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The New American – by Luis Miguel

A trust of the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has unveiled a new policy under which it may withdraw treatment from patients deemed racist or sexist.

The North Bristol NHS Trust announced the launch of its “Red Card to Racism” campaign, which aims to protect staff from discrimination. Continue reading “U.K. Health Service to Deny Treatment to Patients Deemed Racist or Sexist”

Al Jazeera

Oil prices jumped more than 4 percent on Friday after senior Iranian and Iraqi military leaders were killed in a United States air raid near Baghdad airport, raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies.

Brent crude futures were up by nearly $3 at $69.16 per barrel, the highest since September 17, as markets feared Iran could retaliate against the killing of one of its top military leaders by attacking assets of the US and its allies in the Middle East. Continue reading “Oil prices surge after US attack kills senior Iran military chief”

Aljazeera

General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force, has been reported killed alongside six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.

Iraqi officials and the state television reported that aside from Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was killed in the attack.  Continue reading “Iran’s Qassem Soleimani killed in US airstrike in Baghdad airport”

KTLA

California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig economy, boosting online privacy and discouraging shootings by police, among other potential trend-setters.

The laws have sent businesses including Uber, Lyft and Google scrambling, not to mention President Donald Trump.  Continue reading “Here Are Some of California’s New Laws That Take Effect Jan.1”

Times of Israel – by Jonathan Sarna

America is experiencing a social and cultural crisis. Anti-Semitism is one of its symptoms.

Years ago, the Israeli historian Shulamit Volkov concluded that anti-Semitism is best understood as a “cultural code.” Although anti-Semitism victimizes Jews, it actually reveals far less about them than it does about the culture that surrounds and stigmatizes them. Volkov drew her evidence from late 19th-century Germany, where, she showed, anti-Semitism “served as a code, a signal for a much larger and more important political and cultural phenomenon.” But her argument applies equal well to contemporary America, where the resurgence of anti-Semitism likewise reflects deep social and cultural tensions.  Continue reading “Anti-Semitism is a symptom”

Forbes – by Robert Glatter, MD

There are a multitude of factors that have played a role in the opioid crisis that our country currently faces.

While we may consider supply factors—whether from ilicit sources or from health care providers—as a key driver in this epidemic, it’s also important to consider economic forces as a potential contributor.  Continue reading “U.S. Auto Assembly Plant Closures Linked To 85 Percent Increase In Opioid Overdose Deaths, Study Finds”

Health Impact News – by National Vaccine Information Center

Your action is needed to help stop a bill that was pre-filed 12/8/2019. Senator Barbara Favola is the Patron of this bill.

SB104 would add amend and reenact §54.1-2969 of the Virginia Code, relating to vaccinations/immunizations; minors; authority to consent. The bill would allow doctors or other medical workers to administer vaccines recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to a minor child of any age after obtaining “consent” of the minor child and making a determination that the child has the ability to understand the risks and benefits associated with vaccines at the same comprehension level as an adult. Continue reading “Virginia Bill to Allow Children to Decide on Vaccines without Parents’ Knowledge or Permission”

New York Post – by Julia Marsh and Craig McCarthy

On the heels of the Monsey machete attack, four Jewish lawmakers on Sunday demanded the governor call a state of emergency and take current hate-crimes cases out of the hands of local district attorneys and turn them over to a special prosecutor.

“Orthodox Jews are being regularly assaulted, menaced, stabbed and murdered in increasing numbers,” reads the letter — signed by city councilmen Chaim Deutsch and Kalman Yeger, as well as state Sen. Simcha Felder and Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein — sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday.  Continue reading “Jewish lawmakers demand state of emergency after Monsey stabbing”

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NBC News

The Guardian Angels, a private, unarmed crime prevention group, said it would start patrolling the New York borough of Brooklyn on Sunday following a series of anti-Semitic attacks.

Curtis Sliwa, who founded the organization in New York City in 1979, said the patrols would start at noon in the Crown Heights neighborhood and expand to Williamsburg and Borough Park later in the day. Continue reading “Guardian Angels to patrol Jewish neighborhoods in New York City after recent attacks”

Daily Mail

More than 30,000 tourists in Australia who refused to evacuate an area east of Melbourne amid raging bushfires are now ‘trapped’ after locals warned earlier that staying would be ‘suicide’.

Hundreds of blazes are burning across Australia, which is experiencing a devastating summer bushfire season fueled by a prolonged drought and climate change.  Continue reading “More than 30,000 tourists in Australia who defied orders to leave area east of Melbourne amid raging bushfires are ‘TRAPPED’ as roads are cut off, after locals warned staying would be ‘suicide’”