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(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s years of unlawful attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers have severely hindered the emergency response to the devastating earthquake on March 28, 2025, Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights said today. A month after the earthquake, the junta has continued to obstruct access to lifesaving services in opposition-held areas and during military operations.The junta’s arrests and prosecutions of over 872 health workers affiliated with the anti-coup movement and the closing of private hospitals that hire them has drastically reduced healthcare operations in quake-affected areas. The military and associated forces have attacked at least 263 healthcare facilities…
Steelers first-round draft pick Derrick Harmon’s mother, Tiffany Saine, died late Thursday night shortly after Pittsburgh selected the defensive lineman from Oregon with the 21st overall pick.Harmon said after he was drafted that he planned to visit his mother, who he said was on life support at a hospital in the Detroit suburbs. Saine had endured several brain surgeries and a stroke in recent years. Harmon, 21, pointed to his mother as an inspiration for him to keep going as he made his way from Michigan State to Oregon.Steelers President Art Rooney II extended the team’s condolences to their newest…
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s governor on Friday sued the Des Moines Register over the newspaper’s open records request, asking the court to validate her office’s withholding of certain emails she claims are protected. A Register reporter submitted a records request in February to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office, according to the complaint. In response, the Republican governor’s office provided 825 pages of relevant documents and withheld four emails, asserting they were protected because they were “intended to be confidential, and disclosure would inhibit the governor’s ability to receive candid, fulsome, and robust information in the future,” according to the office’s…
The Trump administration plans to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species in a move environmentalists say would lead to the extinction of critically endangered species due to logging, mining, development and other activities.At issue is a longstanding definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, which has included altering or destroying the places those species live. Habitat destruction is the biggest cause of extinction, said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service said in a proposed rule issued Wednesday that habitat modification should not…
NEW YORK, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Muse Health is proud to announce its new strategic partnership with MediDrive, a leader in Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT), as the exclusive transportation services provider within Oasis by Muse Health. This collaboration marks a major milestone in Muse Health’s mission to remove barriers to care by delivering seamless, accessible, and culturally aligned healthcare solutions nationwide. The Oasis platform, launched earlier this year, integrates best-in-class health and wellness services across eight core pillars: behavioral health, chronic disease management, physical therapy, sleep optimization, pharmacy, nutrition, diagnostics, and now — through this new partnership — transportation.…
Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter The NFL’s talent evaluators seemed pretty clear before the draft that this was a bad year for quarterbacks. The reviews were almost universally poor. Only one was widely considered to be a true “franchise quarterback.”So for everyone other than Cam Ward — the No. 1 overall pick in the draft by the Tennessee Titans — getting onto the field might be quite a battle. And whether they ever do might depend on whether they landed in the right place.For most of the 13 quarterbacks who were drafted this year, when they were selected doesn’t matter nearly…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is putting his “touches” on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork, a complete redecoration of the Oval Office and possibly covering up the lawn in the Rose Garden. Trump, a former real estate developer and hotelier, said Wednesday that he’s adding two “beautiful” flagpoles to the grounds to fly the American flag “in about a week or so.”The Republican president recently hung new artworks featuring himself, including a rendering of him with his fist raised after last year’s attempted assassination in Pennsylvania. He has spruced up the Oval Office by adding portraits of…
SALT LAKE CITY—The Smith Entertainment Group hopes to buy part of the Salt Palace Convention Center’s property, with the goal of building its downtown district. Salt Lake County Council members will consider the proposal on Tuesday. The area under consideration is just east of the Delta Center. It currently houses a large exhibit hall, a smaller hall and a parking garage. All told, it includes about 6.5 acres or 20% of the capacity of the convention center. The sale would include the land beneath those parcels. SEG is eyeing the space as it builds its sports, entertainment, culture and convention…
ATLANTA — ATLANTA (AP) — Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing.Where you live, what you’re allergic to and your lifestyle can make a big difference when it comes to the severity of your allergies. Experts say climate change is leading to longer and more intense allergy seasons, but also point out that treatments for seasonal allergies have become more effective over the last decade. Here are some tips from experts to keep allergy symptoms at bay — maybe even enough to…
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves.That’s why we’re here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days’ games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from this weekend in Major League Baseball:Giants walk it off on… well, just watchWhat the Giants pulled off to defeat the Texas Rangers on Sunday can’t be distilled into a simple section heading. No, we need both an explanation and some video for you to get the full sense of what happened here. In short, though,…