But, again, it isn’t yet known how this will play out. For example, it could be hard for people to prove they’re qualified. If they’re vaccinated at a drugstore, for instance, the pharmacist wouldn’t normally know about underlying health problems or even ask.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women during their efforts to crush an insurgency in the country’s 36-year civil war, a court on Friday convicted three men of crimes against humanity in the case and sentenced them to 40 years in prison.Thirty-six women from the Maya Achi Indigenous group came forward in 2011 to seek justice for the abuses they
. They came from Rabinal, a small town about 55 miles (88 kms) north of the capital.Six of them testified against the three men convicted Friday.As the all female three judge panel prepared to announce the verdict, several elderly women huddled around a young woman who translated the judges’ words from Spanish to Achi.
Judge María Eugenia Castellanos, president of the tribunal, said the women had been brave to come on repeated occasions to testify. “They are crimes of solitude that stigmatize the woman. It is not easy to speak of them,” she said.Judge Marling Mayela González Arrivillaga said there was no doubt about the women’s testimony.
In 2022, five other paramilitaries – men from the area trained by soldiers to help root out insurgents – were convicted of raping women and sentenced to 30 years in prison. No soldiers have been tried for the acts.
Guatemala’s civil war pitted the army and police against leftist rebels. It ended with the signing of peace accords in 1996.WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators announced an effort Tuesday to phase out ingestible
supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front inagainst a mainstay of dental care.
said it will conduct a scientific review of the children’s products by late October with the aim of removing them from the market. Formally withdrawing medical products requires a lengthy rulemaking process that can take years. Instead, the FDA will ask manufacturers to voluntarily pull their products, according to an administration official.Fluoride tablets and lozenges are sometimes recommended for children and teens at increased risk of tooth decay or cavities because of low fluoride in their local drinking water. Companies also sell drops for babies.