Health

Health insurers are in panic mode as the Obama administration, ever eager maximize coverage optics for Obamacare, has, as The NY Times reports, allowed large numbers of people to sign up for insurance after the deadlines in the last two years, destabilizing insurance markets and driving up premiums. This surge in costs, from unintended consequences, has left 1 in 5 Americans with health insurance is having problems paying medical bills; and, as a new poll finds, more than one in three Americans, or 35 percent, said they were unable to pay for basic necessities such

A medical facility in Yemen supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres  (Doctors Without Borders) was bombed Sunday morning, leaving four dead and 10 injured, the organization said. The facility was hit by a rocket on Sunday in the north of the country causing the collapse of several buildings. Three of the injured are MSF staff, two are in critical condition. For third time in 3 months, an @MSF health facility in #Yemen has been bombed.

A mountain lion has been found in southeast Idaho, with a set of teeth sticking out of its forehead. The cougar was shot dead by an unidentified hunter last week, who reported the animal’s bizarre deformity to the authorities. Wildlife biologists are puzzled as to why the big cat had a second set of teeth growing out of the hard tissues of its forehead. The Daily Mail reports: Idaho conservation officers, who were sent a photograph of the kill, were shocked to find the year-old lion had a separate set of teeth growing out the left side of its forehead.

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), we now know that vaccines are not a miracle of modern medicine. A doctor successfully retrieved documents about vaccinations, showing, as he suspected, the dangers they presented to the population A Freedom of Information request filed in the UK by a doctor there, reveal 30 years of secret official documents showing that government experts have: 1. Known the vaccines don’t work 2. Known they cause the diseases they are supposed to prevent 3. Known they are a hazard to children 4. Colluded to lie to the public 5.

A new type of super bacteria resistant to all forms of antibiotics has been discovered, and it’s making its way around the globe, according to scientists. The bacteria, containing the MCR-1 gene, first showed up in China last November hospitalising 1,322 patients. It then moved to Denmark when a patient was diagnosed with an untreatable form of salmonella. Now the superbug is spreading to other parts of the globe, and scientists don’t yet know how to treat it. Myscienceacademy.org reports: The superbugs were also detected in Africa, and are believed to have traveled to Laos and Malaysia.