After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care....
Children and adults are coming to hospitals with serious malnutrition, and at the first hint of any infection, they lose weight rapidly, Professor Nick Maynard, a senior surgeon from Oxford University Hospital and the clinical lead of an emergency medical team said in a statement....
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Several state buildings across the U.S. are on alert Wednesday, following a series of bomb threats made to buildings across the country. Threats were reported in several states— including Mississippi, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Georgia state capitols.
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2024 is not just an election year. It’s perhaps the election year....
The song “I’m Here” from The Color Purple musical is not meant to be sung, but roared. It’s not meant to be heard but felt....
The song “I’m Here” from The Color Purple musical is not meant to be sung, but roared. It’s not meant to be heard but felt....
Amnesty International’s Nigeria office told The Associated Press that it has so far confirmed 140 deaths in the Christian-dominated Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi areas of Plateau, based on data compiled by its workers on the ground and from local officials. There were fears of a higher death toll as some people remained unaccounted...
A brutal war since April has left at least 10,000 dead and displaced 6 million but remains a mere footnote on the international agenda.
The latest forecast by Statistics Korea puts the population in 2072 at 36.2 million, a 30% decline from the current 51.7 million, even though the fertility rate may recover a bit to 0.68 in 2026. The population is expected to fall every year starting in 2025.
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9547028...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace as many as 15 ministers and junior ministers, the Asahi newspaper said, as he seeks to contain the fallout from a slush fund scandal threatening to paralyze his government.
The country was once a rights pioneer that helped shape the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which turns 75 on Dec. 10.
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