In Africa 500 million+ children have accessed routine vaccination since 2000, preventing 4 million+ deaths each year

 Good news!

"Africa’s Monumental Vaccination Gains 

The first-ever comprehensive analysis of immunization in Africa has found that 500 million+ children have accessed routine vaccination since 2000, preventing 4 million+ deaths each year, reports the AP. 

Key breakthroughs detailed in the analysis, which was published by the WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance:  

Measles vaccinations halved deaths from the virus, saving ~20 million lives since 2000, per UN News. 

The eradication of wild poliovirus in 2020 was a “historic milestone.” 

Meningitis deaths have fallen by nearly 40%. 

Maternal and neonatal tetanus have been eliminated in most countries.  

In 2024 alone, vaccines saved ~2 million lives. ...

10 countries account for 80% of children who haven’t received any vaccine in the region  ...

Meanwhile, health systems face growing vulnerability amid drastic funding cuts, particularly from the U.S; and global conflicts including the Iran war are disrupting critical supply chains." (Source)

Systemic racism accounts for much of the difference between the average life expectancy of Black and white adults. Really!

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Washington Compost spread again dubious theories or junk science!

Do not black Americans suffer from higher death rates due to smoking? What about violent deaths? What about obesity? The abstract of this study does not mention any of these factors!

"The prevalence of two proteins connected to inflammation and stress supports the “weathering hypothesis” that systemic racism accounts for much of the difference between the average life expectancy of Black and white adults, per a new study published in JAMA Network Open. ..."

From the key points and abstract:

"Key Points

Question

Are elevated cumulative stress across the lifespan and inflammation associated with racial disparities in mortality between Black and White populations?

Findings

Within this longitudinal cohort study of 1554 individuals, greater cumulative stress across the lifespan and higher inflammation partially mediated elevated mortality among Black participants.

Meaning  These findings suggest that heightened cumulative stress and elevated inflammation are plausible mechanisms through which mortality disparities arise between Black and White individuals; there is a continued need for preventions, interventions, and policies that limit stress exposure and its potential impacts on health to reduce racial disparities in mortality.

Abstract

Importance  In the US, Black individuals experience higher mortality risk than White individuals. Greater stress exposure and its biological sequelae are theorized to drive this heightened risk.

Objective

To evaluate whether greater cumulative lifespan stress exposure and elevated inflammation are associated with increased mortality risk among Black compared with White US individuals.

Design, Setting, and Participants

This longitudinal cohort study (St Louis Personality and Aging Network) recruited participants from 2007 to 2011 from the St Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. ...

Exposure

A latent lifespan cumulative stress factor was derived by applying bifactor confirmatory analysis to assessments of childhood maltreatment, lifetime trauma exposure, research assistant–verified stressful life events, major experiences of discrimination, and indices of socioeconomic status (ie, highest level of self and parental education, and annual household income).

Main Outcomes and Measures

C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured from serum collected from 2014 to 2019 following all indices included in the cumulative stress factor. A CRP–IL-6 composite was formed. Mortality and cause of death were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Death Index queried in December 2023. Linear regression and accelerated failure time models estimated mediational effects (ie, direct and indirect associations).

Results

Among 1554 participants (505 Black [32.5%]; 1049 White [67.5%]; 853 [54.9%] female; mean [SD] age at baseline, 58.1 [2.9] years), Black individuals had shorter survival times than White individuals (time ratio, 0.937 [95% CI, 0.918 to 0.957]). Cumulative lifetime stress and the CRP–IL-6 composite, which were each higher among Black compared with White individuals, partially mediated the associations between race and mortality, accounting for 49.3% of racial disparities in mortality (indirect associations: serial, b = −0.006 [95% CI, −0.008 to −0.044]; cumulative stress, b = −0.009 [95% CI, −0.017 to −0.002]; CRP–IL-6, b = −0.016 [95% CI, −0.025 to −0.009]).

Conclusions and Relevance

In this cohort study of St Louis adults, heightened cumulative lifespan stress and elevated inflammation were associated with shorter survival among Black participants, suggesting these pathways may represent plausible mechanisms mediating racial disparities in mortality among Black and White US individuals. The findings underscore the need for policies that address structural racism, alongside treatments that reduce inflammation and limit stress exposure to reduce mortality disparities."

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Stress and inflammation in Black communities shortens survival, study says. "New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities"

Cumulative Lifespan Stress, Inflammation, and Racial Disparities in Mortality Between Black and White Adults (open access)

Figure.  Results of Linear Regression and Accelerated Failure Time Models

Migration Response Done Right: Brazil’s Model. Really!

How stupid is the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to publish this propaganda and demagoguery!

This is not about migration, but about Venezuelan refugees escaping the leftist dictatorship in Venezuela!

"PACARAIMA, Brazil—Migrants fleeing Venezuela’s [???] deteriorating political and economic system have found something wondrous at the border with Brazil: Open arms. 

 

Since 2018, the Operação Acolhida (Operation Welcome) partnership has blended military logistical support with respect for humanitarian autonomy to provide housing, essential services, and efforts to counter human trafficking, though U.S. foreign aid cuts have forced some organizations to scale back."

"... the nearly 8 million Venezuelans who have fled their country’s economic and political collapse since 2015. More than 1.2 million have entered Brazil through Pacaraima since 2018, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ..."

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Migration Response Done Right: Brazil’s Model for a World in Crisis

The author Julianna Deutscher MD, MPH, is an emergency physician in Canada ... a Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Global Health Reporting fellow.
Some physicians are really naive!

Children exposed to extreme heat are less likely to meet basic developmental milestones. Really!

When leftist propaganda and demagoguery obviously stinks and is so stupid!

What about children exposed to extreme cold?

The cited research is a piece of junk science! The study also mentions "lacking access to adequate water and sanitation". Perhaps, these factors and other factors unrelated to climate are more relevant!

"Children exposed to extreme heat are less likely to meet basic developmental milestones than children living nearby in cooler areas, finds a study of 20,000 children published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry; low-income children are especially vulnerable. NPR Goats and Soda"

From the abstract:

"Background

Increasing evidence suggests that climate change [???], along with its cascading impacts on ecosystems, societies, and communities, has significant effects on both physical and mental health. However, less is known about how exposure to excessive heat early in life may influence the development of foundational skills that shape lifelong developmental trajectories. ...

We found that children exposed to average maximum temperatures above 32°C were less likely to be developmentally on track compared to those exposed to cooler temperatures ... Subgroup analyses revealed that the negative impacts were particularly severe for children in economically disadvantaged households and urban areas, and for those lacking access to adequate water and sanitation.

Conclusions

... emphasizing the need for policies and interventions that enhance preparedness, adaptation, and resilience to support human development in an rapidly warming world [???]."

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Ambient heat and early childhood development: a cross-national analysis

“The process at HHS has moved ‘from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making.’” Really!

Suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome requires intensive care by a good doctor!

HHS = US Department of Health and Human Services

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health thought it relevant to cite following quote:

"“The process at HHS has moved ‘from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making.’” Daniel Jernigan, 30-year veteran of CDC who resigned in August", the former director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.

Good riddance of this man!

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Source

The U.S. has a much higher suicide rate among older adults than Mexico or Canada, which have stricter gun laws. Really!

Junk journalism again spread by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!

However, if the upward trend of suicides by older Americans (see chart below) is confirmed, then this is a serious issue. However, I suspect something changed in how this statistical data is collected, which may have contributed to this trend. Or in other words, older data may not be comparable to newer data. I don't have the time to investigate.

Maybe older Canadians and Mexicans e.g. use other means of suicide? How reliable are the suicide statistics of Mexico and Canada? How often are what appears to be a natural death are actually a sort of suicide by other means (e.g. not taking critical medications etc.)?

"Firearm Suicides Among Older Americans 

 

Gun suicides among Americans ages 70+ have risen steadily from 2009 to 2023, claiming 63,836 lives over that period, finds a new analysis of CDC data. 

The trend worries researchers, as the demographic makes up a growing share of the U.S. population.  

Behind the uptick: A range of factors impacting older people: severe illness, isolation, lack of mental health support, financial pressures, and easy access to firearms.  

The U.S. has a much higher suicide rate among older adults than Mexico or Canada, which have stricter gun laws. 

Most at risk: Older white men in rural areas.  

 

Possible interventions: Doctors can do more to assess their older patients’ mental health and connect them to resources, say advocates. Gun sellers can also provide screening and resources."

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The Quiet Crisis: What’s Driving Gun Suicides Among Older Americans? (original news release 

Trans people make up less than 1% of mass shooters and are much more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence. Really!

That is the opinion of the lefty Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!

What about the percentage among violent, ideologically motivated mass shooters? I bet the percentage of trans shooters is significantly higher than 1%!

"The Heritage Foundation urged the FBI to add a new designation to its list of domestic violent extremist groups for Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism, claiming violence from trans people and allies is increasing, although trans people make up less than 1% of mass shooters and are much more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence ..."

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Trump Links Autism With Tylenol use by pregnant women

That a US President mentions a single, specific drug in public statements like this is already a little unusual!

President Trump forgot to mention the safer alternatives for Tylenol available to pregnant women!

Even the lefty Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health admits "An Environmental Health article in August that analyzed 46 previous studies found 27 had significant links between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders.". 

However, these lefties could not resist to qualify their admission by dubiously stating "However, study co-author Ann Bauer, a University of Massachusetts epidemiologist, told NPR the U.S. government “may be jumping the gun,” adding: “I think those of us in the research community would like to see stronger evidence [???].”" How much stronger evidence do people suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome need for a warning of pregnant women?

From the abstract:

"Background

Acetaminophen is the most commonly used over-the-counter pain and fever medication taken during pregnancy, with > 50% of pregnant women using acetaminophen worldwide. Numerous well-designed studies have indicated that pregnant mothers exposed to acetaminophen have children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), at higher rates than children of pregnant mothers who were not exposed to acetaminophen.

Methods

We applied the Navigation Guide methodology to the scientific literature to comprehensively and objectively examine the association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and NDDs and related symptomology in offspring. We conducted a systematic PubMed search through February 25, 2025, using predefined inclusion criteria and rated studies based on risk of bias and strength of evidence. Due to substantial heterogeneity, we opted for a qualitative synthesis, consistent with the Navigation Guide’s focus on environmental health evidence.

Results

We identified 46 studies for inclusion in our analysis. Of these, 27 studies reported positive associations (significant links to NDDs), 9 showed null associations (no significant link), and 4 indicated negative associations (protective effects). Higher-quality studies were more likely to show positive associations. Overall, the majority of the studies reported positive associations of prenatal acetaminophen use with ADHD, ASD, or NDDs in offspring, with risk-of-bias and strength-of-evidence ratings informing the overall synthesis.

Conclusions

Our analyses using the Navigation Guide thus support evidence consistent with an association between acetaminophen exposure during pregnancy and increased incidence of NDDs. Appropriate and immediate steps should be taken to advise pregnant women to limit acetaminophen consumption to protect their offspring’s neurodevelopment."

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Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology (open access)

Did you know that Elon Musk is a mass murderer like Reinhard Heydrich

Besides the Trump Derangement Syndrome I diagnose now a Musk Derangement Syndrome! It is incredible! It is so absurd!

This kind of nonsense is disseminated by e.g. the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics! This probably applies here too!

"... Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished. ...

If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation, at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered. Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life. ..."

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Impact Metrics Dashboard

Elon Musk (actually Reinhard Heydrich)

image of the day

This is how the elite Johns Hopkins University shows student life at their Spring Fair festival. Is this what they mean by diversity? In which Muslim country is the campus located? Caution: satire.

And here is the Spring cleaning team presented by JHU

The climate crisis killed Thousands in Mongolia in their gers/yurts this winter. Really!

Another example of junk journalism by Johns Hopkins University!

How extreme was this winter in Mongolia really?

Is it not very unfortunate that so many Mongolians still live in gers/yurts?

"Some 7,000 people in Mongolia have died this winter due to air pollution, caused by the coal that provides 70% of the nation’s energy and warms most homes.

Raw coal smoke contains carcinogenic particles, and the briquettes introduced by Mongolia’s government can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.

Citizens regularly suffer from respiratory diseases, liver and lung cancers, asthma, and flu.

By February, there had been 811 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. 

The climate crisis has exacerbated Mongolia’s pollution problem, as extreme winters are killing off animals that have supported nomadic herding families, forcing them into cities. 

There they construct gers: circular tents with central stoves that feed out through a chimney in the roof. More than 50% of Mongolia’s population live in gers; each household burns ~50 pounds of coal daily in winter."

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People who have microplastics or nanoplastics embedded in fatty plaques in their blood vessels had a 4.5X greater risk of heart attacks, strokes, or death. Really!

More alarmism and hysteria from an elite medical school! 

We have been using plastics for how many decades? We should be all dead by now!

How did they find otherwise comparable patients with "no evidence of MNPs [Microplastics and nanoplastics]". Seems very dubious!

Alert: Plastophobia is a serious disorder. Please seek immediate medical help! (Caution: satire)

"People who have microplastics or nanoplastics embedded in fatty plaques in their blood vessels had a 4.5X greater risk of heart attacks, strokes, or death over a three-year period than patients who were plastic-free, according to a small study published in NEJM today. STA"

From the abstract:

"Background

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are emerging [???] as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease in preclinical studies. Direct evidence that this risk extends to humans is lacking.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational study involving patients who were undergoing carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery disease. The excised carotid plaque specimens were analyzed for the presence of MNPs with the use of pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, stable isotope analysis, and electron microscopy. Inflammatory biomarkers were assessed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunohistochemical assay. The primary end point was a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause among patients who had evidence of MNPs in plaque as compared with patients with plaque that showed no evidence of MNPs.

Results

A total of 304 patients were enrolled in the study, and 257 completed a mean (±SD) follow-up of 33.7±6.9 months. Polyethylene was detected in carotid artery plaque of 150 patients (58.4%), with a mean level of 21.7±24.5 μg per milligram of plaque; 31 patients (12.1%) also had measurable amounts of polyvinyl chloride, with a mean level of 5.2±2.4 μg per milligram of plaque. Electron microscopy revealed visible, jagged-edged foreign particles among plaque macrophages and scattered in the external debris. Radiographic examination showed that some of these particles included chlorine. Patients in whom MNPs were detected within the atheroma were at higher risk for a primary end-point event than those in whom these substances were not detected (hazard ratio, 4.53; 95% confidence interval, 2.00 to 10.27; P<0.001).

Conclusions

In this study, patients with carotid artery plaque in which MNPs were detected had a higher risk of a composite of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause at 34 months of follow-up than those in whom MNPs were not detected. ..."

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Increases in U.S. life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050, poorer health expected to cause nation’s global ranking to drop. Really!

What a laughable and ridiculous forecast in the age of AI!

If life expectancy is indeed to stall in the next 25 years or so than it will most likely happen across the world due to reaching a temporary maximum and/or limits or a slow down in medical progress. Life expectancy though will reach most likely a significant higher level than today!

“The rise in obesity and overweight rates in the U.S. signals a public health crisis of unimaginable scale.” Really!

What is the ulterior motive for such nonsense: “All Americans must have access to high-quality health care through universal health coverage to prevent illness, stay healthy, and be protected from financial hardship regardless of their income.”

"The U.S. is failing to keep pace with dozens of countries around the world due to the steady decline of the nation’s health progress, according to a detailed analysis of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., published in The Lancet(link is external). Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) produced health estimates and forecasts (the most likely future) of life expectancy, mortality, and morbidity due to more than 350 diseases and injuries and 68 risks in the U.S. from 1990 to 2050.  ..."

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

Increases in U.S. life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050, poorer health expected to cause nation’s global ranking to drop | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Women are stockpiling emergency contraception pills in the week since Donald Trump was re-elected. Really!

What is the definition of hysteria!

Or is it a manifestation of the Trump Derangement Syndrome! You bet!

Looks like the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suffers a lot of it!

"​​Women are stockpiling emergency contraception pills in the week since Donald Trump was re-elected as U.S. president, with one company’s sales of morning-after pills rising 966% as of Friday compared with three days before the election. CNN"

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: America’s Covid-19 lasting Hangover. Really!

Why would it return to pre-Covid-19 levels given the Russo-Ukrainian War, price inflation, Arab terrorism against Israel, a senile, demented and corrupt 46th President and so on!

Single year comparisons are dubious at best! Perhaps 2018 was a particularly dry year (in terms of alcohol consumption). It is better to use e.g. an average of several years!

"Drinking in the U.S. increased sharply during the pandemic and still hasn’t returned to pre-COVID-19 levels, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study published today.

Americans who reported drinking heavily increased to 6.29% in 2022, up from 5.1% in 2018.

69.3% said they had consumed alcohol in the past year, up from 66.34% in 2018.

6.45% of women reported having drunk heavily, while the men’s reported rate was 6.12%.

The Quote: “People assumed this [drinking] was caused by acute stress, like what we saw with 9/11 and Katrina, and typically it goes back to normal after these stressful events are over,” said principal investigator Brian P. Lee. “But that’s not what we’re seeing.”"

From the abstract:

...

Objective: To determine whether increased alcohol use during the pandemic (2020 vs. 2018) was sustained after the pandemic (2022).

Methods: This was a population-based study using cross-sectional data from serial nationally representative surveys of adults aged 18 years or older who participated in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 2018 to 2022.  ....

Findings: The study included 24 965 respondents from 2018, 30 829 from 2020, and 26 806 from 2022.

Compared with 2018, there were absolute increases in any alcohol use in 2020 (2.69% [95% CI, 1.28% to 4.10%]) and 2022 (2.96% [CI, 1.58% to 4.33%]). Numerical increases in any alcohol use occurred in 2020 and 2022 versus 2018 among all subgroups."

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Trends in Alcohol Use After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cross-Sectional Study (open access)

U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy. Really!

Hysteria and alarmism from the elite Johns Hopkins University! Lousy propaganda and demagoguery!

"The 2024 U.S. elections will shape the future of global health policy, determining whether America will continue to provide crucial leadership to advance global health, according to four members of CUGH’s Advocacy and Communications Committee.

 

Backstory: The U.S. has long played a leading role in global health governance, from the WHO’s establishment in 1948 to the launch of PEPFAR in 2003.

But that changed after the 2016 election ...

Elections’ impact:

The Trump Administration prohibited foreign assistance for reproductive health services, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, sought to withdraw from the WHO.

Subsequently, the Biden Administration walked back those decisions, seeking to restore U.S. leadership in global health.

High stakes: The future of the nation’s leadership in global health hangs in the balance of this election—and global health stakeholders should raise awareness of candidates’ global health positions for voters, argue the authors."

"... The Trump Administration prohibited foreign assistance for reproductive health services, withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, and pursued populist foreign policies that neglected public health, restricted human rights, and abandoned global governance. ..."

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The 2024 U.S. Elections: An Existential Crossroads for Global Health Policy

Abortion prevents child abuse and neglect by substance using mothers. Really!

Absurd coming from an elite university!

Women are called "pregnant people"! Disgusting gender ideology!

Substance using women ought to seek help or should be helped before they become pregnant. Why not adoption instead of abortion?

"At least 210 women were charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022—more than in any other 12-month period since 1973, Pregnancy Justice reports; in most of the cases, women were accused not of violating abortion bans, but of child abuse, neglect, or fetus endangerment. Newsweek"

"... While state actors have used various justifications for criminalizing pregnancy, the overwhelming majority of cases rely on substance use allegations, usually as a basis for charging pregnant people with criminal child neglect or endangerment. With substance use and pregnancy as an entry point, prosecutors have employed fetal personhood to argue that a wide range of criminal laws should be interpreted to reach the context of pregnancy. More than half of states have laws that require reporting to family regulation authorities related to people’s use of alcohol or drugs during pregnancy and/or define alcohol or drug use during pregnancy as civil child abuse or neglect. ..."

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The Rise of Pregnancy Criminalization: A Pregnancy Justice Report "From 2006 to the 2022 reversal of Roe, we've documented nearly 1,400 cases of pregnancy-related criminalization across the U.S. State actors — including police, prosecutors, healthcare workers, family regulation workers, and judges — have deprived pregnant people [???] of virtually every constitutional right in the name of protecting "unborn life." The cases show that pregnancy outcomes other than abortion, including birth and pregnancy loss, are far more likely to result in criminalization."

Europe’s four industries are Merchants of Death according to WHO. Really!

It is high time for Western countries to defund the WHO! The WHO under Tedros Adhanom has become very disturbing in its propaganda and demagoguery!

New, but often regurgitated demagoguery spread by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the World Health Organisation!

"Europe’s Commercial Determinants of Death

Tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels—all produced by a small number of transnational corporations—kill 2.7 million Europeans annually, per a WHO report released yesterday.

The corporations use their economic and political power to nix regulations that would protect public health but threaten profit margins.

The businesses also exploit vulnerable populations with targeted marketing, misleading messages, and false claims, said WHO European director Hans Henri P. Kluge in a statement.

Annual deaths in Europe, per the report:

Smoking: 1.15 million

Fossil fuel (ozone pollution and particulate matter pollution): 578,908

Alcohol: 426,857

Diets high in processed meats and salt: 117,290 and 252,187, respectively

WHO’s response: The organization called for “strict regulation to curb industry power” and promote public health, according to DW. ..."

According to WHO:

"A pioneering [???] report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe spells out clearly how specific powerful industries are driving ill-health and premature mortality across Europe and central Asia, including through interfering in and influencing prevention and control efforts for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers and diabetes, and their risk factors including tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diets and obesity. The report calls on governments to implement mechanisms to identify conflicts of interest and protect public policies from industry interference."

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Punishing Heat in southern U.S. Prisons not due to climate change. Really!

Still better than capital or corporal punishment or? Pardon my inexcusable sarcasm!

Another hit piece by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!

This tender loving care for incarcerated criminals!

This time, they don't blame Climate Change, but lack of A/Cs in prisons of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. All states governed by Republican governors. You get the picture!

Surprisingly, they don't even mention the usual disparate effects this may have on black v. white prison inmates or that most black prisoners are only there for reasons of a racially biased law enforcement and judiciary. What a glaring omission! Pardon my sarcasm!

"... 

No air conditioning:

In Florida: Roughly three-quarters of prisons lack AC. 

In Texas: Over two-thirds of prison beds have no AC.

In Georgia and Alabama, many prisons also operate without complete AC.  ...

Dangerous in different ways: Not only are the overheated conditions inhumane, advocates say, they are also dangerous—leading to increased agitation and decreased vigilance among both guards and inmates. ..."

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Best Public Health Programs - US News Rankings: Johns Hopkins University. Really!

I have documented here on my blog plenty of times how much garbage and junk this Bloomberg school publishes!

"This year’s top 10 schools:

 1. Johns Hopkins University

2. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

3. Emory University

3. Harvard University

5. Columbia University

5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

7. Boston University

7. University of Washington

9. University of California–Los Angeles

10. University of California–Berkeley"

Best Public Health Programs - US News Rankings