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Greek and Spanish Communists denounce Cuba's reinstatement on bogus US "terror" list
Both the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Communist Party of Spain (PCE) are strongly condemning the decision of the incoming Trump...
Michael Laxer
Jan 232 min read
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Last major hospital in North Gaza knocked out as children continue to die in Israeli attacks
Devastation of the hospital and its courtyard by Israeli attacks -- image via Al Jazeera video screenshot The World Health Organization...
Michael Laxer
Dec 28, 20242 min read
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Israel Orders 'Impossible' Evacuation While Attacking One of North Gaza's Last Hospitals
"If Kamal Adwan Hospital is decommissioned, there will be no way of preserving conditions of life to the remaining 75,000+ civilians in...
Michael Laxer
Dec 22, 20245 min read
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Israel's Ferocious Bombing of Northern Gaza Halts Polio Vaccination Effort
"It is imperative to stop the polio outbreak as soon as possible," the World Health Organization warned, "before more children are...
Michael Laxer
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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The World Says That Israel’s Unlawful Occupation of Palestine Must End
By Vijay Prashad On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution that demanded that Israel...
Michael Laxer
Sep 19, 20245 min read
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Israel's War on Palestinian Children Must End
The betrayal of these children by the international community shall stain the collective consciousness of humankind for decades to come....
Michael Laxer
Sep 5, 20244 min read
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Relentless Israeli Assault Keeping Medical Teams From Delivering Polio Vaccines, Aid
"Children in Gaza are already suffering from starvation and rampant infectious disease as a result of Israel's blockade and attacks on...
Michael Laxer
Aug 26, 20244 min read
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10-Month-Old 'Who Has Only Known Gaza Under Siege' Paralyzed by Polio
"Genocide is a process and it's not just about the number of those slaughtered," said one observer. Image of conditions in Gaza via the...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20243 min read
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Health Ministry Declares Gaza a 'Polio Epidemic Zone'
"When will the world act to stop Israel's genocidal campaign?" asked one advocacy group in response to the designation. People walking...
Michael Laxer
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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UNICEF finds 1 in 4 children under 5 globally, 9 out of 10 in Gaza, experience severe child food poverty
Image via the Palestinian People's Party UNICEF released a report June 5 that found that 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of...
Michael Laxer
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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The Atlantic’s Sloppy Reporting on UN Gaza Statistics Jeopardizes Its Credibility
The whole exercise of asking whether these numbers are accurate is just distraction and obfuscation. Image via the Palestinian People's...
Michael Laxer
May 23, 20246 min read
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WHO Negotiations for Pandemic Treaty Extended Due to Disagreements
WHO Flag - Leif Jørgensen, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Global News Service...
Michael Laxer
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Cholera Still Poses Risks in Zambia Despite Decrease in Cases
View of Lusaka, Zambia -- Lupali, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Global News...
Michael Laxer
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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'Where Is the Humanity?' Doctors, WHO Stunned by IDF's Destruction of Gaza Hospital
"The dismantling and degradation of the Nasser Medical Complex is a massive blow to Gaza's health system," said the World Health...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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Israel Declares War on Rafah, the Last Safe Zone in Gaza
Men walk along a street ravaged by Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February, 2024 (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)...
Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Health Care in Southern Gaza Facing a Fate Similar to That in the North
Smoke billows after an Israeli attack in Gaza -- Image via the PPP By Global News Service Health services at Nasser Hospital in Khan...
Michael Laxer
Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Ruling by UN’s top court means Canada and the U.S. could be complicit in Gaza genocide
By Heidi Matthews, Faisal A. Bhabha and Mohammad Fadel, The Conversation The International Court of Justice has issued a ground-breaking...
Michael Laxer
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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Why the World’s Most Popular Herbicide Is a Public Health Hazard
Known by its brand name Roundup, glyphosate is a clear and present danger to human health. By Caroline Cox Glyphosate, known by its...
Michael Laxer
Dec 8, 20236 min read
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'End the War on Gaza... End It Now': Doctors Decry Relentless Israeli Attack
"We are in the darkest time for the right to health in our lifetimes," said one U.N. expert. By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Doctors...
Michael Laxer
Dec 7, 20233 min read
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Risk of Infectious Diseases, Malnutrition Soars as Israel Resumes Attacks on Gaza Strip
By Global News Service “Even if peace was declared, we have a massive public health challenge ahead of us,” said Michael Ryan, Executive...
Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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