Todd Crawford
NYC Health + Hospitals Reaffirms Commitment to Eliminating Six Month Residency Eligibility Requirement for Care
On July 6, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and commissioner Manuel Castro in conjunction with New York City’s Health + Hospitals Executive Director of NYC Care Dr. Jonathan Jiménez held an in-person roundtable...
New York Times Omits Declaration of Independence From July 4 Issue, Citing ‘Human Error’
The New York Times failed to print the Declaration of Independence in its print edition on Monday, July 4, in a major break from the longstanding tradition. This year would have marked the 100th anniversary...
NYPD Lowers the Bar for Recruits, Implements Easier Fitness Test Following Exodus of Officers
Per a report, published by the NY Post on June 5, the New York Police Department (NYPD) will be making the fitness test for new recruits easier in an effort to boost passing rates as...
Canadians Will Be Required to Receive a COVID-19 Shot Every Nine Months: Health Minister
On July 4, Canadian Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, told reporters that Canadians will be required to receive a COVID-19 booster shot every nine months in order to remain “up to date,” asserting that the...
Supreme Court Rules Clean Air Act Does Not Give the EPA Widespread Power to Regulate Emissions
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Clean Air Act — the United States’ primary federal air quality law — does not afford the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) widespread power...
NY: Mayor Adams Announces Federal Lawsuit Against Online Ghost Gun Retailers Following Undercover Investigation
On June 29, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix announced a lawsuit against five online retailers that they allege continue to illegally sell and deliver gun components...
Health Care Workers in New York Add Virtual Reality to Their Arsenal of Training Tools
On June 16, New York City Health + Hospitals announced via a press release that new virtual reality (VR) technology will be added to its obstetrics simulation training. The technology, co-developed with Health Scholars, will...
Canada’s Political Prisoners Rot in Jail on Minor Charges of Mischief
News analysis On June 27, award winning Canadian freedom fighter, Tamara Lich, was taken into custody after allegedly violating bail conditions imposed by an Ontario judge for her participation in the Freedom Convoy protests that...
Hacker Group Whose Members Idenitfy as ‘Gay Furries’ Declares War on Pro-Life States, Leaks Gigabytes of Data
On June 25, a group of hackers known as SiegedSec posted between seven and eight gigabytes of illegally obtained data online saying they obtained the data by compromising government servers in Kentucky and Arkansas. The...
Scientists Warn of a ‘Global Public Health Threat’ After Austrian Man Contracts ‘Super Gonorrhea’
Scientists are raising the alarm after an Austrian man in his fifties contracted a rare strain of gonorrhea after having an unprotected sexual encounter in Cambodia. His case, which was documented in the peer-reviewed medical...
Thousands of Dutch Farmers Protest Government’s Plan to Reign In Emissions
In a scene reminiscent of the Freedom Convoy protests that rocked Canada’s capital of Ottawa earlier this year, Dutch Farmers, driving tractors, have clogged roadways in the Netherlands on their way to protest the government’s...
‘It’s Absolutely Horrific:’ Canada’s Health Care System on the Verge of Collapse
Health care professionals are raising the alarm about deteriorating conditions in Canadian hospitals leading experts to conclude that the system is on the verge of collapse or is already collapsing. Dr. Katharine Smart, president of...