Nanoscale nutrients can protect plants from fungal diseases
Chances are, most — if not all — of the produce in your kitchen is threatened by fungal diseases. The threat looms large for...
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The book ‘Viral BS’ offers a cure for medical myths and fake health news
Viral BSSeema YasminJohns Hopkins Univ., $24.95 How does misinformation spread? What causes medical myths and pseudoscience to rapidly infect and fester in society? Seema...
Is Press Freedom Incompatible with Gender Empowerment?
UNITED NATIONS, May 02 (IPS) – In the contemporary world of journalism, female reporters face a double jeopardy: they are increasingly targeted both as...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 02 (IPS) – Have you ever heard of a workers’ strike or similar labour action for press freedom? And how...
The United Nations Secretary-General on Saturday welcomed the decision by the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament to nullify a special law and to...
The United Nations strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, in which at least 21 persons were killed and over 100, including women...
Overcoming COVID myths and fears in Malawi
Healthcare workers in Malawi are concerned that misinformation about COVID-19 is preventing patients in dire need of medical attention not related to the virus,...
A Year Later, COVID-19 Continues to Show the Fragility of Food Security
ROME, May 01 (IPS) – More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food and nutrition security continues to show its...
COVID-19 ‘vaccine equity in action’ in the Maldives: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
The roll-out of vaccinations to prevent COVID-19 infections rising in the Maldives is a good example of “vaccine equity in action” according to Catherine...
Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health gains there at risk, the head of the World...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak 
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible 
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’ 
‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis