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Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said
Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help
(Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) Jill Woodrow reached a tipping point as a caregiver when her mom began struggling to communicate information about her latest doctor appointments. Woodrow’s mother, a uterine cancer survivor, was seeing specialists to get to the bottom of several new, concerning symptoms. “When she would try to tell
How digital platforms and policy shifts reshape GLP-1 affordability
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How Indigenous fire stewardship continues to shape North American forests
Science & Nature Indigenous knowledge and Western science are coming together to develop diverse, resilient and just fire restoration practices that support our forests,...
Indigenous calendars could make solar power more efficient
Science & Nature Using ecological cues may allow for more localized AI solar farm forecasting.
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Indigenous business leaders support push to build major projects — but want ‘terms that work for us’
Calgary Indigenous business leaders gathered outside Calgary for an energy industry conference say they're not opposed to building major projects quickly, but warn lack of consultation with First Nations will drag timelines out. Likely to be less opposition if governments talked to First Nations in advance, CEO says Paula Duhatschek · CBC News · Posted:
Young Indigenous Girl Emily Pike Found Murdered, Dismembered with Severed Head in Bag: Family and Community Demand Justice
The killing of a 14-year-old Arizona girl is reverberating through Indigenous communities nationwide, including in Indiana, where a local funeral director is demanding justice. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, was reported missing in late January. She was last seen walking near Phoenix before investigators found most
India’s push for Indigenous defence manufacturing under ‘Make in India’ mirrors similar initiatives in US and Europe
Synopsis Maggie Feldman-Piltch, Founder of Unicorn Strategies, praised India's 'Make In India' defence production initiative during the Munich Security Conference. She stressed the importance of international collaborations, especially with the US, to enhance India's defence sector. Feldman-Piltch highlighted the benefits of mirroring US and European strategies and emphasized increasing military-to-military exchanges to strengthen the India-US
Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
In the first-ever global study of its kind, researchers concluded that more attention needs to be paid to physical attacks and threats against land defenders, since those incidents often are the precursor to death. Last year, a human rights and environmental watchdog group determined that 177 land defenders were killed in 2022. Land defenders are
The struggles and joys of being an Indigenous researcher in the academy | Science
Science & Nature In November I took part in two very different gatherings—one in Canada, the other in Aotearoa New Zealand—which highlight both the...
Indigenous Amazon forests absorb noxious fumes and prevent diseases from wildfires, study suggests
A new decade-long study estimates forests in Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon can potentially prevent about 15 million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular...
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Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said
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Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help
(Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) Jill Woodrow reached a tipping point as a caregiver when her mom began struggling to communicate information about her latest doctor appointments. Woodrow’s mother, a uterine cancer survivor, was seeing specialists to get to the bottom of several new, concerning symptoms. “When she would try to tell
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Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-square-foot home in Terryville, a village just outside Bristol, Connecticut. “I don’t understand it.” Wood, 52
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Former Angels Top Prospect Jordyn Adams, 26, Commits To SMU Football
The 2018 wide receiver recruiting class was spearheaded by top prospects Amon-Ra St. Brown and Ja’Marr Chase. Both elite talents lived up to the immense hype and have since become All-Pro receivers in the NFL. Lost in that group was the player who sat between Brown and Chase in the rankings — a once highly-touted