“War is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. Only technicalities prevent famines from being declared, as people are already dying of hunger,” said Mr. Griffiths. “Waiting for an official declaration of famine before acting would be a death sentence for hundreds of thousands of people and a moral outrage,” he added. As…
File photo After the Chief Minister of Sindh informed about the death of 6 children due to measles outbreak in Patuki, the health department officials visited the affected area. Apart from this, the World Health Organization team also visited the affected area. DHO Dr. Farooq Haider has said that 5 children who died of measles…
Dr. Adnan Al Bursh, 50, the head of the orthopaedic department at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, died on April 19, 2024, in Ofer prison, a detention facility in the West Bank. His body has not yet been released by Israeli authorities. Before his death, he had reportedly been beaten in prison, with his body…
This time it was an “arson attempt by Israeli children and young people on UNRWA”, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a social media post on Tuesday. “This has got to stop,” he said. Last Thursday evening, Mr. Lazzarini said Israeli residents had set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA headquarters when staff from several…
Concluding a five-day visit to the region, UNICEF Deputy Director Ted Chaiban noted that fighting has reached new heights and created the worst humanitarian crisis there since 2003. He highlighted growing concerns for safeguarding children’s rights and protection of civilians as the situation worsens. Grave violations mount “Children are being killed, maimed, abducted, and recruited…
New York: Dementia is a mental condition in which a person gradually loses the ability to consciously communicate, eat and drink, know their place, and recognize people. However, since the 1990s, there have been many cases in which a dementia patient begins to exhibit completely normal behavior shortly before death. It is estimated that 43…
Norwich: A new study has revealed that if a person wants to live longer, they should prefer to take the stairs instead of taking the elevator whenever they have to climb to an upper floor. According to media reports, British researchers have reported in a recent study that people who climb stairs regularly have a…
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into the battle for control of the country between rival militaries, the “barbaric acts” being committed “echo the horrors witnessed in Darfur two decades ago”. They urged Security Council members who met…
Tokyo: A new study has revealed that hospitalized women are less likely to die when their doctor is also a woman. According to media reports, the study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, included treating physicians and patients age 65 and older. The study found that 8.15 percent of women aged 65 and over…
Shanghai: A new study has revealed that people who experience intermittent fasting are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease. The findings were presented at the American Heart Association meeting in Chicago and focused on the most popular type of intermittent fasting, which involves eating for eight hours or less and Fasting is done for…
