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Social Prescriptions: Combating Loneliness with Museum Visits
Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, increasing healthcare costs. A new European initiative, backed by €7 million, is testing "social prescriptions" of museum visits and other cultural activities to treat loneliness and mental health issues, particularly focusing on vulnerable gro...
Social Prescriptions: Combating Loneliness with Museum Visits
Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, increasing healthcare costs. A new European initiative, backed by €7 million, is testing "social prescriptions" of museum visits and other cultural activities to treat loneliness and mental health issues, particularly focusing on vulnerable gro...
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52% Bias Score
Record Flu Cases in Australia Spark Concerns of Severe Season
Australia has recorded a record-high 46,325 confirmed flu cases by March 31, 2025, exceeding previous first-quarter totals, prompting warnings of a potentially severe flu season following outbreaks in the US and UK; experts highlight low vaccination rates and misinformation as major concerns.
Record Flu Cases in Australia Spark Concerns of Severe Season
Australia has recorded a record-high 46,325 confirmed flu cases by March 31, 2025, exceeding previous first-quarter totals, prompting warnings of a potentially severe flu season following outbreaks in the US and UK; experts highlight low vaccination rates and misinformation as major concerns.
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40% Bias Score
CDC Suppresses Measles Risk Assessment, Alters Vaccine Messaging
The CDC suppressed an internal assessment showing high measles risk in low-vaccination areas near outbreaks, altering its messaging to emphasize "personal choice" despite rising cases; this contradicts its previous strong pro-vaccine stance and raises concerns about political influence on public hea...
CDC Suppresses Measles Risk Assessment, Alters Vaccine Messaging
The CDC suppressed an internal assessment showing high measles risk in low-vaccination areas near outbreaks, altering its messaging to emphasize "personal choice" despite rising cases; this contradicts its previous strong pro-vaccine stance and raises concerns about political influence on public hea...
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56% Bias Score
COVID-19: Systemic Failures, Innovation, and the Path to Future Preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic, starting in Wuhan in late 2019, caused over 20 million deaths worldwide, revealing critical weaknesses in global health systems and governance, while simultaneously spurring innovation and exposing societal inequalities.
COVID-19: Systemic Failures, Innovation, and the Path to Future Preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic, starting in Wuhan in late 2019, caused over 20 million deaths worldwide, revealing critical weaknesses in global health systems and governance, while simultaneously spurring innovation and exposing societal inequalities.
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48% Bias Score
West Virginia Bans Multiple Artificial Food Dyes Statewide
West Virginia enacted the nation's most comprehensive ban on seven artificial food dyes and two preservatives, effective in schools this August and statewide in 2028, reflecting growing concerns about their health effects and following similar actions in other states.
West Virginia Bans Multiple Artificial Food Dyes Statewide
West Virginia enacted the nation's most comprehensive ban on seven artificial food dyes and two preservatives, effective in schools this August and statewide in 2028, reflecting growing concerns about their health effects and following similar actions in other states.
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40% Bias Score
Mexico Bans Junk Food in Schools to Combat Childhood Obesity
Mexico implemented a nationwide ban on junk food in schools on Saturday, aiming to reduce childhood obesity; the ban prohibits foods with excessive salt, sugar, fat, or calories and requires schools to offer healthier alternatives.
Mexico Bans Junk Food in Schools to Combat Childhood Obesity
Mexico implemented a nationwide ban on junk food in schools on Saturday, aiming to reduce childhood obesity; the ban prohibits foods with excessive salt, sugar, fat, or calories and requires schools to offer healthier alternatives.
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48% Bias Score
HHS Mass Layoffs Impact Public Health Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday, impacting 3,500 FDA and 2,400 CDC employees, reducing the overall HHS staff by roughly 20,000, including attrition, and significantly affecting tobacco control, mental health, and workplace safety programs.
HHS Mass Layoffs Impact Public Health Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday, impacting 3,500 FDA and 2,400 CDC employees, reducing the overall HHS staff by roughly 20,000, including attrition, and significantly affecting tobacco control, mental health, and workplace safety programs.
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52% Bias Score
Germany's Cannabis Decriminalization: Premature Criticism Amidst Implementation Challenges
One year after Germany decriminalized cannabis, CSU Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann calls it a failure due to purportedly increased traffic offenses and no impact on organized crime; however, experts argue the policy needs more time and proper implementation of support structures like cultivation...
Germany's Cannabis Decriminalization: Premature Criticism Amidst Implementation Challenges
One year after Germany decriminalized cannabis, CSU Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann calls it a failure due to purportedly increased traffic offenses and no impact on organized crime; however, experts argue the policy needs more time and proper implementation of support structures like cultivation...
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52% Bias Score
CDC Suppresses Measles Risk Assessment, Alters Vaccination Messaging Amidst Funding Cuts
The CDC suppressed an internal assessment showing a high measles risk in low-vaccination areas near outbreaks, altering its messaging to emphasize personal choice in vaccination, contradicting its previous strong pro-vaccine stance; this comes amid job cuts at the CDC and rescission of pandemic-rela...
CDC Suppresses Measles Risk Assessment, Alters Vaccination Messaging Amidst Funding Cuts
The CDC suppressed an internal assessment showing a high measles risk in low-vaccination areas near outbreaks, altering its messaging to emphasize personal choice in vaccination, contradicting its previous strong pro-vaccine stance; this comes amid job cuts at the CDC and rescission of pandemic-rela...
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56% Bias Score
France's Lingering COVID-19 Scars: Five Years Later
Five years after France's first COVID-19 wave, a journalist revisits interviews with scientists, healthcare workers, and citizens, revealing lasting health, political, and social consequences; the lack of government accountability for past errors; and the urgent need for improved crisis response str...
France's Lingering COVID-19 Scars: Five Years Later
Five years after France's first COVID-19 wave, a journalist revisits interviews with scientists, healthcare workers, and citizens, revealing lasting health, political, and social consequences; the lack of government accountability for past errors; and the urgent need for improved crisis response str...
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52% Bias Score
Kennedy's HHS Restructuring Plan Faces Criticism
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to lay off 10,000 workers and restructure the department, eliminating departments and regional offices, prompting criticism from former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, who argues the plan is dangerous and lacks data-driven justification.
Kennedy's HHS Restructuring Plan Faces Criticism
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to lay off 10,000 workers and restructure the department, eliminating departments and regional offices, prompting criticism from former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, who argues the plan is dangerous and lacks data-driven justification.
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56% Bias Score
Milan's Strict Outdoor Smoking Ban Faces Resistance
Milan, Italy, implemented a strict outdoor smoking ban in January 2024, fining violators up to €240, aiming to reduce air pollution, but encountering resistance and lenient enforcement initially.
Milan's Strict Outdoor Smoking Ban Faces Resistance
Milan, Italy, implemented a strict outdoor smoking ban in January 2024, fining violators up to €240, aiming to reduce air pollution, but encountering resistance and lenient enforcement initially.
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52% Bias Score
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