We found Native Americans were listed for a transplant significantly less often than other racial groups compared with their number of deaths from liver disease

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Thousands have blown down in storms and tents from China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia found to be not waterproof Thousands of tents supplied by China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to shelter displaced Palestinians in Gaza offer only limited protection against rain and wind, an assessment compiled by shelter specialists in the devastated territory has revealed. The assessment will undermine claims that Palestinians in Gaza are being supplied with adequate shelter. Fierce storms in recent weeks blew down or damaged thousands of tents, affecting at least 235,000 people, according to UN estimates. Continue reading...

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

Before voting to add Donald Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the center's bylaws were altered to ensure the measure would pass without opposition, according to new r...

<article data-history-node-id="433261" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-targeting-and-arresting-palestinian-fishermen-who-attempt-fish" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-targeting-and-arresting-palestinian-fishermen-who-attempt-fish" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel is targeting and arresting Palestinian fishermen who attempt to fish</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel’s navy are continuing to target and arrest Palestinian fishermen in the sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.</p> <p>Fisherman told the broadcast network that they were struggling to feed their families given that fishing is their only source of livelihood.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433266" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/britain-canada-japan-warn-severe-gaza-humanitarian-crisis" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/britain-canada-japan-warn-severe-gaza-humanitarian-crisis" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Britain, Canada, Japan warn of severe Gaza humanitarian crisis</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Countries including Britain, Canada, Japan and several European nations on Wednesday issued a joint statement saying that civilians in Gaza are facing appalling conditions and called on Israel to let international NGOs function in the region.</p> <p>The statement said that more than 1.3 million people in Gaza urgently need shelter, where "the&nbsp;complete collapse of the sewage infrastructure has left 740,000 people at risk of toxic flooding".</p> <p>"We express our deep concern about the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which remains catastrophic," the statement said.&nbsp;</p> <p>"We call on the Government of Israel to ensure that international NGOs are able to operate in Gaza in a sustainable manner," it added.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="433258" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-and-wound-woman-and-child-northern-gaza-strip" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-and-wound-woman-and-child-northern-gaza-strip" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces shoot and wound woman and child in northern Gaza Strip</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel forces shot at displaced civilians in Halawa camp, west of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.&nbsp;and wounded a child and a woman.</p> <p>Since the ceasefire went into effect on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed 414 Palestinians and&nbsp;injured 1,147 Palestinians.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433259" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-and-kill-11-year-old-girl-gaza-city" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-and-kill-11-year-old-girl-gaza-city" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces shoot and kill 11-year-old girl in Gaza City</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed an 11-year-old Palestinian girl in the al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City on Tuesday, Wafa news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Witnesses told Wafa news agency that Israeli military vehicles stationed themselves in the al-Tuffah neighbohood and fired indiscrimately. They struck the girl in a round of fire, and then killed her.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.

The Department of Justice tried to warn Donald Trump's transition team in the days before his inauguration that one of the president-elect's allies was not suitable for a senior government position, but those detailed and specific concerns were apparently ignored.A small group of career DOJ lawyers ...

Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants.

Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.

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On December 17, activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) rallied at Governor Gavin Newsom’s office, urging him to pardon jailed animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg and ensure her immediate release. Ms. Rosenberg, a UC Berkeley student and animal cruelty investigator with DxE, was convicted of felony conspiracy and sentenced to 90 days in jail for rescuing four sick chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse.

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Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who was arrested at a 2024 Columbia University Gaza solidarity protest. The charges were dismissed, but when she went to her ICE check-...

Survivors of sexual violence in Congo share their stories.

<article data-history-node-id="433139" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-genocide-death-toll-tops-71266-more-bodies-recovered" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-genocide-death-toll-tops-71266-more-bodies-recovered" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza genocide death toll tops 71,266 with more bodies recovered</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll from Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has risen to 71,266, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Saturday.</p> <p>In the past 48 hours, four people were killed by Israeli fire, while the bodies of 25 others were recovered and taken to hospitals.</p> <p>Since the ceasefire in October, at least 414 people have been killed by Israeli fire, the ministry added.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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