Critical funding gap threatens health response in Yemen
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and rising...
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Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says
Kenya’s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide...
Gene therapy and special goggles give some blind people limited sight
Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay signals to the brain.
Nigeria’s School Kidnapping Threat Is Changing: 4 Lessons from the 56 Day Oyo Attack
YOLA, Nigeria, October 7 (IPS) – Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities...
Ukrainian Groups Urge WHO to Act on Torture of Captives by Russian Medical Staff
BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) – More than 60 Ukrainian organisations have issued an appeal to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stop the...
A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling
Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.
Remember the ‘caregiving kills’ study? Reality is more nuanced
A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But caregivers still need support.
Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians
Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential...
Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues
Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite...
From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are...
‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis 
Bangladesh: UNICEF chief calls for an end to child marriage 
Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious 
Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease