Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers but also triggering an “increasing trend of deaths”,...
Two pig hearts were successfully transplanted into brain-dead people
Pig hearts beat for three days inside the chests of two brain-dead patients who were kept alive using ventilators. The feat helps researchers prepare...
Flower shape and size impact bees’ chances of catching gut parasites
Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. Common eastern bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) are more likely to...
Gang violence in Port-au-Prince threatens more than a million food-insecure Haitians
Surging and deadly gang violence in the Haitian capital has contributed to runaway food insecurity for well over one million people there, the UN...
Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, Jul 12 (IPS) – Villagers living with a desert at their doorstep in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province are finding life...
A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present
MEXICO CITY, Jul 12 (IPS) – This is an alert message: if nothing stops the wave of violence in Mexico, by the end of...
Income-based Solutions Paramount for Addressing Food Insecurity Experts
Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) – Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons and a resident of Ottawa, Ontario, has been facing food...
‘Virology’ ponders society’s relationship with viruses
VirologyJoseph OsmundsonW.W. Norton & Co., $16.95 As a journalist covering COVID-19, I’ve had a front-row seat to the pandemic. I’ve been overwhelmed with despair...
Interpol’s wanted drug lord was arrested in the TRNC
Interpol’s wanted Australian drug lord Mark Douglas Buddle, who had settled in Northern Cyprus, was also caught there. Buddle, who was taken to Ankara,...
Aid for Power in New Cold War
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 12 (IPS) – Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance...
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify 
As disasters mount, next UN climate summit faces a test of trust 
Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement – UNICEF