Share on PinterestIn this Special Feature, we look at how racism impacts community-wide access to formal mental healthcare support.Recently, Fiona Godlee — editor-in-chief at the BMJ — wrote a column in which she called racism “the other pandemic.” “Racism is suddenly and at last everyone’s business, and acting against it is everyone’s responsibility,” she points…
Raheem Sterling (Getty Images) Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling on Sunday insisted that racism is "the only disease right now".The 25-year-old, who has often and powerfully spoken out on discrimination, admitted his remarks may appear ill-chosen as the globe fights the coronavirus pandemic."I know this might sound a little bit cheesy but the…
Taking a knee, banging drums and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London on Saturday kicked off a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality.The death at police hands of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota has brought tens of thousands out onto the…
Former president Barack Obama in a statement spoke out against racism after the death of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of police.Floyd was killed after a police officer kneeled on his neck for over five minutes while he was handcuffed.Obama also made reference to two other racist incidents in the past months,…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two