According to Statistics Canada, the number of police-reported hate crimes targeting a given religion rose from 530 in 2020 to 884 in 2021, representing a 67% increase. This finding marked the highest number of hate crimes targeting a religion since comparable data have been recorded and followed three consecutive years of decreases. Police-reported hate crimes targeting the JewishContinue Reading
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health reports the number of abortions rose for the first time since 2008 and is back at the same level as before the pandemic, according to the new statistics from the Abortion Register. From 2021 to 2022, there was an increase in both self-determined andContinue Reading
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel notice for Nigeria due to an ongoing diphtheria outbreak. More than 200 confirmed cases have been reported in the country since last May, including 40 deaths. The CDC offers recommendations for travelers: Vaccination against diphtheria is essential toContinue Reading
At least two people died and 19 were injured in a shootout last night, February 19 in Magé, Baixada Fluminense in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. The confusion started with the dispersion of a Carnival block, in Praia do Anil. According to the Fogo Cruzado Institute, thisContinue Reading
Singapore health officials report the State Coroner has ruled on 15 February 2023 that the death of a 28-year-old Bangladeshi male, who passed away 21 days after COVID-19 vaccination, was a medical misadventure. The cause of death was certified as myocarditis. The State Coroner also found that on the balanceContinue Reading
While global coffee consumption has been increasing steadily for almost 30 years, the demand has led to various ways of preparing coffee as well, including the creation of coffee capsules. The popularity of these capsules has divided the public opinion because this method of preparation, which uses single-use individual packaging, isContinue Reading
On Saturday, in a ceremony held at the Government Palace, the surgeon Rosa Bertha Gutierrez Palomino assumed the position of Minister of Health before the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte Zegarra. “For the memory of my mother and for the vulnerable populations of our country, I do swear,” saidContinue Reading
Access to male condoms will be free in pharmacies for young people aged 18 to 25 from January 1, Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday, December 8, 2022. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the President of the Republic’s participation in a territorial session of the National Council for Refoundation (CNR) HealthContinue Reading
The Epidemiology Bureau of the Philippines Department of Health has reported an increase in leptospirosis cases and deaths in 2022. From January 1 through November 12, 3,234 cumulative leptospirosis cases were reported in the country, a 84 percent increase for the same period in 2021 (1,754). The death toll dueContinue Reading
New data via the NHS indicates that up to one-quarter of those aged 17-19 have now been left with some sort of “probable mental disorder,” confirming the consequences from the pandemic lockdowns. According to the data released on Tuesday, 25.7 per cent of teens aged 17-19 have what is deemed a probable mentalContinue Reading
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has warned of an increasing risk of a leftist or green extremist terror attack occurring in the country, Junge Freiheit reported. According to Junge Freiheit, which claims to have seen the secret paper from earlier this month, German federal police appear to be particularly concerned aboutContinue Reading
On November 5, Cincinnati U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 6 shipments of unapproved U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drugs. The drugs included Phenibut Hydrochloride, Botulinum Toxin, and fillers containing Lidocaine. Each one of these drugs to include Injectable cosmetic treatments, are regulated by FDA. The sixContinue Reading
The hole in the ozone layer — the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays — is continuing to decrease. The hole over Antarctica had an average area of 8.91 million square miles (23.1 million square kilometers). That measurement is slightly smaller than theContinue Reading
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the Belgian state didn’t violate the rights of a person suffering from depression when it accepted her request to go ahead with a euthanasia procedure despite years of chronic depression. Judges ruled in favor of Belgium in three out of fourContinue Reading
A journalist was shot to death by two unknown individuals who were traveling on a motorcycle this Tuesday in front of the radio station where he worked in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, 550 km northeast of Asunción, very close to the border with Brazil. Journalist Humberto Andrés Coronel Godoy, 33, was attacked asContinue Reading
Officials are reporting finding eight more bodies inside the An Phu karaoke bar fire scene today, bringing the death toll to 22. The Binh Duong province’s functional forces are coordinating with the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Department to search for suspected victims still trapped in the karaoke bar. As forContinue Reading
A snack and animal feed factory was closed Friday after the death of nine dogs in Minas Gerais and São Paulo. Inspectors from the Department of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply decided to close it after inspecting the unit of theContinue Reading
An international team of 18 researchers, including Kristian Anderson, Ph.D., from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December 2019 in a new study published in Science-entitled The Huanan SeafoodContinue Reading
The new national identity card will begin to be issued next week. The document will adopt the registration number in the Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPF) as a general, unique and valid registration for the entire country. The new identity comes with a QR Code that can be read by anyContinue Reading
A shooting at the Areté, Loyola Heights campus of the Ateneo de Manila University on July 24 has left three people dead and two injured. The National Capital Region Police Office says the dead include Rosita Furigay, former mayor of Lamitan City in Basilan province; Victor George Capistrano, the executiveContinue Reading
In October last year at a public school in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, the school principal taste-tested the day’s school lunch in advance in the staff room and noticed that it had a peculiar odor and discoloration. At this point, he stopped the serving of the lunch. The food wasContinue Reading
