DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to...
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Why Epstein-Barr is the ‘everything virus’
The Epstein-Barr virus has taken a huge toll on global health. Understanding how it works could offer ways to combat multiple sclerosis, cancer and...
The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?
What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? Read the full story, “The clean energy...
How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan
ROME, August 20 (IPS) – FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces...
World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones
UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) – World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often...
Spikes, claws and stingers have no single best shape
A study of 143 piercing tools, from tusks to love darts, finds they trade off piercing ability for durability. And no one shape wins...
An unproven autism drug got a boost after a White House briefing
In fall of 2025, the Trump administration touted the drug leucovorin for autism therapy without new evidence. Dispensing of the drug to kids rose.
International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them...
Zambia: Arrests and detention of political opponents following election raises concern
In the wake of President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia’s re-election for a second five-year term, UN human rights chief has raised concerns over the...
Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against Palestinians
Reports of new illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank raised alarms at UN Headquarters on Wednesday while the UN rights office called...
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