Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
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Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney
Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in…
Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026)
Today’s links The actual epistemic crisis: AI’s assault on reality is an opportunistic infection. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Disney goths;…
Lebanon: 860,000 displaced people have returned home, but humanitarian crisis remains ‘immense’
Around 860,000 people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon have returned, but the displacement and humanitarian crisis are “far from over,” the UN warned…
Qusra siege eases as UN reaches trapped families, but crisis deepens in Gaza
Humanitarian workers have reached Palestinian families who had been trapped for days by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the northern West Bank, the UN…
Cuba: Independent experts condemn new US sanctions as humanitarian crisis deepens
Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned a fresh round of US sanctions against Cuba, calling them an attempt to force change on “a…
Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor…
Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout ‘worsening by the day’
The humanitarian toll is mounting as fighting continues in the Middle East beyond strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, the UN aid coordination…
“Naturopathic Medicine” in Crisis
A scathing federal assessment, foundering naturopathic programs, poor job prospects, abysmal earnings, and staggering student debt pose threats to the future of “naturopathic medicine”.
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Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
Imagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps, boiled up into a soup….