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TL/DR - Willian Dullius, a Nursing instructor and Gerontology PhD candidate from Universidade de Passo Fundo in Brazil, is conducting a six-month placement at Brock University to learn about innovative ways to share his research on health care for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. During his masters, Dullius developed an online continuing education course…

TL/DR - Thousands of residents in South Phoenix received free Thanksgiving turkeys at an event sponsored by Prensa Arizona at Barrios Unidos Park, an area with a high rate of food insecurity. The event has been held for three years and distributed 3,000 turkeys in 2022. The Arizona Food Bank Network reports that 751,690 people, including 226,080…

TL/DR - During the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted the event by gluing themselves to the parade route, causing the parade to be rerouted. The protest occurred along Sixth Avenue at West 45th Street, about 90 minutes after the parade started. The police took those who had glued themselves into custody and the…

TL/DR - Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a global health and human rights issue, affecting over 200 million women and girls with medically unnecessary genital cutting. The World Health Organization defines FGM/C as the “partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for…