#health-crisis

#health-crisis

Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for plotting a coup after he lost the country's last election, is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia. The DF Star hospital in Brasilia said in a statement on Saturday that the 70-year-old was in a stable condition despite being diagnosed with worsening kidney function.

I tried to hop back up again, and I couldn't. I realized I had 'fallen and I can't get up!' It was this point I thought, 'Oh shit, I'm having a stroke!'

It was crazy. It was fast. It was instant. There was no warning. I didn't have any time to prepare for it. I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife and the next thing you know I was on the ground.

When Keith McNally suffered a major stroke in 2016, the famed restaurateur behind Pastis, Balthazar and Minetta Tavern feared his career and his body had collapsed for good. To make matters worse, the man who once ruled New York's dining scene suddenly found himself trapped in a business deal he could no longer execute. He'd leased a Meatpacking District space to reopen his iconic restaurant Pastis, backed by a $1 million personal guarantee.

Starvation is one of the most undignified and barbaric ways to kill. It's intended to be protracted and to maximize suffering.

Broad economic sanctions, primarily from the U.S., are estimated to kill approximately 564,000 people annually, predominantly children, reflecting a shift in how conflicts are waged.

It is a worrying setback in the advances made in public health: the United States has recorded the highest number of annual measles cases in 33 years.

Byrnihat holds the title of the world's most polluted city with an average PM2.5 concentration of 128.2 micrograms per cubic meter in 2024, exceeding safe levels by over 25 times.

"I like to say that AIDS is a terrible disease that you must take seriously. I did nothing wrong, yet I'm being made to suffer like this."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. linked mitochondrial health to modern ailments during a podcast appearance, despite limited scientific backing for his claims about Wi-Fi and pharmaceutical risks.

Doctors Without Borders has warned of an imminent health catastrophe in Ethiopia, where South Sudanese refugees face surging cholera cases amidst escalating conflict and malnutrition.

I had a burst aneurysm... that I had unknowingly had since birth, which created an aneurysm, which burst, out of nowhere. My body was feeling not at home.

Generation X women, particularly those in their 40s and 50s, are increasingly suffering from osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease previously associated primarily with older adults.