After years of pandemic losses and dips, Pennsylvania is showing incremental growth in its standardized testing scores statewide. Scores are compiled into the PA Future Ready Index, which shows proficiency and growth in English, math and science as well as student demographic data. The Centre Daily Times has compiled the data from Centre County’s public […]
Caesarean section operations are being performed without anaesthetic in the Gaza Strip at times due to the lack of medicines available, according to a UNICEF spokeswoman. The UN children’s charity said there was not only a lack of anaesthetic drugs in hospitals, but also that mothers are having to leave hospital three hours after having […]
J. Marion Sims has gone down in history as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Many of his medical achievements came at the cost of the health and well-being of enslaved Black women. He performed surgical experiments on enslaved Black women, often without the use of anesthesia. In 2018, after a series of protests, New York […]