Mobile phones are addictive; why do we get such a kick out of using our phones?

A 72-hour break from cell phones (aka mobile phones) triggered increased cravings in study participants; brain scans showed heightened activity in reward centres when shown phone images. Cell phones stimulate your brain’s pleasure centre si

Bill Gates-funded project in Colombia releases 30 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes per week

Last year, the government of Burkina Faso terminated the Target Malaria project, a research initiative funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, due to biosafety risks, low impact and scientific sovereignty concerns. Target Mala

Trump's War on Native America in the Shadow of Hormuz

One might be forgiven for assuming that when President Donald Trump is busy throwing American power around elsewhere on the planet — he would have less time to wreck his own country. As US strike groups are ploughing the Caribbean, and Amer

Climate change in Europe must be treated as an “international public health emergency,” WHO’s European branch says

In a ‘Call to Action’ published on 17 May, the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, a body convened by WHO Europe, urged governments to formally have WHO declare climate change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (“

For Danielle. For truth. For every patient going into hospitals, trusting the people sworn to heal them

In 2021, Danielle Alvarez, a 28-year-old girl with special needs, was admitted to a hospital in New York, USA, with a mild cough – and died 40 days later.  Rebecca, her mother, conducted her own investigation into what happened to her daugh

Lebanon Joins Mine Ban Treaty

(Beirut, May 27, 2026) – Lebanon’s recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores the treaty’s vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s

Cubans, Many in the US for Decades, Deported to Mexico

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration has deported thousands of Cubans, many of them older adults, to Mexico, denying them due process and leaving many stranded without access to basic services, Human Rights Watch said in a report rel

France Acknowledges Need for Slavery Reparations

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21. Macron said that reparations for enslavement crimes should no longer be ignored. He also warned

AI Is Learning to Fly Planes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Artificial intelligence is moving from the airport terminal to the cockpit, with aviation companies exploring systems that can automate pilot tasks now, and support fully autonomous flight later. Apparently, AI could make flying safer, more

Ebola is a business, Congolese close to the outbreak say

The US government updated five Ebola preparedness programmes in January 2026 after a 2-year silence. The updated programmes include the National Ebola Training and Education Centre, Ebola Healthcare Preparedness and Response, Hospital Prepa

From the abundance of the Green Revolution to the famine of the Green Agenda

The Green Revolution, which began with the introduction of industrialised ammonia fertilisers, brought about an era of abundance and transformed global food production, feeding roughly half of the world’s population. Now, the Green Agenda t

Medical Heretics and Conspiracy Theorists

In 2022, Dr. Vernon Coleman published a book titled ‘Medical Heretics: How the medical establishment crushes the truth and suppresses good ideas’. Through biographies of historical figures, the book illustrates how original thinkers and tho

First hantavirus, now Ebola; What happened to the 323 vials of viruses that went missing from an Australian laboratory?

This month, a hantavirus “outbreak” and an Ebola “outbreak” have been reported.  The widely publicised hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius was managed by the widely discredited World Health Organisation (“WHO”).  And WHO has d

Viruses held in laboratories do escape into communities and do kill people

Dr Meryl Nass highlighted an “extremely important paper by Martin Furmanski, MD, that no one knows about.” “Yes, lab-made and lab-held viruses do jump out of the lab and have killed lots of people and caused pandemics too,” she said. The pa

Salt is not bad for you, but too little salt is

For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evide