Monthly Archives: November, 2022
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More than 200,000 Veterans and beneficiaries have switched to safer, more secure payments through VA’s Banking Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that its Veterans Benefits Banking Program has converted more than 200,000 Veterans and beneficiaries from paper checks to direct deposit for receiving their VA benefits payments.
Health Researchers Seek to Answer a Fundamental Question: What Is Health?
We usually think of health in the context of ill health: if I am not sick than I am healthy. However, according to the World Health Organization, health is more than the absence of disease.
WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns
The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.
China’s Xi faces threat from public anger over ‘zero COVID’
Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year.
Lull in Russian attacks against Ukraine energy, aid pledged
Russia held back Monday from launching a new round of strikes that have been expected against power stations and other key infrastructure in Ukraine, as officials warned a lingering energy and water crisis from earlier attacks could prompt more evacuations from the capital.
