“Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world”

In recent years, progress in reducing malaria has ground to a standstill. Not only does malaria continue to directly endanger health and cost lives, but it also perpetuates a vicious cycle of inequity. People living in the most vulnerable situations including pregnant women, infants, children under 5 years of age, refugees, migrants, internally displaced people, and Indigenous Peoples continue to be disproportionately impacted.

The WHO African Region shoulders the heaviest burden of the disease – accounting, in 2022, for 94% and 95% of malaria case and deaths. Rural populations in the African region living in situations of poverty and with less access to education are the most impacted. In view of the current trajectory, critical 2025 milestones of the WHO global malaria strategy for reductions in malaria cases and deaths will be missed.

Why are pregnant women, young children and other groups in vulnerable situations not accessing the malaria services they need? On World Malaria Day 2024, WHO joins the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and other partners in highlighting barriers to health equity, gender equality and human rights in malaria responses worldwide – as well as concrete measures to overcome them.

608 000
malaria deaths
in 2022

249 million
new cases of malaria
in 2022

94%
of all malaria cases
are in WHO African Region

1519 – Envoys of Montezuma II attended the first Easter mass in Central America.

1547 – Charles V’s troops defeated the Protestant League of Schmalkalden at the battle of Muhlburg.

1558 – Mary, Queen of Scotland, married the French dauphin, Francis.

1800 – The Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation.

1805 – The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.

1833 – A patent was granted for first soda fountain.

1877 – Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

1877 – In the U.S., federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans. This was the end to the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South.

1884 – Otto von Bismarck cabled Cape Town that South Africa was now a German colony.

1889 – The Edison General Electric Company was organized.

1897 – William Price became the first to be named White House news reporter.

1898 – Spain declared war on the U.S., rejecting America’s ultimatum for Spain to withdraw from Cuba.

1915 – During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.

1916 – Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. They were overtaken several days later.

1944 – The first B-29 arrived in China, over the Hump of the Himalayas.

1952 – Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the “Gruen Guild Playhouse” in an episode titled, “The Tiger.”

1953 – Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1955 – “X-Minus One,” a science fiction show, was first heard for the first time on NBC radio.

1961 – Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.

1961 – U.S. President Kennedy accepted “sole responsibility” following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

1962 – MIT sent a TV signal by satellite for the first time.

1967 – Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.

1967 – The newest Greek regime banned miniskirts.

1970 – The People’s Republic of China launched its first satellite.

1973 – Albert Sabin reported that herpesviruses were factors in nine kinds of cancer.

1989 – Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.

1990 – The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

1997 – The U.S. Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. The global treaty banned the development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons.

2000 – ABC-TV aired the TV movie “The Three Stooges.”

2003 – A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.

2015 – The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high of 5092.09.

2015 – The S&P closed at a record high of 2117.69.

The saying “drop it lower than chopped and screwed”  is associated with a genre of hip-hop known as chopped and screwed. 

For millions of listeners, BTS was the first time they heard anything resembling chopped & screwed — and they didn’t even know it, who reintroduced a regional Black Southern hip‑hop technique to a worldwide audience

Used it in a high‑budget, cinematic production, but in a very modern, innovative way, instead of a nostalgic one

Connected Houston’s legacy to K‑pop’s global reach. That’s a huge cultural loop.

This technique involves slowing down the tempo of a song to create a hypnotic, drawn-out rhythmic foundation, often emphasizing lyrics and storytelling. It was pioneered by DJ Screw in Houston, who passed away in 2000; the style endured and became a staple in the hip-hop scene. 

The style is characterized by its slow, deep basslines and the manipulation of audio playback, creating a unique sound that resonates with Southern hip-hop culture.

BTS is not doing it in the traditional DJ Screw way — no full 60 BPM slowdown or heavy chopping — but they’re clearly borrowing the aesthetic:

• Slowed vocals
• Lowered pitch
• Echoing repeats
• Dragged‑out transitions

For many younger listeners, BTS was their first exposure to anything resembling chopped and screwed. Thanks to BTS!

In Houston, it’s a whole culture

Chopped & screwed is everywhere —

• mixtapes
• car culture
• local radio
• DJ Screw’s legacy
• The Screwed Up Click

If you were in Houston, it wasn’t a trend; it was daily life.

Thank you, DJ Screw

WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) Model

The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model helps protect American taxpayers by leveraging enhanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), along with human clinical review, to ensure timely and appropriate Medicare payment for select items and services. The voluntary model encourages care navigation, encouraging safe and evidence-supported best practices for treating people with Medicare. WISeR will run for six performance years from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2031 in six states: New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington.

Key Points

Waste in health care can not only harm patients but also contributes to up to 25% of health care spending in the United States. Wasteful, low-value services often have limited clinical evidence of effectiveness, may not align with an individual’s specific health condition or needs, or can lead to complications and further unneeded services .Solution: The WISeR Model helps reduce clinically unsupported care by working with companies experienced in using enhanced technologies to expedite and improve the review process for a pre-selected set of services that are vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse. Outcomes: The WISeR Model helps ensure people with Medicare receive the most appropriate care that supports the best health outcomes while decreasing costs and easing administrative burden on providers and suppliers who go through the prior authorization process. Strategy: The WISeR Model empowers patients to partner with their health care providers on the most clinically appropriate care plan; protects the taxpayer by decreasing fraud, waste and abuse; and focuses providers on care that has the most impact on the well-being of people with Medicare.

The Problem with this program, as a voter, is that it is denying American Voters of healthcare using AI strategy.