MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals to Host Farmers Markets

Community members are invited to attend Farmers’ Markets on the MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospital campuses this month. The MHPBH event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the main hospital campus, in the parking...

Sudan's ERR emergency networks win Norway rights prize

Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), networks of volunteers risking their lives to feed and help people facing war and famine in the country, were on Wednesday awarded Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights work. Already one of the world's...

Israeli military attacks Gaza hospitals as Palestinian death toll tops 65,000

The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war passed 65,000 on Wednesday, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, as Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City and residents fled the devastated area. Israel’s military said that air...

Confirmed Gaza death toll exceeds 65,000, Israel bombs children’s hospital, Israeli forces demolish 40 homes in West Bank village

Israeli attacks across Gaza today kill at least 51 Palestinians, including 38 in Gaza City amid an intensifying air and ground assault. The confirmed death toll in Gaza rises above 65,000. The Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission...

Construction of new Leighton Hospital expected to start in 2028

A planning application for the new Leighton Hospital in Crewe will be submitted by the end of this year with construction expected to start in the spring of 2028. Russ Favager, senior responsible officer, told a meeting of the Cheshire East health...

Over 65,000 Palestinians Have Been Killed In Israel-Hamas War, Gaza Health Ministry Says

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war surpassed 65,000 on Wednesday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City and residents fled the devastated area. Israel’s...

Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

JERUSALEM (AP) — Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the death toll has climbed to 65,062, with another 165,697 wounded since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack....

Sudanese Volunteer Network Awarded Norway’s Rafto Prize For Life-Saving Humanitarian Work

A Norwegian human rights foundation has awarded its prestigious Rafto Prize to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of volunteer groups, recognising their “courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right — the right to...

UNFPA, Ahl Masr Burn Hospital Ink MoU to Support Survivors of Burn-Related Violence

Wed 17 Sep 2025 | 11:41 AM The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ahl Masr Burn Hospital to expand comprehensive services for women and girls who have survived burn-related violence, with...

Finland and Norway practice cross-border response with fictional medical crisis

EU stockpiles in Finland include materials for a wide range of threats, including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, as well medical supplies and radiation meters for use in case of a major accident. Open image viewer Finland shares a...

Sudanese network of volunteer aid groups wins Norwegian human rights award

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Wednesday to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right...

Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe

Norway’s $1.6 trillion government pension fund is divesting its $6.8 million stake in French miner Eramet after its ethics council found “unacceptable risk” of severe environmental damage and human rights violations at the PT Weda Bay Nickel mine...

A hotline to support young people’s mental health in Uganda

Cultural stigma remains one of the biggest obstacles to mental wellbeing in Uganda. In many families, addressing mental-health issues is seen as a weakness, especially in boys, who are told from a young age to “be a man” or “never cry”. Such...

Norway to donate ticket sales from Israel game to MSF

Ticket sales from Norway’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel would go to medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to help it alleviate “humanitarian suffering” in Gaza, the Norwegian Football Association said on Monday. The Oct. 11...

Medical Bulletin 16/September/2025

Simple Change to Your Breakfast Timing Could Add Years to Your Life, New Study Reveals A recent international study published in Communications Medicine highlights that when you eat, especially breakfast, can be just as important as what you eat...

The Wild True Story Behind Rebel Royals and Norway’s Controversial Royal Relationship

Royal Families are no strangers to scandal. Perhaps the most recent and high-profile is the infamous falling out between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family. But just as fascinating, even if it inspired fewer global...

Oslo urged to ban electric scooters at night after huge rise in injuries

Over a thousand people have been to the emergency room for electric scooter injuries in Oslo so far in 2025 — more than twice as many as last year. That's despite the roll out of tighter rules in recent years. The rise follows the municipality’s...

A New Federal Report Links Alcohol With These Alarming Health Conditions — And It's Being Quietly Buried

How many alcoholic drinks do you have in an entire week? Five, seven, 10? More? If you have one drink a day, your health could be impacted ― but the powers that be aren’t doing much to make that fact known. Earlier this month, Vox reported that...

Norway's Harry and Meghan moment: Norwegian royal family hit by racism claims in explosive Netflix documentary by 'rebel princess' and her 'bisexual shaman' husband

Controversial American shaman Durek Verrett has taken a swipe at Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja as he admitted they thought 'everything' I did was wrong' in a new documentary. Durek also questioned why nothing was initially done to protect...

Norway PR For Indians: Your Gateway To Northern Lights Costs Less Than INR 40,000!

Norway is now offering PR for Indians Who doesn't want to wake up to the sight of snow-dusted fjords, or catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis while walking home on a winter night or just sip coffee in Oslo while knowing you can actually call...