Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Saturday, October 10, 2026

‘It could have been any one of us’: Black college students march for Nolan Wells

“We’ve seen time and time again the mistreatment of cases involving young Black Americans,” Barhn Gadson, president of CAU’s chapter of the NAACP, said. “There’s not so much of an attention towards it until we do things like having to march and having to riot. We’ve gotten to a point where we are tired of having to fight for young Black males or young Black females or any Black individual for our lives to mean something.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/hbcu-black-students-nolan-wells 


Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’

Meanwhile, the outbreak “seems to be accelerating”, said Dr John Goldman, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “And we’re seeing, actually, types of measles we’ve never seen before,” he added. 

Doctors are now treating congenital measles – newborns who contracted the virus in utero or at birth – which was once exceedingly rare because most pregnant people were protected by vaccines or, before immunization, surviving measles in childhood… 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/22/cdc-pennsylvania-measles-death-outbreak 


Sunday, September 6, 2026

Alcohol-related cancer deaths in US have more than doubled over three decades

Study finds just one drink per day could raise risk of disease with impacts extending far beyond liver cancer…

 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/04/alcohol-related-cancer-deaths


 

Confirmation of measles death gives Pennsylvania governor another chance to call out RFK Jr. - POLITICO

“Instead of listening to the real doctors and public health experts, RFK chose to sow doubt, play politics, direct the CDC not to acknowledge these deaths, and even accuse me of fabricating these tragedies,” Shapiro posted on the social media platform... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/04/pennsylvania-measles-death-rfk-josh-shapiro-01065728 


 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search

“They claimed he ran up to them braying and they thought they were in danger and shot and killed him after trying to taze him,” Israel wrote in her Facebook post, which featured a photograph of her kneeling by the fallen donkey. 

 “HeeHaw was raised in the house and did petting zoos [and] never knew a stranger. And was shot and killed in his own pasture for doing what donkeys do. Alerting to a stranger. There is no way this is legal...” 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/georgia-police-officer-on-leave-donkey-killed


 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

2 unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania - POLITICO

“Because measles was largely eliminated in the Commonwealth for more than three decades, people are not familiar with this disease and don’t fully understand the potential severity of the illness,” Debra Bogen, the state’s secretary of health, said in a statement. “

As a physician, I want to make sure that people understand that the MMR vaccine is safe and provides the best protection we have against measles,” Bogen added, referring to the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/2-measles-deaths-vaccines-pennsylvania-01049130


 

Idaho Children Died From Faith Healing. Most Cases Could’ve Been Prevented. — ProPublica

Death After Death: Almost every year since 2015, Idaho children in a faith-healing sect have died of treatable conditions such as pneumonia and bacterial infections that turned to sepsis. 

Church Doctrine: Former members of the Followers of Christ sect say parents are pressured to follow doctrine that forbids medical care. Those who stray risk shunning, they said. 

No Legal Pressure: Oregon officials say after the state put legal boundaries on faith healing, more parents sought care for kids. Idaho, by contrast, has kept its faith-healing protections...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ


 

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/25/at-least-35000-excess-deaths-europe-back-to-back-heatwaves 


 

Two people have died from measles. #infection #sick #doctor

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RC-k-9weVZU

 








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