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It was mid-January 2026, and my then-73-year-old husband, Mike Salmon, had just started bouncing back from a three-month ordeal of three operations related to aortic aneurysms, sepsis, and a terrifying descent into delirium tied to a stay in the intensive care unit. Now, after another potentially fatal aortic aneurysm and ambulance ride, the doctors clustered…

Using data collected by Insecurity Insight, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified190 incidentsof violence against or obstruction of health care across the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2025. Health workers were arrested, threatened, or injured; health facilities were damaged, violently raided, or surrounded; and ambulances and emergency medical teams were repeatedly delayed,…

Q&A: Are environmental chemicals and endometrial cancer linked? Penn State researchers are investigating how environmental exposures may contribute to endometrial cancer, with a focus on endocrine-disrupting chemicals and rural women’s health. Credit: Adobe Stock.