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At least nine people have died, and over 80 others are seriously ill in Kargi Location, Marsabit County, following an outbreak of an unknown disease. Moses Galoro, the senior chief of the area has appealed for an urgent intervention to prevent further fatalities. Preliminary tests indicated the possibility of a violent malaria outbreak, according to local media reports. According to Chief Galoro, six adults, and three children aged between one and three years have died from the disease. The affected persons had a travel history out of Marsabit County, having come from satellite camps in Archers Post and Merille areas....

Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed on Friday (Apr 7) to survive another stint in hospital, as the 86-year-old media mogul showed signs of improvement following treatment for leukaemia and a lung infection. The billionaire, a larger-than-life figure who has dominated Italian public life for decades, was admitted Wednesday to the intensive care cardiac unit at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital. On Friday, the Berlusconi-owned newspaper, Il Giornale, ran a front-page photo of a younger, beaming "Cavaliere" from a past election campaign, with the headline, "I won't give in".

A U.S. union official alerted the Biden administration to health problems caused by the Norfolk Southern derailment in February, saying that some workers have become sick. In a letter obtained by CNBC, union representative Jonathon Long said Wednesday that rail workers have fallen ill at the East Palestine, Ohio, crash site. "Many other Employees reported that they continue to experience migraines and nausea, days after the derailment, and they all suspect that they were willingly exposed to these chemicals at the direction of NS [Norfolk Southern]," the letter reads.

Ohio resident Mandy Breshears says her four-year-old son has had health issues since the train derailment in East Palestine and says Biden let them down.

An East Palestine, Ohio, man’s voice apparently became high-pitched since the train derailment and toxic explosion on February 3. His doctors told him he has chemicals in his body; however, no one in the area can perform the toxicological tests to determine what those chemicals are, 40-year-old Wade Lovett, an auto detailer, told the New York Post this week. “My voice sounds like Mickey Mouse. My normal voice is low. It’s hard to breathe, especially at night. My chest hurts so much at night I feel like I’m drowning. I cough up phlegm a lot. I lost my job because...

'My Heart Will Go On' singer Celine Dion says she is postponing some tour dates due to health diagnosisFighting back tears, singer Celine Dion shared in a video to fans she has been diagnosed with an incurable neurological disorder. Speaking out on Instagram, the 54-year-old Canadian native said, "As you know, I've always been an open book. And I wasn't ready to say anything before — but I'm ready now. I've been dealing with problems with my health for a long time. And it's been really difficult for me to face these challenges and talk about everything that I've been...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WRKG) — A Pensacola woman is behind bars after allegedly pouring alcohol into her child’s baby bottle, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Cecil LaToya Bryant, 28, was charged with aggravated child abuse. On Nov. 1, deputies said they responded to a possible child abuse. Deputies said when they arrived, they talked with an investigator with the Department of Children and Family Services, who said the baby had a .142 blood alcohol level. Deputies then spoke with the reporting party who said on Oct. 31, 2022, she threw a Halloween party at her house. The reporting...

Sick Canadian children are pouring into the pediatric emergency rooms in Montreal. Hundreds are brought in every day. Unfortunately, they are often so ill that they have to be hospitalized. Parents camp out overnight, waiting for 16, 20, or even 24 hours for their children to be seen, depending on the priority they are assigned during triage. Stretchers line hallways. Medical staff is working around the clock to care for more and more sick children, reports the Montreal Gazette. ‘Busiest than I can remember Emergency room doctor Suzanne Vaillancourt told the newspaper that she had never experienced this before. “It’s...

Medical assistance in dying (MAID) has been available in Canada since 2016 and is set to expand in March 2023, extending eligibility to those with a mental illness. Bill C-7 would allow individuals seeking MAID to apply solely on the basis of a mental disorder. Prior to the bill’s passage, MAID eligibility was based on having a “grievous and irremediable medical condition,” according to a report from the Canadian government on the practice. Creighton School of Medicine professor Charles Camosy said Wednesday on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” the bill would allow “mature minors” to be euthanized by state doctors without the...

Covid infections come with dozens of different potential symptoms, ranging from mild fatigue to strange ones like “Covid tongue.” Which ones will you personally experience if you get infected soon? It depends on your vaccination status, suggests the ZOE Health Study, a joint project between health science company ZOE and researchers from King’s College London, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard and Stanford University. The project recently shared an updated list of the top Covid symptoms reported by the more than 4 million users of the ZOE Covid Study app, which has tracked virus symptoms based on daily user-entered data since 2020....

Getting less than five hours of sleep in mid-to-late life could be linked to an increased risk of developing at least two chronic diseases. People who reported getting five hours of sleep or less at age 50 were 20% more likely to have been diagnosed with a chronic disease and 40% more likely to be diagnosed with two or more chronic diseases over 25 years, compared to people who slept for up to seven hours. Additionally, sleeping for five hours or less at the age of 50, 60, and 70 was linked to a 30% to 40% increased risk of...

The following is for informational purposes only. Take it with a grain of salt. You are reading it on the internet after all. Also, I wanted to document it, so I thought this would be as good a place as any. There seems to be another Covid-like disease going around our area. I just spent almost a week in the hospital with a toddler family member and now I have it. Rhinovirus is what they are calling it. One nurse called it “rhinorona.” This one seems to affect children the hardest. I predict shutdowns after the election and another non-vaccine...

Supporters of a plan to expand benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances and fumes are furious after a surprising defeat in a Senate procedural vote left the bill in limbo. Veterans advocates and lawmakers who support the bill are vowing to keep fighting for its passage, framing Wednesday night's shocking development as a delay rather than a defeat. Still, it's a delay they say could cost cancer-stricken veterans their lives as they wait for care and should be blamed on a group of Republican senators they described as "liars," "hypocrites" and "cowards." "How are these people human?...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday announced plans to target the lack of school safety and the rise of mental illness after the Uvalde school shooting. “In discussing how we might come together to target the problem of mental illness and school safety, we’ll get back at it next week and hope to have results,” McConnell said about a legislative solution that would reduce mass shootings.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “very ill with blood cancer,” an oligarch close to the Kremlin said in a secret recording obtained by New Lines Magazine. The type of cancer was unspecified, New Lines reported in a story discussing myriad rumors about Putin’s health. “The recording represents rare testimony by someone with proven ties to the Russian government that its fanatical dictator may well be seriously unwell,” the magazine stated of the comments made during a mid-March discussion with someone described as a “Western venture capitalist.” “He absolutely ruined Russia’s economy, Ukraine’s economy and many other economies — ruined [them]...

We’ve reported extensively on President Biden’s health woes and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rumored cancer. Add another major world leader to the list of the afflicted, because several media outlets claim Chinese President Xi Jinping, 68, is suffering from a brain aneurysm. Making his life more difficult are rumors of a possible coup by rivals tired of the nation’s uber-strict, economy-killing COVID lockdowns.Xi Jinping reportedly suffering from 'cerebral aneurysm' https://t.co/SIysIo0O9D pic.twitter.com/TIQuVz8EzN— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) May 10, 2022According to New Delhi-based ANI news service, Xi decided against surgery, instead choosing treatment involving traditional Chinese medicines that soften the blood...

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that Justice Clarence Thomas had been hospitalized after experiencing flu-like symptoms. Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.“Justice Thomas’s symptoms were abating, he’s comfortable, and could be released in the next few days,” Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said Friday. According to the statement, Thomas underwent tests and was “diagnosed with an infection and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics.” It’s been five days, and we haven’t received any new updates from the Supreme Court since Sunday, when Thomas was expected to “participate in the consideration and discussion of any...

Dr. Sona Pekova explains that “vaccine” mandates are a ”purely political decision” not based in science.A Czech Molecular Biologist reveals that based on publicly available data, the vaccinated are more likely to get sick from the Omicron variant. Further, Dr. Sona Pekova explains that certain batches of Covid vaccines “kill” while others are “benign.”Pekova’s explosive remarks took place in a video presented at Czech Independent News and translated exclusively for RAIR Foundation USA.Pekova was highly critical of vaccine mandates imposed by the government, as foreign data from Scotland and Australia clearly indicates that the Covid vaccine causes harm. The molecular...

Bill Cosby hid behind the “America’s Dad” illusion he created to abuse women, said a former Playboy Playmate who claims she was one of his victims. Ahead of a new documentary about the disgraced comedian, Victoria Valentino, one of 60 women to point their fingers at the fallen funnyman, claims Cosby, now 84, drugged and raped her in an apartment in Hollywood Hills in 1969, just weeks after her 6-year-old son had drowned.

From the desk of Joe Biden… ‘Twas the night of the ‘winter of illness and death’ My voters were too scared to take even a breath. Wherever you went, all through the land, Blue State creatures were masked, as was my command. The coffins were stacked on the front porches with care At the homes of the unvaxxed, awaiting certain despair. If only they’d listened, if only they’d taken the shot Misery and torment wouldn’t be their lot. While visions of re-election danced in Kamala’s head Americans were told they were as good as dead. When out on the lawn...