Health

Frostbitten Kansas City Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid Game

Several fans of the Kansas City Chiefs who attended a playoff game on a bitterly cold January day in Missouri suffered frostbite that required amputations, according to the hospital that treated them. Twelve people — including some football fans who were at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13 — had to undergo amputations involving mostly fingers […]

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Another top donor says it will resume funding the U.N. agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars in support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. Source link

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A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip

A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. Source link

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Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability

Howard H. Hiatt, a physician, scientist and academic who reshaped the field of public health, steering it away from the narrow study of infectious diseases toward big-picture issues of fiscal and societal accountability in medicine, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 98. His son Jonathan Hiatt said the cause was

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More than 63,000 infant swings recalled due to suffocation risk

The importance of following safe sleep steps with infants The importance of following safe sleep steps with infants 04:45 Jool Baby is recalling more than 63,000 infant swings sold at Walmart stores and online because they pose a suffocation risk.  The swings violate federal law as they were designed and marketed for infant sleep while

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Eli Lilly’s new ad says weight-loss drugs shouldn’t be used out of “vanity”

Eli Lilly has a message for people who are taking prescription medications developed for patients with Type 2 diabetes and obesity: Don’t take the drugs just because you want to look good. The message, delivered in an a new Hollywood-themed ad called “Big Night,” will air this weekend and is timed to coincide with Sunday’s

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