The Standeford Journal - News, Intel Analysis: Health/Food

India, Russia Ban Rice Exports Raising Risk Of Global Food Price Increase

Donald Standeford — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:48:09 GMT

NEW DELHI - India has banned all non-basmati rice exports worldwide, and Russia has also announced a "temporary" ban on all rice exports, which it says is aimed at "stabilizing the domestic market", according to the Kremlin.

India is the largest rice exporter in the world, accounting for about 40% of global exports, potentially leading to a major impact on the price of rice across the world.

India Shores Up Rice Supply As It Fights To Feed Its Own:

Parent's Guide To Fake Pills: DEA Laboratory Testing Reveals that 6 out of 10 Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills Now Contain a Potentially Lethal Dose of Fentanyl

Donald Standeford — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 23:02:27 GMT

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): The DEA Laboratory has found that, of the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills analyzed in 2022, six out of ten now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.

Department of Defense: Small Bugs Pack a Pathogenic Punch

Donald Standeford — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:52:16 GMT

Department of Defense statement: “Walter Reed National Military Medical Center partners with its Department of Defense stakeholders and the National Institutes of Health to promote Bug Awareness Week, an annual public health campaign held June 10 – 17 to heighten awareness of the potential risks associated with insect-related transmissible diseases.

According to the Defense Health Agency, everyone is vulnerable to diseases spread by infected insects such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas, also called vectors.