A single Central Florida county reported 13% of all U.S. leprosy cases in 2020. Researchers have teamed up to investigate whether armadillos are passing the bacteria that cause the disease to humans — which is especially concerning as the animals expand their range farther north…
Daniel Hagari called Matan’s parents, Einat and Yaron, on Friday morning to personally apologize for the mistake and to assure them it was made due to human error…
West Australian canola growers have been refunded more than $600,000 from a seed company after successfully arguing their consumer rights had been breached by widespread pre-harvest crop deaths…
An eighth pro-life activist was sentenced on Wednesday under the Freedom of Access the Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and “conspiracy against rights” for an abortion clinic protest in Washington, DC, in October 2020. The post Pro-Life Grandmother Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for 2020 D.C…
The High Court has declared the government’s anti-alcohol campaign illegal. Nyandarua Bar Owners had filed a petition challenging the directive to close bars near residential areas and schools, claiming it was discriminatory and violated their rights. The traders argued that they had sought amicable solutions to the dispute over the illegal ministerial directives but to…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a decisive order to Israel, demanding an immediate halt to its military offensive in Rafah. ICJ President Nawaf Salam announced that the court voted 13-2 in favour of the order. He emphasised the urgent need to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian enclave…
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead author of a new study published in JAMA Network Open, “Virtual Scribes and Physician Time Spent on Electronic Health Records.” What question were you investigating? We sought to understand the impact of virtual scribes (human scribes who are not
Aquifers are vital for balanced ecosystems and human existence. While only 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater, almost 99% of that unfrozen volume is located in these geological formations. Despite their importance, little is known about the water that flows beneath our feet — almost always invisibly — and supplies rivers and lakes…