Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World
Israel has been plunged into a mental health crisis by the Hamas attacks of October 7, with the population reeling from anxiety and depression and at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, experts say. A study published in the Lancet medical journal on January 5 said, “all citizens in Israel were, in some fashion, exposed to this attack of unprecedented scope and traumatic impact”. Read More…
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Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the attorneys general of 33 states including California and New York said Meta, which also operates Facebook, repeatedly misled the public about the dangers of its platforms, and knowingly induced young children and teenagers into addictive and compulsive social media use. Read More…
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Israel had not resumed water supplies for Gaza, Hamas interior ministry spokesman Eyad Al-Bozom said on Monday. "The residents drink unhealthy water, posing a serious health crisis threatens the lives of the citizens," he added. On Sunday, Israel's energy minister Israel Katz said his country resumed the water supply to southern Gaza as one million people have been asked to move south. Read More…
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On Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) laid bare that he had met with the Taliban's health minister Qalander Ebad. The meeting emphasized the “dire” health and humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. Ebad, part of a Taliban delegation, is visiting Geneva for a week of talks with institutions and non-governmental agencies on humanitarian access and human rights. Read More…
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