. agency said on Sunday, warning that “civil…
Gaza in communications blackout as Israel intensifies bombing – POLITICO
The Israeli military expanded its ground operations in northern Gaza earlier Saturday, cutting off communications and internet connections and claiming the killing of senior Hamas…
Specter of US-style system hangs over Europe’s health leaders – POLITICO
Europe’s health systems face an existential threat if they can’t solve the workforce crisis — they’ll end up like the U.S., warn health leaders. A…
A bedbug’s tale – POLITICO
YOUR BED, PARIS — The French capital is wonderful. That’s if you can get used to the rats … and the smell … and the locals.…
Why dengue in Europe could spell disaster for the rest of the world – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In the early morning of the last day of August, Parisians experienced for the…
Inside the toxic world of vaping scientists – POLITICO
LONDON — Their former colleagues and collaborators have turned on them; they are hounded by lobbyists and campaigners; and in some cases, the accusations have…
Humans ‘never experienced a world so hot in modern history,’ scientists say – POLITICO
July is on track to become the world’s hottest month on record — with some scientists saying the planet may be experiencing its warmest period…