#theguardian.com. × #Jan.29.2026 What technology takes from us – and how to take it back. The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective
#Health × #Tech #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.28.2026 ‘I was violated and put in extreme danger’: women denied abortions sue over Arkansas ban. Suit filed by Amplify Legal says laws violate constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
#Health × #miscarriage #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.23.2026 ‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended. Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns
#Health × #Politics #Guinea #Guinea-Bissau #Africa #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades. True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers
#Health × #psychiatrist #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding. Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work
#Health × #USA × #North America #World Health Organization
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.13.2025 ‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK. British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
#Health × #United Kingdom #Africa #USA × #Europe #North America #Americas #Zambia
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport. Kseniya Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained her
#Aviation #Education #Health × #Science #France #Russia #USA × #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department. Health secretary aims to close regional offices and establish new division called ‘administration for a healthy America’
#Health × #USA × #North America #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.27.2025 Trump administration at ‘war’ with mRNA technology: scientists alarmed vaccine skeptics could kill research. Public health experts are sounding the alarm over recent move by the NIH to collect information about funding for research into mRNA technology
#Health × #Tech #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.20.2025 Dozens of civilians killed in overnight Israeli strikes as new Gaza assault deepens | First Thing. Gaza health officials say hundreds have been killed since Israeli bombing shattered the ceasefire. Plus, Trump and Zelenskyy share call over partial Ukraine ceasefire
#Health × #Ukraine #USA × #Europe #Asia #North America #Israel
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.19.2025 Debunked myths that vaccines cause autism are increasing stigma. As parents resist vaccines over vague potential harms, advocates call it a case of ‘morals more than science’
#Health × #Science #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.18.2025 ‘It’s back to drug rationing’: the end of HIV was in sight. Then came the cuts. The abrupt halt to US funding threatens to undo decades of advances, dramatically increasing infections and deaths, but some see an opportunity for Africa to lead the response
#Health × #Africa #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.14.2025 Mehmet Oz tells Senate hearing that key health role is ‘monumental opportunity’. Former TV host of The Dr Oz Show is nominated to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
#Health × #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.12.2025 RFK Jr praises beef tallow on Fox News show with burger and fries. Health secretary, under fire for his response to the measles outbreak, attacked seed oils in Sean Hannity interview
#Health × #Politics #USA × #North America #measles
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.12.2025 CDC expects measles outbreak in west Texas to ‘expand rapidly’. Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease
#Health × #USA × #North America #measles
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.10.2025 Alzheimer’s research centers face Trump-imposed $65m funding delay across the US. Researchers report difficulties retaining staff as White House cost-cutting stresses US medical research system
#Health × #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.08.2025 Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: the infection that killed Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife. Virus that caused death of actor’s wife in Santa Fe is rare but serious illness that can damage major organs of the body
#Health × #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.07.2025 Trump’s attacks on South Africa are a punishment for independence | Achille Mbembe and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. The US president’s cuts to health funding could lead to half a million deaths. They’re part of a strategy to condemn and isolate the country
#Health × #Politics #Africa #South Africa #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.04.2025 $5 a dozen: major egg companies may be using avian flu to hike US prices, new report finds. The highly concentrated egg market may be contributing to soaring consumer prices – and the spread of the virus, data shared exclusively with the Guardian shows
#Health × #USA × #avian influenza #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Mar.03.2025 US health official quits after reported clashes with RFK Jr over measles. Tom Corry, a top spokesperson at the health and human services department, abruptly resigned on Friday
#Health × #USA × #North America #measles
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2025 US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’. Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests
#Health × #Africa #South Africa #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2025 Trump administration cancels meeting on flu shots, fueling anti-vax concerns. FDA, which vaccine skeptic RFK Jr oversees, made the announcement with no explanation or new date
#Health × #Politics #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2025 ‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?. Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this jus
#Health × #Tech #USA × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.21.2025 ‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we e
#Health × #Ethiopia #Africa #USA × #North America
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